The rest of my matches are 1 in Germany and the rest in Spain, Portugal, Purro Rico, Italy, and Brazil. Stay tuned! I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. Thank you, C 2. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. Havent heard back from George yet, when I do Ill be sure to let you know! Cool, but it was more Portegues blood than Indian, I would be interested in this DNA I also have several of these sir names on my daughter dna. But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. I will soon be 74 and just have forgotten where I have put a lot of things. I have several of these surnames in my tree. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. Are we related?? 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 suggest you try to gain access to her adoption records and get with a DNA expert who can help you with sorting through GEDmatch. God Bless. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. 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. As soon as I get things settled and get back to researching Id love to connect with you. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. I know is name was simply Bill Hall and his father name was Earnest Hall. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, Just found out through 23 and me that I have spanish/portuguese ancestry. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. 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. 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 SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. I, too, am kin to Reeves from the VA/WV area who claimed unproven Native blood, even though there descendants were dark-skinned, dark-haired, etc. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! 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. Some say we were black dutch. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? Scott. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Compared to the sophistication of genetics in the second decade of the 21 st century, Melungeon DNA testing in the 1990s was rather simplistic. Naturally there are many questions. As a researcher and family historian, I was excited when a . They came into Tennessee via Virginia. 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. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. Surname is Goin. Thank you for your response! Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon. Another tree said his daughter Lizzie was Cherokee so Im not sure how much can be believed from what Ancestry shows because of lack of documentation. 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. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. there you will find relatives who can possibly hold the key for you! 2 Answers. (pulasky County). My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson. 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). Like their names? Best of luck and Merry Christmas! 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. This page was last modified on: Thursday, 01-Jul-1999 13:32:47 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. I was told we were Jewish my entire life but never made more connection to it as kid, but more so as an adult. Hello! I just came across your blog this afternoon. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. Lowry. Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. Howe. Hello! What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! I have the knot . I did a DNA but found there was very littlelike 1 or 2%. Hello, I was wondering if you could help me more with my roots. Of course, these surnames are common names in America, and are only considered "Melungeon" names in the areas where Melungeons live. Yet my sons 23&me results showed Iberian Peninsula ancestry that is not showing up on mine, nor on my husbands, from ancestry. There is actually an unincorporated community named Goin that had a post office until the mid-sixties. My family has web page on Facebook. So glad I could be of help. All this is so fascinating to me. Locklear. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. My DNA has me 98% European and 2% Asian. What an interesting article. sounds like youve done a lot of work already, do you have a family tree established? Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. Most of my siblings and I have those chestnut color eyes like our mother and grandfather. 1 It is now known that DNA samples can be contaminated by contact by other persons with the sample, or even DNA attached to . What was a Melungeon? Am trying to find out much more. Where did they come from? Historical Summary One of my great uncles. 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. There are a lot of Coopers in Eastern Kentucky, especially Somerset, Ky. Melungeon origins Any new Ideas? Joyceann. Hello A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. Stoney Creek church records show the name "Melungeon" was known in Virginia before it ap- peared in Tennessee. To the contrary, Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman's research indicates the earliest settlers . Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. Redbone & Melungeons !!!! Thanks for contacting me, Im working on a big project right now and as soon as I can Ill see what I can find. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. I was thinking maybe someone would see my ost any maybe have some new ideas of where I can search for records or what to look under as the regular ones do not pan out. My ancestors lived in Lee Co. and Scott Cos. VA then to Hawkins Co. TN. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? 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. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. Revels, Sampson. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. But it can be difficult to trace. His wife was Nancy Gray and son was Moses Bass. We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. We are cousins! Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. She was a black person in Memphis, Tenn., I believe. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. My grandparents and all 13 kids used to go up to NJ and work the fields when jersey was the garden state still. Patterson. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. These families seem to have originated in the same place and traveled together to Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase. Powell. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. My grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. I just recently found out about maternal grandrnothers line. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. Thanks! What are your Stallard Roberson and Mullins ancestors? The parents settled in Owens Co. Ke. Would love to hear if you have tips or suggestions! Thank you for this site. This years meeting is in a couple of days! My husbands mother has been dead way over 25 years and he has been dead for years. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. And for some not any death dates. 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. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? I have been wondering if we are Melungeons. Had always been told a great great grandma was Native-Cherokee but both my fathers and my own DNA shows minimal to no Native. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. Melungeon and Melungeon-related surnames (Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky) ADAMS ADKINS BARKER BARNES BECKLER BELL BENNETT BERRY BIGGS BOLEN BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN Additionally, Jack founded both the Y-DNA, mitochondrial (maternal) DNA and autosomal Families of Interest . My fathers name is Harrison Brown, son of Harris Brown and Rosa Burt (Brown). She was in her 20s, married to James Elbert Manis Ferrell. So here we are. 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. 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. Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon . I met him years ago. My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. Thank you for providing a surnames list, Ive been trying to find out anout my mothers fathers side, surname is Boone and Richardson. I have not had any DNA tests done, but again would like to know about my Indian family, and also about the melungeons as well. