No JDN, a history of the family can't be "politically incorrect" unless we want to change history. Not everything we ever did in history was "superdooperwonderful", but then again, most people did the best they could at the time, considering the situation they had to deal with.
Land Grants were given in lieu of money for the Revolutionary Soldiers as payment for their service during the War. The Grants were meant to help settle the country. The Native Americans' weren't always agreeable with that idea, although some were.
Each family has a history, and it is always important, I think, to keep a record of the history as it is known to be, and what was "thought to be--sometimes known as family tradition"... Once in awhile, those "traditions" turn out to have a grain of truth in them, and can sometimes provide extra clues as to the actual truth.
You are lucky that much of your family history was in one place. Were all the mother's lines from the same location as well? I've been VERY interested in the mothers lines, because in the "old days" 1700-1800-early 1900's, the men usually "did" the genealogy, and ONLY on their paternal line name. They totally "forgot" about the women's lines...but the woman was the mother, and at least 50% of the equation.
It is important we document those lines as well, for all the obvious reasons. DNA is just one of them. |
