Hi Debby, I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. 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. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. The Bollings go all the way back to Eastern Virginia in the 1700s. I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. 2 vols. Thank you, Let me know how it goes. Hello, I was wondering if you could help me more with my roots. My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. Because I just dont know. Jelle: The Dutch form of the name William, meaning 'sacrifice'. We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. A few years ago I came across a possible Melungeon connection. Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. I have the knot . Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. I will research from one of my books and let you know. 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 called Quattlebaum Nation: besides the Quattlebaum surnames, I see many other names on my family tree. The surnames of the first recorded Melungeons included Collins, Gibson, Mullins, Goins, Bunch, Bowlin, and Denham. Also, I am related to the Bolling which go back to the Randolph and then to the Carters, and Hill last names. George Bean later moved to Franklin Co., Tenn. His wife Jane Bean who died about then may have been Isaac's sister. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. 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. Graham. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. If you are researching in Alphabetical order, let me know when you get to the Gibsons. Found your list of names. 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. Ive been researching for a couple of months when I first came across melungeons. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. The pages wont let me open them. 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. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . If anyone can help us that would be amazing. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. My family goes very far back in this area and I have many Names in the family tree you listed: Sizemore, Green, Robertson, Robinson, Bowlin, Jackson, Allen, Thompson, Collins, Hall, Jones, Martin, Perkins, Stevens, Other names to look at maybe that are very intertwined Abbot, Stacey, Griffith, Griffin,Godsey, Lacy (maybe same as Lasie you have listed). Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. The `so-called,' Melungeons were `discovered' in the Appalachian Mountains in 1654 by English explorers and were described as being `dark-skinned, reddish-brown complexioned people supposed to be of Moorish descent, who were neither Indian nor Negro, but had fine European features, and claimed to be Portuguese." (Louise Davis, "The Mystery of the No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. So hopefully I can hear more. Thanks Ms. Gray! I know she had children in Wise, Virginia as well as in Haticus, W Va, and Morristown, TN between the years of 1915-1935 with my grandmother being the youngest in 1935. Willis. They lived in Gilbert, West Virginia. With blonde hair blue eyes. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? In 1997, Brent Kennedy published The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. 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 would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. Cumbo. Her father (my grandmothers great grandfather) was from Kentucky and his grandfather, Calloway Bunch came from Bedford, VA according to Ancestry. I have no idea but I am willing to work with you to find out! I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. Kikkert meaning "frog". The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. 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. Glad to see the name here. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same The family claimed Cherokee and white but resided around Roanoke, VA at least since the 1850s. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. 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. All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. Melungeon Geography and Surnames. Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. Thank you so much, in advance, for any consideration and for what you are bringing to others!!! Thanks for adding me. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN I suggest you try to gain access to her adoption records and get with a DNA expert who can help you with sorting through GEDmatch. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! : /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. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. Also known as the "Lost People of Appalachia," these darker-skinned people were called "Melungeons," a word derived from the Arabic "Melun-Jinn" meaning one who has been abandoned by God - a cursed soul. I did a DNA but found there was very littlelike 1 or 2%. That never added up, because the neighbor lady was 100% Cherokee and she was lighter skinned than my mother. On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. Viccars. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. Am trying to find out much more. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. I did find her husband and kids. They also have a very specific twang or dialect when speaking. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. TUPPANCE TURNER, WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. The middle two were light complected with brown eyes and hair. His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? (LogOut/ What was a Melungeon? After that it gets shaky. Some Notes on Jordan Gibson. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Thank you for your time in reading this. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. Annete. Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, They were from tennessee and mixed but no paper trail to show that. I think I solved the mystery. Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. 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. Her father was surname a Steadman. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL, TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER Change). During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. [https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8](https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8). MULLINS, NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS, PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS Harold Lee denton/Richmond,va The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a 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. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. Thank you, Redbone, Your comment has given me a great idea of how to tackle all the incoming messages regarding our Melungeon line. On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. Archivist and founder of the Melungeon Core DNA project. Just learned there is a Jesse Taliaferro Toliver connected through the Wood/Stamper line. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. Thank you. Mama was the darkest white woman that I ever saw. Carol Kaurish. Do you have any information on the Bunch family? My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. 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! Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. Alternatively, Italian pioneers in Virginia used their word for aubergine to. Im from Eastern Kentucky also. 3 great grandmother Ramey who wasnt related to my grandmother Davis was also said to be black dutch. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Have there been anymore research into more names? The names of many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina are found in: Blankenship, Bob. I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. Yes, on ancestry, send me your email and Ill invite you. We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. hello, my name is hannah Branham. Interview your folks and any elders still alive. It is nice to find this site. 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. BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN Email: [emailprotected]. My mother and grandfather are directly from the Hall lineage. 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 . Had always been told a great great grandma was Native-Cherokee but both my fathers and my own DNA shows minimal to no Native. These were all Melungeon surnames. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. His 7 th/gg/was Mary rock Smith whos dad was LT John Rock Smith from plymouth,ma colony. Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. All this is so fascinating to me. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 Hello! Fingers crossed! That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. 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 . Our roots go back to the late 1600s and early 1700s. She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. And Smith on my fathers side. Stay tuned! She grew up there and was adopted by a Mitchell family. Learn more. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Hi Brent, I did DNA and Im a mixture from the middle east as well as west asian, English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. People publish scholarly books, not gangster rap records, with Redbone or Melungeon in the title. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? 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. Hi everyone, Im currently researching my fathers side of the family who is from the area of Halifax and Sampson County, and the Virginia borderline. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. Do the companies get different results? 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. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. My grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. 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