Edmons Around Hughes Mill Loudon Roane Tennessee

I am researching my family & have been able to race them to Matt & Elizabeth Edmons between 1880 to 1900.All I know about them is this & Matt was born around 1842,I know nothing about Elizabeth not her maiden name or anything.These are my brickwalls.Its as if their ghosts.Growing up I was raised with my grandma who said this side is of Cherokee descent & Black Dutch.I found Matt & Elizabeth listed in two census for my Great grandpa John Henry Edmons as his parents.I recieved a email from the vital department in Tennesse saying they didnt have a Matt married to a Elizabeth but a Robert & he is listed as Mulugeon or milato.Please can anyone help me?I have posted pictures of John Henrys daughter my great grandma Lily Mae edmons Dearth with her husband Elijah Clinton Dearth.