Found the following posted at http://cherokeestar.yolasite.com/sevier-huskeys.php
Still currently working to find more documentations to prove the family tradition(s) in Huskeys of Sevier County, Tennessee that they are "Kin" to Cherokee Indians. Also I have recently discovered the Cherokee Indian records at U. S. Archives in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas that Huskeys in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1896 have filed to apply for an citizenship in Cherokee Indians Nation. All citizenship application papers by various Huskey families, various Whaley families, and Ogle families of Sevier County, Tennessee have been rejected by Dawes Commission in late 1890's for unknown reason. But sworn statements in the citizenship application papers have strongly supported and verified the family traditions in the Huskey family history that I am currently updating. The Huskeys, Whaleys and Ogles who filed for the citizenship in Cherokee Indians Nation are children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of pioneer settlers who came to White Oak Flats (now Gatlinburg, Tennessee), Sevier County, Tennessee in early 1800's from Edgefield County, 96th District, South Carolina.
I am inclined to believe that PETER HUSKEY Sr. was truly an Scotch-Irish man and an Indian trader with Cherokee Indians Nation in 18th Century (1700's). Was his wife an "one-half Cherokee Indians by Blood"? If so, then I would like to have a record about it. This PETER HUSKEY Sr. and his family were living in Frederick County, Virginia and Rowan County, North Carolina during that time.
The children of PETER HUSKEY Sr. were, indeed, "one-fourth Cherokee Indian by Blood" per sworn statements in citizenship application papers.
For the family history on the children of PETER HUSKEY Sr., it can be located in two genealogical publications, SMOKY MOUNTAIN CLANS, Volume 1, Revised Edition, and THE BOOK OF RAGAN/REAGAN.
Will appreciate in hearing about this "interesting" Cherokee Indians ancestry in the Huskey, Whaley, and Ogle families of Sevier County, Tennessee.
You can contact me at snail address, Donald B. Reagan, 801 Henrietta Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37912-3627; or at email address, dbrbear@BellSouth.Net.
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The Reagan name appears on a tree that I have. From Jay Webb I think. This is the last line from that tree:
Jane Reagan daughter of ( Richard Reagn and Julia Ann Schultz) married Albert Huskey ......
My Grandfather was Loa Huskey (no middle name), born 01-24-1880, Son of William & Mary Feezel Huskey. Loa married twice. Married Lillian Marie, 2nd time. He always told me that we had Indian blood in us. Loa passed away 03-31-1957, buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, MO. Loa's parents William & Mary are buried in Jackson, MO Cemetery. Loa had two sons, Roscoe & Glen and one daughter Lillian Lee (my mother). Loa was married twice.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather Jesse Lindsey b 1883 Sevier, TN, grandson of Mary Huskey b 1824 Sevier, TN and John Lindsey b 1827 Sevier, TN, tried to get Indian benefits in Shawnee, Oklahoma because of this family legend of Cherokee ancestors, but he was unable to prove it so received none..
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