I am looking for info on the Peake Family ( also various spellings) of south west Virginia and north west North Carolina. My g-g-grandmother was Loretta or Luratta Gravely her mother was Josie Peake or Peek. Not sure of the spelling of it. Luratta ( this is the name as written on the grave stone ) lived from 1874 to 1982 in the Wythe County area. I'm not sure where she came from accually. She was said to be Cherokee. She was definatly Native( at least 1/2 blood if not more) but not sure what Tribe. I get Cherokee from other sides of my family also, so for those of you who may be wondering bout me LOL I figure if I find out who her mother was I'll get a better picture of who she was. Luratta's father was a Gravley but no one knows anything of him. No name or nothing. We have no idea if he was Native or not. but if Luratta was mixed is wasnt much. She only spoke Native and had no physical characteristics of any other race. ANY help would be apprecited on this line YAll!!!!! S-gi tso ga li-i !!! -Tabitha ===== "How we fought for our land is written in blood, look at your tracks before you speak of anothers faults" S-gi Tsu-le-hi-sa-nv-hi & U-s-ti So-qui-li http://www.geocities.com/wildfires_fury/ --Viars, Rakes, Gravely, Lawson Genealogy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text