Bill decending the steps into a grave, St Francisville cemetery, LA. one of my Davidson-Irons-Garland grandmas has been in the old family stories as Cherokee, all of her grandchildren were raised Indian, as well as most of her great grandchildren. In those stories, the Loudermilks were supposedly our Cherokee grandparents, they were neither our kin , nor Cherokee. our great grands were the Garlands. I have come to the conclusion that she was Melungeon. others doing research on her have come to this same conclusion independently of me. our DNA tests have shown the Garlands of NC were Melungeon. most Cherokee grandma stories in the Appalachian mountain states turn out to be Melungeon. I want to thank Jan for sharing her mother's and gma's old family photos. I will gladly transfer your relatives to you, just leave a message telling how you are connected. Please follow findagrave guidelines. also, I will transfer all of Chehalis tribal members to the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Rez. please do not copy and post my personal photographs of my family members to other websites without my permission.

Bill decending the steps into a grave, St Francisville cemetery, LA. one of my Davidson-Irons-Garland grandmas has been in the old family stories as Cherokee, all of her grandchildren were raised Indian, as well as most of her great grandchildren. In those stories, the Loudermilks were supposedly our Cherokee grandparents, they were neither our kin , nor Cherokee. our great grands were the Garlands. I have come to the conclusion that she was Melungeon. others doing research on her have come to this same conclusion independently of me. our DNA tests have shown the Garlands of NC were Melungeon. most Cherokee grandma stories in the Appalachian mountain states turn out to be Melungeon. I want to thank Jan for sharing her mother's and gma's old family photos. I will gladly transfer your relatives to you, just leave a message telling how you are connected. Please follow findagrave guidelines. also, I will transfer all of Chehalis tribal members to the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Rez. please do not copy and post my personal photographs of my family members to other websites without my permission.