Hannah Minton's past

Started by Private User on Monday, November 1, 2010
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Hannah Minton is a mysterious figure. There are many posts on genealogy websites about her, but mostly they argue about the following things:

- whether or not she was half-Cherokee (Roger Franklin Ross believed she was)
- whether she was "Melungeon"
- whether she and Peter were married more than once

A note found on Ancestry.com: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkrei...

Hannah Minton was either part or totally Cherokee Indian. It is thought they lived in Lee Co, Virginia before coming to Kentucky. They were married there according to tribal custom, but in order for their children to inherit their property they were later married in a civil ceremony.. The sons became land owners so Peter D. must [have] been one too.

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