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Who knows we my be related. I think I solved the mystery. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. Thanks for adding me. Butler. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. But I seen the Smith name were Melungeons just trying to find out about my family history. Any help would be awesome. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. I was raised not knowing anything of my fathers family, he died when I was 18 months old. Thanks in advance. We are cousins! Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. Thank you for your response! And Smith on my fathers side. Viccars. 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. Thank you for your work. Best of luck and Merry Christmas! What was a Melungeon? They were from tennessee and mixed but no paper trail to show that. linda mckee 12/16/08. Were most of these peoples of Native American ancestry? Melungeon Geography and Surnames. Is there any way to find out if there is Melugeon in my history. I did a DNA but found there was very littlelike 1 or 2%. 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. But their surnames arent on this list. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. While I have some information, I would like to trace him back to Ireland, as my DNA shows over 70% Irish. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. Sparks Morrison My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . If you go on Family Search, try to think of the oldest person you may know that is in your family and who lived in the 1800s and if you can come up with approximate birthdate and date of death, put those in and then after that push search. My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL, TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. Thank you for posting this. The pages wont let me open them . Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. 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. Surname is Goin. and we are talking and gathering info. Scott. Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. Aakster Dutch. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth and Wellman families. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. I met him years ago. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. Bridger. Change). Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. Thank you for your time and any help in advance. I am researching my family tree. My grandfather used the term Portuguee with affection, and his Melungeon (I assume) Indiana grandparents were Malissa Delph and William Addison Wright from Tennessee. My great great grandfather and even his wife. Would love to hear if you have tips or suggestions! The core Melungeon families in Hawkins County, Tennessee are Bolin, Bolling, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Mullins, Sullivan, and Williams. Reply. I am from these areas as well on both sides of my family, paternal and maternal, back 8 generations. Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. All maternal lines tested have been European. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. I just came upon this site. So then we need to go to our trees 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 My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. What are your Stallard Roberson and Mullins ancestors? All of the people with that last name probably came from the same last name when they came here to the U.S. My husband had a distant relative to contact him about 2 months ago about her relatives. Brent Kennedy based his primary genetic proof on a 1990 study of blood samples from 177 Melungeon descendants taken in 1969. Had always been told a great great grandma was Native-Cherokee but both my fathers and my own DNA shows minimal to no Native. Do the companies get different results? I appreciate all that you are doing. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. Thanks for posting. Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. I have the knot . Same with my father and his two sisters, but not as much as my grandfather. Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. My dad and all his siblings are dark skinned with dark hair with some having blue eyes. Also, if you know who they were their spouse, this will help even more. Hendricks/Hendrix and Graham from Virginia and Kentucky are prominent in his heritage. In January of 1943, Plecker sent a circular to all public health and county officials in Virginia, listing, county by county, the surnames of all families suspected of having African ancestry. My husband is a Buford, Collins, Conner. Also known as the "Lost People of Appalachia," these darker-skinned people were called "Melungeons," a word derived from the Arabic "Melun-Jinn" meaning one who has been abandoned by God - a cursed soul. Wow!! Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. Hi Debby, Brooks. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. Hope you can find your connections. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Sincerely, Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. 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. Supposedly Calloways father was John Henry Jeremiah Bunch (again according to Ancestry family trees) who may have been Melungeon at least a tree has that in their comments. My maiden name is Barker. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. My family has web page on Facebook. The family names from your list above are: Berry, Davis, Jones, Tolliver (Sara Isabelle Tagliferro is my ancestor via the Berry Line), Phipps, Osborne, Richardson and many more. I joined facebook today. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. 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 . Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. 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. 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. Can you help me figure out if there is a melange in connection which might explain this family claim? 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 . Naturally there are many questions. Location and surnames may help in tracing Melungeon ancestor roots. 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). White. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. 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. I wish there was a way to do further research on these surnames in my family. I wont be attending, as I live 3000 miles away, but it might be useful to you who live near Virginia. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER This is what my husband and I have done. Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. Thanks! BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN 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. My grandparents and all 13 kids used to go up to NJ and work the fields when jersey was the garden state still. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. My mother was a Barnes. