Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. carol warren 2/21/11. Are they Mulatto or Melungeon? LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. and we are talking and gathering info. I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. I am 4 th cousin s with lowry,revels and bakers per my 2018 ancestry.com test results. 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). Hendricks/Hendrix and Graham from Virginia and Kentucky are prominent in his heritage. Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. Do you have any information on the Bunch family? These were all Melungeon surnames. Thanks in advance. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same Right back to Newmans Ridge. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. Melungeon. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS 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. 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. Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. Hi. TUPPANCE TURNER, WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS We are cousins! the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon Glad to see the name here. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. Scott. My 4th G-Grandpaw was Jeremiah Bass Jr. b.1746 Bertie, N.Carolina d.1808 Addams Co, Mississippi. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. 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. 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. The core Melungeon families in Hawkins County, Tennessee are Bolin, Bolling, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Mullins, Sullivan, and Williams. I was told we were Jewish my entire life but never made more connection to it as kid, but more so as an adult. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. Johnson, Jones. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. (LogOut/ There are some Caudills from my line in the Letcher County, Kentucky, Lee and Wise County, Virginia -- I think most of those are by marriage. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. So glad I could be of help. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. But their surnames arent on this list. 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. With blonde hair blue eyes. my family comes from west virginia in the appalachian mountains and we are of native american descent through my grandma though i havent tracked down who yet. Thanks for checking in! Home. 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. Change). . Thank you, 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. Hello, I was wondering if you could help me more with my roots. Location and surnames may help in tracing Melungeon ancestor roots. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. She had very dark brown eyes and black hair. Other researchers have speculated that "Melungeon" derives from the Turkish melun can, (meaning "cursed soul"); the Italian melongena ("eggplant," referring to one with dark skin), or the old English term "malengin" ("guile; deceit"). Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Oxendine, Paine. My maiden name is Barker. Bennett. My grandparents and all 13 kids used to go up to NJ and work the fields when jersey was the garden state still. The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. Nearly everyone who has written about the Melungeons agrees that they fiercely resented the name. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? I was always told my fathers maternal grandmother was Cherokee. I have the knot . I was thinking maybe someone would see my ost any maybe have some new ideas of where I can search for records or what to look under as the regular ones do not pan out. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646 and https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, Thank you for your response! I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. But I seen the Smith name were Melungeons just trying to find out about my family history. I was led to this site through research and also as a result of our unexpected DNA results as well which have been a wonderful surprise and way to help me find our family lines and also some small medical answers. to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. I wish I could prove anything but I know it is a long time family claim. 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. These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. Surnames include Adkins, Beam (er), Black, Blevins, Brown, Bunch, Bundren, Burke, Burns, Cooper, Davis, Fields, Gist, Gunter, Keys, Lackey, Lowrey, Redwine, Riley, Shankles, and Sizemore. Where did they come from? They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! The cover letter stated that they were "mongrels" and were now trying to register as white. One of my aunts is this way. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. I do not know if they would be of your lineage but you could check those out. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. I had no idea what that meant. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? My husband is a Buford, Collins, Conner. Also, I am related to the Bolling which go back to the Randolph and then to the Carters, and Hill last names. People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. I have EVERY characteristic of being of melungeon decent, shovel teeth, ridge at neck, disease, skin color, and the eye fold. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. 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. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. So here we are. Melungeon and Melungeon-related surnames (Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. John Brown-Warrants 26 Dec 1760, 700 acres on the Flatt River, includes Bolins, Riddles and Collins Improvements. Now I am trying to gain more information abt my grandfathers father, John Brown Jr, who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson. Thanks for adding me. My 3rd great grandfather was called Spanish Jim. Thank you, Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. Over the generations, many other surnames have become associated with the Melungeons. I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and These families became the plantation aristocracy. Thank you for your response! My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. We are looking for information on these family lines not to upset current family members, or to find living people, nor to upset lives. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. Mixed Melungeons had lived in Vir- ginia from 1660. After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . 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. She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. George Alvin Jr. 1787-1864 from N.C. to Illinois, Clark Co. 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. Bridger. Taylor. My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Any suggestions? One of my great uncles. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Are we related?? Thanks! These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. Some of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family elizabeth Katherine supposed. 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