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I have some good news. I was checking the family of “Powell Brown” because he lived near my “David B. Brown” in Lawrence County, Ar., adn because that name appears on teh Swetland Rolls. However I discovered he & his family lived in the house of Anderson Griffith & his wife Matilda Wayland Griffith. The Waylands are related to me. Matilda’s sister was Sarah Ann Wayland Richey, a g-g-grandma of mine.
The Griffith’s had 2 children, and apparently both parents died, because those 2 children were made dependents of Hamilton Richey, who married Sarah after Joseph Richey died. They 2 Richey’s are brothers.
But there is a family of “Brown’s” on the Swetland Rolls of 1869, with a Powell Brown as a child, clearly not the Powell Brown in Arkansas who would have been an old man by then if he was alive at all. I discovered the 2 Griffith children are listed amongst this group of Brown’s and this includes the “Powell Brown” who is a small child.
Now I can prove the Waylands were in SC and Va before goin to Arkansas in 1815, we know the year they arrived in Arkansas is sure. I don’t know where the Griffith’s came from as that’s not a name I was really looking into, but I guess I need to now.
Swetland Rolls were of Cherokee who remained in the East. Well someone has a record of this family on line and about half the children it says were born in Adair county, Ok and the other half in Cherokee Co. NC.
But I doubt seriously those Waylands WERE Cherokee, because of where they lived, even tho they are on those Rolls. I thought the Richey’s, Wood, & Dickson’s of this line were mixed-Indian but I never saw Wayland on any Roll of any tribe. I bet since some of the smaller tribes had no “Roll” or government recognition process, I bet some of them signed up on Cherokee Rolls because they were the only game in town.
Altho I am not descended from these people, we are related to them, and so am happy to have found this link. So altho I was intrerested in these Brown’s because they lived near David B. Brown (whom we have proof was Chickamauga-Cherokee and not some other tribe), and ended out disceoevring something I wasn’t lookin for. Usually it is the other way around, I look for something only to discover it is a blind alley.
vance hawkins
Vance,
Congratulations, this is good news, not just for you but all who are trying to squeeze the truth out these biased and duplicitous records organized by the exploiters– the land robbers of the Native Peoples. True, some clues arose accidently, but it was your quick understanding of the significance of the clues and your doggedness that led to the good results. Keep it up. Bess.
Thank you Bess and Linda.
We have school photo’s of 2 of grandma’s brothers, with names left to right, row upon row, of a small rural school house (30 or 40 kids tops) taken in 1910. The 2 kids who are obviously Indian, are grandma’s brothers, and their names are certain. They could be full-blood from those photos, but I know they are probably 1/2 to 3/4ths, and probably close to 1/2.
But those kids have Richey (first found in Va) and Brown (first found in Al) blood in them, and that is Cherokee (Brown) AND some other tribe (Richey), possibly Saponi but we are not certain. From Information on this web site I am thinkin’ Saponi, with the Wood and Dickson/Dixon surnames, plus the information you found about Solomom Richey bein a “free person of Color”. But we may never be sure of this. Also I found other people with the tradition of the “Blackfoot” and “Tuckahoe” associated with the surname Richey. I have never discoevred if or how I might be related to these people, tho.
Genealogy is just a lotta hard work and and it is so easy to be wrong.
vance hawkins
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I’d like to put those photos on this thread, if you’d like to. If so, send me an image file and I’ll upload it to the site.
well, okey — they used to be on the internet but I lost the site because they started charging money.
I’ll e-mail you personally about the arraingements, if that’s okay?
vance
Howdy Dennis,
As I said on one thread (maybe this one), I know documentation of a Griffith man who died, and his 2 kids were given to Hamilton Richey in Lawrence County Arkansas in the 1850s/60s. Both men had wives who were sisters, with the maiden name of “Wayland” and Waylands can be traced back to SC, the Va, then to Ar very early, 1815. The 2 Griffith kids show up on Cherokee Swetland Rolls of 1869. I know nothing of the Griffith male or his genealogy, tho, really. Hamilton Richey was my g-g-grandpa’s brother.
Could your “Solomon” be the one recorded as a “free man of color”? Do you know anything about an “Adam Richey/Ritchey” and various other spellings? I’ve found him in Lawrence County Arkansas in the early 18-zeroes or teens, but he seems to have come there from Pennsylvania. I have thought of “Adam” because he was in Lawrence County, Ar, near Powhatan Ar very early on (30 years before my Richey’s showed up there), and because he is a “Richey”.
