RobertBruceFerguson
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- Mar 15, 2014
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- Central Mississippi
A general thread for Native Americans during the Civil War ...
It's pretty interesting really. In fact, just the other day I was reading a slave narrative of a Choctaw woman who was claimed by a white man as his slave - he didn't have to produce papers or anything! What tribe are you? The ancestors of mine who were with Forrest were Choctaw/Chickasaw/Cherokee/Catawba.
Ack! I'm doing it again! We'll have to start another thread and get out of Donna's food!
I'm a member of the Mississippi Choctaw. Not aware of any Choctaw, who sided with the confederacy, kin who was part of the War. Mississippi Native American records are sparse between 1860-1900 roughly. I do have plenty from my paternal side though: William Milo Ferguson; John, David, Daniel, & Jesse Boles (Bowles), Hiram Hogan Boles, Robert Cochran, and James Ward Harris.
I'm what the old-timers called a half-breed.
My g-g-grandfather Samuel Hill was a captain co.k 1st seminole fought under John Jumper. Good Pic!Expired Image Removed
John Jumper was a Seminole who served for the C.S.A.
My g-g-grandfather Samuel Hill was a captain co.k 1st seminole fought under John Jumper. Good Pic!
That be him! Thank u for posting that.Must of been this guy? :
That be him! Thank u for posting that.
This may be a silly question, Diane, but how can you be Karuk if all your ancestors are Choctaw and Chickasaw and Cherokee?
The rules change? I am Norwegian, although there is a rumored Scot somewhere in there.
It is a given that Swedes and Danes share the Skandinavian umbrella, we are not exactly the same. Or so it is claimed.
The Lakota were Native Americans and didn't get along with the Pawnee and Absarokas who were also Native Americans. They did get along with the Cheyenne.
What am I missing?