Hello, I’ve been working on my family line MATTESON for several years.
My gggrandfather Wm Tecumseh MATTESON born 1825 OH. I’m stumped!
My grandfather said that we were related to Tecumseh (the native American orator), somewhere in our family tree.
He mentioned that his ancestors were on the Trail of Tears, but wondered off
the trail, and came into IN? They said my Matteson ancestors were pale enough to pass for an Englishman?
Wm T. and his wife Sarah Jane Arnold were parents of several children, 6 of them were sets of twins, unfortunately 2 of the children from these sets didn’t
live to adulthood.
From looking at pictures of my grandfather Wm Clayborn MATTESON, and his
sons (one being my father) their skin was very leathery. Then thru other research, in a book that I had been reading my grandfather and Cheif Greenfeather from OK Territory had uncanny resemblances? They could’ve been twins, themselves!
I have found several MATTESON’s on the Dawes Rolls, but on their cards it really didn’t give me any answers? I was mostly interested in the Hester & Wm. MATTESON, where they started their trek for the T/T? Were they mother
& son?
Then in another book, from where I’d copied the main page, and one page of
MATTESON’s, a Eliza E.(16619?); Walter W. (16550?); Leo V. (10651?); Cora
(10652?); William (21921?); Albertus Hester (50654?); These are the numbers to the INDEX to the FINAL ROLLS of Citizens and Freedmen of the
Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory; Prepared by the Commission and Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, Approved by the S of the Interior
Prior to March 4 1907. I believe if memory serves me right, came from the
internet < http://media.nara.gov/media/images/35/18/35-1766a.gif.
You can see I've done alot of research, and read alot of books over the last
several years.
I know from research the Shawnee indians were in the Southern IN area, and
someone posted on My Heritage about being related to Cornstalk; when they
were located in the Pike Co., IN area; which is where my gggrandfather Wm Tecumseh MATTESON was married to Sarah Jane Arnold, dau. of Joseph Arnold, where were before their marriage were located in Meulenberg Co. KY.
I'm not seeking any type of heritage which I'm sure we no longer have any
percentage of American Indian heritage anylonger, just would like to justify
any heritage.
I would like to make sure when I make this comment, following that I'm politically correct, which I'm probably not, but my grandfather said not to ever
mention that we are are AI decent, because if they would have another roundup of indians, we could be along with them?
I have contacted several family members around the same age of my grandfather, Wm. Clayborn Matteson, to ask them if they'd ever heard that we
were of American Indian heritage, and they said they'd all had heard it! This goes back to family members that were older than my grandfather, that were
still living at that time.
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