| DANIEL | FRAZIER | PATTERSON | FOWLER | HUTSON | ORR | BARRY |
| TOLAND | MAULDIN | SEALE | LIVINGSTON | BROWNING | CROW | SMITH |
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None of my ancestors were in one place very long. Most were in the south. I have my FRAZIER line back to 1784 in Maryland. This family lived in NC, TN, AR, and TX. I have a narrative written by a cousin about Richard FRAZIER b.1810 and his family when they settled in Hill County TX.
From one source, I have the BARRY and TOLAND line back to Ireland 1770. From there they migrated to Nelson County KY. I also have a narrative about the BARRY's flee for their lives from Ireland. It was given to me by another researcher that I met on line.
There seems to be lots of people on line researching the BROWNING line. I have several sources that take my BROWNING line back to VA in 1690. From there, I trace my BROWNINGS to NC, GA, and LA.
Josiah PATTERSON and his wife Elizabeth (FOWLER) lived in GA, TN, KY, TX. Their first child was born in GA in 1858. He was a coal miner in KY. I have found that three of my GG-Grandfathers fought in the civil war. Valentine ORR fought with the 41st MS infantry and was captured at the battle of Missionary Ridge. Moses CROW was with 37th TX cavalry. Marc LIVINGSTON served with the GA 46th infantry.
Native American Blood
On my Mother’s side, my Grandmother, and Aunts always said that our CROW ancestors were descended from Indians. They always said it with pride, and I never questioned what they were telling me. I too was proud of this heritage, and always bragged about it. In fact, a lot of people say they have Indian blood.
When I started researching my roots and family history about two years ago, I was surprised that my mother and aunts didn’t know anything about their ancestors on the CROW side. All they could tell me was their Grandfather, General CROW had talked of "our Indian blood", but none of them had any facts, stories, or details. All I heard from them was "Poppoe talked about it".
So, there I was. All I had was General CROW. I had his wife back a couple of generations, but I had nothing on his ancestors. I found him in the census, but other than that, I was at a brick wall. Then, I answered a CROW query, and one thing led to another, and now I’ve got lots of CROW’s in my database, including General CROW’s father, Moses Melton CROW.
Now I was getting somewhere. Moses CROW was born in Habersham County, Georgia in 1826. I stumbled on a book at the Jacksonville Public library titled "A Researcher’s Library of Georgia History, Genealogy, and Record Sources" (Davis, 1987). In chapter XXXIII, I found some clues on my alleged Indian blood. Some of the first white settler’s in northwest Georgia lived among the Cherokees and some even took Indians for wives. Most of these settlers obtained land from the 1820, 1821, and 1832 land lotteries. Also in this chapter are letters reproduced from the Governor William Rabun Papers, Telamon Cuyler Collection, Special Collections, University of Georgia Libraries. The letters identify white persons who moved into the Cherokee lands. One letter, dated July 3, 1817 appears to be from a Indian agent, or some type of an official from Indian Affairs, named H. Montgomery who went to the Cherokee lands to run white squatters off. H. Montgomery appears to have a low opinion of these white squatters. He accuses some of them of being loose in their morals. He says "they will kiss a squaw for the privilege of their land and range". He accuses some of them of giving their daughters to Indian fellows for the privilege of living in their country. I’m sure his opinion falls in line with what most white people of that era.
In another letter written by H. Montgomery, dated July 24, 1817, a Jacob, Lewis, Levi, and Sion CROW , among others are mentioned as having received a certificate to move within the settled limits. At the very least, my CROW ancestor’s had Indians for neighbors, but it is highly possible that my Great Grandfather was telling the truth.
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