Family folklore has it that a relative (Nancy Forguson K48c-Jy2) is cherokee indian. I have located

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Family folklore has it that a relative (Nancy Forguson K48c-Jy2) is cherokee indian. I have located a person that I believe is her sister, Elizabeth L-5KZ-LYN and her parents do not appear to be indian at all. Any suggestions?

Also, I have discovered there is a book on Nancy's husband Caleb in the Family Search library. The name is "The History of Caleb Carter" - this is in my direct line as Caleb is my grandmothers great grand father. Is there a way that I can get access this book? It shows as protected.

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@Corinna M.Gates​ 

 

I know that historically, Cherokees claimed Southeastern Tennessee and Northeast Georgia as their homeland. It looks like your Nancy Forguson was born in Monroe County, which sits right in that region. More information on tribes in Tennessee you could review can be found on the FamlySearch wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Indigenous_Peoples_of_Tennessee#:~:text=The%20Cherokees%20claimed%20southeastern%20Tennessee,of%20Oklahoma)%20in%20the%201830s.

 

We also know that many Cherokees were forced to move to Indian Territory, which is now a part of Oklahoma, in the 1830s. However, Indian Territory later came to refer to an unorganized territory whose general borders were initially set by the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834, and was the successor to the remainder of the Missouri Territory after Missouri received statehood. The borders of Indian Territory were reduced in size as various Organic Acts were passed by Congress to create incorporated territories of the United States. The 1907 Oklahoma Enabling Act created the single state of Oklahoma by combining Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory, ending the existence of an unorganized unincorporated Indian Territory as such.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Territory

 

So I don't know if we can rule your family out just yet, since it looks like they moved to the Missouri area in Nancy's lifetime. Plus, the Sac White River Band = Chickamauga Cherokee Nation and they resided in Missouri. I'm going to see if I can find any rolls or census records for her children to see if they were in fact of Native blood. To be continued...

 

 

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Any info would help! I'm really lost on this one! Thank you so much.