The college of UVA Wise, Va. held an event several years ago about Melungeon. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. [https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8](https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8). I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. His grandmother was a Julia Jones. Reply message to 540.529.2592. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. She grew up there and was adopted by a Mitchell family. (LogOut/ 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 . Cherokee Roots. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. Brent Kennedy based his primary genetic proof on a 1990 study of blood samples from 177 Melungeon descendants taken in 1969. The Melungeons were dark-skinned and isolated, but the ethnicity of these olive and brown-skinned families has been in question since the early 1800s. Change). (LogOut/ I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. 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. I have the knot . Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. . By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. (LogOut/ I wish I knew more about, but anyone I can ask are now passed. Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon . Hello! My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. Hi! It is nice to find this site. Yes, on ancestry, send me your email and Ill invite you. Since then, the Dutch started adopting surnames. All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. What can you tell me? And for some not any death dates. My brother is very fair and red hair. I found the connection and sent it to her. I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. I have traced my ancestry back to the right areas at the right times, I have pictures of them that just dont match up with the white on their census records. 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), Look in Bibles and record any folklore that might have been passed down. After that it gets shaky. These families settled in Lincoln Co and are mentioned in the Indian Commission Affairs and in a report by Robert K. Thomas. I, too, have no Native American or black ancestry showing up in my DNA results from ancestry.com, nor any Spanish, Portuguese, or Mediterranean ancestry. My great grandfather is Harris Brown, a Melungeon, and also has Portuguese ancestry, however I dont have information past his father John Brown who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson a I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. Reply. 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. 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 Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. Physical Traits. 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. Ncestry.com i have them all uploaded my Denton family tree. So interesting! I am researching my family tree. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. Email: [emailprotected]. Historical records are sometimes sketchy and amorphous. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. Lucas. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. Thanks! So then we need to go to our trees What an interesting article. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. Sparks Morrison It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. 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 Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? Although, he did not show any DNA connected to black people, he did show 1% of unknown. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. This years meeting is in a couple of days! Haplogroup R1b. Thank you, 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. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. "Jordan, son of Gilbert Gibson was undoubtedly born after 1746/7, possibly as late as 1752 or so. I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and 3 great grandmother Ramey who wasnt related to my grandmother Davis was also said to be black dutch. I just came across your blog this afternoon. 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. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. I was raised not knowing anything of my fathers family, he died when I was 18 months old. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. 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. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. , I am descended from Wood. Scott. I appreciate all that you are doing. C 2. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. And I also did a dna test. Three years ago, I was working in Lumberton, NC. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. A famous bearer of this name is Jelmer Wiersma a Dutch heavy metal guitarist. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. 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. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. We were always told we had Indian blood. 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. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. Location and surnames may help in tracing Melungeon ancestor roots. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. 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. I just came upon this site. Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. I guess Brent Stanley could be my match! That is the route I took and it worked quite well. As a researcher and family historian, I was excited when a . Although I cannot find the connect yet. Wright. My grandmother had straight dark hair and somewhat darker skin. Like Like. How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. Thank you for your work. I am from these areas as well on both sides of my family, paternal and maternal, back 8 generations. All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. Hello My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson. My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. where o you believe she was raised? 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. John Brown-Warrants 26 Dec 1760, 700 acres on the Flatt River, includes Bolins, Riddles and Collins Improvements. 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 . her reading and research of various materials noted herein. Are we related?? She was very religious. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. Now I am trying to gain more information abt my grandfathers father, John Brown Jr, who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson. Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. I suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. I guess we didnt like staying that home.. Greetings, Thanks for checking in! 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 .". Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! This is my email: 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). 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. Change). I met him years ago. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson from Wharn Cliff West Virginia. Looking for Starnes. I believe that she was melungeon. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. 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. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN, HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY just to name a few. My great great grandfather and even his wife. This is seen in all generations that I know of in my family. The pages wont let me open them . At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. Com. My great great grandfather was born in Hancock County, Tennessee He lived from 1852 to 1927 On the 1870 Census it says that he is Mulatto. Where are you living I too am a Foresman. I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. Campell, Carrico, Carter, Casteel, Caudill, Chapman, Chavis, Clark, Cloud, Coal/Cole/Coles, Coffey, Coleman, Colley, Collier/Colyer, Collins, Collinsworth, Cook(e), Cooper, Cotman, Counts, Cox/Coxe, Criel, Croston, Crow, Cumba/Cumbo/Cumbow, Curry, Custalow. 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. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. Jones, Smith, Martin, Osborne (was in the Revolutionary War) Stallard, Sizemore, Brown, Cooper, Perkins. Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. My grandfather was known as Brownie because of his color, and had indian looking features but his sisters had blonde hair. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. Berry. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. Some Notes on Jordan Gibson. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth 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. Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. 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. She was a black person in Memphis, Tenn., I believe. Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. Hope you can find your connections. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. Aaron had a wife, Nancy Gray, and a son named Moses Bass. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN Melissa, I too am from the Blevins family from Eastern Kentucky. Aakster Dutch. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! This article provides greater insight into my families probable history. I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. I have several names on your list who are in my direct line: Dalton/ Brown/ Clark/ Davis/ Evans/ Freeman/ Hill/ James/ Jones/ Martin/ Moore/ Osborn(e)/ Powell/ Pruitt/ Williams. All this is so fascinating to me. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. I joined facebook today. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! 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 . 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. Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. She was born in Hancock County, TN we assume. I had dark hair and green eyes from 2 blue eyed parents. In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. I know very little of my fathers familys origins, except my grandmothers name, Mary Jo Berry, how she died (tragically) and my dad was from Tennessee. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Do you have any information? Surname is Goin. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. I am actually stuck on my grandmothers maternal line, my great grandmothers maiden name was Jones and I am unable to find any information on her mother and her mothers line. (LogOut/ Willis. Her siblings varied greatly in their appearance. I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. I have been trying to place my Melungeon ancestors as well as my Native ancestry. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. I have always been the odd duck in my family. I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. Hello! My daughter will be helping us in the future so if i find it, I will try to send it to you. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. Am trying to find out much more. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. 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. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. 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. linda mckee 12/16/08. 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. I have attached some pics to this email of my great great grandfather, my 4th great grandfather, and my 4th great grandmother. (LogOut/ The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. 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 . Harris, Harvie. Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. 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. From my mother Chapman. I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. There are a lot of Coopers in Eastern Kentucky, especially Somerset, Ky. Andrew Jackson Chavers was my 2nd great grandfather. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. The ones that I do not have in my lineage, my husband probably has a large number of the other names plus my son-in-law has a lot more of those other names. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. Her father was surname a Steadman. I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 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 I am stumped here and cant seem to find much on them. Little. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. Joyceann. We are a Lumbee church. When my mouth fell open, she said, I knew because you have the look. Well well. My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. I will research from one of my books and let you know. With blonde hair blue eyes. But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. 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