reaves/osteen/lawson. Johnson, Jones. 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. Dorothy E., Mary, Sebron, Neal M., Henry, Hugh, ruby, Mac Harris, Julia M., & Henry Gaston. Her folks were from Pennsylvania. I just recently found out about maternal grandmothers line. Can you help me figure out if there is a melange in connection which might explain this family claim? The Short surname was my maiden name. 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). 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. 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. Aakster Dutch. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, Love recognizes no barriers. Who knows we my be related. The following common Melungeon surnames I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. Various surnames traditionally associated with Melungeon identity were not included in the study. Just to note, a lot of Melungeon families are mixed with Roma. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his Sand Mountain extends from South Pittsburg in Tennessee to Boaz, Alabama. The cover letter stated that they were "mongrels" and were now trying to register as white. The list of eligible Melungeon surnames is Bell, Bolton, Bowling, Bolin, Bowlin, Breedlove, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Gipson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Menley, Morning, Mullins, Nichols, Perkins, Riddle, Sizemore, Shumake, Sullivan, Trent and Williams. Is there any way to find out if there is Melugeon in my history. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. 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. Anyway if you are able to help me find more information about Betty and her Collins and the Colliers and Norris, I would really be grateful. Thanks for what you are doing. Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. Thank you for your time and any help in advance. I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. 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. I believe we could also match and I am eager to speak with you. I would love to find out if any of them are Melungeon! Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. The college of UVA Wise, Va. held an event several years ago about Melungeon. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. When I asked why my mother was so dark, I was told that it was because she had Cherokee blood. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD But when I get to these relatives I can not find any birth dates. Andrew Jackson Chavers was my 2nd great grandfather. Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. Thank you! I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. I have family tree and dna to work with! If I run across anything new Ill shoot it your way or post it here on my site. Thank you for your time in reading this. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . 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. Would love to hear if you have tips or suggestions! Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. Some say we were black dutch. My name is Nikki Landerkin. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. These last names show up in my family try. I guess Brent Stanley could be my match! Stoney Creek church records show the name "Melungeon" was known in Virginia before it ap- peared in Tennessee. I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. , I am descended from Wood. Over the generations, many other surnames have become associated with the Melungeons. I wish I could prove anything but I know it is a long time family claim. I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. Found your list of names. Her skin was so dark her lips looked blue and she had a line on the side of her hands where the pigment stopped and the skin of her palms began. 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.) Am trying to find out much more. 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. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. Wright. An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. ajpilkey76@gmail.com. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I do not know much more than what is below, but my father (Jerry Lee Wood, son of Wyatt Wert Wood) who claimed Welch/Irish descent, had straight dark hair, turned nut brown in the slightest bit of sun, and had hazel green eyes. Cherokee Roots. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Melungeons ( / mlndnz / m-LUN-jnz) are an ethnicity from the Southeastern United States who descend from Europeans, Native American, and sub-Saharan Africans brought to America as indentured servants and later as slaves. This article provides greater insight into my families probable history. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. where o you believe she was raised? They were from Middlebourne WV. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. Like Like. Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. The only line I think is Melungeon is this single Goins line, which became "fully black" when one racially ambiguous Goins man whose family had been "free born" for generations married an enslaved black woman in the generation before the Civil War. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Like their names? Just found out through 23 and me that I have spanish/portuguese ancestry. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. 1999. Hello! Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. Cynthia Millican 2/06/01. Thank you, 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. He was definitely a minor in 1756 (deed of gift of Gilbert Gibson). Viccars. Love recognizes no barriers. Scott. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? Willis. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. My mother is very racist and maybe she didnt know until after I was conceived or whatever, but she tells me nothing. I was raised not knowing anything of my fathers family, he died when I was 18 months old. Surname is Turner. 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, This list is subject to expansion. Compared to the sophistication of genetics in the second decade of the 21 st century, Melungeon DNA testing in the 1990s was rather simplistic. I wont be attending, as I live 3000 miles away, but it might be useful to you who live near Virginia. Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. It was an open secret that they were not white. Wow!! Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. But it can be difficult to trace. We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Historical Summary Dad was a Revolutionary soldier. I hope you get your answers. Had always been told a great great grandma was Native-Cherokee but both my fathers and my own DNA shows minimal to no Native. 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 . All this is so fascinating to me. called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. I just came across your blog this afternoon. