I've not uncovered any Cherokee blood as yet, but here's our line that followed the same route from Georgia to Louisiana to East Texas. Let me know if any of it fits with yours. I have a lot more information is someone is interested, but these are primarily the ones that settled in Louisiana and/or Texas. Sara Younblood ABRAHAM J. YOUNGBLOOD was born Bet. 1769 - 1770 in Georgia, and died September 01, 1847 in Sumter, Georgia, USA. He married (1) AMEY MCNEIL March 01, 1787 in Richmond, Georgia, USA, daughter of DANIEL MCNEIL and SARAH. She died Bef. 1840. Their children were: i. REBECCA YOUNGBLOOD, m. BENJAMIN FULLER, January 11, 1814, Columbia, Georgia, USA. ii. ELIZABETH YOUNGBLOOD, m. DAVID FREEMAN, January 01, 1820, Columbia, Georgia, USA. iii. MARIA YOUNGBLOOD, m. JOHN BUCHNER, January 08, 1828, Columbia, Georgia, USA. iv. HENRY BURL YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1792, Columbia, Georgia, USA; d. 1863, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA. v. HIRAM D. YOUNGBLOOD, b. Abt. 1804, Columbia, GA, USA; d. Abt. 1825, Hinds, MS, USA. vi. MATILDA YOUNGBLOOD, b. Abt. 1805, Columbia, Georgia, USA; m. FELIX COCHRAN, August 13, 1819, Columbia, Georgia, USA. vii. THORTON YOUNGBLOOD, b. Abt. 1810, Columbia, Georgia, USA; m. ELIZABETH SHOCKLEY, February 28, 1834, Columbia, Georgia, USA. viii. JESSE YOUNGBLOOD. ix. MELISSA YOUNGBLOOD. x. ABRAHAM YOUNGBLOOD, b. Aft. 1840. Generation No. 2 2. HENRY BURL YOUNGBLOOD was born 1792 in Columbia, Georgia, USA, and died 1863 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA. He married ALICE "ALSEY" BEAULTH RAY November 18, 1812 in Columbia, Georgia, USA. Their children were: i. ABRAHAM J. YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1819, Georgia, USA; d. February 15, 1887, Union Parish, Louisiana, USA. ii. GEORGE HIRAM YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1821, Alabama, USA; d. Abt. 1906, Winters, Runnels, Texas, USA. iii. MARY POLLY YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1826, Alabama, USA; m. (1) WILLIAM C. MCBRIDE, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; m. (2) E. H. GARNER, January 22, 1854. iv. JOHN THORNTON YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1828, Alabama, USA. --John Thornton settled in Union Parish, LA with his father. v. FRANCES E. YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1834, Alabama, USA; m. FRANCIS B. HOWELL. vi. ISAAC DOWLING YOUNGBLOOD, b. September 02, 1835, Washington, Alabama, USA; d. February 10, 1913, Newton, Newton, Texas, USA. vii. WADE ANDERSON YOUNGBLOOD, b. June 02, 1838, Pike, Alabama, USA; d. April 15, 1891, Comanche, Texas, USA. HIRAM D. YOUNGBLOOD (ABRAHAM J.) was born Abt. 1804 in Columbia, GA, USA, and died Abt. 1825 in Hinds, MS, USA. His children were: Children of HIRAM D. YOUNGBLOOD are: i. OSWELL HENRY YOUNGBLOOD, b. April 07, 1825, Lee, Georgia, USA; d. February 24, 1898, Lousiana, USA. ii. HIRAM AUSTIN YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1828, Lee, Georgia, USA; d. April 24, 1862, Battle of Shiloh, Monroe, GA, USA; m. MARTHA MITCHELL, August 17, 1856. iii. HARRIET YOUNGBLOOD, b. August 22, 1830, Lee, Georgia, USA; d. November 30, 1914, Ashley, Arkansas, USA; m. JOHN C. MCCURDY, July 03, 1851, Union, Arkansas, USA. iv. MILES YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1833. v. CASIMI (?) YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1839, Sumter, Georgia, USA. vi. MARTHA JANE YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1841, Sumter, Georgia, USA; d. 1875. vii. MAHALA YOUNGBLOOD, b. Abt. 1843. viii. LUCINDA M. YOUNGBLOOD, b. 1845.