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My grandmother’s grandmother was Mary (Patterson) Whitener. Family legend has it that she was at least part Cherokee. Mary was born in Ellijay, Georgia in 1869 and married William Whitener there in 1883. They lived in Murray County, Georgia in 1900. Sometime between 1904 and 1907, they moved to Oklahoma. According to my grandmother, they moved . . . → : CONTINUE READING

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Comment by Catherine on September 12, 2011 at 4:38pm: Tonia,

Would your William WHITENER happen to be the son of Davidson and Sarah Emily (SEARCY) WHITENER? My husband has many PATTERSON and WHITENER names in his family in Gilmer County, so there may be a connection somewhere. Who are Mary's parents?

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