Reply. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. but im very sure my father is of melungeon descent, he is a dark ivory skin with dark hair and blue eyes. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Are you able to expound a little more on the lineage of Melungeon peoples and the specific areas they inhabited? When some names come up, push the button for tree. Hello! My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. I think I solved the mystery. Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. Have there been anymore research into more names? My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. These families became the plantation aristocracy. Dad claimed their was Cherokee on his side but I have found no proof. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. Were most of these peoples of Native American ancestry? Note: One of my ancestors, a Mulungen, was a signer of the Declaration. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! 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. My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. His son Moses Bass b.1778 Duplin, N. Carolina d.1845 Bear Head Creek, Starks, Louisiana is my 3rd G-Grandpaw. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and He was definitely a minor in 1756 (deed of gift of Gilbert Gibson). For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. Love recognizes no barriers. I just uploaded me DNA from Ancestry to Gedmatch Gensis. Initially, it drew a strong reaction from historians and genealogists who noted the absence of evidence to document the key claim: 12 Typical Melungeon physical traits are said to include dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes. All of them were from West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North carolina. All this is so fascinating to me. That's what happened to Jack Goins, Hawkins County, Tn. 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. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People My family grew up believing our Greatgrandma Skaggs was a Blackfoot Indian, My Fathers DNA shows otherwise. Com. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . I have an olive tone that turns to a reddiah brown in the summer months. Compared to the sophistication of genetics in the second decade of the 21 st century, Melungeon DNA testing in the 1990s was rather simplistic. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. My mother and grandfather are directly from the Hall lineage. Are there any distant cousins related to them? We just about cover all of those people. Home. I wish I knew more about, but anyone I can ask are now passed. Cooper. I wont be attending, as I live 3000 miles away, but it might be useful to you who live near Virginia. My grandparents and all 13 kids used to go up to NJ and work the fields when jersey was the garden state still. Hi. ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? My maiden name is Page and I suspect Melungeon DNA is my line that ended up in south central Kentucky. Learn more. Naturally there are many questions. Would love to hear more. The names of many Cherokees who did not leave North Carolina are found in: Blankenship, Bob. Our DNA came back though with european, african, NA . just to name a few. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. I did DNA and Im a mixture from the middle east as well as west asian, English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. Many of the Melungeon are believed to have taken the surnames of white settlers as their dialects switched to English for trading. I hope Im on the right track. 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 . Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts. But I seen the Smith name were Melungeons just trying to find out about my family history. No Cherokee blood showed up in my daughters DNA test. Him and his wife did not have any children. Jack Goins is the patriarch of Melungeon research. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. 1999. I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. MY Grandmaw was Janie Perkins on my Momas side. there you will find relatives who can possibly hold the key for you! I have lots of Bass surnames including Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Mama was the darkest white woman that I ever saw. Lucas. What was a Melungeon? The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS But I believe the melungeon is on my grammaws side. Family still has very unique mix of features listed in connection with Melungeon. 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. Hi Pinky Blevins, I read your post interesting. A B C D E F G H I J K L M 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), Ridley (Riddle), Rodrigues, Email: [emailprotected]. Hey, his email came back to me as address not existing! Joseph Higdon says: February 9, 2023 at 4:17 am. Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. reaves/osteen/lawson. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. I will research from one of my books and let you know. I believe we could also match and I am eager to speak with you. (LogOut/ Would love to do a DNA test but Ill be honest, I work in the medical field and I worry that the insurance companies may use that against us someday, dont really care about me but my kids on the other hand! COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL Taylor. Dare. They were FPOC as early as the mid 1700s. Just learned there is a Jesse Taliaferro Toliver connected through the Wood/Stamper line. Thank you, Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. At the most basic level, he learned, they were a group of interconnected families that had lived in certain counties in Tennessee, Virginia, and. Do you have any information on the Bunch family? What do you have on the BARKERs, my grandfather on my fathers side was GEORGE WASHINGTON BARKER. Three years ago, I was working in Lumberton, NC. Melissa, I too am from the Blevins family from Eastern Kentucky. SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD Family is from WVA named McCumbee but I now find he was from NC and it seems it was Cumby/Cumbo/. I am researching the following names of my Hancock/Hawkins Tennessee ancestors who apparently had ties to the border areas in Virginia and Noryh Carolina as well . I just came upon this site. Hello again Ms. Gray. Holler back! Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. Graham. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. Jane Taylor was born in Virginia in 1798 and died in Marietta ,Ohio in 1883 or 1888. Melungeon origins Any new Ideas? My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. This years meeting is in a couple of days! The names on the 23andme ancestry list, that are on your list are: My mothers family was different than the other families around us in Mississippi. He is the Hawkins County, TN archivist, has written 2 books on Melungeons, "Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families," now out of print, and " Melungeons, Footprints from the Past .". Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! It possibly accounts for my 0.7% West African/Congolese DNA. I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. I just came across your blog this afternoon. Also, if you know who they were their spouse, this will help even more. God Bless. Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Oxendine, Paine. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. Thank you for your consideration. Would love to hear if you have tips or suggestions! Location and surnames may help in tracing Melungeon ancestor roots. Coleman. If I run across anything new Ill shoot it your way or post it here on my site. I hope you get your answers. Can you help me figure out if there is a melange in connection which might explain this family claim? I'm pale in the winter but will tan a nice golden . Looking for Starnes. 18 of those being in the US all with my last name or variants and very distant matches. If you would like to check it out its kit#XN3591432. See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. Thank you for your work. 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. Have you started a family research project? Ive been stumped. Love recognizes no barriers. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. Jelle: The Dutch form of the name William, meaning 'sacrifice'. 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 Shari Wahls stepfather is Franklin C. Hatter. The Clarks and Coopers were listed on the census in Malboro Co, Kershaw Co and Gafney, SC. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. Sincerely, 1 It is now known that DNA samples can be contaminated by contact by other persons with the sample, or even DNA attached to . White. I recently read a wonderful novel based on that terrible place. CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER They were from Middlebourne WV. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 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. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. Where was your Clarence Gibson fromScreenshot 2022-11-29 at 9.43.57 AM I appreciate any help you can give. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. 2 vols. Its Brent Stanley aka Peppy my Louisiana Redbone name. So here we are. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. The Short surname was my maiden name. My great grandmother was Leona G. Phipps from Grayson County, Virginia. My grandfather used the term Portuguee with affection, and his Melungeon (I assume) Indiana grandparents were Malissa Delph and William Addison Wright from Tennessee. My grandfather had a very dark complexion and when I asked him about this he said these traits were Black Dutch. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. We are generally from the VA/NC/KY area, with some lines being in SC (our Hicks/Love line). Jan. My mammaw was a Smith , heard they Indians in there blood line. One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. 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. Thank you for your time in reading this. 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"). 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. Lumbees, we are a very unique creature and I'm proud of that. C 2. The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. I imagine you had a fruitful trip. My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. The Clarks were said to be Portuguese. I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America. Does anyone have any information to share? Thank you for the informative blog. from my grandmother Burton. 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. My moms side are lots of Jones and Clarks and my dads Dentons have been in states since 1634 with the ma bay colony. We are finding out all kinds of things about our heritage that we never knew. Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Good afternoon, You have so much work put into this. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. (LogOut/ Let me know how it goes. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson. 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. My name Is Brent Stanley, I live in CT. Harris, Harvie. So far this is all word of mouth and not confirmed. Do the companies get different results? We are most likely cousins as I have jones/hall/hill/clarks/browns all in my direct bloodlines. Thank you for this site. What can you tell me? I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. We were always told we had Indian blood. I have that genealogy somewhere but trying to find it is a different thing. 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). Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Patterson. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same I have Iberian, Sardinian, Turkish, North African and Nigerian DNA. 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. Thank you, Redbone, Your comment has given me a great idea of how to tackle all the incoming messages regarding our Melungeon line. He was buried in Arlington, Virginia. Genealogist And Smith on my fathers side. I found the connection and sent it to her. Haplogroup R1b. A lady invited me to a revival at her church. MULLINS, NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS, PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS The family line I have been researching is Perkins. I dont have a Clarence, in my tree I have the following gibsons: That is EXCELLENT, Thank you so much for sharing!! 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. I see you have the surname Quattlebaum in your files. His name was James Turner born 1791 in Russell, VA. Is it possible he was Mulugeon? My Big Question is does this line go back to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia?? 2 Answers. Of course, these surnames are common names in America, and are only considered "Melungeon" names in the areas where Melungeons live. Hello. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. This article provides greater insight into my families probable history. The following common Melungeon surnames I suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe So youre saying that your grandmother was a Melungeon? Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. Thanks for posting. I have been doing fakily research on both of my parents sides. Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. My maternal grandfather was Clarence Gibson from Wharn Cliff West Virginia. Same with my father and his two sisters, but not as much as my grandfather. Hi there I am researching my ancestry and possible Melungeon roots and have hit a brick wall. 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. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. 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. Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. She had very dark brown eyes and black hair. My ancestor, John Washington Cooper, left Virginia for Louisiana circa 1830, where he and his children married into old French Creole families. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. Harold Lee denton/Richmond,va My uncle says their daughter, Martha Gilliam Barnett, was 100% Cherokee. Thank you for your response! I was astounded and wondered where all these genes came from. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. Im going to share your comments with Angela Walton Raji and Melvin Collier, they have Bass out of Arkansas.