Robert West - Robert and Bershe West

Private User, are there specific questions you have with which we can assist?

Yes. I cant find anything on their parents or where they were after 1890. I am trying to find out if they were Cherokee Indian. Any help would be appreciated.

According to their Census records and those of their children, they were consistently listed as white. Is there some reason you suspect Cherokee ancestry?

Robert died in 1904 in Tennessee. Bershe died on July 17, 1915 in Monroe, Tennessee. It looks like the parents of each aren't known. Robert was possibly born in Alabama.

I don't have a lot of time to do real work in the tree right now, but I can try to help you out later. There's a nice picture of the two together that I just found on Ancestry, so I'll try to upload that for you during my next work-break.

I also don't find them in the Dawes Rolls, but I only did a quick search as I run out the door. If you're unfamiliar, the Dawes Rolls are the official lists of people accepted by the government as members of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations between 1898 and 1914. I'll look for their children later; maybe one of them is listed.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Children were Jessee, Andrew, Sally, Willie, Charlie, and Thursday (sometimes listed as Thursey). I know for a FACT my ggrandma was Cherokee. I am just beginning to wonder whether she was raised by a white family. You can tell from pictures that she was full Indian, and my grandmother said she was full blood but refused to teach her children Indian ways because they weren't full blood. Where will you post the picture to? Im really new to this and don't know much about my resources. THANKS SO MUCH!!