I too am Scotch-Irish mixed Cherokee descendant from WNC. My family mainly lived WNC & Northern Ga,Blout &Tellico TN from my maternal grandmother side her maternal and paternal side were mixed with Cherokee. I currently have many relatives still living there my family moved about 2 hrs from Qualla Boundry Swain County to Piedmont NC. I am descendant from 1600 Cheif Moy Toy & Kituah Wild Potatoe Clan, Felix Ah-quak-takee, Leatherwood, Besty Walker, Hyde, and Cheif William "Billy Justice and Sarah Sally Troutman. There was a person earlier that ask about DNA the test dnaconsults.com has markers of N-62 distingushable to only WNC Cherokee no other tribe has this and it is the link that ties the Cherokee into the Jewish . Also the mines from Ohio Valley down to Ga was believed to be extracted by King Solomon and the phonecians, 3 years journey in the bible. We are talking old world America way before what history books claim Columbus discovery. Mountains of NC has abundance of many precious stones, minerals,and metals.NC has over a hundred mines just in the mountains. Dahlonega Ga. and TN has mines gold mines also They know from Carbon dating of Lake Michigan mines and mines throughout south the layers down too the depths they were extracted that dated to King Solomons time. This would explain Los Lunas, Bat Creek stone in Tellico Lake TN, Judaculla Rock Near Cullowhee NC,Grave Creek Stone West Va, Oklahoma, Kensington Stone. They probably would have lost some and picked up other workers from ports
The ships of Tarshish sailed extremely long voyages to bring back all kinds of raw materials and items (copper,gold,silver & other ores, flora & fauna samples, "exotic" animals, etc.). ( Reference note: Chronicles 2 -Chapter 9): For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
It would help explain the need of three year journeys if the seamen had to cross the ocean to come to these far off isles in America. It would also explain how Cherokee got here remember genetically they have Middle eastern markers and no other tribe has this.