She died in 1906 during childbirth with my grandmother. Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. Good afternoon, I have been on a search for a little while now trying to find out where my heritage rests. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. I, too, have no Native American or black ancestry showing up in my DNA results from ancestry.com, nor any Spanish, Portuguese, or Mediterranean ancestry. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! The names of many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina are found in: Blankenship, Bob. Im having trouble finding record of who the father would be, as the only census I have is for 1860 Census (in Brier Creek, Hancock, Tennessee)and she is listed as head with no other male partner in the house and everyone is white. Brunie Barthol Wood, 1872-1964, Illinois to Indianapolis. I just recently found out about maternal grandmothers line. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth 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 . sounds like youve done a lot of work already, do you have a family tree established? Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. I do not have everything but I now have a pretty good collection. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. Where was your Clarence Gibson fromScreenshot 2022-11-29 at 9.43.57 AM He is the Hawkins County, TN archivist, has written 2 books on Melungeons, "Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families," now out of print, and " Melungeons, Footprints from the Past .". to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. This list is subject to expansion. Also, I am related to the Bolling which go back to the Randolph and then to the Carters, and Hill last names. I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I appreciate any help you can give. All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. One of my great uncles. 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. 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. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. We do belong somewhere after all. Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. Please email me when you are available. The Melungeons were dark-skinned and isolated, but the ethnicity of these olive and brown-skinned families has been in question since the early 1800s. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . My maiden name is Page and I suspect Melungeon DNA is my line that ended up in south central Kentucky. Some Notes on Jordan Gibson. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. This is my email: But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. I honestly believe we are Melungeon. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. TUPPANCE TURNER, WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS Thalassemia genes are widely distributed in the world but are found most often among people with ancestors from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and southern Asia. I have attached some pics to this email of my great great grandfather, my 4th great grandfather, and my 4th great grandmother. Cool, but it was more Portegues blood than Indian, I would be interested in this DNA I also have several of these sir names on my daughter dna. Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. There are Coopers who live in Somerset, Ky. and a lot of the older generations have died. 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. Naturally there are many questions. I would love to find out if any of them are Melungeon! Her siblings varied greatly in their appearance. Havent heard back from George yet, when I do Ill be sure to let you know! I always hear we were romani. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. King James IV is also my 14th great grandfather. Campell, Carrico, Carter, Casteel, Caudill, Chapman, Chavis, Clark, Cloud, Coal/Cole/Coles, Coffey, Coleman, Colley, Collier/Colyer, Collins, Collinsworth, Cook(e), Cooper, Cotman, Counts, Cox/Coxe, Criel, Croston, Crow, Cumba/Cumbo/Cumbow, Curry, Custalow. I am researching my family tree. Sparks Morrison I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . Additionally, Jack founded both the Y-DNA, mitochondrial (maternal) DNA and autosomal Families of Interest . Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. I wish I knew more about, but anyone I can ask are now passed. Yet my sons 23&me results showed Iberian Peninsula ancestry that is not showing up on mine, nor on my husbands, from ancestry. I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. Oxendine, Paine. (pulasky County). 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/. In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. Little. Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. There are a lot of Coopers in Eastern Kentucky, especially Somerset, Ky. There is no proof that Melungeons even have Mediterranean ancestry, . Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. My 3rd great grandfather was called Spanish Jim. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? This page was last modified on: Thursday, 01-Jul-1999 13:32:47 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. It was an open secret that they were not white. , I am descended from Wood. 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. 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). 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. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. My great great grandfather was born in Hancock County, Tennessee He lived from 1852 to 1927 On the 1870 Census it says that he is Mulatto. One of my aunts is this way. See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. "Price emphasis on the existence of a group is fundamental to studying the genealogy of social isolate groups, as . They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Like their names? His grandmother was a Julia Jones. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 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. Martin. Finally, my first identified link!! Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? Brent Kennedy based his primary genetic proof on a 1990 study of blood samples from 177 Melungeon descendants taken in 1969. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. My fathers name was Creed and his mothers name was Emma Jo Hall. Email: [emailprotected]. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Hi Brent, All maternal lines tested have been European. Who knows we my be related. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. Stoney Creek church records show the name "Melungeon" was known in Virginia before it ap- peared in Tennessee. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . " Do you need some help in your genealogy search? Like Like. John Brown-Warrants 26 Dec 1760, 700 acres on the Flatt River, includes Bolins, Riddles and Collins Improvements. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. 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. Some of the most prominent surnames that have been claimed as potentially associated with a Melungeon identity include Bowling (Bolin), Bunch, Chavis (Chavez), Collins, Epps, Evans, Fields, Francisco, Gibson, Gill, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Mise, Moore, Mullins, Osborn (e), Phipps, Reeves (Rives, Rieves, Reeves, Reaves), Ridley (Riddle), Rodrigues, My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. The following common Melungeon surnames occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. I have noticed that it can be difficult to discern skintones in old black and white photos unless some one was very pale or very dark skinned depending on the photo.I was that way too, until I moved to Vermont 20+ yrs ago, the 9 month long Winters have taken their toll but a week of 80 degree sunny days and bam its back, LoL, lots of blue eyes and some green to, I have brown but its a pretty light colored brown, I grew up in the 15th from time to time(name comes from long ago, instead of a county they were numbered districts or something to that effect) my family also looked quite a bit different than most of the people in the grassyfork/ delrio/ Hartford tn area. Where can I look to find more information? C 2. With blonde hair blue eyes. Change). Berry. Are there any distant cousins related to them? I know that these roots come through my mothers family who I have traced back to when they came here to the U.S. Powell. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Bridger. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. 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 . Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Have fun tracing your lineage. The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. When I asked why my mother was so dark, I was told that it was because she had Cherokee blood. my father's last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. When some names come up, push the button for tree. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. Hello again Ms. Gray. My grandfather was known as Brownie because of his color, and had indian looking features but his sisters had blonde hair. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? Melungeon. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. My great great grandmother was a Callaway! A famous bearer of this name is Jelmer Wiersma a Dutch heavy metal guitarist. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. 2847 results. Thank you, Redbone & Melungeons !!!! research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. It has taken years and both of my parents have been gone over about 20 years. I know she had children in Wise, Virginia as well as in Haticus, W Va, and Morristown, TN between the years of 1915-1935 with my grandmother being the youngest in 1935. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. She was born in Hancock County, TN we assume. I'm also more certain because even though my Ancestry results give Great Britain 62%, Ireland 17%, Western Europe 5%, South Europe 5%, Europe East 5 . Would love to research this further. My 4th G-Grandpaw was Jeremiah Bass Jr. b.1746 Bertie, N.Carolina d.1808 Addams Co, Mississippi. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. 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. Christy. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. Is Jones her maiden name? My grandpaw was also a Pentecostal revival preacher who has been written about in several books about the Pentecostal snake handlers, I know one was by a fella named Jimmy morrow. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. . I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? The `so-called,' Melungeons were `discovered' in the Appalachian Mountains in 1654 by English explorers and were described as being `dark-skinned, reddish-brown complexioned people supposed to be of Moorish descent, who were neither Indian nor Negro, but had fine European features, and claimed to be Portuguese." (Louise Davis, "The Mystery of the Change). Dare. 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. I believe that she was melungeon. His wife, Mary Mae Heffley 1872-1959. My daughter will be helping us in the future so if i find it, I will try to send it to you. [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). Many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina both of my 7th grandparents... Link below in Hancock County, TN we assume it has taken years and both of my great... 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