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I have been searching my Mothers Family (Lively) lines. We know that there is Native American blood somewhere in our line but have yet to find it. Can someone please help me with this. They are from the Elton, Sandstone, Hinton, WV area.
This is all I have so far:
Harrison Shiflet m. Rebecca J. Lively 14 Dec 1862 [Jackson County, Ohio]
Excerpt rom VA-Notes: Colonial Wars Bounty Lands at http://www.lva.lib.va.us/pubserv/vanotes/vanotes16.htm:
“Later in the colonial period, bounty lands were offered as an incentive or reward to men who performed military service during
the French and Indian War; however, the area in which the land was available was closed by the Proclamation of 1763, so it was
not until 1779, and after, that the bounty was actually awarded.” Sept 1758, Albemarle Co.: ….Stephen Cash… John Freeman…Mark Lively…
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