Mary J. Archer Gaut's mother and father

Question

I am at a stand still on this information, I need this woman's parent's names. I am trying to trace the family to the cherokee indian heritage and her daughter, Cordelia Bell Gaut, is my g-g-grandmother who was said to be full blood but this cannot be true because the Gaut family were immagrants. So now I am focusing on the Archer family. I have found the name Archer in the Rolls but I cannot seem to find Mary's parents names. Her maiden name is Archer. Her husband was J. Las Gaut. Her children were Cordelia Bell Gaut, Leola L. Gaut, Minnie P Gaut Keys. Her children are burried at Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren in Washington, TN. The Gaut name has also been spelled Gott.

This link should take you to my geni.com page I don't know if anyone will be able to view it but I have all the privacy settings on public.

http://www.geni.com/search?previous_search_id=&query=jennifer brackett

Answer 1

How to search:

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

This will take some time, trying to match first names with rolls.  Plus you need to go down a few generations from the 1840 census to the children's children and to their children to see if somewhere they were "captured" on a roll.

My family lived on the TN/GA border. They removed to Arkansas and are on the Old Settlers Rolls, which doesn't get you recognized, just proves a heritage.  One line did go to Oklahoma and were there in 1904 to get on the Dawes Rolls. The siblings lines were out of luck.

It's possible that your indian heritage comes from a female side so you would need to try and find as many maiden names as possible.

Your family remained in TN so they probably aren't on any rolls, unless one of the children went to an area that took a roll.

1840 Washington Co, TN

John Archer 121001 011001 He's 30-40, 1 10-15, 2 5-10 1 0-5, females: 1 5-10, 1 10-15, wife 30-40

(There's another John in Campbell Co, TN but he's there in 1850 and he married Martha Bridgeman)

1850 Sullivan Co, TN, John & Rebecca on page 45

John Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1804 Tennessee

Rebecca Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1805 Tennessee (maiden name is Smith)

James Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1829 Tennessee

Julia Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1828 Tennessee

Benj Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1832 Tennessee

Elizabeth Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1834 Tennessee

Smith Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1836 Tennessee

John Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1838 Tennessee

Wm Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1840 Tennessee

Ann Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1841 Tennessee

Elizabeth Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1839 Tennessee

Eveline Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1848 Tennessee

James Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1844 Tennessee

Joseph Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1843 Tennessee

Nancy Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1837 Tennessee

Elizabeth Archer Division 1, Sullivan, TN abt 1819 Tennessee

John Archer

Age in 1860: 58

Birth Year: abt 1802

Birthplace: Tennessee

Home in 1860: Division 1, Carter, Tennessee

Gender: Male

Post Office: Elizabethton

Value of real estate: View Image

Household Members: Name Age

John Archer 58

Rebecca Archer 60

Smith Archer 25

Elizabeth Archer 25

William H H Archer 19

Family Tree Archer:

John Archer 1774 in Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee and Rebecca Smith

John was the son of John S Archer (b. Greenbrier VA) and Mary Harris

That John was the son of Robert S ARcher and Francis Unknown.

Answer 2

Hi Jen,

That site requires visitors to sign up...  I'm signed up already but can't see your tree unless I'm your Friend or Family, so have sent you an invite.

I'll go back and look, I thought the Archer family in the census that I found for you in Washington County was also all from TN -- were you able to determine that was not the right family?

Answer 3

Is this her?

Name: Mary J Archer

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852

Age in 1870: 18  

Birthplace: Tennessee  

Home in 1870: District 12, Washington, Tennessee

Race: White  

Gender: Female  

Value of real estate: View Image

Post Office: Buffalo Ridge  

Household Members: Name Age

James M Archer 51  

Lucinda Archer 53  

James W Archer 21  

Matilda Archer 20  

Mary J Archer 18  

Alice Archer 16  

William J Archer 15  

Oscar H Archer 13  

Name: Mary I Archer

Spouse: L J Gott

Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1871

Marriage County: Washington

Marriage State: Tennessee

Answer 4

A friend of mine does this sort of thing and he's always said to check with the moremen churchs.  They keep really good records and yes even on people who aren't moremen.  I'm sure you've already check the old censes.  I can also use genealogy sites to look up this stuff.  You'll have to pay for them, but they have copies of actually documents posted up there.  You mentioned that some of your relatives were imagrants.  They should have ship logs up there that you could get.