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I am looking for information on my fathers side of the family. My g grandfather Andrew Jackson Gill was born May 3 1891 in Shelbyville, TN. His daughter is Willie Henderson Gill, my grandmother. She was always told by Andrew that they were Blackfoot indian. This wasn’t something that she ever questioned. Now I am researching our family geneology and have found the term Blackfoot used in reference to many tribes from many places. My family is of African American decent and from Tennessee. I have seen claims that many slaves (as my family was) intermarried with Cherokee and called themselves Blackfoot. The Cherokee sites I have visited tell me this isn’t true and sent me to a Melungeon site. That site told me I was in the wrong place. I’m not concerned with putting a label on my family, I just want to know where we come from and what our heritage is. I have hit many a brick wall searching regular geneology sites, black sites, slave records etc. So now I’m searching for my next move.

My family surnames are:

Champ~Kentucky (Montgomery Co.) > Ohio

Gill~Tennessee (Bedford Co.)

Campbell~Tennessee (Bedford Co.)

Henderson~Tennessee (Bedford Co.)

Reed~ Kentucky (Bath Co.)

Thank you. Any suggestions or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Vicki Champ

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