Greetings, They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. My mothers side not so much. My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. Supposedly Calloways father was John Henry Jeremiah Bunch (again according to Ancestry family trees) who may have been Melungeon at least a tree has that in their comments. Would love to hear more. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? I tried looking you up on Facebook but no luck, thought Id send some pics to get your thoughts), Thank you for writing, Look for Joyceann Gray on Facebook. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. My mother and grandfather are directly from the Hall lineage. Brooks. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? Christy. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. My brother is very fair and red hair. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. Oxendine, Paine. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. My family grew up believing our Greatgrandma Skaggs was a Blackfoot Indian, My Fathers DNA shows otherwise. And Smith on my fathers side. I have EVERY characteristic of being of melungeon decent, shovel teeth, ridge at neck, disease, skin color, and the eye fold. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. 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. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. It was a name they called themselves. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. His wife, Mary Mae Heffley 1872-1959. My grandmother, a Chapman, when young was always asked if she were Jewish, to which she simply replied, no. In the early 80s when I was a little girl, I remember Papaw Chapman (her father) always saying we were Dutch Indian and Black Dutch. Ethnically my immediate family is all some mix of Irish/ North African / Subsaharan African/ Eastern European/ Southern European/ Native American. Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. Thank you for your consideration. I believe that she was melungeon. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. linda mckee 12/16/08. I have been trying for so long to do this on my own. My grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same 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 met him years ago. The pages wont let me open them . Let me know how it goes. The cover letter stated that they were "mongrels" and were now trying to register as white. My fathers name was Creed and his mothers name was Emma Jo Hall. The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! Wright. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. Just learned there is a Jesse Taliaferro Toliver connected through the Wood/Stamper line. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Found your list of names. At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. We share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Joyceann. Mississippi never had a law like that, because such a law would have prevented the states finest old families from marrying their neighbors. One group of Melungeon descendants is actively seeking recognition as an Indian tribe . About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. 2847 results. Some Melungeons suspect Abe Lincoln, Elvis Presley and Ava Gardner may all have had some Melungeon blood. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. " Do you need some help in your genealogy search? I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. 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"). 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. BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, I have also done a DNA test at the request of a distant relative to try and connect those with my last name and variations of it. 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. We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. I have been doing a lot of research just using Family Search. I found the connection and sent it to her. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. 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). 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. 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). reaves/osteen/lawson. These were all Melungeon surnames. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. Please email me when you are available. On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. 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. Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. I have been doing some ansestry searching, combined with some hints that my great grandma spoke of often. I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. I will research from one of my books and let you know. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Hello. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. So then we need to go to our trees With there descendants moving west over the centuries. 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. 1819 in NC) had 5 children with a Native American and gave them her last name. 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.) Jack Goins is the patriarch of Melungeon research. Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. I would love to talk with you and compare notes. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. My family background is from West Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. (LogOut/ Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. There was a guy by the last name of Kennedy. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. Joyceann. The pages wont let me open them. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . Just to note, a lot of Melungeon families are mixed with Roma. I appreciate any help you can give. They were from Roanoke Va, Patty, if youre on Facebook we can chat find me Joyceann Gray, I just checked your list of family namesfound two Any help would be awesome. 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 . Williamson, Wood. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. 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. I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. Any suggestions? Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. But I still need help. Little. My maiden name is Barker. Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon . Fingers crossed! Are there any distant cousins related to them? 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 My dad and all his siblings are dark skinned with dark hair with some having blue eyes. I saw where the name Branham is mentioned and my great-great grandmothers name was Ressie Branham and her husband was Charels Zolly Moody. The Bollings go all the way back to Eastern Virginia in the 1700s. Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! Any info on the Boone line would be appreciated, or sites with Boone dna projects. Lumbees, we are a very unique creature and I'm proud of that. 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 . All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. Ncestry.com i have them all uploaded my Denton family tree. My ancestor, John Washington Cooper, left Virginia for Louisiana circa 1830, where he and his children married into old French Creole families. His grandmother was a Julia Jones. Lowry. 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. Love recognizes no barriers. 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. