Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. 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. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. My ancestor, John Washington Cooper, left Virginia for Louisiana circa 1830, where he and his children married into old French Creole families. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. 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. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. Love recognizes no barriers. Wright. Havent heard back from George yet, when I do Ill be sure to let you know! I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. 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. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. Mixed Melungeons had lived in Vir- ginia from 1660. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? Hope you can find your connections. Try this https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/, Check this page out.. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646. I will research from one of my books and let you know. She was very religious. (LogOut/ My grandfather was known as Brownie because of his color, and had indian looking features but his sisters had blonde hair. My great great grandmother was a Callaway! The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. My "Brown" Genealogy-East Tenn/Ky. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. Her folks were from Pennsylvania. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Is Jones her maiden name? My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. 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. 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. I wish there was a way to do further research on these surnames in my family. The middle two were light complected with brown eyes and hair. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. Initially, it drew a strong reaction from historians and genealogists who noted the absence of evidence to document the key claim: 12 but im very sure my father is of melungeon descent, he is a dark ivory skin with dark hair and blue eyes. I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. My daughters paternal grandmother (from Eastern Tennessee) told me her two great grandmothers were both full blooded Cherokee (and her maiden name was Riddle, I believe). Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same Taylor. Thank you for your time and any help in advance. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. Hello. Is there any way to find out if there is Melugeon in my history. 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. Hi. The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. 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. My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. 2 vols. Any information would be great. Cumbo. Him and his wife did not have any children. Thank you. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Bridger. No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. Who knows we my be related. Brown. I always hear we were romani. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. from my grandmother Burton. I have EVERY characteristic of being of melungeon decent, shovel teeth, ridge at neck, disease, skin color, and the eye fold. 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 Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. 3 great grandmother Ramey who wasnt related to my grandmother Davis was also said to be black dutch. Melungeon and Melungeon-related surnames (Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN It is nice to find this site. 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. I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. God Bless. I appreciate all that you are doing. All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. I was wondering if you have any information on the Browns in or near Halifax County, NC and the border of Virginia? One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. Cynthia Millican 2/06/01. However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. White. George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. Finally, my first identified link!! I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. I have an olive tone that turns to a reddiah brown in the summer months. It was great to get your email, Ive been asked to speak in Charles Town and as soon as I finish up with that presentation Ill be back on my Melungeon research. One of my great uncles. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. Thank you. Wow!! "Jordan, son of Gilbert Gibson was undoubtedly born after 1746/7, possibly as late as 1752 or so. Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. 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. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. Thank you, Where was your Clarence Gibson fromScreenshot 2022-11-29 at 9.43.57 AM Mississippi never had a law like that, because such a law would have prevented the states finest old families from marrying their neighbors. So glad I could be of help. 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. Can you give me access to your family tree? Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. Sincerely, I asked my grandfather (1885-1973) what his familys origins were and he said Black Dutch. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. I did find her husband and kids. The list of eligible Melungeon surnames is Bell, Bolton, Bowling, Bolin, Bowlin, Breedlove, Bunch, Collins, Denham, Gibson, Gipson, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Moore, Menley, Morning, Mullins, Nichols, Perkins, Riddle, Sizemore, Shumake, Sullivan, Trent and Williams. I grew up in upper east tn living in the tri cities (bristol/kingsport and Johnson city) area from 1964 until 1988 when I moved toive in Richmind,va. 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"). Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. Thank you for this site. 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 This is my email: " Do you need some help in your genealogy search? Hello My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. HYATT, LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY As soon as I get things settled and get back to researching Id love to connect with you. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. Like their names? They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. I found the connection and sent it to her. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Sometimes DNA tests hold surprising results, results that the individual didn't expect. 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 Clarks were said to be Portuguese. 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). Hi! My DNA test at age 80 found my paternal family..and every surname on the site. People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. 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/. I came across this site and am hoping to find some answers. Aakster Dutch. My mothers side not so much. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. I and everyone else in my family has run into issues finding the parents of Jane Taylor who Married Beniah MacKnight. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN Am trying to find out much more. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. Martin. 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. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Thank you so much, in advance, for any consideration and for what you are bringing to others!!! I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. Thanks, Rachel. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. Her skin was so dark her lips looked blue and she had a line on the side of her hands where the pigment stopped and the skin of her palms began. I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. 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. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. I have always been the odd duck in my family. