Cherokee Ancestors

Sounds like a Movie script. If it happened you would find written information on it.. My 3rd great grand mother was orphaned as at Child when her father was killed at the battle of Horse Shoe Bend,, there is complete documentation from beginning to end, who would take charge of her and how much money this Col. would be paid to raise her....
Cherokee women did not just give up their babies and """ go back to the Tribe " this statement show there are major lack of Facts,, Cherokees could NOT leave the Tribe and Just come back, that was against Cherokee law...

Si you need to find a lot more factual information on this story...

Yes, it does sound like a movie script.I am only repeating what was told me, and nothing was written down. There might be more but again nothing was written down.I am the only member of the family to trace our ancestors back to North Carolina.

I almost forgot thank you for your help.

If you can get more information to work on, I would be glad to have a researcher look into it,,, but there is nothing to work on....

Chris these are some responses...
1. What year did this happen in ?
2.What do they want, guesses
3. I would need to know the time period they are talking about. Like Catherine just said, what year. Without knowing the time period, I would say that she couldn't unless she was forced to.

Dear Mr.Ballard, You have been most helpful and ,I am convinced the story is just a story. Many members of my family questioned this for years. Thank you for putting this to rest.

I am sorry if,I offended anyone in the Geni community about my question. I have respect for my Cherokee Heritage.

I was wondering if you could help me ? I am looking for Eliza Smith ( white name ). Morning Star was her Indian name. She married a scout and runner for the army, Banister Smith. I was told she was full blood Cherokee and the only Eliza Smith with a roll number. How do I find this out ? I do not know what her parents name was. Thank you for your time.

there has to be more to this story then this.,, You are aware that the Cherokee mingled with European Invaders for a couple hundred years before the Trail of Tears ( us TOT form a time frame ) so now add the European Names " Star and Smith " and then you say Full Blood Cherokee,, now before I say anything do you see something a little wrong with this story.. But I went ahead and passed it along just in case...

My great , great grandfather James Monroe Ritchie married Delilah Jane Smith in about 1865 ( not sure of date yet ). Delilah' parents were Houston Smith and Delilah ? She was born on July 7th, 1845 in Tennessee, and died December 13, 1918 in Durant , Bryan County Oklahoma. One of Delilah Jane Smith's grandmother was a full blood Cherokee Indian . This was found on the Indian Rolls. " Morning Star was her Indian name before she married a scout and runner for the army, his name was Banister Smith. Her white name was Eliza Smith. This is what information I was given and have been trying to trace it back. I found a Ooso and Zewahna , and Eliza on Cherokee roll # 27467 , card # 2556 but I don't know how to find out if that is the right one. Yes I see what you are talking about.

Under that number Eliza Smith is the Daughter of Susannah TeeHee,,

What all information do I need to file for an enrollment packet on Susannah Teehee ?

Just like I mentioned to other people, Official Documentation is how you prove Your Native Ancestry.. Can Not us DNA, Your Documentation Starts with your, Birth Certificate must be a Original Certified ( All Documents must be ) Then you well do the Same with who is listed on your Birth Cirt. as Parents, and again with the names listed on it...back to the Straight Blood Line Ancestry on Dawes. You can NOT use Aunt's & Uncles, or Cousins, or any type of Step Relative.. and YES Birth and DEATH Certificates are out there for the time frame... Go to Cherokee.org there is a Form like a Family Tree that must be filled out and Mailed in with all the Origiianl Documents ( They will be returned )

Thank you for the information. I will keep working on this.

My greatgreatgreat grandmother was Cherokee.Sarah Nancy Thomas Stanford. her Father was Was Indian her Mother was Mary Hadley no Indian,, Also Alsiey Elizabeth Johnson Isaacs from Ky to Tx.. There are several others I also enjoy my Cherokee ancestry's'. My husband also has Cherokee in his family. Chief sizemore and others.. Peggy Isaacs

Mary Jo,

Do you know the names of your Houston Smith's parents were? I am related also to a Houston Smith but His biological father was William Thomas Collett. DNA was used to prove who his biological father was. As for my Houston's mother we can only assume the woman listed as Mary Hubbard was his biological mother who had an affair with his biological father and not her husband Thomas Smith. We assume either Thomas Smith didn't know that Houston wasn't his biological son or that he did know but didn't want a scandle so he gave this illegitimate child his last name.

My Houston was born, lived and died in Kentucky. He married Sallie Mattingly. their son Jake Smith is my mother's dad.

While the CIVIL WAR was going on a Young Isaacs boy was married to a Cherokee girl.. She was expecting a baby when he went to war.. The girl over heard the mother-in-law telling a friend thst when the boy had been gone a spell that she would throw the girl in the well... One night the girl took a cow and left the boy"s home. While in route to her tribe she found a cabin in the woods.. She was about to have baby boy.. She heard the yankee soldier in the woods.. she brought the cow in the cabin.. she never made a sound while she had the baby..She knew the soldiers would kill her and baby.. She made her way back to VA married a young Mays boy keep baby boy Isaacs...I met a young airman at Webb air force in TX he worked with my husband and knew the story.. This story was told by my Grandmother that came from KY Peggy

My husband's Mother used to tell the children about her grandmother Adline Sizemore Walker.. George of all sizemore, chief of all Cherokee was the great grandfather WV area. Peggy

Martha Adeline "Patsy " Sizemore (Walker) is my 2nd cousin 6x removed on my Blevins line. Lydia Sizemore (Blevins) Is my 6th great grandmother. Nice to meet all of you. =)