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. 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. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. Smith, Stevens. I have been trying for so long to do this on my own. I have no idea but I am willing to work with you to find out! This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Melungeon origins Any new Ideas? George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott I honestly believe we are Melungeon. Aaron had a wife, Nancy Gray, and a son named Moses Bass. 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. So then we need to go to our trees 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. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. Three years ago, I was working in Lumberton, NC. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . 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 Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. 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. These families settled in Lincoln Co and are mentioned in the Indian Commission Affairs and in a report by Robert K. Thomas. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . Howe. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. I hope Im on the right track. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. They had a U.S. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European . Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. We do belong somewhere after all. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! Coleman. I have always been the odd duck in my family. My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. Com. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. A new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy found that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central. Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. Cherokee Roots. She had pictures of both g- grandmothers. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. I will research from one of my books and let you know. I am 4 th cousin s with lowry,revels and bakers per my 2018 ancestry.com test results. The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. Ive been stumped. I would suggest you begin with establishing a family tree and building from there. Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. Dad was a Revolutionary soldier. The other listed names are somewhere in between all of these. When I asked why my mother was so dark, I was told that it was because she had Cherokee blood. CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW, DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY My fathers side was 100% European. Are they Mulatto or Melungeon? I guess we didnt like staying that home.. We just about cover all of those people. 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 . The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: Wright. Thanks Ms. Gray! They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. A lot of evidence has led me to see that I come from Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic descent. Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. In addition, it leaves untouched some of the families who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were typically classed as whites, but who claimed Native American ancestry, such as the Sizemore claimants among the Eastern Cherokee applicants." Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN I am looking for any leads towards a melungeon bloodline within my family because it would answer a lot of questions. There are Coopers who live in Somerset, Ky. and a lot of the older generations have died. Webster (1962, 1122) described the Melungeon as "a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed Caucasian, Negro, and Indian stock, inhabiting the Tennessee mountains."5 Davis (1963, 16) identified the Melungeons as "dark-skinned, reddish- brown complexioned people [who were] supposed to be of Moorish descent, neither Indian nor Negro, but . If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . We are looking for information on these family lines not to upset current family members, or to find living people, nor to upset lives. 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. 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 . . Hi! Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! The Melungeon core families, as identified by their paternal (surname) lines include European and African progenitors, about half and half. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . Fingers crossed! I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Historical records are sometimes sketchy and amorphous. We were always told we had Indian blood. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. [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). Although I cannot find the connect yet. 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 I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. A lady invited me to a revival at her church. I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. Mississippi never had a law like that, because such a law would have prevented the states finest old families from marrying their neighbors. But I seen the Smith name were Melungeons just trying to find out about my family history. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. 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. Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? Jones, Smith, Martin, Osborne (was in the Revolutionary War) Stallard, Sizemore, Brown, Cooper, Perkins. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. We are cousins! (LogOut/ 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. She had very dark brown eyes and black hair. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. Cumbo. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. , I am descended from Wood. I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his Various surnames traditionally associated with Melungeon identity were not included in the study. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. King James IV is also my 14th great grandfather. 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.) I was led to this site through research and also as a result of our unexpected DNA results as well which have been a wonderful surprise and way to help me find our family lines and also some small medical answers. She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. They were from tennessee and mixed but no paper trail to show that. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. reaves/osteen/lawson. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. My great grandfather was a Freeman of color in South carolina. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. carol warren 2/21/11. That is the route I took and it worked quite well. Are there any distant cousins related to them? 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. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. Hi Debby, 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. 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. The names of many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina are found in: Blankenship, Bob. Some these Wood cousins have JM 172 Haplogroups. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. Thank you, What I know this far is that theres a definite Cherokee lineage with respect to Benjamin Sinnes (daughter, Jemima Sinnes-Goin). 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. At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. Like their names? No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. Since then, the Dutch started adopting surnames. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. Butler. She was born in Hancock County, TN we assume. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. As a researcher and family historian, I was excited when a . I do not know if they would be of your lineage but you could check those out. 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. Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. Revels, Sampson. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. All around 1700-1800 time frame. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. So interesting! Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. I found the connection and sent it to her. My mother is very racist and maybe she didnt know until after I was conceived or whatever, but she tells me nothing. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. Thank you for writing, so let us see where this takes us. His wife was Nancy Gray and son was Moses Bass. hello, my name is hannah Branham. Bridger. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. Some Notes on Jordan Gibson. COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. just to name a few. Blevins, Gamble, Rucker, Hicks, Kelly, Howard, Thompson, Phipps, and more. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. My maiden name is Barker. Thank you for this site. My brother is very fair and red hair. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. 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. I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. 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. My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. The following common Melungeon surnames occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. 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 I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. 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. Thank you for posting this. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. This page was last modified on: Thursday, 01-Jul-1999 13:32:47 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. The center of Melungeon territory in former times was Newman's Ridge, Hancock County, Tennessee. 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