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. Im having a hard time finding any information abt the Browns in the Halifax, Sampson County, and Virginia borderline area. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. I was always told my fathers maternal grandmother was Cherokee. Historical Summary Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. 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 . About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Let me know how it goes. ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. Its been a long road just to here! Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . I have no idea but I am willing to work with you to find out! My family grew up believing our Greatgrandma Skaggs was a Blackfoot Indian, My Fathers DNA shows otherwise. She was a black person in Memphis, Tenn., I believe. Email: [emailprotected]. I have family tree and dna to work with! It was an open secret that they were not white. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. Viccars. Not looking like any of the others. Her father was surname a Steadman. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. I would suggest you begin with establishing a family tree and building from there. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. where o you believe she was raised? If you are researching in Alphabetical order, let me know when you get to the Gibsons. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. John Brown-Warrants 26 Dec 1760, 700 acres on the Flatt River, includes Bolins, Riddles and Collins Improvements. 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. The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . I am 4 th cousin s with lowry,revels and bakers per my 2018 ancestry.com test results. hello, my name is hannah Branham. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! Jack Goins is the patriarch of Melungeon research. Oral tradition - and perhaps convenience -. Does anyone have any information to share? I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Melungeon-related surnames (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 COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS Brent Kennedy based his primary genetic proof on a 1990 study of blood samples from 177 Melungeon descendants taken in 1969. 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. 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. She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. Although, he did not show any DNA connected to black people, he did show 1% of unknown. I was told we were Jewish my entire life but never made more connection to it as kid, but more so as an adult. reaves/osteen/lawson. Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. While the Melungeon people faced social isolation due to their non-white heritage, they rarely faced legal penalties for it. When I asked why my mother was so dark, I was told that it was because she had Cherokee blood. Over the generations, many other surnames have become associated with the Melungeons. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? Carol Kaurish. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. What I know this far is that theres a definite Cherokee lineage with respect to Benjamin Sinnes (daughter, Jemima Sinnes-Goin). During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. Thanks for what you are doing. Thank you, 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. Lumbees, we are a very unique creature and I'm proud of that. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. Im from Eastern Kentucky also. But I still need help. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 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. And for some not any death dates. Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! I just recently found out about maternal grandrnothers line. His wife was Nancy Gray and son was Moses Bass. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. I do not have everything but I now have a pretty good collection. Thank you for contacting me, how can I help? Looking for Starnes. My great grandmother was Leona G. Phipps from Grayson County, Virginia. My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. Simply wanted to reach out and see if you have anything on Sinnes to see if theres a Melungeon connection. They also have a very specific twang or dialect when speaking. Melungeon. 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). Of course, these surnames are common names in America, and are only considered "Melungeon" names in the areas where Melungeons live. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon. The following common Melungeon surnames I do know they all did come out of Tennesee and settled down into Kentucky. I cant find nothing on Betty Collins. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. But when I get to these relatives I can not find any birth dates. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. 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. We believe the melungeon came through from my direct Collins and Gabbard lines from that area. This Thomas and Mary are believed to be the same Thomas and Mary found in Stoney Creek Church Records.Thomas and Mary Gibson along with Charles, Reubin and Henry are found in the early church records with Valentine Collins . Fingers crossed! Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. Were most of these peoples of Native American ancestry? Joyceann. Change). Are there any distant cousins related to them? The pages wont let me open them . 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. HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. Co. Kentucky. I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. Butler. Change). Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. I guess we didnt like staying that home.. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? I'm still digging on into the melungeon . My 4th G-Grandpaw was Jeremiah Bass Jr. b.1746 Bertie, N.Carolina d.1808 Addams Co, Mississippi. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. My name Christy The mother of my grandfather, Harris Brown, her name is Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson (Brown). So many questions, where to start,my maternal grammaw was a cogdill and married a Raines in cocke county Tennessee in a remote area known as the 15th (we still retain the property on the old 15th Rd, it lies between del Rio and grassy fork tn.) Hello, I was wondering if you could help me more with my roots. just to name a few. her parents names? Have you ever heard of Lowerys or Roses in your findings? All my mother would ever say isI dont need to know. Yet my sons 23&me results showed Iberian Peninsula ancestry that is not showing up on mine, nor on my husbands, from ancestry. to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. I just came upon this site. Thanks for checking in! West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. A B C D E F G H I J K L M C 2. 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. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN She had pictures of both g- grandmothers. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Christy. 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 On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. She died in 1906 during childbirth with my grandmother. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. Melungeon (pron. I am looking for any leads towards a melungeon bloodline within my family because it would answer a lot of questions. It was a name they called themselves. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? USA Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. Graham. : /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. 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. I do not know if they would be of your lineage but you could check those out. Alternatively, Italian pioneers in Virginia used their word for aubergine to. 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 . Although I cannot find the connect yet. 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