Mary Ann Bilyeu (Workman) - Native American and Trail of Tears

No one in this family has any Cherokee connection. They never lived with or near any Cherokee indians. They are not on the 1835 Cherokee census.

I've revised the overview; please edit as needed.

Thanks for bringing this up, Jason!

By the way, if you consult the cited source -- Emmet Starr's 1921 "History of the Cherokee Indians" -- it doesn't say anything at all about the Workman family. The "About" previously stated that Starr mentioned many Workmans, but the only thing even close is four references to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, which is a fraternal organization.

Always double-check the sources!

You’re welcome. It has come up several times with a couple Bilyeu women and their wives.
Also for what it’s worth, one could study the passenger lists of the Dutch settlers’ ships and see that many brought “workmen” with them that I believe were a sort of indentured servants that lived among the Dutch. My family were Huguenots from Artois France and spoke Walloon and Dutch and had fled to Holland during the persecutions in France. They lived there as well as petitioned for land here with other members of the reformed church. They settled what is today Staten Island.