All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. Naturally there are many questions. Dare. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. The census shows that the area was settled by Gibsons, Griffins, Mullins, Cox, Bowlings,Wests, Elmores, Williamsons,Gowins, Cooks, Crows and Perkins. Are we related?? Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. So then we need to go to our trees I have been trying for so long to do this on my own. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. 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. Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. 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 . My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. Do the companies get different results? linda mckee 12/16/08. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. 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 . My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. I just came upon this site. I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. I wish I knew more about, but anyone I can ask are now passed. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. 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. Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. her parents names? Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. 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. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646 and https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, Thank you for your response! 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). Have there been anymore research into more names? Here are some of the most common surnames that exist for Melungeons: Bowlin Bunch Collins Epps Denham Evans Fields Goins Gibson Mullins Reeves Williams While this is not an exhaustive list of surnames, this should give you an idea of how many names may be related to the Melungeon tribe of people. Wright. Little. While I have some information, I would like to trace him back to Ireland, as my DNA shows over 70% Irish. Lasie. Thank you, Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. Thanks Ms. Gray! Grew up in eastern tn near church hill and sneedeville home of melungeons. West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his My mother and grandfather are directly from the Hall lineage. Owens, Ke. Stay tuned! One of my aunts is this way. Finally, my first identified link!! The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. The parents settled in Owens Co. Ke. I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. Thank you for this site. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. 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. A lot of evidence has led me to see that I come from Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic descent. There are some Caudills from my line in the Letcher County, Kentucky, Lee and Wise County, Virginia -- I think most of those are by marriage. 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. : /mlndn/ m-lun-jn) is the name of a Southern U.S. ethnic minority once found in the Appalachian Mountains in parts of the states of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. 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. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646, https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/. Learn more. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. Sparks Morrison Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. White. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. USA I took a DNA test a couple of years ago and many of these names have shown up amongst my cousin matches surname list, especially Bass, Adkins, Castill, Carter, Dyes, Driggers, Goins, Sheppard and so many others. Just trying to find the source of my Spanish/Portugeuse heritage. Email: [emailprotected]. I would suggest you begin with establishing a family tree and building from there. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. There is no proof that Melungeons even have Mediterranean ancestry, . Alternatively, Italian pioneers in Virginia used their word for aubergine to. 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. Patterson. And thank you for checking in on my site, I hope you enjoyed reading! 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. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth and Wellman families. 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 . Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. This page was submitted by Nancy Sparks Morrison and Cherokee Roots. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? Its been a long road just to here! Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? 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. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: Scott. Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. where o you believe she was raised? With blonde hair blue eyes. Nearly everyone who has written about the Melungeons agrees that they fiercely resented the name. Com. and we are talking and gathering info. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. If anyone has done in lineage on these people their whole lineage will pop up. Havent heard back from George yet, when I do Ill be sure to let you know! I have been doing a lot of research just using Family Search. I always hear we were romani. Harris, Harvie. I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. Some these Wood cousins have JM 172 Haplogroups. 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. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. Hello! Does anyone have any information to share? 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! Thanks, Rachel. I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. But their surnames arent on this list. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. Thank you. Right back to Newmans Ridge. Hi! 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. Ms. Lady Jae: Received some great information from you sometime ago for surname Goin. 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. Wow!! My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. So hopefully I can hear more. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. My mother is very racist and maybe she didnt know until after I was conceived or whatever, but she tells me nothing. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. In the heart of Appalachia in the southern United States, an isolated, dark skinned people known as the Melungeons, are challenging the accepted version of modern America's earliest history. A few years ago I came across a possible Melungeon connection. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. I have EVERY characteristic of being of melungeon decent, shovel teeth, ridge at neck, disease, skin color, and the eye fold. Ive been researching for a couple of months when I first came across melungeons. Glad to see the name here. His wife, Mary Mae Heffley 1872-1959. My siblings and I and my children are the only living biological descendants of this line as far back as my maternal grandparents generation if not farther. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. Other researchers have speculated that "Melungeon" derives from the Turkish melun can, (meaning "cursed soul"); the Italian melongena ("eggplant," referring to one with dark skin), or the old English term "malengin" ("guile; deceit"). I appreciate any help you can give. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. Although I cannot find the connect yet. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. He also stated that his cousin, Beulah, told him in the 40s that she had documented this. That never added up, because the neighbor lady was 100% Cherokee and she was lighter skinned than my mother. We just about cover all of those people. Greetings, We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Thanks for posting. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Any suggestions? Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Momma had olive skin, blue eyes, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair. C 2. 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. The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. So youre saying that your grandmother was a Melungeon? Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. Im not sure how you can help, but if you can think of any way I might learn more about the Cooper Melungeons I would be very thankful. I hope Im on the right track. Am trying to find out much more. hello, my name is hannah Branham. We are generally from the VA/NC/KY area, with some lines being in SC (our Hicks/Love line). Johnson, Jones. The college of UVA Wise, Va. held an event several years ago about Melungeon. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . 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), All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. My mother was a Barnes. BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN I imagine you had a fruitful trip. 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. They lived in Gilbert, West Virginia. Let me know how it goes. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. Like Like. (LogOut/ If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. Jones, Smith, Martin, Osborne (was in the Revolutionary War) Stallard, Sizemore, Brown, Cooper, Perkins. Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. Do you have any information on the Bunch family? I just came across your blog this afternoon. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? That is the route I took and it worked quite well. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. (LogOut/ Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. My name Christy Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Cooper. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. I appreciate all that you are doing. Dorothy E., Mary, Sebron, Neal M., Henry, Hugh, ruby, Mac Harris, Julia M., & Henry Gaston. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. 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. 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. My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. Hello! Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott Historical Summary George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. 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. These were all Melungeon surnames. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 I sent you that second email before I reread your origninal one, give me a bit of time and Ill see what I can find. 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. Is Jones her maiden name? The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. there you will find relatives who can possibly hold the key for you! They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. If you are researching in Alphabetical order, let me know when you get to the Gibsons. And for some not any death dates. Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. 2847 results. Reply. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. Our DNA came back though with european, african, NA . I have looked through the regular channels on Ancestry and also in records local to me but have yet to drive over to Lee County, Va or to Hancock county to look at physical records but it is in the plans at some point. Our roots go back to the late 1600s and early 1700s. Martin. Thank you, Victoria Thornton. The pages wont let me open them. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. Then she leaned over and whispered Its okay, you can come. . Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! I do not have everything but I now have a pretty good collection. just to name a few. Melissa, I too am from the Blevins family from Eastern Kentucky. I have several of these surnames in my tree. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. My name is Nikki Landerkin. 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. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! 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 Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. We were always told we had Indian blood. Hello Please let me know if you are still researching these families. She died in 1906 during childbirth with my grandmother. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. Compared to the sophistication of genetics in the second decade of the 21 st century, Melungeon DNA testing in the 1990s was rather simplistic. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. Have you started a family research project? So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. But it can be difficult to trace. Simply wanted to reach out and see if you have anything on Sinnes to see if theres a Melungeon connection. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. 1819 in NC) had 5 children with a Native American and gave them her last name. The core Melungeon families in Hawkins County, Tennessee are Bolin, Bolling, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Mullins, Sullivan, and Williams. Yet my sons 23&me results showed Iberian Peninsula ancestry that is not showing up on mine, nor on my husbands, from ancestry. , Thomas Davis and his parents she died in 1906 during childbirth with my grandmother Daviss was. 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