While the Melungeon people faced social isolation due to their non-white heritage, they rarely faced legal penalties for it. In 1969 cultural anthropologists William S. Pollitzer and W. H. Brown published their study comparing the physical characteristics and gene frequencies in six blood group systems of 177 Melungeons in Tennessee and Virginia to various worldwide populations. Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? carol warren 2/21/11. I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. John Brown-Warrants 26 Dec 1760, 700 acres on the Flatt River, includes Bolins, Riddles and Collins Improvements. Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, Take a look at this blog: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. Graham. My family background is from West Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. I am researching my family tree. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Growing up I was told tales that on my dads side we had a definitive blood line to the Monacan Nation out of Amhurst County VA. On my moms side I was always told her family was Melungeon and my Greatgrand father having the name Woodrow Baker. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. The middle two were light complected with brown eyes and hair. Hi. Brooks. research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People April Pilkey Williams TUPPANCE TURNER, WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS My daughter will be helping us in the future so if i find it, I will try to send it to you. Christy. and we are talking and gathering info. I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. . Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. I have traced my ancestry back to the right areas at the right times, I have pictures of them that just dont match up with the white on their census records. I am researching the following names of my Hancock/Hawkins Tennessee ancestors who apparently had ties to the border areas in Virginia and Noryh Carolina as well . Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. there you will find relatives who can possibly hold the key for you! Mixed Melungeons had lived in Vir- ginia from 1660. MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO My DNA has me 98% European and 2% Asian. My fathers side was 100% European. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. Scott. She just said, our only concern was surviving. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. I was looking to see if anyone that is connected to the Jones line. Are they Mulatto or Melungeon? Tally, Taylor, Thompson, Tolliver, Tuppance, Turner, Ware, Watts, Weaver, White, Whited, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wisby, Wise, Wood, Wright, Wyatt, Wynn, Monacan surnames of Beverly, Branham, Johns, Pinn and Terry. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. Do the companies get different results? msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. Is Jones her maiden name? Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . The Short surname was my maiden name. Thank you for your consideration. Would taking one of the ancestry dna tests help determine this or just make it more confusing? Just learned there is a Jesse Taliaferro Toliver connected through the Wood/Stamper line. Melungeon (pron. Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. Some these Wood cousins have JM 172 Haplogroups. Hope you can find your connections. https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646, https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/. What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? Hello again Ms. Gray. SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD Hello! But it can be difficult to trace. I did find her husband and kids. Ive been researching for a couple of months when I first came across melungeons. There is a Melungeon Historical group that meets annually. My blue-eyed, somewhat darker skinned, maternal grandfather had a mysterious father whose parents, William Wright and Malissa Delph (my great-great grandparents) were born in Tennessee and both age 24 in the 1860 census. People publish scholarly books, not gangster rap records, with Redbone or Melungeon in the title. Are you able to expound a little more on the lineage of Melungeon peoples and the specific areas they inhabited? Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. From my mother Chapman. The pages wont let me open them . There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Thank you for providing a surnames list, Ive been trying to find out anout my mothers fathers side, surname is Boone and Richardson. Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. I have looked through the regular channels on Ancestry and also in records local to me but have yet to drive over to Lee County, Va or to Hancock county to look at physical records but it is in the plans at some point. It has taken years and both of my parents have been gone over about 20 years. (I am particularly intrigued by this period, as I have recently been following a deep and growing pull to connect with the Monacan people of Bear Mountain.). These last names show up in my family try. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. All I know is that his mother was likely named Polly, and I can find a Polly Cooper in the 1810 Virginia census with appropriately aged dependents; she is listed as a person of color. From DNA tests, I know I have both Iberian and Native American DNA. Have fun tracing your lineage. After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. Chapman, Chavis. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Grew up in eastern tn near church hill and sneedeville home of melungeons. Hello:I have ran across an interesting web page and it offers new insights into Melungeon origins.I wanted to see if anybody else has found it?I am writing a short story of it and will be posting it around eventually.It's not plaguarism its research because I am copying from more than one source :-) Johnny We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. So many questions, where to start,my maternal grammaw was a cogdill and married a Raines in cocke county Tennessee in a remote area known as the 15th (we still retain the property on the old 15th Rd, it lies between del Rio and grassy fork tn.) I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. I joined facebook today. PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT, RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? I can possibly help if you connect to Sylvaneous Brewer, b 1812-1815 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and lived in Lee County, Virginia, from 1850 to circa 1900. Had always been told a great great grandma was Native-Cherokee but both my fathers and my own DNA shows minimal to no Native. