Re: Essie Tompkins/Thompkins Anderson, SC early 1900's
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Essie Tompkins/Thompkins Anderson, SC early 1900's
Lauren Collins 10/11/07
Hi Hallie,
My great-grandmother's name is Effie Thompkins too. Sounds like we may be related. Effie was Cherokee. Her parents were Sim Thompkins and Odessa Briggs of South Carolina. To the best of my knowledge Odessa is full blooded Cherokee while Sim's mother Mandy was Cherokee and his father Eli Thompkins may have been of Irish decent. This would make Effie 25% Irish and 75% Cherokee. I am a decent from Effie's second marriage to a Cherokee man named Yancy Bufford. Curious to know who your grandmother is/was. Feel free to contact me at [email protected].