Any suggestions? FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. 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. It is nice to find this site. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. My maiden name is Page and I suspect Melungeon DNA is my line that ended up in south central Kentucky. 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 . My family goes very far back in this area and I have many Names in the family tree you listed: Sizemore, Green, Robertson, Robinson, Bowlin, Jackson, Allen, Thompson, Collins, Hall, Jones, Martin, Perkins, Stevens, Other names to look at maybe that are very intertwined Abbot, Stacey, Griffith, Griffin,Godsey, Lacy (maybe same as Lasie you have listed). 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. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. Where did they come from? No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. Alternatively, Italian pioneers in Virginia used their word for aubergine to. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. Webster (1962, 1122) described the Melungeon as "a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed Caucasian, Negro, and Indian stock, inhabiting the Tennessee mountains."5 Davis (1963, 16) identified the Melungeons as "dark-skinned, reddish- brown complexioned people [who were] supposed to be of Moorish descent, neither Indian nor Negro, but . Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. Thanks for adding me. My daughters paternal grandmother (from Eastern Tennessee) told me her two great grandmothers were both full blooded Cherokee (and her maiden name was Riddle, I believe). linda mckee 12/16/08. Thank you for writing, so let us see where this takes us. Surnames: Allen. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? Her folks were from Pennsylvania. Beginning in the early 1800s, or possibly before, the term Melungeon (meh-LUN'-jun) was used as a derogatory term to describe a group of about 40 families along the Tennessee-Virginia border. The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . I had no idea what that meant. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon The names of many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina are found in: Blankenship, Bob. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. Although I cannot find the connect yet. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. Haplogroup R1b. What can you tell me? Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. Ive been stumped. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. sounds like youve done a lot of work already, do you have a family tree established? 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. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. While I have some information, I would like to trace him back to Ireland, as my DNA shows over 70% Irish. Right back to Newmans Ridge. Historical Summary . Owens, Ke. Hello, I looking for any information on the Collins, Campbell, Burford, Taylor so what I am looking for is any information on families that moved to Texas. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. I know very little of my fathers familys origins, except my grandmothers name, Mary Jo Berry, how she died (tragically) and my dad was from Tennessee. C 2. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. His 7 th/gg/was Mary rock Smith whos dad was LT John Rock Smith from plymouth,ma colony. What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European . I am a Cooper. My maiden name is Barker. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! Would taking one of the ancestry dna tests help determine this or just make it more confusing? She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. Thanks! I always hear we were romani. We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. I imagine you had a fruitful trip. PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT, RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE She just said, our only concern was surviving. My dad and all his siblings are dark skinned with dark hair with some having blue eyes. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. I have not had any DNA tests done, but again would like to know about my Indian family, and also about the melungeons as well. I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. Nearly everyone who has written about the Melungeons agrees that they fiercely resented the name. What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! But I seen the Smith name were Melungeons just trying to find out about my family history. 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/. Stay tuned! Are they Mulatto or Melungeon? People publish scholarly books, not gangster rap records, with Redbone or Melungeon in the title. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. But I still need help. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. 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 I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. Bryson Gibson was born between 1775 and 1782 Washington County, Virginia to Thomas and Mary Gibson. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. (pulasky County). See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. Physical Traits. Kikkert meaning "frog". Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. I took a DNA test and we had Portuguese, as well as West African ancestry that we were unaware of, but unsurprised (my daughter took the test too). These last names show up in my family try. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. Him and his wife did not have any children. Joyceann. Thank you, Victoria Thornton. Aakster Dutch. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. 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. I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. 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. My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. DNA study is not my strong suit! Did you find any info on the finger print info?? Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? The core Melungeon families in Hawkins County, Tennessee are Bolin, Bolling, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Mullins, Sullivan, and Williams. I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! Thanks! Are there any distant cousins related to them? My mother and grandfather are directly from the Hall lineage. There are Coopers who live in Somerset, Ky. and a lot of the older generations have died. On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. Thanks for posting. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. Thank you for this site. Melungeon Geography and Surnames. Thank you for your response! We are looking for information on these family lines not to upset current family members, or to find living people, nor to upset lives. Coleman. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. My ancestor, John Washington Cooper, left Virginia for Louisiana circa 1830, where he and his children married into old French Creole families. One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . 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. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. 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. My great great grandmother was a Callaway! But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. If anyone has done in lineage on these people their whole lineage will pop up. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. The names on the 23andme ancestry list, that are on your list are: Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. 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. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. Are you able to expound a little more on the lineage of Melungeon peoples and the specific areas they inhabited? Any help would be awesome. We are cousins! called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. 1999. I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. That is EXCELLENT, Thank you so much for sharing!! I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. Joyceann. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. Simply wanted to reach out and see if you have anything on Sinnes to see if theres a Melungeon connection. One of my aunts is this way. Also, if you know who they were their spouse, this will help even more. My DNA has me 98% European and 2% Asian. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. The center of Melungeon territory in former times was Newman's Ridge, Hancock County, Tennessee. My Clarks were Portuguese/Croatan. Hello! It was an open secret that they were not white. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. Compared to the sophistication of genetics in the second decade of the 21 st century, Melungeon DNA testing in the 1990s was rather simplistic. Email: [emailprotected]. An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Some Melungeons suspect Abe Lincoln, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner may all have had some Melungeon blood. So glad I could be of help. If anyone can help us that would be amazing. Like Like. STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL, TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER My great grandfather was a Freeman of color in South carolina. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. Would love to do a DNA test but Ill be honest, I work in the medical field and I worry that the insurance companies may use that against us someday, dont really care about me but my kids on the other hand! So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. Archivist and founder of the Melungeon Core DNA project. I did a DNA but found there was very littlelike 1 or 2%. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . 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. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his Brown. But it can be difficult to trace. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 Momma had olive skin, blue eyes, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair. Hi! https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. All around 1700-1800 time frame. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. Williamson, Wood. I suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. My grandmother, a Chapman, when young was always asked if she were Jewish, to which she simply replied, no. In the early 80s when I was a little girl, I remember Papaw Chapman (her father) always saying we were Dutch Indian and Black Dutch. The ones that I do not have in my lineage, my husband probably has a large number of the other names plus my son-in-law has a lot more of those other names. My 3rd great grandfather was called Spanish Jim. I am actually stuck on my grandmothers maternal line, my great grandmothers maiden name was Jones and I am unable to find any information on her mother and her mothers line. The pages wont let me open them. After that it gets shaky. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. My 4th G-Grandpaw was Jeremiah Bass Jr. b.1746 Bertie, N.Carolina d.1808 Addams Co, Mississippi. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. Dad was a Revolutionary soldier. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same There is a Melungeon Historical group that meets annually. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, Com. Thank you. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. I just recently found out about maternal grandmothers line. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Some families that descend from lines known to be of Melungeon origin, but cannot find Native ancestry, may need to search more in that direction for their exact mixture.

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