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. My grandpa Short had black hair and black eyes. Change). ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. Berry. And thank you for checking in on my site, I hope you enjoyed reading! A lot of evidence has led me to see that I come from Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic descent. I'm still digging on into the melungeon . Wright. 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. 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. where o you believe she was raised? Blevins, Gamble, Rucker, Hicks, Kelly, Howard, Thompson, Phipps, and more. 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. maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. Shari Wahls stepfather is Franklin C. Hatter. Brown. Location and surnames may help in tracing Melungeon ancestor roots. It was an open secret that they were not white. Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. 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. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER Hello! Over the generations, many other surnames have become associated with the Melungeons. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. Williamson, Wood. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. 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"). Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? My 3rd great grandfather was called Spanish Jim. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. 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. His 7 th/gg/was Mary rock Smith whos dad was LT John Rock Smith from plymouth,ma colony. Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. That never added up, because the neighbor lady was 100% Cherokee and she was lighter skinned than my mother. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. Home. And Smith on my fathers side. my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. Bridger. I did find her husband and kids. People publish scholarly books, not gangster rap records, with Redbone or Melungeon in the title. The family line I have been researching is Perkins. After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. If this helps my ftdna kit # B511534. Have you started a family research project? They were considered black from then on out, right down to my grandma whose maiden name was Goins. Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. Cumbo. 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 have attached some pics to this email of my great great grandfather, my 4th great grandfather, and my 4th great grandmother. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth Any information on the Halls in Hertford County NC and Virginia. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS Any suggestions? I would really like to know all I can find out about my grandparents. (LogOut/ I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. My "Brown" Genealogy-East Tenn/Ky. Cooper. 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. After that it gets shaky. 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. Earlier they may have lived near the Atlantic coast but, preferring a more secluded setting . Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. Thank you for the informative blog. This is my email: Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. : /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 will research from one of my books and let you know. Change). My mother was a Barnes. Annete. Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Robert K Thomas mentions an offshoot of Lumbees settling in Lincoln Co, Asheville and Macon Co NC in the link below. This is seen in all generations that I know of in my family. [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). Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH My family grew up believing our Greatgrandma Skaggs was a Blackfoot Indian, My Fathers DNA shows otherwise. 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. Thank you for your work. I have been trying to place my Melungeon ancestors as well as my Native ancestry. The mother of my grandfather, Harris Brown, her name is Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson (Brown). I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Coleman. Have fun tracing your lineage. With blonde hair blue eyes. Carol Kaurish. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . Sometimes DNA tests hold surprising results, results that the individual didn't expect. DNA study is not my strong suit! carol warren 2/21/11. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. Wow!! It never went to my email. I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. Martin. 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. Historical records are sometimes sketchy and amorphous. Jelle: The Dutch form of the name William, meaning 'sacrifice'. 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 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. She was very religious. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. 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. Hi Debby, I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. Good afternoon, I have been on a search for a little while now trying to find out where my heritage rests. HYATT, LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY Hello. 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. (LogOut/ My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. Willis. I am seeing Miner, Smith, Bolling, Nichols.. Hello, Hi My family is of the Evans of SC. Dorothy E., Mary, Sebron, Neal M., Henry, Hugh, ruby, Mac Harris, Julia M., & Henry Gaston. The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? Love recognizes no barriers. My Clarks were Portuguese/Croatan. 7. My name Christy I am a Denham..Been researching this info a great confirmation! I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. Mama was the darkest white woman that I ever saw. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. (And no Cherokee.) 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. However I hit a dead end on her father, Thomas Davis and his parents. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. Melissa, I too am from the Blevins family from Eastern Kentucky. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. My email is msladyjae@gmail.com and I have a tree and DNA to see if we have a connection.- Joyceann. 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 I am researching my family tree. I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. These were all Melungeon surnames. 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. My Big Question is does this line go back to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia?? 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. My great grandfather was a Freeman of color in South carolina. But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Sammons, Sampson, Sawyer, Scott, Sexton, Shavis, Shepherd/Shephard, Short. 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 came across this site and am hoping to find some answers. I wish I knew more about, but anyone I can ask are now passed. All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. That can be but does not have to be a Jewish Haplogroup. (LogOut/ Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. My name is Nikki Landerkin. Im on Facebook as Corliss Blevins Wickline. My direct line melungeon surnames are From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. I and everyone else in my family has run into issues finding the parents of Jane Taylor who Married Beniah MacKnight. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson from Wharn Cliff West Virginia. LumbeePrincess, the oral history you've shared makes a lot of sense to me. So then we need to go to our trees hello, my name is hannah Branham. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. You present a hard nut to crack but not impossible. Hendricks/Hendrix and Graham from Virginia and Kentucky are prominent in his heritage. 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