My grandparents were all 4 part Cherokee or Creek Indian, so which names are Ind

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My grandparents were all 4 part Cherokee or Creek Indian, so which names are Indian?

My other ancestors are Anglo Saxon, Scottish, Irish, French...?
The surnames are:
Holcombe, Nash, Minor, Lavender, Pinkerton, Carson,
Owens, Mehaley, Mitchell, Marsh, Wright, Phipps, Edmundson, Gibbs

I think all these people were from around the Smoky Mountains, and I've guessed that the Indians were the females, but I also only have the history back to mid 1800's so far.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Family histories on any website should be taken as clues not as fact as most is not documented. Even if you see the same information over and over by different submitters, a lot of copying is being done.

Since you have gone back to the mid 1800s, you apparently have already done some ground work. Ancestry.Com has lots of records and is obtaining more all the time. Check the genealogy section of your nearest public library and see if the don't have a subscription to Ancestry.Com.

My stepmother's mother was a Holcombe.
Her father was a Moore and he had some Indian. There are a lot of Holcombe descendants up in Houston County, Texas.

Now since you have given names someone will furnish you with a link to a coat of arms peddler. These companies sell them solely on a surname which is not valid. I understand some will do 'research" and "link" you to a person granted a coat of arms. Many coats of arms actually have the same name as they were different for
other family members and more than one individual was granted one. The vague family histories that come with them might be your family history and might not.