I have been doing a lot of research just using Family Search. Coleman. The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. Thank you, Victoria Thornton. My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. just to name a few. Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. Tally, Taylor, Thompson, Tolliver, Tuppance, Turner, Ware, Watts, Weaver, White, Whited, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wisby, Wise, Wood, Wright, Wyatt, Wynn, Monacan surnames of Beverly, Branham, Johns, Pinn and Terry. Change). Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. There is actually an unincorporated community named Goin that had a post office until the mid-sixties. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth 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. 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. Morris Baker and Jane Smith had a daughter, my 5th great grandmother, Mary Polly Baker 1780-1831 m. Owen Meredith Ballou, my 5th great grandfather, 1766-1847. But their surnames arent on this list. And I also did a dna test. (LogOut/ 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. But when I get to these relatives I can not find any birth dates. 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. It has taken years and both of my parents have been gone over about 20 years. I and everyone else in my family has run into issues finding the parents of Jane Taylor who Married Beniah MacKnight. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I do not have everything but I now have a pretty good collection. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646 and https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2675, Thank you for your response! Re: reaves/osteen/lawson. My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. Thank you. But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. Just trying to find the source of my Spanish/Portugeuse heritage. 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. I believe that in the frontier days a colony of Melungeon people migrated from Virginia and North Carolina to what is now Claiborne County, Mississippi. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. Thank you, Redbone, Your comment has given me a great idea of how to tackle all the incoming messages regarding our Melungeon line. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. Thanks! I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. My grandmother had straight dark hair and somewhat darker skin. If given the space, we could present complex scores of intermarriages of Melungeon and other mixed surnames beginning in the 1600s of colonial America. I joined facebook today. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Would taking one of the ancestry dna tests help determine this or just make it more confusing? Archivist and founder of the Melungeon Core DNA project. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. Historical Summary 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/. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Some Notes on Jordan Gibson. Also, I am related to the Bolling which go back to the Randolph and then to the Carters, and Hill last names. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. Thank you for the informative blog. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. 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. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. These families seem to have originated in the same place and traveled together to Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase. The Melungeon core families, as identified by their paternal (surname) lines include European and African progenitors, about half and half. Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. Alternatively, Italian pioneers in Virginia used their word for aubergine to. COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL carol warren 2/21/11. This match comes up as 4th gen cousin to me. Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. Johnson, Jones. Stoney Creek church records show the name "Melungeon" was known in Virginia before it ap- peared in Tennessee. I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. 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. We were always told we had Indian blood. Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. 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 just came across your blog this afternoon. We are just looking to complete our family trees, our heritage, and to find medical information as well because we have several relatives that have odd illnesses that have no known origins. King James IV is also my 14th great grandfather. 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. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. and we are talking and gathering info. 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. I just recently found out about maternal grandmothers line. I think I solved the mystery. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson from Wharn Cliff West Virginia. Thanks for posting. Greetings, Lumbees, we are a very unique creature and I'm proud of that. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . Ms. Lady Jae: Received some great information from you sometime ago for surname Goin. Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . This years meeting is in a couple of days! Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. I imagine you had a fruitful trip. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. Melungeons ( / mlndnz / m-LUN-jnz) are an ethnicity from the Southeastern United States who descend from Europeans, Native American, and sub-Saharan Africans brought to America as indentured servants and later as slaves. Bennett. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. My mother was a Barnes. 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. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. Chapman, Chavis. 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 pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. I appreciate all that you are doing. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. Martin. CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW, DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. I honestly believe we are Melungeon. I have several of these surnames in my tree. I guess we didnt like staying that home.. 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. Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. All maternal lines tested have been European. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. At that time, their native Angolan fa- My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. A lady invited me to a revival at her church. Hi! Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern 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 . My name is Relaeh and this journey has been wild. Butler. 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. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. Thank you. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. That never added up, because the neighbor lady was 100% Cherokee and she was lighter skinned than my mother. Joyceann. Dorothy E., Mary, Sebron, Neal M., Henry, Hugh, ruby, Mac Harris, Julia M., & Henry Gaston. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. (LogOut/ (LogOut/ Holler back! How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? Thank you so much, in advance, for any consideration and for what you are bringing to others!!! there you will find relatives who can possibly hold the key for you! Melungeon origins Any new Ideas? For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. 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. 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. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. Thanks for adding me. We are cousins! George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. Hi My family is of the Evans of SC. How can I help? This is seen in all generations that I know of in my family. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. Taylor. I hope you get your answers. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. My ancestors are Wood. While I have some information, I would like to trace him back to Ireland, as my DNA shows over 70% Irish. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. HER FATHER WAS Richard and they say he was a Pony Express rider. Where was your Clarence Gibson fromScreenshot 2022-11-29 at 9.43.57 AM North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. The surnames of the first recorded Melungeons included Collins, Gibson, Mullins, Goins, Bunch, Bowlin, and Denham. 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. Blevins, Gamble, Rucker, Hicks, Kelly, Howard, Thompson, Phipps, and more. People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. 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. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe I asked my grandfather (1885-1973) what his familys origins were and he said Black Dutch. linda mckee 12/16/08. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. The census shows that the area was settled by Gibsons, Griffins, Mullins, Cox, Bowlings,Wests, Elmores, Williamsons,Gowins, Cooks, Crows and Perkins. 3 great grandmother Ramey who wasnt related to my grandmother Davis was also said to be black dutch. Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! Not looking like any of the others. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS As a researcher and family historian, I was excited when a . Berry. Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. I have family tree and dna to work with! As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. Hope you can find your connections. My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. The cover letter stated that they were "mongrels" and were now trying to register as white. I have been trying for so long to do this on my own. The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. Thank you, They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. Any info on the Boone line would be appreciated, or sites with Boone dna projects. Are we related?? The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. They had a U.S. Thanks Ms. Gray! Thanks for what you are doing. Physical Traits. Hello! It was an open secret that they were not white. Does anyone have any information to share? 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 too have very little information about about my fathers family so if you would like to get in touch feel free to do so. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. 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. MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. Now I am trying to gain more information abt my grandfathers father, John Brown Jr, who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson. My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. Smith, Stevens. My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN My Big Question is does this line go back to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia?? West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his Roanoke, Virginia 24015 All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. 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