Am still looking for anyone who might have a picture or bible tucked away for the John Hamrick clan or Americus Jackson group. Those Alabama people tucked things away and perhaps someone has something in the attic that they have forgotten or don't realize is important.
Everybody look!!!

This is a picture of my grandfather's brother; it is the one that looks like him the most. They have the same eye and nose features and I miss them both.

Lots of searching into the black hole of the internet and questioning everyone you meet, sometimes pays off. I have found pictures of my grandfather's brother, wife and children.
They are very special people to me and getting to see those faces again is like a gift from the Spirits, a true gift.

Creeks among us

There is a legend, I say legend, because I have only seen a transcribed copy of the "letter", that Benjamin Hamrick, father of Rev. John Hamrick, was taken in by a Creek Indian and his sister, Fannie, after being wounded during the Revolutionary War. He later married her. This all makes sense, but the twist in the puzzle evolves in that Benjamin's first wife was also named Fannie.

So, is there anyone out there who knows where the 2nd Fannie lived, obviously not on reservation, or what she and her brother's last names were (yes, I know some had no last names, I have Creek, Cherokee, Lakota and Apachee blood). I'm just after cementing genealogy here.

The reason this is important is that it would make Rev John 1/2 Creek and another legend claims that his 2nd wife, Mary Todd, was full blood Cherokee or Creek. Much of this is important as there is no one left to validate any of this.

Anyone knowing anything or anyone, please feel free to post! Pictures welcome!

'ticia

Getting Acquainted

We're all looking for someone we belong to, otherwise life would be very boring. I have chosen on retirement, to put together my family puzzle; and indeed a puzzle it is, with almost everyone dead. I am looking for anyone who is related to, married into the family, divorced out of the family (you get the gist) with or without pictures of Americus Jackson, James Brazzel Hicks, Charles George Sheppard or RQ Jackson or Aaron Roney.

I have managed to put together a tree going back to Benjamin Hamrick, with the help of other relatives, but am now trying to put in the other leaves, which I believe strongly to hold Native American Roots. I have several documents, none official, but documents that lean in this direction.

Unfortunately, we all know that a lot of the native americans scattered rather than be led down the Trail of Tears and this has made genealogy difficult.

My quest is that someone will read this who either knows someone or knows of some one or has an old bible with records in it or old pictures they didn't know what to do with and now they do, you get the idea.

I'll post the updates and progress that we make as we go along.

In the meantime, have a Happy Holiday Season!

Shirley