My great-great grandmother, Mary Ann Williams Prince 
was a Cherokee, born May 1838 in Alabama.  My great 
grandfather, Ezekiel Cherry Crisp was also Cherokee, 
born April, 1851 in Arkansas. Trying to locate their 
families and connecting them to the Cherokee is a 
daunting task.  Possibly, Mary Ann and her family came 
to Arkansas when the Cherokee along with the Creek, 
Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole were removed from the 
Southeast in 1839.
 


Ezekiel's family moved from Georgia, through Mississippi, 
Lousiana into Arkansas. This is the task I have before me. 
In searching for them, the following sources are some good 
ones I have come across. If you are also searching for 
Native American roots, maybe some of these will point you 
in the right direction. Since I was raised in SW Oklahoma, 
among the Kiowa, Comanche and Kiowa Apache, I have included 
some of those that I have come across.