Former territorial limits of the Cherokee Nation of Indians before “cessions” of land made by them to the colonists. Library of Congress (loc.gov)

“Information about Indian ancestry of individuals in this category of Cherokees is more difficult to locate. This is primarily because the federal government has never maintained a list of all the persons of Cherokee Indian descent, indicating their tribal affiliation, degree of Indian blood or other data.”

U.S. Dept of the Interior “Cherokee Ancestry”  doi.gov/tribes/cherokee

Chief Red Bird Brock” Kentucky historical marker 908, Location: 523 N. KY 66, Oneida History.ky.gov

Interview of the grandsons of Jesse Brock, “¾ Indian.” by DAR member and genealogist Annie Walker Burns between 1852-1862:

“Jesse Brock was the first white settler on Wallins Creek Kentucky. He was about a three-quarter Indian, and had so much Indian blood in him, that he had no trouble in living among the Indians who were thickly settled in the mountains when he first came, raised his family among them, hunted along with them, with no trouble whatever. He homesteaded where Park Howard lives at this time. (It is said that Park Howard knows where Jesse Brock's grave is, and has designated same to satisfaction of members of the D.A.R. Including this compiler, Annie Walker Burns.”

Central Appalachian Cherokee Pow Wow circa early 1900's