>Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 19:47:46 -0400
>To: Leldon Blue <[email protected]>
>From: jbass <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Dills
>
>I just started wondering if my ggm may be Cherokee. There were quite a
number of these marriages early. Draggin Canoe, and Chief Glass were mixed
blood and established the Chickamaugas in 1777, a fierce band of mixed
blood,who held out against the treatries, and kept the Indian Wars going til
1794 when he signed the Peace Treaty at Tellico Blockhouse. They made visits
to Wash DC;
>
>Sam Houston was a supporter for Indian rights He md an Indian, lived in AR
and TX with them after he left the office of governor of TN.
>
>A lot of these folks never signed up on the Indian rolls, and just
assimulated into their white families, or hid out in the woods.
>
>I recently met Myra Vanderpool Gormley and purchased her book. It is a
great little help book for only $9.95. Just full of resources including maps.
>
> " Cherokee Connections - An introduction to genealogical sources
pertaining to Cherokee ancestors."
>
>I think she has a gen service on Prodigy, or Compuserve.
>
>I talked with the Hist. Soc and DAR in Durant OK last week looking for
Harvey White Harrison b 24 Mar 1835 Johnson Co MO d ante 1918, md c1860
Gillian Dorsay Calvin b KY. Moved to OK in 1877.
>
> Daughter, Alice Eliz Harrison (1861-1930) m Nelson Henry Norman
(1849-1905) Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation,in 1877 Wynnewood, OK.
>
>Their son was Stanley Doyle Norman, 1882-1911, Sulphur OK md Oma Wilkerson,
b1884- Palmetto, GA, living 1964, Durant OK.
>
>Daughter, Bernice Norman md Crockett - Durant, OK.
>
>Any input will be appreciated. Happy Huntin
>
>
>
>
>At 11:36 AM 6/9/96 EDT, you wrote:
>>Thanks for your message. The info is correct and so far thats the only info I
>>can find, on Mary Dills. Some claim she was a Cherokee Indian. But I don't
>>think so.
>>Thanks, Leldon
>>
>>
>
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