I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. 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. Harold Lee denton/Richmond,va Is Jones her maiden name? Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. Lucas. Native American descendant. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. Email: [emailprotected]. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. (LogOut/ BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. Look in Bibles and record any folklore that might have been passed down. Thank you for your consideration. : /mlndn/ m-lun-jn) is the name of a Southern U.S. ethnic minority once found in the Appalachian Mountains in parts of the states of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Melungeon (pron. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. Looking for Starnes. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. Thanks for adding me. A lady invited me to a revival at her church. 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. Mama was the darkest white woman that I ever saw. My mother was a Barnes. Thanks for adding me. Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. I have an olive tone that turns to a reddiah brown in the summer months. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. I asked my grandfather (1885-1973) what his familys origins were and he said Black Dutch. There is a Melungeon Historical group that meets annually. I appreciate all that you are doing. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. Him and his wife did not have any children. 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. This article provides greater insight into my families probable history. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. I have been trying for so long to do this on my own. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. 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 email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. 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. Since then, the Dutch started adopting surnames. 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. 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. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! The pages wont let me open them . One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . 1 It is now known that DNA samples can be contaminated by contact by other persons with the sample, or even DNA attached to . 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. There was a guy by the last name of Kennedy. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. 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'm still digging on into the melungeon . I can not find any information about Elizbeth Katherines birth, or her as a child, it is as if she just appears as an adult out of the blue. My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott So here we are. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. His grandfather may have been of African descent. The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. 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. Thank you, Victoria Thornton. 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 . I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. Just to note, a lot of Melungeon families are mixed with Roma. The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. Viccars. Glad to see the name here. Melungeons are descendants of people of mixed ethnic ancestry who, before the end of the eighteenth century, were discovered living in limited areas of what is now the southeastern United States, notably in the Appalachian Mountains near the point where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina converge. 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. Melungeon-related surnames (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN BRANHAM BROGAN BULLION BURTON BYRD CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAVIS CLARK COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS 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. Surnames: Allen. 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. George Alvin Jr. 1787-1864 from N.C. to Illinois, Clark Co. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. 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. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. 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 . King James IV is also my 14th great grandfather. MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. She had pictures of both g- grandmothers. Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. Cynthia Millican 2/06/01. And then there was Mama, the youngest. I would love to find out if any of them are Melungeon! And Smith on my fathers side. My great great grandfather and even his wife. A lot of evidence has led me to see that I come from Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic descent. Match case Limit results 1 per page melungeon and melung eon-related s urnames (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS - ADKINS- BARKER - BARNES - BECKLER - BELL - BENNETT - BERRY - BIGGS - BOLEN - BOWLIN - BOWLING - BOWMAN - BRANHAM - BROGAN - BULLION - BURTON - BYRD - CAMPBELL - CARRICO - CARTER - CASTEEL - CAUDILL - CHAVIS - CLARK - COAL - COFFEY - COLE - COLEMAN - COLES . 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.) My family background is from West Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. My family has web page on Facebook. Locklear. Smith, Stevens. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth and Wellman families. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Sand Mountain extends from South Pittsburg in Tennessee to Boaz, Alabama. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. Hi! Hi Debby, I just recently found out about maternal grandmothers line. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Com. Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN Please email me when you are available. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Carol Kaurish. If I run across anything new Ill shoot it your way or post it here on my site. In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Do you have any information? Ncestry.com i have them all uploaded my Denton family tree. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. When some names come up, push the button for tree. How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. 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. Thanks Ms. Gray! 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 (LogOut/ So glad I could be of help. These were all Melungeon surnames. God Bless. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. Melungeon Geography and Surnames. I am looking for information on the Jones, Barker, and Smith lines specifically but I cross about 15 of these families in my tree several times. Let me know how it goes. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. All around 1700-1800 time frame. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! My mother is very racist and maybe she didnt know until after I was conceived or whatever, but she tells me nothing. Historical records are sometimes sketchy and amorphous. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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. Where did they come from? I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. just to name a few. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. Coleman. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. 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. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . Thank you for your time in reading this. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Morris Baker and Jane Smith had a daughter, my 5th great grandmother, Mary Polly Baker 1780-1831 m. Owen Meredith Ballou, my 5th great grandfather, 1766-1847. Brunie Barthol Wood, 1872-1964, Illinois to Indianapolis. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL I have been able to trace lots of those names listed above back to the first settlers to this country. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Would love to hear more. I suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. Have fun tracing your lineage. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. 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 . Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. (And no Cherokee.) Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? Rumors of Indian heritage, a great grandma that ran a hotel for coal miners in WV and family from Kentucky, WV , VA, OH and NC. Have you ever heard of Lowerys or Roses in your findings? 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. COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. Would love to research this further. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. I found the connection and sent it to her. I and everyone else in my family has run into issues finding the parents of Jane Taylor who Married Beniah MacKnight. 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. Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! Any suggestions? Over the generations, many other surnames have become associated with the Melungeons. 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. Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon 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. They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. Are we related?? 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). Hello. her reading and research of various materials noted herein. 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, Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. Any information on the Halls in Hertford County NC and Virginia. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? Also, if you know who they were their spouse, this will help even more. Very dark complexion and when i asked him about this he said Black,... 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