OSIYO/Greetings,In the early 1800's a man was born named John J. Countryman in the Tennessee/Georgia/North Carolina area known as the Eastern Cherokee Nation, A man named Sequoia gave the Cherokee an alphabet thus establishing a great and educated Civilized Indian Nation the Cherokee.In 1839 there was a forced movement west to the eastern part of the Oklahoma territory known as Indian Territory. Now, however, it is part of the North East section of the great state of Oklahoma, located around Tulsa. After the move John met a wonderful woman known as Martha "Patsy" Ward, and married her. To make a story short, a Lucy (ann) Jane Countryman was born in 1874,there was a man she married, Samuel McDowell,Joseph McDowell/Conner was born in 1870. Samuel passed on,she then married Caleb W.Conner. Then Susie was born in 1871. Mollie was born in 1874
Mollie married an Oliver Sparks in 1898 in Arkansas.Their 8th child is my dad, William. I have more, if that tickled your lineage in any way...WADO!...Sparky