Would love to know if anyone has any info on my mysterious g-g-grandmother "Cathie Morningstar" as she was listed on her youngest daughter's birth record. (Martha Smith b15 Mar 1879, Polk Co, NC) She married Stephen Decatur Smith (b1845) but must have died sometime shortly after 1900 census, since Decatur remarried. When my father was young he was told that he had and "Indian princess" in the family, and his mother's bible has the word "Morningstar" written under "Her Grandfather". In all my research, I did not see any signs of anything until I found Martha Smith's birth listed with the name Cathie Morningstar.

Any suggestions or ideas?