I am trying to find genealogy of my mother who may have had Cherokee indian ancestors.

Question

Her name was Bertie Mae Swafford(BD_11/07/13).Her daddy was George Swafford.Her sisters were Inez,Gertrude,and Rose.Her brother is Paul.They were from Bledsoe County TN .George's first wife died and he remarried to a woman named Alice.Not long after that,George was murdered as he was walking home from getting commodity food in Pikeville.I don't have hisory past George on the Swafford side and have nothing past George's first wife(Maggie,my grandmother).I can't seem to get anything from the area because it is a very small county and the county seat(Pikeville)is a very small town

Answer 1

Is the the family?

Name: George H Swafford

Home in 1930: District 4, Bledsoe, Tennessee

Age: 47

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883  

Birthplace: Tennessee  

Relation to Head of House: Head  

Spouse's Name: Alice

Race: White

Household Members: Name Age

George H Swafford 47  

Alice Swafford 34  

Bertie Swafford 16  

Iness Swafford 6  

Paul Swafford 5  

Clemie Alinder 4  



Name: George Swafford

Age in 1910: 21

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889

Birthplace: Tennessee

Relation to Head of House: Head  

Father's Birth Place: Tennessee  

Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee  

Spouse's Name: Maggie

Home in 1910: Civil District 6, Bledsoe, Tennessee

Marital Status: Married  

Race: White

Gender: Male  

Neighbors: View others on page  

Household Members: Name Age

George Swafford 21  

Maggie Swafford 18  

Trudie Swafford 1 3/12

Answer 2

I have found some people who are Indian  the "roots web" website,and here are a few of other useful sites:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/ro...

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default....

http://genealogy.ucan.us/