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John Quincy and Betsy Souther Nix Bankston William Souther Courtesy Image

John Quincy and Betsy Souther Nix Bankston William Souther Courtesy Image

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The John Quincy Bankston Family

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
This family originated in the Cherokee Homeland; western North Carolina and Georgia to be specific. After living for some time in Custer and Pueblo County, most of the family members ended up in the Disappointment Valley, San Miguel County, Colorado.
Dyer James Marion

Dyer James Marion

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Dyer Family - Part II of II

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Part II of IIJames Marion Dyer Bluford Lumpkin’s older brother and Elisha and Anna Dyer’s eighth child and fifth son, James Marion Dyer was born in South Carolina in 1823 and died in Union County, Georgia in 1904. He married Elizabeth Louisa Ingram in 1846 in Union County and they had 12 children.
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Dyer Bluford Lumpkin Tombstone Courtesy Image

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Dyer Family - Part I of II

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Part I of IIThe Dyer family from Union County, Georgia had a few members that made it to Pueblo County. They didn’t stay long, but their name lingers in the area.The Elisha and Anna Dyer Family In the early 1820s, Bluford ‘Elisha’ Jr.
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Howell William Lizzie tombstone Courtesy Image

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Howell Family - Part II of II

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The William Howell Family William was born in 1834 and raised in Auraria, Georgia where his father, Andrew worked as a gold miner. He had two older and two younger brothers, and one younger sister.
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Howell Family -

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Part I of IISeveral families from the Cherokee homeland followed the early settlers to Colorado. There were two Howell families linked to the Greenhorn Valley. Both of the families originated in the Cherokee homeland, one from Ashe County, North Carolina and one from Auraria, Georgia.
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Duckworth James Marion Courtesy Image

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Scroggs Family - William Calvin Part III of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
As a landowner with a herd of cattle, William returned to Montgomery County, Illinois to marry Mary Etta Corey. She was born in Illinois in 1857, and they likely met while William was working there. The couple married in Illinois and William brought Etta back to his ranch.
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Scroggs Family - William Calvin Part I of III

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Scroggs Arroyo is named for this family. The arroyo drains into Greenhorn Creek just east of the interchange at I-25 Exit 77 which was on land owned by the family.William Calvin Scroggs came to Colorado from the Cherokee homeland with a stop in Illinois.
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The John Joseph Thomas Family

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
This family is related to members of the Nix family and they traveled to Colorado with Elizabeth Souther Nix and her children.Thomas is a very common first and last name. This Thomas family originated in the Cherokee homeland of southwest North Carolina and northwest Georgia.
Nix Family - Part III-IV

Nix Family - Part III-IV

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Nix Family - Part III-IV

Cheryl Johnson Huban
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Elizabeth Souther, Widow of William Nix “With their team and wagon filled with sparse household goods,” James, his mother, Elizabeth and two sisters “went down to the Arkansas River, through Los Animas, Granada, Fort Dodge, Great Bend, Hutchinson, Wichita, and Union Center.
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