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. I think I solved the mystery. 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 . All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. King James IV is also my 14th great grandfather. If anyone has done in lineage on these people their whole lineage will pop up. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. Melungeon and Melungeon-related surnames (Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. I took a DNA test a couple of years ago and many of these names have shown up amongst my cousin matches surname list, especially Bass, Adkins, Castill, Carter, Dyes, Driggers, Goins, Sheppard and so many others. It is nice to find this site. Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. Hello! So hopefully I can hear more. My grandmother had straight dark hair and somewhat darker skin. The middle two were light complected with brown eyes and hair. My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. Melungeon origins Any new Ideas? Thanks for checking in! Redbone & Melungeons !!!! I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. All around 1700-1800 time frame. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. And I also did a dna test. If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. Blevins, Gamble, Rucker, Hicks, Kelly, Howard, Thompson, Phipps, and more. Harris, Harvie. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. 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. Cooper. However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. And thank you for checking in on my site, I hope you enjoyed reading! Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. If you are researching in Alphabetical order, let me know when you get to the Gibsons. Where are you living I too am a Foresman. All I know about her is that she was a female paster and could levitate things when she would get really caught up in preaching the Word. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. I believe that in the frontier days a colony of Melungeon people migrated from Virginia and North Carolina to what is now Claiborne County, Mississippi. just to name a few. He was buried in Arlington, 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 .". It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. We just about cover all of those people. What I know this far is that theres a definite Cherokee lineage with respect to Benjamin Sinnes (daughter, Jemima Sinnes-Goin). Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. It never went to my email. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Stay tuned! Nearly everyone who has written about the Melungeons agrees that they fiercely resented the name. I imagine you had a fruitful trip. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. I believe that she was melungeon. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. God Bless. His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Thank you for your consideration. Thanks for posting. Hi Brent, ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! They also have a very specific twang or dialect when speaking. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646 and https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, Thank you for your response! Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. Just learned there is a Jesse Taliaferro Toliver connected through the Wood/Stamper line. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. Looking for Starnes. I found the connection and sent it to her. Our roots go back to the late 1600s and early 1700s. 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. 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). Are we related?? Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. Co. Kentucky. We do belong somewhere after all. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . My grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. 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. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. Yes, on ancestry, send me your email and Ill invite you. My fathers side was 100% European. His grandmother was a Julia Jones. Native American descendant. . I am a Johnson from Halifax county, VA. All of my paternal line are dark skinned, dark hair and blue eyes with a very specific nose. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. 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). I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. My great grandfather was a Freeman of color in South carolina. These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. Hello. Thank you for your work. This is my email: Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. Have you ever heard of Lowerys or Roses in your findings? Brunie Barthol Wood, 1872-1964, Illinois to Indianapolis. The biggest thing I am trying to accomplish, however, is to help my grandmother find closure and to find her family so she can have peace before her time comes. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. All maternal lines tested have been European. We are just looking to complete our family trees, our heritage, and to find medical information as well because we have several relatives that have odd illnesses that have no known origins. I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS 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 My direct line melungeon surnames are What can you tell me? my father's last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. Hello again Ms. Gray. 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. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. from my grandmother Burton. 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. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? Some Melungeons suspect Abe Lincoln, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner may all have had some Melungeon blood. Im from Eastern Kentucky also. He also stated that his cousin, Beulah, told him in the 40s that she had documented this. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. Bennett. There is a Melungeon Historical group that meets annually. I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW, DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. But I still need help. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . Com. Have there been anymore research into more names? I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. My great grandmother was Leona G. Phipps from Grayson County, Virginia. Learn more. Thank you for writing, so let us see where this takes us. 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). 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 Same with my father and his two sisters, but not as much as my grandfather. Thanks for adding me. In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. her parents names? I joined facebook today. Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. 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