I just joined this list, and this query is going to be pathetically vague, but here goes: I'm researching my Vaughan ancestry; my line descends from a William VAUGHAN and his wife Fereby BENTON. Fereby is said to have been part Cherokee Indian, and for over 100 years, many descendants have been trying to find out it this is true. She's been very elusive in records, we know that her mother's maiden name was LOONEY or LUNAH. Sometimes Fereby appears as Fereby (or Fair-a-bee) Looney or Lunah, though her maiden name was Benton. Her father may have been a Jesse Benton. Anyway, a few years back on the Vaughan-l discussion group, a lady posted that said that a descendant of William and Fereby went to court in Wayne County, West Virginia to prove Fereby's Cherokee ancestry. The name of this descendant wasn't given, and neither was the date of the alleged court case. The lady that posted this never replied to queries I and some other descendants made to her, and so we were left with a tantalizing clue with little information to help make the research easier. So I'm wondering if anyone has any information on a case like this, or knows where information about this case could be found. I realize that without at least a date it is very difficult to find something like this, but this is all we have to go on. My Vaughans moved from Virginia to eastern Tennessee, to Missouri and finally to Northwest Arkansas. I'm completely unfamiliar with Wayne County, West Virginia, so any help would be appreciated. Eddie Davis [email protected] His Genealogy page: http://www.atlascomm.net/ecdavis/default.htm (Links to Davis, Vaughan, Price, Johnson, McDonald, Myers and other family lines from this page.)