Native American Morelands , sharing info
I have been reading over quite a few posts on this board and one thing has kind of nagged at me a bit and I thought I would add my two cents worth here. Just a little sharing of info. It seems to me that many are looking for Moreland roots in a european sense. Many Morelands (spelled Moreland) are not european but rather original Americans. Moreland is a common surname amongst the Eastern Band of Cherokee people. (Tsalagi) The Cherokee's homeland at one time, encompassed parts of eastern Kentucky, Tennesee,western West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, western North Carolina, northern Alabama, northwestern South Carolina and northern Georgia.(Moreland Georgia as a matter of fact) There were many Morelands in the Cherokee nation. Sometimes it is tough to find a relative or find a correlation between Morelands in the west and those of the south east but you have to remember that in the late 1830's Many Cherokees and Morelands were "removed" to Oklahoma on The Trail of Tears. Not all Morelands went west on "the long walk" though..many hid in the mountains and tried to retain their heritage as much as possible. The Cherokee also intermarried quite freely with the non native settlers and often changed their last names out of fear and other reasons. (Kind of like Germanic folks did during and after ww2 in this country) thus making it even tougher to try to trace a written family history. The US govt. did a census before and after "removal" and the published works are known as Cherokee Roots Vol 1 (pre) and Cherokee Roots vol 2 (post) There is also a roll called The 1924 Baker Roll of the eastern band of Cherokee Indians. The Baker Roll lists such things as, names, birthdates and, Eastern Cherokee Blood quantum. So if you come to a dead end maybe you can find some answers in places that you never thought to look before :o)
~D. Moreland
More Replies:
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Christine Farnham 6/06/02
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Elizabeth Cowan 4/12/02
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Moreland Orlando 5/08/02
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
KATRINA PITTS HEATHERLY 6/19/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Moreland Orlando 6/20/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Elizabeth Cowan 5/13/02
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
6/01/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
6/08/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Moreland Orlando 5/08/02
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Diana Hudson 11/22/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Moreland Orlando 2/15/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Diana Hudson 2/15/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Ellen Miller 9/04/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Diana Hudson 9/05/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Ellen Miller 9/06/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly
Michelle Walther 11/09/01
-
Moreland/Dooly/Gann Native Amer. #'s
Di Armstrong 3/03/02
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly/Gann Native Amer. #'s
Michelle Moreland Orlando 2/15/03
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly/Gann Native Amer. #'s
Michelle Walther 5/08/02
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly/Gann Native Amer. #'s
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly
Michelle Moreland Orlando 5/08/02
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly
Michelle Walther 7/17/02
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly
-
Re: Moreland/Dooly
11/10/01
-
Moreland/Dooly/Gann Native Amer. #'s
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Moreland Orlando 2/15/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
c Harness 6/07/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Llewellyn Rinald 9/21/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
3/12/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
noah Armstrong 1/28/04
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Edwin Jones 3/12/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
joy kiker 3/30/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
4/28/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Walther 7/17/02
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Michelle Moreland Orlando 2/15/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Llewellyn Rinald 9/21/03
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
Edwin Jones 5/03/01
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info
-
Re: Native American Morelands , sharing info