Ed. Note: Cherokee Observer January 2007 issue page 6 In the question of Chad Smith, Principal Chief of being kin
to Redbird Smith the below documents present evidence that Nelson
was listed as a Quinton rather than a Smith and is not shown as
a descendant of Kiah Smith, the son of Redbird Smith. The 1920 federal census show Kiah Smith as single with no
children. Listed below are two federal census records of 1930,
one of Kiah Smith's household and the other of George Quinton
household which includes Rachael Quinton his wife, which is
Nelson's mother. As you can see, Nelson is not listed in Kiah Smith's household
in 1930; Nelson would have been 10 years old. However, Nelson shows
up in George Quinton's household with his wife Rachael and Nelson
as his stepson. He's listed as Nelson Quinton age 10. Is Nelson Quinton the son of Kiah Smith who is the 7th seven
of Redbird Smith? The family of Kiah Smith honor Kiah's view that
Nelson Quinton in not Kiah's son. It has been alleged that Kiah
Smith was on military duty overseas at the time of inception and
they were never married. If this is so, that would mean Chad Smith,
Principal Chief could not be the Great Grandson of Redbird Smith as alleged. It has also been alleged that Nelson might not be Chad Smith's
father. The only validation if found in
Chad Smith's personal writing, his Cherokee history course, and
his speeches. Nothing to date has been found to legally show a
blood lineage from Redbird Smith to Chad Smith, Principal Chief
of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Chad Smith needs to submit
DNA test to stop the speculation. The speculations of Chad Smith's background has been with
us since he showed up in the Cherokee Nation several years ago...
when Chad started to question the validity of the Cherokee Freedmen
we started to check into his background to see if he really was a
Cherokee or a plant by Ross Swimmer..tribal members, including John
Cornsilk, have long alleged that Chad was not blood relative of the
Redbird Smith clan. Franklin McLain started researching the Smith
bloodline and he came up the 1930 federal census that showed Chad
Smith's dad was a Quinton instead of a Smith. This leaves us with
the question, who the hell is Chad Smith and where is he from?
(see page 6 of the January 2007 issue of the Cherokee Observer
shows the 1930 federal census.) Click here to return to front page
