I grew up in the Hiwassee Dam community of Cherokee county N.C. I became involved in genealogy when my youngest son was assigned a family tree project from school, it was then I discovered I knew very little about my heritage. While researching this information I became more interested in how much I enjoyed it, now it's a hobby. I am interested in the surnames Cheek, Kimsey, Loudermilk, Boring, Anderson, Garland and Lawrence (Lorance).

I grew up in the Hiwassee Dam community of Cherokee county N.C. I became involved in genealogy when my youngest son was assigned a family tree project from school, it was then I discovered I knew very little about my heritage. While researching this information I became more interested in how much I enjoyed it, now it's a hobby. I am interested in the surnames Cheek, Kimsey, Loudermilk, Boring, Anderson, Garland and Lawrence (Lorance).