Thoughts from Polly's Granddaughter

A little Cherokee history and genealogy mixed in with a whole lot of truth.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Who were the Texas Cherokees?

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Originally, a group of Cherokees, led by The Bowl, who had left the United States and settled in the geographical area now known as the stat...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Similar name, different man: Devereaux Jarratt Bell vs Deveraux J. Bell

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“If taken at face value, records and their “facts” can deceive, mislead, or confuse us.” - Elizabeth Shown Mills     Anyone who has done gen...
Friday, October 1, 2021

The Gardner Green Series: Northup No Longer Claims Young Wolf/Gardner Green

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In 2019, after my blog series on Gardner Green, I received an email from Beverly Baker Northup, "chief" of the Northern Cherokee N...
Friday, September 10, 2021

Genealogical Research and Common Sense

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Not too long ago, while doing a bit of research, I ran across an interesting "person" on Find A Grave. A  Cherokee man was listed ...
Friday, September 3, 2021

First Annual Cherokee Nation Holiday Program - 1953

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Note: I haven't written in this blog for a while. I'm sorry for that. The pandemic has taken it's toll on everyone, me included....
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