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 Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. Chau Mecca Burton Ferrell. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. Any information on the Halls in Hertford County NC and Virginia. They came into Tennessee via Virginia. 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. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN, HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY from my grandmother Burton. Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. My direct line melungeon surnames are My name is Relaeh and this journey has been wild. Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Coleman. Does anyone have any information to share? Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. Brent Kennedy based his primary genetic proof on a 1990 study of blood samples from 177 Melungeon descendants taken in 1969. RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL, SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Glad to see the name here. The pages wont let me open them. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe Hi Debby, My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. Looking at my Ancestry DNA, I have a match with a common Bass ancestor. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. I was told we were Jewish my entire life but never made more connection to it as kid, but more so as an adult. It never went to my email. Please email me when you are available. Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. 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. My great great grandfather and even his wife. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. Volume 2 lists Cherokees west of the Mississippi from rolls . Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. I did DNA and Im a mixture from the middle east as well as west asian, English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. 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. What a great feeling you must be experiencing with this new found gem! I recently had my DNA done and it confused me more. My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. I have noticed that it can be difficult to discern skintones in old black and white photos unless some one was very pale or very dark skinned depending on the photo.I was that way too, until I moved to Vermont 20+ yrs ago, the 9 month long Winters have taken their toll but a week of 80 degree sunny days and bam its back, LoL, lots of blue eyes and some green to, I have brown but its a pretty light colored brown, I grew up in the 15th from time to time(name comes from long ago, instead of a county they were numbered districts or something to that effect) my family also looked quite a bit different than most of the people in the grassyfork/ delrio/ Hartford tn area. The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. So here we are. PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT, RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE Aakster Dutch. Cherokee Roots. Hello I met him years ago. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. Graham. Thank you! Com. 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. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon 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. I have the knot . Where can I look to find more information? For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. Am trying to find out much more. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. Hi. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Sparks Morrison As the study's authorsRoberta J. Estes, Jack H. Goins, Penny Ferguson and Janet Lewis Crainnote: At one time isolated geographically and socially due to their dark countenance, they were known. My great grandfather is Harris Brown, a Melungeon, and also has Portuguese ancestry, however I don't have information past his father John Brown who married Eliza Ann Jenkins Richardson a . Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. I took a DNA test a couple of years ago and many of these names have shown up amongst my cousin matches surname list, especially Bass, Adkins, Castill, Carter, Dyes, Driggers, Goins, Sheppard and so many others. George Alvin Wood Sr., 1764-1802 from Yorkshire, through Richmond, settled in Scott My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. Willis. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. Thank you. One of my great uncles. Some say we were black dutch. Do you have a family tree I could vew that might help me help you? 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. Love recognizes no barriers. I am stumped here and cant seem to find much on them. She was very religious. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. mine is public on Ancestry: Main Tree (Hatter/Walker/Pegg/Page). Berry. She was born in Hancock County, TN we assume. Sometimes DNA tests hold surprising results, results that the individual didn't expect. 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. Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. Patterson. Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? Her folks were from Pennsylvania. All the matches to me, thousands, had African blood. Blevins, Gamble, Rucker, Hicks, Kelly, Howard, Thompson, Phipps, and more. My family is from Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties in Va. I would suggest you begin with establishing a family tree and building from there. Thalassemia genes are widely distributed in the world but are found most often among people with ancestors from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and southern Asia. The Bass family married into my Malone family, so if you need any info on that-I can help. I have been trying to place my Melungeon ancestors as well as my Native ancestry. Owens, Ke. 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 Virginia, NW NC and SE Kentucky (Hall surname in Floyd Co. KY). Co. Kentucky. Let me know how it goes. Im a direct descendant of the Davis, my great grandmother was from the VA / Tennessee area. 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. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. I have several of these surnames in my tree. I came across this site and am hoping to find some answers. Also known as the "Lost People of Appalachia," these darker-skinned people were called "Melungeons," a word derived from the Arabic "Melun-Jinn" meaning one who has been abandoned by God - a cursed soul. I, too, have no Native American or black ancestry showing up in my DNA results from ancestry.com, nor any Spanish, Portuguese, or Mediterranean ancestry. It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. Thanks for adding me. We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. I was wondering if you have any information on the Browns in or near Halifax County, NC and the border of Virginia? Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. 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. On an 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.) Were most of these peoples of Native American ancestry? And I also did a dna test. Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? where o you believe she was raised? Some of the most prominent surnames that have been claimed as potentially associated with a Melungeon identity include Bowling (Bolin), Bunch, Chavis (Chavez), Collins, Epps, Evans, Fields, Francisco, Gibson, Gill, Goins, Goodman, Minor, Mise, Moore, Mullins, Osborn (e), Phipps, Reeves (Rives, Rieves, Reeves, Reaves), These families seem to have originated in the same place and traveled together to Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. Shari Wahls stepfather is Franklin C. Hatter. (LogOut/ My family goes very far back in this area and I have many Names in the family tree you listed: Sizemore, Green, Robertson, Robinson, Bowlin, Jackson, Allen, Thompson, Collins, Hall, Jones, Martin, Perkins, Stevens, Other names to look at maybe that are very intertwined Abbot, Stacey, Griffith, Griffin,Godsey, Lacy (maybe same as Lasie you have listed). Just trying to find the source of my Spanish/Portugeuse heritage. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? The cover letter stated that they were "mongrels" and were now trying to register as white. "Jordan, son of Gilbert Gibson was undoubtedly born after 1746/7, possibly as late as 1752 or so. Have there been anymore research into more names? 2 vols. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. Any suggestions? Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. How can I help? I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. Would love to hear if you have tips or suggestions! Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. What was a Melungeon? Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. (I am particularly intrigued by this period, as I have recently been following a deep and growing pull to connect with the Monacan people of Bear Mountain.). North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. My great grandmothers name was Elizabeth Katherine Jones Mink King. Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. Thank you for this site. I have family tree and dna to work with! I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD, CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. A lady invited me to a revival at her church. I am a Johnson from Halifax county, VA. All of my paternal line are dark skinned, dark hair and blue eyes with a very specific nose. Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. Hello! Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN When I asked why my mother was so dark, I was told that it was because she had Cherokee blood. I hope you get your answers. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . My name is Nikki Landerkin. I found the connection and sent it to her. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. As a researcher and family historian, I was excited when a . 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 . Brooks. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. It is like her whole Jones line does not exist. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. And from Chancery records digitized by the Virginia State Archives and on-line for Louisa County he appears to have . So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. I too have very little information about about my fathers family so if you would like to get in touch feel free to do so. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. Children of both these sets were Morris Baker 1750-1810 m. Jane Smith 1755-1810, my 6th great grandparents both Wilkes NC. Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. All this is so fascinating to me. My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. Like their names? April Pilkey Williams Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . 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. 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. Christy. Wright. It is nice to find this site. Wish I knew of someone that could help point me in the right direction. If you have any information It would be extremely helpful. Home. I have traced my ancestry back to the right areas at the right times, I have pictures of them that just dont match up with the white on their census records. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. Have you started a family research project? Turkish, Jewish, Italian, Syrian, Nigerian, My eldest cousin knows Great Grands maiden name. Kikkert meaning "frog". The center of Melungeon territory in former times was Newman's Ridge, Hancock County, Tennessee. Re: reaves/osteen/lawson. 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