Question

Is this Harriet Brown a native American?

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Other than complete speculation unless you did the work and got the sources to prove it. That would be impossible to know.

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Answer 1

Billy, after looking at the source records listed, it is highly unlikely Harriet Brown Callahan is native American.  She is listed as White.  In the south, if she'd had a trace of color, she would have been listed as Indian or Mulatto.

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Thanks Kathy

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I agree! She is listed as white on the census you have referenced. You can check the Native American project for a list of sources to investigate further.

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from what ive found some of the callahan were or had indian ancestory

by marrige to male or female

the areas i looked into are ky va tn nc

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also because of them having indian they gave child either mothers madien name or even a neighbors to hid the fact

some were even called the black irish

no disrespect to anyone this is just what ive found in old newspapers ,letters ,and books