From: oldwifetale@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:17:53 AM UTC-8, jboone...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, July 4, 2013 3:36:11 PM UTC-4, pattia...@gmail.com wrote:   
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   > > On Sunday, May 3, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Valerie Walliing wrote:   
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   > > > I live in Long Co GA (about an 1 hour SW of Savannah), in our family   
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   > > > cemetary there is a grave for a man that family tradition says was an   
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   > > > indian... the name on the little metal marker is---Chief Wight Eikell   
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   > > > 1873-1967.....the story that I heard about how he came to be in   
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   > > > Ludowici, Long County, Georgia, was that he was with a traveling show   
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   > > > and was left behind, he would go from house to house and people would   
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   > > > feed him, (this is what I heard from several of the older ones around   
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   > > > town).  My mom is worried about his grave being lost and maybe there was   
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   > > > a family out there who never knew what happened to him or where he   
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   > > > is....if anyone knows anything about him please contact me...   
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   > > > Thank you,   
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   > > > Valerie   
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   > > I am the great granddaughter of this man.  I have been looking for his   
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   > > When he died, I was 14 years old.  My husband and I want to visit his   
   grave and have a marker put down for him.  Can you send me the name of the   
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   > > Any information would be wonderful to have.   
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   > My name is Joann Boone and I have copies of his death certificate and an   
   article from the local newspaper.  I will be happy to send those items to you.   
      
   Wow, that's pretty awesome.   
      
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