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I have attached some pics to this email of my great great grandfather, my 4th great grandfather, and my 4th great grandmother. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. My mother was a Barnes. . Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. My direct line melungeon surnames are 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. Her mother was Elmeda Johnson who died in childbirth,her father Jim cogdill went to ww1 and her grandparents raised her, family stories have suggested her mother was NA and Ive seen the name Luna johnson in my search once , it suggested that Luna johnson was her grandmother or great grandmother, all my grandmothers sons look very Hispanic in old photos but a lighter skin tone,say lighter than a Mexicans but quite a bit darker than a regular Caucasian,she her self had what Ive heard described as very ruddy complexion but to me she looked pure cherokee. 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 was thinking maybe someone would see my ost any maybe have some new ideas of where I can search for records or what to look under as the regular ones do not pan out. My husbands mother has been dead way over 25 years and he has been dead for years. They also have a very specific twang or dialect when speaking. Can you help me figure out if there is a melange in connection which might explain this family claim? Please let me know if you are still researching these families. These were all Melungeon surnames. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. I joined facebook today. Jack Goins is the patriarch of Melungeon research. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. 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. My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. Hello! C 2. Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN 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. The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. Do the companies get different results? 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. I always hear we were romani. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646 and https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, Thank you for your response! Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. 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 Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. Glad to see the name here. Any help would be awesome. My name is Nikki Landerkin. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. 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, Bryson Gibson was born between 1775 and 1782 Washington County, Virginia to Thomas and Mary Gibson. But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. 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 . The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. I have been able to trace lots of those names listed above back to the first settlers to this country. But their surnames arent on this list. Aakster Dutch. Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. The Short surname was my maiden name. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. Cumbo. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. DNA study is not my strong suit! From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. 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). All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. Like Like. I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. How can I help? I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. Owens, Ke. Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. White. The pages wont let me open them. 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. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. This match comes up as 4th gen cousin to me. There was a guy by the last name of Kennedy. Brunie Barthol Wood, 1872-1964, Illinois to Indianapolis. I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. Jones, Smith, Martin, Osborne (was in the Revolutionary War) Stallard, Sizemore, Brown, Cooper, Perkins. Her father was surname a Steadman. My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. Some Melungeons suspect Abe Lincoln, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner may all have had some Melungeon blood. sounds like youve done a lot of work already, do you have a family tree established? Love recognizes no barriers. My DNA has me 98% European and 2% Asian. Thanks for adding me. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. ajpilkey76@gmail.com. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. So here we are. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . My mother and grandfather are directly from the Hall lineage. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. I would suggest you begin with establishing a family tree and building from there. Some Notes on Jordan Gibson. I suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. 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. My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. Looking for Starnes. Where can I look to find more information? That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. 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 . Thank you, Redbone, Your comment has given me a great idea of how to tackle all the incoming messages regarding our Melungeon line. from my grandmother Burton. 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. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. Chapman, Chavis. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. 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. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. Sincerely, 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. Ive been stumped. I have been trying to place my Melungeon ancestors as well as my Native ancestry. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. (And no Cherokee.) Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. I am looking for any leads towards a melungeon bloodline within my family because it would answer a lot of questions. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. 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. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. Interview your folks and any elders still alive. A few years ago I came across a possible Melungeon connection. (LogOut/ 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. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. Stay tuned! North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. Is Jones her maiden name? Joseph Higdon says: February 9, 2023 at 4:17 am. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. 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. On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. Joyceann. It has taken years and both of my parents have been gone over about 20 years. 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO Found your list of names. My 4th G-Grandpaw was Jeremiah Bass Jr. b.1746 Bertie, N.Carolina d.1808 Addams Co, Mississippi. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. It never went to my email. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. I am a Cooper. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. Coleman. My name Christy Look in Bibles and record any folklore that might have been passed down. 1999. But it can be difficult to trace. A judgment of failure to pay was entered against Isaac Cooper and George Cooper (corrected to: Bean) in February 1805 in the same county (and collected). Note: One of my ancestors, a Mulungen, was a signer of the Declaration. I believe we could also match and I am eager to speak with you. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. Thank you. I appreciate all that you are doing. Joyceann. My dad and all his siblings are dark skinned with dark hair with some having blue eyes. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. Best of luck and Merry Christmas! On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. 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. 2 vols. Willis. The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. Locklear. Harris, Harvie. MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? where o you believe she was raised? I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. 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. My great great grandfather and even his wife. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. I think I solved the mystery. He also stated that his cousin, Beulah, told him in the 40s that she had documented this. For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. Martin. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. Thank you for posting this. (LogOut/ Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. Love recognizes no barriers. From my mother Chapman. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. 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 . Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! 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. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. 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 . This list is subject to expansion. Re: reaves/osteen/lawson. 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. STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL, TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. 1819 in NC) had 5 children with a Native American and gave them her last name. 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. Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? This is so confusing! Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? King James IV is also my 14th great grandfather. This is seen in all generations that I know of in my family. Any information would be great. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. We just about cover all of those people. I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. My brother is very fair and red hair. Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. Not looking like any of the others. The Melungeon core families, as identified by their paternal (surname) lines include European and African progenitors, about half and half. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. 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. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. My daughter will be helping us in the future so if i find it, I will try to send it to you. My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. These families settled in Lincoln Co and are mentioned in the Indian Commission Affairs and in a report by Robert K. Thomas. However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Hope you can find your connections. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? 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." At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. 2 Answers. 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