I saw a lot of Richey’s in E. Pennsylvania census records and have wondered if they were related. I recall seeing the counties you mention with Richey’s, but not knowing if I should look into them or not, as there are 20 or 30 or so other counties with Richey’s back then in the early days of Caucasian America.
Dad always said his Richey’s were “Irish” tho’ and he never mentioned Switzerland. I asked him about all his genealogy out of curiosity years ago. He also said there was some “French” but I have never found a French surname and he never knew exactly where the French came from, he only said it was what he was told and knew nothing more about it. I heard that 1/4th of Switzerland speqaks French, 1/4 Italian, 1/4th Greman, and 1/4th something called “Romani” what ever that is. Is this true? Maybe they came from a French part of Switzerland?
This would take a lotta research to verify now, I’m just guessin’!
But thank you very much for this information. Maybe this is where we came from, I just don’t know. It is definitely worth investigating further!
I have really been blessed the last few weeks with lots of information. Just wish I had time/opportunity to follow it up! Thank you very much.
vance hawkins
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I have just recently been told that my gm Mary Jane Wyatt (1900-1945) was a Blackfeet Indian. I had always heard she was Cherokee. One story says she was born in AR; another that she was born on the Anadarko reservation in OK. She resided in AR for many years and died in Altheimer, Jefferson Co. AR. Her parents were Alfred and Mary (Williams) Wyatt. She had 2 sibs – Cora Ella Wyatt and David Ray Wyatt, both of whom lived in AR for many years. Mary Jane and David certainly looked Native American. Don’t know about Cora. I, too, am interested in any info on the Blackfeet in Arkansas.
If she was connected to the “Other Blackfoot” we’re talking about here, you’ll likely need to go back quite a bit in time, as they were scattered from VA/NC in the 18th century. Williams is a name that fits the pattern, you may want to pursue that first, and see where they came from
Thanks. I did see that Williams had come up in other posts. However, I’m at a roadblock with ggm Mary Williams. I intend to keep looking, however.
Anadarko is about a 90 minute drive NE from me. There are several federally recognized tribes there — most are originally from west of the Mississippi (all but one).
There is one (and only one) federally recognized tribe from near the east Coast originally that now is in Anadarko — Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma.
Have you checked them out for the Wyatt surname? I hope you find your people.
I believe they moved from Pa to Oh & In to Mo to Kansas to Tx to Ok, being moved around every few years . . . I might be wrong about some of the places they went, but they are based out of Anadarko now.
vance
Thanks, Vance. I wasn’t aware of the Delaware Tribe. I’ve tried checking out the “Anadarko reservation” for any info re the Wyatts and Williams and didn’t come up with anything. I will try the Delawares. If I find anything, I’ll post it.
-Carol
Hi Carol,
With your Mary Jane (Williams) Wyatt having lived to 1945, maybe there’s a death certificate her and her parents’ names should be on that.
Looked for them in Jefferson Co., Ar. but they’re not there as of the 1930 census – have any first/middle name for Alfred Wyatt ?Just thinking “Alfred” may be one but he’s recorded under another.
Bill
Thanks, Bill. Let me clarify. My gm, Mary Jane Wyatt, was born in 1900 and died in 1945. I have her death certificate (which says she was born in AR, but my mother said Anadarko OK), as well as those of her sibs, David Ray Wyatt and Cora Ella Wyatt. According to the death certificates, their parents were Alfred Wyatt and Mary Williams, both born in AR. No middle initial for Alfred. David’s d/c shows his mother’s name as Mary Jane Williams. There is an Alfred Wyatt marrying a M.A. Williams in Lonoke AR in 1877 and a 1880 census entry showing an Alfred Wyatt born in KY married to Mary J. Wyatt born in AR w/ a child, Albert D. Wyatt. That entry shows Mary’s father born in AR and mother in MO. I don’t know if those Wyatts are my ggps or not.
Everyone I’ve spoken to says my gm Mary Jane Wyatt was an Indian. I’ve always heard Cherokee. Recently, I’ve heard from her step-grandson, Blackfoot. Hence, my postings. I’ve searched every on-line database I can think of and am stumped. The Williams in MO might be consistent with the Samponi. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, again.
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