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. My Clarks were Portuguese/Croatan. I guess Brent Stanley could be my match! So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. They had a U.S. Thanks for what you are doing. Stay tuned! I too have very little information about about my fathers family so if you would like to get in touch feel free to do so. My mother was a Barnes. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS George Bean later moved to Franklin Co., Tenn. His wife Jane Bean who died about then may have been Isaac's sister. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. I am looking for information on the Jones, Barker, and Smith lines specifically but I cross about 15 of these families in my tree several times. The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. I will research from one of my books and let you know. Bridger. This list is subject to expansion. My grandparents and all 13 kids used to go up to NJ and work the fields when jersey was the garden state still. I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. And for some not any death dates. Best of luck and Merry Christmas! Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. With blonde hair blue eyes. Hi everyone, Im currently researching my fathers side of the family who is from the area of Halifax and Sampson County, and the Virginia borderline. These common kinships of cousins show the Melungeon society was becoming cohesive and distinctively apart in colonial America at least 100 years before the American Revolution. I am a Cooper. Joyceann. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Hello, I was wondering if you could help me more with my roots. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his One of my aunts is this way. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS I have several names on your list who are in my direct line: Dalton/ Brown/ Clark/ Davis/ Evans/ Freeman/ Hill/ James/ Jones/ Martin/ Moore/ Osborn(e)/ Powell/ Pruitt/ Williams. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. My name Christy Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. Shari Wahls stepfather is Franklin C. Hatter. Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). Powell. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Then she leaned over and whispered Its okay, you can come. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. Would love to hear more. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. Melungeons are descendants of people of mixed ethnic ancestry who, before the end of the eighteenth century, were discovered living in limited areas of what is now the southeastern United States, notably in the Appalachian Mountains near the point where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina converge. Also, I am related to the Bolling which go back to the Randolph and then to the Carters, and Hill last names. If I run across anything new Ill shoot it your way or post it here on my site. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. Found your list of names. where o you believe she was raised? What an interesting article. Aakster Dutch. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. Thank you. linda mckee 12/16/08. My Big Question is does this line go back to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia?? Also known as the "Lost People of Appalachia," these darker-skinned people were called "Melungeons," a word derived from the Arabic "Melun-Jinn" meaning one who has been abandoned by God - a cursed soul. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. As the study's authorsRoberta J. Estes, Jack H. Goins, Penny Ferguson and Janet Lewis Crainnote: At one time isolated geographically and socially due to their dark countenance, they were known. Another tree said his daughter Lizzie was Cherokee so Im not sure how much can be believed from what Ancestry shows because of lack of documentation. I was wondering if you have any information on the Browns in or near Halifax County, NC and the border of Virginia? Joseph Higdon says: February 9, 2023 at 4:17 am. Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. Jelle: The Dutch form of the name William, meaning 'sacrifice'. Sincerely, Do you have any information on the Bunch family? In the heart of Appalachia in the southern United States, an isolated, dark skinned people known as the Melungeons, are challenging the accepted version of modern America's earliest history. Im not sure how you can help, but if you can think of any way I might learn more about the Cooper Melungeons I would be very thankful. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. Jack Goins is the patriarch of Melungeon research. This page was submitted by Nancy Sparks Morrison and They were from Middlebourne WV. I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. Have there been anymore research into more names? My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson from Wharn Cliff West Virginia. Dorothy E., Mary, Sebron, Neal M., Henry, Hugh, ruby, Mac Harris, Julia M., & Henry Gaston. mine is public on Ancestry: Main Tree (Hatter/Walker/Pegg/Page). Butler. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! My maiden name is Page and I suspect Melungeon DNA is my line that ended up in south central Kentucky. Melungeon-related surnames (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN BRANHAM BROGAN BULLION BURTON BYRD CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAVIS CLARK COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS My great grandfather is Harris Brown, a Melungeon, and also has Portuguese ancestry, however I don't have information past his father John Brown who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson a . On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. Havent heard back from George yet, when I do Ill be sure to let you know! her reading and research of various materials noted herein. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. Naturally there are many questions. Surnames: Allen. Momma had olive skin, blue eyes, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair. My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. Sand Mountain extends from South Pittsburg in Tennessee to Boaz, Alabama. My family has web page on Facebook. My husbands mother has been dead way over 25 years and he has been dead for years. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. Lumbees, we are a very unique creature and I'm proud of that. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. My name is Nikki Landerkin. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. Dare. If you are Melungeon and do not see your family name or a qualifying county please contact our historian at midwestlosthistory@gmail.com SURNAMES Adkins Allen Bowling/Bollin (g) Bennett Brown Bowman Bunch/Punch Campbell Carter Childers/Childress Chavis Clark Cox Collier Collins Cumbow Duncan Davis Denham Dial Most of us probably think of America as being settled by British, Protestant colonists who fought the Indians, tamed the wilderness, and brought "democracy"-or at least a representative republic-to North America. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? I hope Im on the right track. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth F denton/watts fron jamestown/white/Sara Williams ( b1720s) married to samuel jobes (born 1720s) married in the 1750s lived in roqan,nc/woods marriedcinyo my froakie in 1800s in jobesborough,tn area. She grew up there and was adopted by a Mitchell family. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! Melungeon. Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? I was told we were Jewish my entire life but never made more connection to it as kid, but more so as an adult. I realize my writing style is very erratic (like somebody said squirrel in front of a hound,lol) and I apologise for that, but thank you so much for your time Mrs Gray, sincerely Edward Davis (P.S. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. I sent you that second email before I reread your origninal one, give me a bit of time and Ill see what I can find. 2847 results. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. Co. Kentucky. Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. (LogOut/ I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. They were from Roanoke Va, Patty, if youre on Facebook we can chat find me Joyceann Gray, I just checked your list of family namesfound two I hope you get your answers. Hi! The following common Melungeon surnames During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. Viccars. I also have connections to various surnames on common Melungeon surname list and trace various branches back to the different areas moving E to SE in . Are we related?? Please email me when you are available. Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . Thanks for posting. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. The other listed names are somewhere in between all of these. My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. They lived in Gilbert, West Virginia. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. So glad I could be of help. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. My siblings and I and my children are the only living biological descendants of this line as far back as my maternal grandparents generation if not farther. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. A new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy found that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central. [https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8](https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8). I had no idea what that meant. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It was great to get your email, Ive been asked to speak in Charles Town and as soon as I finish up with that presentation Ill be back on my Melungeon research. Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. Holler back! Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . My husband is a Buford, Collins, Conner. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. My brother is very fair and red hair. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. So youre saying that your grandmother was a Melungeon? Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. My great grandfather was a Freeman of color in South carolina. I, too, am kin to Reeves from the VA/WV area who claimed unproven Native blood, even though there descendants were dark-skinned, dark-haired, etc. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. 1999. The Melungeons were a people of mysterious origins who had swarthy complexions, straight black hair, black or gray eyes and were found by the first pioneers. Love recognizes no barriers. I have been doing a lot of research just using Family Search. I always hear we were romani. What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. My paternal grandmothers grandmother was a Bunch from Indiana. This is what my husband and I have done. GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN, HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY George Alvin Jr. 1787-1864 from N.C. to Illinois, Clark Co. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. Thank you for your time in reading this. Cumbo. I just came upon this site. Thank you for this site. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. Native American descendant. Thank you for your work. Where can I look to find more information? Historical records are sometimes sketchy and amorphous. A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. Hello Am trying to find out much more. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . Lasie. This match comes up as 4th gen cousin to me. My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. Thank you for your time and any help in advance. I honestly believe we are Melungeon. Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. They were listed as white on census, but Im at a dead end before 1850 census, a Daniel Boone is listed as the father, and the only other earlier record I can find is a Daniel Boone in Amherst, VA that fits his birth year, but listed black. But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. Adams/brown/butler/campbell/lots of clarks from virginia/cole/davis/garland/hall/hill/,lots of Jones from bristol/abingdon,Virginia into east Tennessee near Johnson city,lydia Martin from Richmond,va/nichols/robertson/Mary rock (Smith) who married samuel Denton my 8 th gg/talitha cumi Stevens who married my 2 bd gg huh. There may also be "Native American features," as well as "a particular type of bump or ridge at the back of the head (usually just above the neck) known at the Melungeon bump." 18 Kathy Lyday, a professor at Elon University in North Carolina, has said that in older photos . About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? I tried looking you up on Facebook but no luck, thought Id send some pics to get your thoughts), Thank you for writing, Look for Joyceann Gray on Facebook. We think she was born in Wythe County, Va in 1927 and was married to my great grandfather John Rufus Mink, Sr around 1913-1914 as she had their first child in 1915. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me.
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