I just found a much older cousin who remembers my gr-great grandmother [ her grandma].My gr-gr-grandma was
Sarah
Moles [ also found spelled
Mole, Mauls , Mulls]. My cousin said that her grandma, Sarah, was half Native American. </p>
Sarah
Moles was married to John
Stephens in
Ky. Sarah was born 5/18/1856. </p>
This cousin said that her grandma, Sarah, & her father told her that Sarah's mother was Native American.This cousin said that Sarah's mother is buried near Russell
Springs,
Ky. She is buried just outside of the cemetery, along the fence line, her grave only marked by a pile of stones.I was told that because she was Native American the family was not allowed to bury her in the cemetery.</p>
On Sarah's death certificate, her parents are listed as :
Jackson
Moles and
Amelia Walker .</p>
I have found them on the 1870
Wolf Creek,
Russell Co,
Ky CENSUS as
Jackson and PERMELIA
Moles. Amelia / Permelia
Walker would have been born abt mid 1820's to early 1830's I have
Jackson Moles in
Clinton Co,
Ky in 1860.</p>
So, my gr-gr-grandmother would be a
Walker. But, of course , the family stories confuse things.... The story goes that 2 young girls escaped along the
Trail of
Tears & were taken in by the
Stephens family. They ended up marrying 2
Stephens boys. That wouldn't make sense since Permelia / Amelia's maiden name is
Walker.... her daughter later married a Stephens.</p>
Can anyone, PLEASE, help? Please e-mail me.
Cathy
crkp@svs.net