I am on Ancestry and 23andme I do have both Indigenous and African dna, as well as Iberian and Ashkanazi Jewish. Naturally there are many questions. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. His wife was Nancy Gray and son was Moses Bass. My grandparents are from Big Stone Gap Virginia. For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. Email: [emailprotected]. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS I have attached some pics to this email of my great great grandfather, my 4th great grandfather, and my 4th great grandmother. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. People that have looked at my results say that they are out of the ordinary. He was definitely a minor in 1756 (deed of gift of Gilbert Gibson). What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. Page 135 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! maxg, Nov 28, 2007 #22. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Additionally, Jack founded both the Y-DNA, mitochondrial (maternal) DNA and autosomal Families of Interest . If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. We just about cover all of those people. I have a light olive skin and can wear colors that a lot of other people in my family cannot wear. (pulasky County). Hello! Thanks for what you are doing. Hello! It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. Hello! I have EVERY characteristic of being of melungeon decent, shovel teeth, ridge at neck, disease, skin color, and the eye fold. Grandson of John Snow Creek Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, both from Virginia. Kikkert meaning "frog". 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. I am researching my family tree. The Melungeon, who called their leaders "king" instead of "chief," intermarried with the Cherokee Indians and were considered a branch of the tribe. Sincerely, And Smith on my fathers side. 2 vols. Can you give me access to your family tree? This match comes up as 4th gen cousin to me. I do not know if they would be of your lineage but you could check those out. Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. All I know is that his mother was likely named Polly, and I can find a Polly Cooper in the 1810 Virginia census with appropriately aged dependents; she is listed as a person of color. From DNA tests, I know I have both Iberian and Native American DNA. Locklear. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. 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. Thank you for your consideration. 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. Graham. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Home > Forum > Surnames > Melungeon . Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. The biggest thing I am trying to accomplish, however, is to help my grandmother find closure and to find her family so she can have peace before her time comes. I am from these areas as well on both sides of my family, paternal and maternal, back 8 generations. I'm also more certain because even though my Ancestry results give Great Britain 62%, Ireland 17%, Western Europe 5%, South Europe 5%, Europe East 5 . Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. My siblings and I and my children are the only living biological descendants of this line as far back as my maternal grandparents generation if not farther. I have family tree and dna to work with! My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. Are you able to expound a little more on the lineage of Melungeon peoples and the specific areas they inhabited? Any help would be awesome. Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. (LogOut/ 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. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. Compared to the sophistication of genetics in the second decade of the 21 st century, Melungeon DNA testing in the 1990s was rather simplistic. Well hopefully you can work your skills to help me find a better understanding. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. I have found a lot of information for her father and his people, but her mother is a big mystery. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. Have you ever heard of Lowerys or Roses in your findings? I did find her husband and kids. I sent you that second email before I reread your origninal one, give me a bit of time and Ill see what I can find. Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . Melissa, I too am from the Blevins family from Eastern Kentucky. My great great grandfather and even his wife. her parents names? Im a Brooks, Clark, and Cooper descendent. Hello my name is Melissa Blevins Nesbit. My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. Good afternoon, I have been on a search for a little while now trying to find out where my heritage rests. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. Can you help me determine if there are melungeon connections? They were originally from SC and settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Gaston/Lincoln Co, Rutherford Co and Cleveland Co. Melungeon (pron. Some say we were black dutch. Grew up in eastern tn near church hill and sneedeville home of melungeons. MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. What are your Stallard Roberson and Mullins ancestors? Sparks Morrison Both of my maternal grandparents are from that area. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. At that time, their native Angolan fa- 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. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Com. Surnames include Adkins, Beam (er), Black, Blevins, Brown, Bunch, Bundren, Burke, Burns, Cooper, Davis, Fields, Gist, Gunter, Keys, Lackey, Lowrey, Redwine, Riley, Shankles, and Sizemore. After that it gets shaky. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. My name Christy 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. Ive been stumped. This is seen in all generations that I know of in my family. I have always been the odd duck in my family. Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. 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 grandmother Margaret Davis is dark and had coarse hair. I can possibly help if you connect to Sylvaneous Brewer, b 1812-1815 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and lived in Lee County, Virginia, from 1850 to circa 1900. God Bless. Hi Debby, He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. Senator named John Sherman Cooper who was my mother-in-laws first cousin. The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. Because I just dont know. On my Daddys side my Grandmaw was Pearl Bass. