Ancestry/Genealogy

Luckily, I found my late mother's first cousin alive and living in Indiana.

She has written an entire book w/pictures in it of this family. How is that for something called luck!?

Some of them, not all of them though, were part-Indian no doubt.

When I spoke with her she told me, "Well Aunt Sallie used to say that Grandma was Indian".

I have Grandma's picture and yeah, she was part Indian alright. She ID's in the census as being "white" and says that her parents were from "The United States of America".

It wasn't until the final census (1920) which she appears for the final time at age of 86 years that she finally stated that her parents were both born in Georgia.

BIG SIGH.

Sad really. It was shameful to be Indian in those days and now it is considered "cool" or "awesome".

I should have said that some Campbells and Browns were part Indian in some cases, certainly not all.

You can check the Dawes Roll on ancestry.com.

Type in these surnames and you'll see what I mean about this.

Best of luck with your ongoing research.

The longer I go with this, the bigger it gets!

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