The Identity of Sequoyah's Father is STILL a Mystery, Part 1 I am taking on one more writing project – the paternity of Sequoyah. I...

Who Was Sequoyah's Father? There Is a great deal written about just who was Sequoyah’s father. The two best known say his father was i.]...

Gist, Guess and Guest of Lawrence County, Alabama Please know there were other Gist's in Lawrence County, Alabama at the same time. But...

Pioneering in Kiowa County On my blog, at http://vancehawkins.blogspot.com/2014/03/bull-chisholm-and-goodnight.html the following comment...

Mapping Nathaniel Gist to Southwestern Virginia I didn't want to place this with my "Melungeon" section because it is partly my family....

The "Lungeons" of Baxter County, Arkansas From History of Baxter County, Arkansas by Mary Ann Messick Chapter II; Indian Days and Early...

MINUTES of the STONY CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, Part 2 Book Number 1, ends with July, 1811. Book Number 2, has a few faded pages...

Years ago I was in contact with Jerri Chasteen, former Registrar of the Cherokee Nation. We were on good terms. Then she passed away and...

Minutes of Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Part 1 Howdy! http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/scott/church/stonycrk.txt File...

The Waylands, the Melungeons, and a Saponi Band of the Catawba Nation My research has morphed from a study of the Gist’s to the...

The Catawba Tribe of Indians, 54th Congress, 2nd session, Doc. 144; 23Feb1897 The Catawba Tribe of Indians February 23rd, 1897 – ordered...

Most of my research to date has been to discover our American Indian ancestry. I found what I believe is both Cherokee and Catawban...

Surviving Indian Groups of the Eastern United States . Pp. 407-438; Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1948. Washington, DC:...

And transcribed by William Grohse, historian of Hancock County, Tennessee from the Hancock County Times; Sneedville, Tennessee, 17 April...

Finding John Brown Dad used to tell a little story about a cousin of his named “Euness Hankins”, a daughter of Great Aunt Bea. Dad and...

What Happened to the Catawba and Associated Bands in “Indian Territory”? When I first started researching genealogy, I quickly realized I...

Short Stories and Essays # 6; Small Pox and Covid 19 There is a lot of talk today about covid 19. It got me to thinking about another...

The Melungeons are mixed-Catawban, NOT mixed-Portuguese! I can't format this blog entry right. Curses! Also as you can probably tell, it...

Sequoyah's Last Days I remember as a child there was an elderly man, a Mr. Estes, who lived across the street. He was a sort of a local...

A Partial History of Corn in Southwestern Oklahoma Corn: A Food Native to Southwestern Oklahoma More than one co-worker at a former job...