I am researching my native heritage and am hoping for a record of my great great grandmother's adoption. Sarah Ann "Sallie" Odam / Odom was adopted by John Odam III and Mary Polly Adkins according to family oral history. According to story, she was placed in the Odam family by her natural parents, reason unknown.
Sarah A. Odam; born Oct 1860 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, daughter of John Odam and Mary Atkins; married Pinkney Fowler 9 Mar 1876 in Henderson, North Carolina; Sarah died 2 Feb 1929 in Henderson, North Carolina, at age 68.
Census shows her listed as "white" in 1880 but family photos and oral tradition saying she was a "full blood Cherokee" show that she is most definitely of indian heritage. Just not sure which. Any help in completing this story would be wonderful!
Thank you so much.
| Attachments: |
| | | |
|