Some
Wooten lines are related to Dennis
Wooten, deceased, former
Perry County,
KY Supt. of
Schools in the middle of the 20th century; and note
Wooten,
KY in
Leslie County,
KY near Red Bird Forest, Red Bird River, Red Bird Mission, Red Bird,
KY, named for Cherokee Chief Red Bird. Note
Stinnett,
KY and the
Stinnett family, spelled in various ways, in
KY, TN, NC and the South and Thousand Sticks,
KY, connected to the Sizmore family and Size Rock or maybe
Sizemore Rock,
KY area. The
Woods MAY be connected to the
Arrowood families of NC, SC and TN, or just Wood or
Woods related to the
Combs, and Sizmore connected to Chief Red Bird, among others. Chief Red Bird moved among the VA,
Carolina and
KY Cherokee and was a
Headman of the Old Cherokee Nation, sometimes known as Aaron
Brock or Aaron
Sizemore or other surnames, since many Indian nations traced family through women in some time periods. Many Cherokee took the white names of wives or relatives. See the site:
www.cherokeecouncilofamerica.info for some Chief Red Bird info connected to the
Wooten families. Many southeast
Kentucky families claimed connections the
Powhatan Cherokee with connections to Chief
Powhatan - and Pamunkey,
Miles and other families of Indian
Virginia Tidewater origin.
