Thanks Andrea and Thomas for the information. During the time period in
1836 forward when my native american ancestors bought land in Randolph
county and became farmers, it was illegal for indians to own land, other
than the reservation lands they were given west of the Mississippi river at
the time of the forced removals. That is why they concealed their
identities as native americans and the men grew beards and they all dressed
as their pioneer neighbors and if anyone asked what nationality they were
of, they might have said Black Dutch or some other name. I just suspected
the Quakers might have known their true identity and might have helped a
number of individual native families become farmers in their own community.
Maybe the Quakers kept no records of this because of the legalities, but I
was hoping such records might have been kept. I just know my native
ancestors and many other native families became farmers in Randolph and
Delaware counties and hid their true identities.
Thanks very much Andrea for your help, it is greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea" <andrea.genealogy(a)pceaze.com>
To: <INRANDOL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:44 PM
Subject: [INRANDOL] Friends and Native Americans Answer
Thomas sent you a message.
Subject: Native Americans & Friends
"I don't know of any records of the kind you mention. We have the annual
reports of the yearly meeting Indian committee from 1821 on, but they are
concerned entirely with the model farm and school at Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Friends had contact with Delaware and Miami people on the White River, but
not in an organized way. And I don't know of anything relating to
Kentucky."