Thanks, Rachel. Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. 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 Joseph Higdon says: February 9, 2023 at 4:17 am. 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. Home. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? I am seeing several surnames from my sides. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? I have an olive tone that turns to a reddiah brown in the summer months. Locklear. Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? "Price emphasis on the existence of a group is fundamental to studying the genealogy of social isolate groups, as . A few years ago I came across a possible Melungeon connection. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. There is actually an unincorporated community named Goin that had a post office until the mid-sixties. Looking for Starnes. 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. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. According to FamilySearch.org, some common Melungeon last names may include: Bowling (Bolin) Bunch Chavis (Chavez) Collins Epps Evans Fields Francisco Gibson Gill3 Goins Goodman Minor Mise Moore Mullins Osborn (e) Phipps Reeves (Rives, Rieves, Reeves, Reaves) Ridley (Riddle) Rodrigues Stowers Vanover Williams Wise Melungeon people You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. 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. Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. How can I help? While I have some information, I would like to trace him back to Ireland, as my DNA shows over 70% Irish. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. Thanks! He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. I would like to email you about my connection to the Shavers/Chavis/Chavers, Brown, Hall, Kelley and other family names in Alabama and Franklin County Tennesse. Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. Nancy 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. "Jordan, son of Gilbert Gibson was undoubtedly born after 1746/7, possibly as late as 1752 or so. He also stated that his cousin, Beulah, told him in the 40s that she had documented this. , I am descended from Wood. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. I have family tree and dna to work with! Glad to see the name here. Hi! Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. The pages wont let me open them . Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. Smith (40), Williams (27), Johnson (26), Brown (26), Davis (19), Jones (16), Martin (15), Moore (15), Clark (13), Taylor (13), Cox (11), Jackson (10), Hill (10). There are a lot of Coopers in Eastern Kentucky, especially Somerset, Ky. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. Co. Kentucky. 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 . All I know about her is that she was a female paster and could levitate things when she would get really caught up in preaching the Word. My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. Cynthia Millican 2/06/01. Annete. Any help would be awesome. 2847 results. White. Thank you, Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? 7. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. 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. 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. My grandmother, a Chapman, when young was always asked if she were Jewish, to which she simply replied, no. In the early 80s when I was a little girl, I remember Papaw Chapman (her father) always saying we were Dutch Indian and Black Dutch. We are cousins! I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. It was a name they called themselves. Hi Debby, Thank you for this site. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. These families seem to have originated in the same place and traveled together to Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase. The surnames of the first recorded Melungeons included Collins, Gibson, Mullins, Goins, Bunch, Bowlin, and Denham. Im from Eastern Kentucky also. The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. 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). Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. My mother was a Barnes. I hope you get your answers. I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. If you are Melungeon and do not see your family name or a qualifying county please contact our historian at midwestlosthistory@gmail.com 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 learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. Some Melungeons suspect Abe Lincoln, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner may all have had some Melungeon blood. We do belong somewhere after all. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. They were from Roanoke Va, Patty, if youre on Facebook we can chat find me Joyceann Gray, I just checked your list of family namesfound two her reading and research of various materials noted herein. The biggest thing I am trying to accomplish, however, is to help my grandmother find closure and to find her family so she can have peace before her time comes. Brooks. My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. 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. After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. 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. Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. linda mckee 12/16/08. Wright. I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon Love recognizes no barriers. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. There was a guy by the last name of Kennedy. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN Her folks were from Pennsylvania. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. Its been a long road just to here! If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. The Short surname was my maiden name. George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. Were most of these peoples of Native American ancestry? My grandfather was known as Brownie because of his color, and had indian looking features but his sisters had blonde hair. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. Have there been anymore research into more names? 1999. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! That is the route I took and it worked quite well. MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. My husband is a Buford, Collins, Conner. Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. Hope you can find your connections. During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. What can you tell me? 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. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. I asked my grandfather (1885-1973) what his familys origins were and he said Black Dutch. 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! I have been trying for so long to do this on my own. There are Coopers who live in Somerset, Ky. and a lot of the older generations have died. Hello, I looking for any information on the Collins, Campbell, Burford, Taylor so what I am looking for is any information on families that moved to Texas. I have the knot . I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. 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. Look in Bibles and record any folklore that might have been passed down. I am stumped here and cant seem to find much on them. How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? Viccars. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. 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. 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. Havent heard back from George yet, when I do Ill be sure to let you know! 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