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. I have also done a DNA test at the request of a distant relative to try and connect those with my last name and variations of it. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. So glad I could be of help. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. 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. After that it gets shaky. There are Coopers who live in Somerset, Ky. and a lot of the older generations have died. I would suggest you begin with establishing a family tree and building from there. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. It was a name they called themselves. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. And then there was Mama, the youngest. Thank you for your consideration. Dare. LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. Email: [emailprotected]. The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. To the contrary, Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman's research indicates the earliest settlers . This is seen in all generations that I know of in my family. Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. her reading and research of various materials noted herein. 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. We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. If anyone has done in lineage on these people their whole lineage will pop up. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. Kikkert meaning "frog". Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. 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. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . There may also be "Native American features," as well as "a particular type of bump or ridge at the back of the head (usually just above the neck) known at the Melungeon bump." 18 Kathy Lyday, a professor at Elon University in North Carolina, has said that in older photos . 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 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. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. His grandfather may have been of African descent. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. The other listed names are somewhere in between all of these. All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. My family grew up believing our Greatgrandma Skaggs was a Blackfoot Indian, My Fathers DNA shows otherwise. Taylor. This page was last modified on: Thursday, 01-Jul-1999 13:32:47 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, Take a look at this blog: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. All I know is that his mother was likely named Polly, and I can find a Polly Cooper in the 1810 Virginia census with appropriately aged dependents; she is listed as a person of color. From DNA tests, I know I have both Iberian and Native American DNA. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. They were from Middlebourne WV. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Lumbees, we are a very unique creature and I'm proud of that. Would love to do a DNA test but Ill be honest, I work in the medical field and I worry that the insurance companies may use that against us someday, dont really care about me but my kids on the other hand! [email protected]. Nancy If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. Thank you. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. God Bless, Comparing Kit A861408 (*JGray) [Migration F2 A] and XN3591432 (Brent Stanley) [Ancestry], Sorry, we dont match but then again DNA gets diluted after 4 generations. I tried looking you up on Facebook but no luck, thought Id send some pics to get your thoughts), Thank you for writing, Look for Joyceann Gray on Facebook. I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. Momma had olive skin, blue eyes, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair. I have several of these surnames in my tree. DNA study is not my strong suit! But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. This is so confusing! My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. 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. Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. My brother is very fair and red hair. I will research from one of my books and let you know. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. Like Like. Oxendine, Paine. I honestly believe we are Melungeon. Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. 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). If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. Harold Lee denton/Richmond,va We are generally from the VA/NC/KY area, with some lines being in SC (our Hicks/Love line). Archivist and founder of the Melungeon Core DNA project. I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. This is my email: My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. As soon as I get things settled and get back to researching Id love to connect with you. My name is Nikki Landerkin. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. These were all Melungeon surnames. I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. (LogOut/ 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. If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. Does anyone have any information to share? Howe. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. I just came upon this site. Home. Holler back! Andrew Jackson Chavers was my 2nd great grandfather. Lasie. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. What can you tell me? from my grandmother Burton. Nearly everyone who has written about the Melungeons agrees that they fiercely resented the name. Hello. 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 . 2 vols. Jones, Smith, Martin, Osborne (was in the Revolutionary War) Stallard, Sizemore, Brown, Cooper, Perkins. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. Hello. My blue-eyed, somewhat darker skinned, maternal grandfather had a mysterious father whose parents, William Wright and Malissa Delph (my great-great grandparents) were born in Tennessee and both age 24 in the 1860 census. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. Some say we were black dutch. 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. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. On an What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? If you would like to check it out its kit#XN3591432. 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 guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. Let me know how it goes. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Melissa, I too am from the Blevins family from Eastern Kentucky. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. 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. Joyceann. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. 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. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. His grandmother was a Julia Jones. I believe we could also match and I am eager to speak with you. Thank you. 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