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Esther Burgess Verification?

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Esther Burgess Verification?

Posted: 23 Sep 2007 1:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Poag, McBride, Burgess
I have often read from the family information on the internet that our ancestor, Esther Burgess, was Chickasaw. I hate to question family lore, but do we really know for a fact? The only source I've seen cited is a genealogy book called The History of Wayne County. Experience has shown time and time again that oral family accounts of Native ancestry are all too often erroneous.

I don't doubt Esther's Native ancestry, but I am starting to wonder about the specific tribe. I cannot seem to find anyone in the Chickasaw tribe with the last name of Burgess on the Dawes Roll. I see plenty of Burgesses in the Creek tribe, however. Is it possible that the person giving the account in The History of Wayne County mixed up the tribes?
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Janet Goodman 23 Sep 2007 7:18AM GMT 
BobEubanks99 4 Aug 2008 7:37AM GMT 
Shinywalrus 6 Oct 2013 11:55PM GMT 
Janet Goodman 7 Oct 2013 7:56PM GMT 
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