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It’s a bit tricky… in this case it does seems size matters… The Avatar Photos needs to be less than 111 x 111 Pixels or less than 19K… If you have a Photo Program You might be able to save it to a smaller size or, Save for the Web.
Roland
Jeff, email the photo to me and I’ll resize it for you. sissipaha@saponitown.com. Also, I don’t know if I told you, Palmer is a name common among Indian-descended people in Mecklenburg County, VA, which is one of the last places the Eastern Siouan (generic Saponi) were noted, which we believe the Blackfoot ID is a marker for, so that ties in. Also Matthews is another name that comes up often in this regard, as is TN. So . . . even if you never find any documentation to “prove” what you GG grandmother said, you have every reason in my book to give her credibility. It’s much more likely she was referring to her heritage, than something she had just seen at a Wild West show (which didn’t have any western Blackfoot in them anyway).
I’m originally from Eastern Kentucky, my various families converged there from 1790s to around 1840. On my Father’s: The Klein name comes from Peter Klein (Cline) from Germany, fought in American Revolution then, headed for the Mountains and settled on the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River around 1794, what is now Peter’s Creek, near Phelphs in Pike Co., Ky.
My Father’s Mother’s side is Obediah Fields b. 1795 (North Carolina) and his wife Lydia Upton Fields. They moved quite a bit. From Western North Carolina, To Kentucky, then back and forth from Kentucky to Claiborne Co., Tennessee very near the Cumberland Gap. Obediah was one-half Cherokee, and Lydia Upton, one-quarter.
There’s reputed to be Native American on my Mother’s side. She certainly looked it. And, she always told the story how a great-great Grandmother used to swim across the Ohio River, among other things… But, I have as yet been able to find those connections.
Ancestral names on my Father’s side are: Klein (Cline), Fields, McAlister, Upton, McCoy, Francisco, Burris, Bond, Hensley, Jackson, Fuller, Salling, Reiff…
Ancestral names on my Mother’s side are: Bradley, Maynard, Patrick, Cole, Pigg, Nichols, Dickerson, Prather, Wilcoxen, Walker…
Moslty in the Virginia, Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee area.
I live in Upstate New York in the Fingerlakes region and am remodelling a 1820s Greek Revivial. I’ve been in newspapers most of my career but over the last few years in Colorado and now in New York I have been acting, writing, and directing stage productions. I’m now in the process of updating a One-Man-Show I did in Colorado called: Appalachian Songs: Kentucky Stories: 500-Million Years of Moutain History.
I love conversation, philosophy, art, and music… and am by all means a Hedonist… in the true Epicurean tradition.
Hey Roland, It’s great to have you here, I hope that you hang in there and so far I have enjoyed your posts.
Did you know that the finger lake region that you live in has a great history for the Tutelo people, cousins to the Eastern Blackfoot people and the Saponi folks in general!
Great that you are here, and welcome!
I wasn’t aware of the Native American relationships… The Cayuga and Seneca names and history are most prevalent here… I’ve found the Cayuga connections My part of the South as well… just across the river from where I was born is Mingo and Logan Counties, West Virginia… the extent of Native American influence is much greater than generally know… or, would that be generally accepted?
Thanks for Your kind words.
The Cayuga adopted the Tutelo, which was likely a term used generically to describe all Eastern Siouan. Lots of Cayuga are Tutelo in descent. They’ve kept a number of cultural elements alive.
As for your mother’s family the names Maynard, Cole, and Walker all come up in research on Saponi families, and the Big Sandy is a big location. If you search on those names and location you should find a number of posts. Bill may recognize more names.
Perhaps someday you’ll want to help Felicia and me. We’re writing an outdoor drama on the massacre at Occoneechee Island ca. 1676.
Also, your birthplace in WV is a common locale for Blackfoot Saponi. It was a post concerning a highway sign outside Elkins about the “Blackfoot of the Seneca” that got me started down this path.
Welcome aboard Roland! It seems that you and I have some common ancestral surnames: Cline, Fields, Burris, Bond, Hensley, Jackson, Fuller, Bradley, Patrick, Cole, Maynard, Nichols, Prather, Wilcoxin, & Walker. By all means , post your short and quick tree and brick walls…I’m certain you will make many connections here at Saponitown. Blessings~~~Laurie
Thanks for your help!
A relative helped me transfer a photo to my public profile yesterday.Still don’t know exactly what we did:confused:;I’m not too computer savvy.
The photo there is from a 5K I did a few years ago.Still keeping in shape.:D
Roca
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