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. Christy. What can you tell me? . People are always asking me exactly what are you? Anyone with any info or connection, please email me!!!! My mothers family tree, is as the old people used to say, eat up with Melungeons. Best of luck and Merry Christmas! On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. Mississippi never had a law like that, because such a law would have prevented the states finest old families from marrying their neighbors. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. It has taken years and both of my parents have been gone over about 20 years. Simply wanted to reach out and see if you have anything on Sinnes to see if theres a Melungeon connection. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson. We are cousins! Thanks, Rachel. Oct 26, 2022 - Explore Polly Collins Mullins's board "Melungeons", followed by 258 people on Pinterest. 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. Recently made a trip to Clairborne County TN to travel the lands near the Cumberland Gap where some of my people are from. What an interesting article. Wright. Thank you! It was a name they called themselves. just to name a few. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. So glad I could be of help. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, And for some not any death dates. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. My Clarks were Portuguese/Croatan. 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. 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 sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. Other researchers have added Powell, LeBon, Bowling, Bunch, Goins, Goodman, Heard, Minor and Mullins. I met him years ago. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas. Hendricks/Hendrix and Graham from Virginia and Kentucky are prominent in his heritage. my father's last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. But I still need help. : /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 wish I knew more about, but anyone I can ask are now passed. I just recently found out about maternal grandmothers line. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. 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. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Hi! She had pictures of both g- grandmothers. My grandfather was known as Brownie because of his color, and had indian looking features but his sisters had blonde hair. 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. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. Surnames: Allen. I too have always thought Cherokee but found out it was Creek. Any information on the Halls in Hertford County NC and Virginia. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. Interview your folks and any elders still alive. While the Melungeon people faced social isolation due to their non-white heritage, they rarely faced legal penalties for it. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS Webster (1962, 1122) described the Melungeon as "a member of a dark-skinned people of mixed Caucasian, Negro, and Indian stock, inhabiting the Tennessee mountains."5 Davis (1963, 16) identified the Melungeons as "dark-skinned, reddish- brown complexioned people [who were] supposed to be of Moorish descent, neither Indian nor Negro, but . from my grandmother Burton. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. Shari Wahls stepfather is Franklin C. Hatter. Archivist and founder of the Melungeon Core DNA project. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. That is the route I took and it worked quite well. hello, my name is hannah Branham. MULLINS, NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS, PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS Thank you for your response! Thank you for your time in reading this. All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. I did take my fathers death certificate when she was unaware. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. Howe. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. And I also did a dna test. 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.) My 84 year old Aunt just did DNA it came back with Camaroin/Bantu/Congo. Enjoying The Company While On TheJourney. My families are listed here, and we are known to be of Melungeon origin on certain lines. I was looking to see if anyone that is connected to the Jones line. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. Suddenly thing are starting to make so much more sense. I have been wondering if we are Melungeons. Try this https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/, Check this page out.. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646. HYATT, LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Thanks! My 3rd great grandfather was called Spanish Jim. In addition, it leaves untouched some of the families who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were typically classed as whites, but who claimed Native American ancestry, such as the Sizemore claimants among the Eastern Cherokee applicants." If anyone knows anything concerning the melungeons from Grayson County, Virginia. If I can help Id be glad to offer more suggestions once you begin your tree. Please email me when you are available. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. 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. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. Our roots go back to the late 1600s and early 1700s. 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. I am 4 th cousins with.bakers/lowry/revels and cox per my ancestry.com DNA test results in June of 2018. 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. My dad and all his siblings are dark skinned with dark hair with some having blue eyes. 36 North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. They had L. Wyatt (Linder) Wood, 1833-1911. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. reaves/osteen/lawson. 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 My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. These last names show up in my family try. I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. Thank you for writing, so let us see where this takes us. White. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. where o you believe she was raised? 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 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. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. 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 Various surnames traditionally associated with Melungeon identity were not included in the study. 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 . 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