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From these hills….. |
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Mary
Jane Stone Baliles Her
Descendants |
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Mary Jane Stone was the daughter of Tandy and Jane Stone, b. 1835 in the
Bowens Creek section of what was then part of Patrick County, Virginia.. Her mother, Jane (?), my g-g-grandmother,
was full blood Cherokee, the clan is believed to have been the Bird Clan but
I have no verification of that. The
memories of a small child are all that I have. Tandy and Jane’s children were: Martha Ann Stone, Gregory Landiss Stone, Mary Jane Stone, and Andrew
Jackson Stone Mary Jane Stone married Barnabus A. Baliles, the son of Barnaby Baliles
and Milly Reynolds, 2 Feb 1854 in Henry County, Virginia. They had the following children: Jesse Allen Baliles, Virginia Baliles, Barny Reid Baliles, Nancy Ida
Baliles, Mary E. Baliles, Louanna
Baliles (my grandmother), Pinkney Baliles, Lucy Jane Baliles, Emma Baliles, and
John Baliles. |
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Louanna Baliles, b. 26 May 1866 in Henry County, married Abram F.
Robertson, 19 Sep 1895 in Patrick
County. She died 12 Feb 1943. Her children: Gertie Mae Robertson, Daisy Ethel Robertson, Rosa Agnes Robertson (my mother), and
Charles Emmet Robertson |
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Rosa Agnes Robertson, b. 20 June 1905 in Patrick County, d. 26 Feb
1983. She m. Willie Bryan Bateman 16
Aug 1923. Her children: Lucille Agnes Bateman, Eunice
Mae Bateman, Jack Edward Bateman, and Marie Virginia Bateman. |
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Eunice Yellow Bird Kirkman My Native American blood has been verified through DNA testing. Many of my family are members of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of
Virginia. My Native
American blood has been verified through DNA testing. |
