Him and his wife did not have any children. Its been a long road just to here! Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. His 7 th/gg/was Mary rock Smith whos dad was LT John Rock Smith from plymouth,ma colony. where o you believe she was raised? My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Joyceann. Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Thanks! Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. This page was submitted by Nancy Sparks Morrison and BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. Joseph Higdon says: February 9, 2023 at 4:17 am. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. 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. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH Cherokee Roots. (pulasky County). 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. Good afternoon, I have been on a search for a little while now trying to find out where my heritage rests. Thanks for what you are doing. Do you have any information? My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. 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. Cherokee, North Carolina: B. Blankenship, 1992.FS Library book 970.3 C424bL Volume one has rolls of Cherokees east of the Mississippi for the years 1817, 1818-1835, 1848, 1851, 1852, 1869, 1883, 1908, 1909, and 1924. I would love to find out if any of them are Melungeon! Where can I look to find more information? Harris, Harvie. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. I will research from one of my books and let you know. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. Jelle: The Dutch form of the name William, meaning 'sacrifice'. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. Right back to Newmans Ridge. (LogOut/ But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! We are cousins! Any suggestions? A judgment of failure to pay was entered against Isaac Cooper and George Cooper (corrected to: Bean) in February 1805 in the same county (and collected). If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. Naturally there are many questions. In this regard, Melungeons retained enough European ancestry to still participate in many institutions of the United States but still be treated with racial scorn and remain isolated from broader social acceptance. How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. That is the route I took and it worked quite well. Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Cumbo. 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 also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. I am 4 th cousin s with lowry,revels and bakers per my 2018 ancestry.com test results. MULLINS, NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS, PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS My 3rd great grandfather was called Spanish Jim. People publish scholarly books, not gangster rap records, with Redbone or Melungeon in the title. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. Wow!! Change). Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. Momma had olive skin, blue eyes, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair. During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. Hello. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People Willis. A lot of evidence has led me to see that I come from Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic descent. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Here are some of the most common surnames that exist for Melungeons: Bowlin Bunch Collins Epps Denham Evans Fields Goins Gibson Mullins Reeves Williams While this is not an exhaustive list of surnames, this should give you an idea of how many names may be related to the Melungeon tribe of people. Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. This years meeting is in a couple of days! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. I do not have everything but I now have a pretty good collection. 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. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. She is 86 years old and sadly, that time is coming closer than we want to admit and I would love to help her find her moms family before it is too late. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon . Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. Christy. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Bennett. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. 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 i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Kikkert meaning "frog". The other listed names are somewhere in between all of these. My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. We are a Lumbee church. When my mouth fell open, she said, I knew because you have the look. Well well. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. 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. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. This Thomas and Mary are believed to be the same Thomas and Mary found in Stoney Creek Church Records.Thomas and Mary Gibson along with Charles, Reubin and Henry are found in the early church records with Valentine Collins . Andrew Jackson Chavers was my 2nd great grandfather. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. (LogOut/ Sincerely Just Another Redbone Looking For Roots! Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. 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. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. 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. Her siblings varied greatly in their appearance. Sincerely, Yet my sons 23&me results showed Iberian Peninsula ancestry that is not showing up on mine, nor on my husbands, from ancestry. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. 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 .". Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. 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. Are you able to expound a little more on the lineage of Melungeon peoples and the specific areas they inhabited? On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. Historical records are sometimes sketchy and amorphous. Jack Goins is the patriarch of Melungeon research. I appreciate all that you are doing. BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. 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. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. I'm pale in the winter but will tan a nice golden . 2847 results. They were from tennessee and mixed but no paper trail to show that. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. The pages wont let me open them . Is Jones her maiden name? Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. 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. Any help would be awesome. 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. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. My maiden name is Page and I suspect Melungeon DNA is my line that ended up in south central Kentucky. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. 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 . After that it gets shaky. I do not know if they would be of your lineage but you could check those out. Little. BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN Genealogist I was wondering if you have any information on the Browns in or near Halifax County, NC and the border of Virginia? 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 Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. Also, if you know who they were their spouse, this will help even more. Wright. Reply. (And no Cherokee.) 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). One of my great uncles. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . There is actually an unincorporated community named Goin that had a post office until the mid-sixties. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. My fathers side was 100% European. 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. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. Thanks for posting. Since then, the Dutch started adopting surnames. , I am descended from Wood. 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 Virginia, NW NC and SE Kentucky (Hall surname in Floyd Co. KY). On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. Note: One of my ancestors, a Mulungen, was a signer of the Declaration. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. 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. My family has web page on Facebook. 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). The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. " Do you need some help in your genealogy search? Powell. 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