His grandmother was a Julia Jones. I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. Her father was surname a Steadman. USA Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. Sparks Morrison She was a black person in Memphis, Tenn., I believe. Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. I have been wondering if we are Melungeons. just to name a few. , I am descended from Wood. Another tree said his daughter Lizzie was Cherokee so Im not sure how much can be believed from what Ancestry shows because of lack of documentation. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. Learn more. BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth Any suggestions? My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. Change). I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. And thank you for checking in on my site, I hope you enjoyed reading! Any info on the Boone line would be appreciated, or sites with Boone dna projects. I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. Who knows we my be related. There was a guy by the last name of Kennedy. My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. He also stated that his cousin, Beulah, told him in the 40s that she had documented this. I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. Little. Found your list of names. My mother was a Barnes. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS Dare. My great grandfather was a Freeman of color in South carolina. It never went to my email. And for some not any death dates. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. I had no idea what that meant. (LogOut/ PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT, RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE sounds like youve done a lot of work already, do you have a family tree established? I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. 2 vols. Some families that descend from lines known to be of Melungeon origin, but cannot find Native ancestry, may need to search more in that direction for their exact mixture. 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. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. The other listed names are somewhere in between all of these. They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. The college of UVA Wise, Va. held an event several years ago about Melungeon. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! I wish I could prove anything but I know it is a long time family claim. Hi My family is of the Evans of SC. Same with my father and his two sisters, but not as much as my grandfather. A few years ago I came across a possible Melungeon connection. Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Patterson. (LogOut/ Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . I am stumped here and cant seem to find much on them. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. Although, he did not show any DNA connected to black people, he did show 1% of unknown. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. All this is so fascinating to me. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! My "Brown" Genealogy-East Tenn/Ky. My mothers side not so much. (And no Cherokee.) Graham. On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? I am a Cooper. I hope you get your answers. 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. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? I think I solved the mystery. Ms. Lady Jae: Received some great information from you sometime ago for surname Goin. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 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. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. What I know this far is that theres a definite Cherokee lineage with respect to Benjamin Sinnes (daughter, Jemima Sinnes-Goin). 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. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. While the Melungeon people faced social isolation due to their non-white heritage, they rarely faced legal penalties for it. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. It was a name they called themselves. Are there any distant cousins related to them? The following common Melungeon surnames My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. Thank you for your consideration. 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. 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. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. Hello! This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. My family background is from West Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Thank you for your response! This article provides greater insight into my families probable history. 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 am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. My maiden name is Barker. Right back to Newmans Ridge. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? Any help would be awesome. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. Hello. Just learned there is a Jesse Taliaferro Toliver connected through the Wood/Stamper line. Hello, I was wondering if you could help me more with my roots. My husbands mother has been dead way over 25 years and he has been dead for years. MULLINS, NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS, PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. Hope you can find your connections. 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. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. Brooks. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. her parents names? I have family tree and dna to work with! Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! 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. Hi Debby, The census shows that the area was settled by Gibsons, Griffins, Mullins, Cox, Bowlings,Wests, Elmores, Williamsons,Gowins, Cooks, Crows and Perkins. Physical Traits. 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. Andrew Jackson Chavers was my 2nd great grandfather. Just found out through 23 and me that I have spanish/portuguese ancestry. 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. Ive been researching for a couple of months when I first came across melungeons. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. 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. Historical Summary 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. Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. She had pictures of both g- grandmothers. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. I have an olive tone that turns to a reddiah brown in the summer months. We do belong somewhere after all. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. This list is subject to expansion. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. I did find her husband and kids. Where are you living I too am a Foresman. I imagine you had a fruitful trip. Mama was the darkest white woman that I ever saw. But I still need help. If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. . 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. Viccars. 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. The Melungeon core families, as identified by their paternal (surname) lines include European and African progenitors, about half and half. Hello! 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. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. Lowry. Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. 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. My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. Would taking one of the ancestry dna tests help determine this or just make it more confusing? I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, Hi! LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. Thanks for checking in! 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. 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. (I am particularly intrigued by this period, as I have recently been following a deep and growing pull to connect with the Monacan people of Bear Mountain.). I am from these areas as well on both sides of my family, paternal and maternal, back 8 generations. I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. Am trying to find out much more. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. Thank you for your work. Thank you, Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. 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. 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 . A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. Grew up in eastern tn near church hill and sneedeville home of melungeons. Would love to hear more. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? All maternal lines tested have been European. Wright. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . All around 1700-1800 time frame. I have been trying to place my Melungeon ancestors as well as my Native ancestry. 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 too have very little information about about my fathers family so if you would like to get in touch feel free to do so. Nancy These families seem to have originated in the same place and traveled together to Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. Its been a long road just to here! I have been able to trace lots of those names listed above back to the first settlers to this country. I have no idea but I am willing to work with you to find out! This page was submitted by Nancy Sparks Morrison and There are Coopers who live in Somerset, Ky. and a lot of the older generations have died. Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW, DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY 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. Glad to see the name here. My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. Aaron had a wife, Nancy Gray, and a son named Moses Bass. But it can be difficult to trace. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. Butler. 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, Have you ever heard of Lowerys or Roses in your findings? Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. My grandfather used the term Portuguee with affection, and his Melungeon (I assume) Indiana grandparents were Malissa Delph and William Addison Wright from Tennessee. Surname is Goin. We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. Cherokee, North Carolina: B. Blankenship, 1992.FS Library book 970.3 C424bL Volume one has rolls of Cherokees east of the Mississippi for the years 1817, 1818-1835, 1848, 1851, 1852, 1869, 1883, 1908, 1909, and 1924. 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 suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. Native American descendant. Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. We just about cover all of those people. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. My great great grandmother was a Callaway! Sometimes DNA tests hold surprising results, results that the individual didn't expect. I was looking to see if anyone that is connected to the Jones line. Thank you for posting this. I just came upon this site. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. So hopefully I can hear more. F denton/watts fron jamestown/white/Sara Williams ( b1720s) married to samuel jobes (born 1720s) married in the 1750s lived in roqan,nc/woods marriedcinyo my froakie in 1800s in jobesborough,tn area. Thank you for this site. Williamson, Wood. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! So here we are. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. reaves/osteen/lawson. Thanks for posting. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . 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. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. 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. Oral tradition - and perhaps convenience -. If you are Melungeon and do not see your family name or a qualifying county please contact our historian at [email protected] SURNAMES Adkins Allen Bowling/Bollin (g) Bennett Brown Bowman Bunch/Punch Campbell Carter Childers/Childress Chavis Clark Cox Collier Collins Cumbow Duncan Davis Denham Dial I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Mississippi never had a law like that, because such a law would have prevented the states finest old families from marrying their neighbors. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! I just recently found out about maternal grandrnothers line. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. Adams/brown/butler/campbell/lots of clarks from virginia/cole/davis/garland/hall/hill/,lots of Jones from bristol/abingdon,Virginia into east Tennessee near Johnson city,lydia Martin from Richmond,va/nichols/robertson/Mary rock (Smith) who married samuel Denton my 8 th gg/talitha cumi Stevens who married my 2 bd gg huh. One of my aunts is this way. GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN, HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. 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 . Are they Mulatto or Melungeon? The Bollings go all the way back to Eastern Virginia in the 1700s. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. I appreciate all that you are doing. Hello. Hello again Ms. Gray. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. Shari Wahls stepfather is Franklin C. Hatter. 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. The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. And then there was Mama, the youngest. 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