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Re: hello to my fellow Kentucky Cherokees |
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Valerie Sorrells Eschiti |
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Sep 15, 07 - 11:05 AM |
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207.3.91.207 |
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valerie@sirinet.net |
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Osiyo, Nina! I am glad you are researching your ancestry. I found the website ancestry.com useful in my search. Since it was intelligent of our ancestors to blend into mainstream society at the time to avoid effects of racism (including loss of not only property, but sometimes life), the paper trail is sometimes difficult to trace, if nonexistent.
When looking at the 1850 U.S. Federal Census for Kentucky, the categories one could belong to included, "Free White Males," "Free White Females," Other free persons, except Indians, not taxed," and "Slaves." So even if a person was American Indian and was brave enough to claim it, there was no way he/she could! That is why oral family history is so important.
In my case, a Cherokee from Kentucky married my great-great-grandfather, whose surname was Sorrells. The Sorrells' had lived in the land of the Buffalo Ridge Cherokee in Amherst County, Virginia for a time before heading further westward.
Valerie Sorrells Eschiti
Unagolada
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