Re: Robert B Pruitt Vann
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Re: Robert B Pruitt Vann
Cate Vann 8/03/08
Hi Cate,
I have a family history with stories that say I decend from Chief Vann and Wa-Li, right or wrong.I'm trying to prove or disprove it.What I don't need is someone telling me that it's not possible because they aren't mentioned in Star's records or the Morovian Diaries.
One line of my family did get accepted into the nation and that is the Robert Dawson clan, decendant of Samuel Riley Dawson and Polly Rogers, dau of Hell Fire Jack Rogers and Alcey Vann, dau of Chief Vann and Wa-Li.Several generations have carried the Alcey name.
I do know that Polly Rogers and her 1/2 sister Tiana met Sam Houston while they were at school, which was not the Morovian site.Not sure if your paperwork has any records that have the female Alcey Vann or not, as she would have been a 1/2 sister to your ancestor.
Will Rogers, the comedian, does mention that he was related to Alcey Vann, so there is at least these in written form.
Whether this is right or not, I may not find any written records to prove this. I hope to. In the mean time, I did find a living female decendant that is doing the MTDNA test, which goes from mother to mother to mother. I hope to find another decentant female of Wa-li's to compare DNA results. This will help in the place of records.
I'm glad you got copies of the documents as you ahve a gold mine there.