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. He was definitely a minor in 1756 (deed of gift of Gilbert Gibson). Surnames on my maternal grandmas side are Mullins, Stallard, Stanley and Roberson/Robertson/Robinson. Growing up I was told tales that on my dads side we had a definitive blood line to the Monacan Nation out of Amhurst County VA. On my moms side I was always told her family was Melungeon and my Greatgrand father having the name Woodrow Baker. Bennett. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. Its been a long road just to here! Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. They were from Middlebourne WV. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. Genealogist We have been told of Native American ancestry, but the rest is a mystery. DNA study is not my strong suit! My mother was a Barnes. She was very religious. Note: One of my ancestors, a Mulungen, was a signer of the Declaration. If anyone has done in lineage on these people their whole lineage will pop up. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. Hello. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. Have fun tracing your lineage. We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth Melungeon and Melungeon-related surnames (Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN And thank you for checking in on my site, I hope you enjoyed reading! Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . A B C D E F G H I J K L M Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. Melungeon (pron. Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? Hall, Hammon, Harmon, Harris, Harvie/Harvey, Hawkes, Hendricks/Hendrix, Hill, Hillman, Hogge, Holmes, Hopkins, Howe, Hyatt. Our DNA came back though with european, african, NA . Home. I had dark hair and green eyes from 2 blue eyed parents. Hope you can find your connections. I guess Brent Stanley could be my match! Change). Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. Some say we were black dutch. 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 was looking to see if anyone that is connected to the Jones line. Physical Traits. I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. 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. Look in Bibles and record any folklore that might have been passed down. 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. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. Have you ever heard of Lowerys or Roses in your findings? LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. The Short surname was my maiden name. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. Howe. I do not know much more than what is below, but my father (Jerry Lee Wood, son of Wyatt Wert Wood) who claimed Welch/Irish descent, had straight dark hair, turned nut brown in the slightest bit of sun, and had hazel green eyes. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. At that time, their native Angolan fa- I also have linked back with Mary Bolling and a Bunch surname. Thank you for your response! My ancestors are Wood. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. George Boone 1850 m. to Rose/Rosa Richardson. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. What I know this far is that theres a definite Cherokee lineage with respect to Benjamin Sinnes (daughter, Jemima Sinnes-Goin). mine is public on Ancestry: Main Tree (Hatter/Walker/Pegg/Page). MULLINS, NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS, PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. Lucas. She grew up there and was adopted by a Mitchell family. C 2. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. The surnames most associated with the Melungeons are the Irish name Collins, and the English name Gibson. Change). 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. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. She was born in Hancock County, TN we assume. 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. STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL, TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. (And no Cherokee.) HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE I just recently found out about maternal grandrnothers line. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN Hi Debby, The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. Any information would be great. 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. Try this https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/, Check this page out.. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646. Ms. Lady Jae: Received some great information from you sometime ago for surname Goin. I just came across your blog this afternoon. Aaron had a wife, Nancy Gray, and a son named Moses Bass. I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. 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. SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD Redbone & Melungeons !!!! What was a Melungeon? just to name a few. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. His grandfather may have been of African descent. His wife was Nancy Gray and son was Moses Bass. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. The surnames of the first recorded Melungeons included Collins, Gibson, Mullins, Goins, Bunch, Bowlin, and Denham. My grandmother had straight dark hair and somewhat darker skin. Although I cannot find the connect yet. The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Any information on the Halls in Hertford County NC and Virginia. I would like to email you about my connection to the Shavers/Chavis/Chavers, Brown, Hall, Kelley and other family names in Alabama and Franklin County Tennesse. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Hello! Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. Learn more. I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. I hope you get your answers. There are a lot of Coopers in Eastern Kentucky, especially Somerset, Ky. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. The following common Melungeon surnames Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. 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/. 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. Some these Wood cousins have JM 172 Haplogroups. A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. Owens, Ke. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. I havent done a lot of research on these names yet I just know they show up in my line. Initially, it drew a strong reaction from historians and genealogists who noted the absence of evidence to document the key claim: 12 Hello! Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. Cooper. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. He also stated that his cousin, Beulah, told him in the 40s that she had documented this. Thank you. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. I am researching my family tree. Com. I have been wondering if we are Melungeons. It was an open secret that they were not white. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. In 1969 cultural anthropologists William S. Pollitzer and W. H. Brown published their study comparing the physical characteristics and gene frequencies in six blood group systems of 177 Melungeons in Tennessee and Virginia to various worldwide populations. 2 vols. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. TUPPANCE TURNER, WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS Do you have any information? Simply wanted to reach out and see if you have anything on Sinnes to see if theres a Melungeon connection. 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. The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. 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