Old Families of Delaware County Adds Roberts

Paul Roberts of Grove has been recognized as one of the new members of Old Families of Delaware County by the Delaware County Genealogical Society. Fourteen members of Paul’s family showed up for the occasion in mid-November.
The Roberts family came to this area late in the 1800s, and Paul’s grandfather Jesse Roberts married Cherokee Rebecca Agnes Snell in 1897. The Snell ancestry goes back to the Old Nation in the east. Linda Adzigian of Grove researched and presented the family history. To qualify for Old Families of Delaware County, an application has to be presented proving genealogically that the family was in what is now Delaware County by 1900.
Also recognized at the meeting was James Aaron Caudill, the ancestor of Carol Caudill Savage. She had previously proved her Ketcher and Hanna ancestors.
The McGhee family, beginning with the early settlers Ambrose McGhee and his wife Judy Cochran, was recognized by application by Richard Dennis McGhee. A cousin, John Terry, presented the family history which includes T.J. McGhee, the long-time court clerk of the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.
The first honorary membership was presented posthumously to Thelma Muskrat Lee who was born in 1902 and died Sept. 9, 2005. Thelma was a Dawes enrollee, and an active member of the community. Anyone interested in applying for Old Families of Delaware County may contact a member of the society at the Grove Public Library. Volunteers from the society will assist with applications if requested.
...from Correspondant by Rose Stauber