On my grandmother side we are Callaway,Ray and Mitchell. 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. Joyceann Gray passed your info to me because I have Bass matches. If you look on Ancestry.com, you may be able to link your lineage. How can I help? I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. As soon as I get things settled and get back to researching Id love to connect with you. Hello Little. Some of the other names in my tree of life are Ashworth,Sweat, Hoosier. I have photos, and a tree on family search org if anybodys intersted. I just came upon this site. 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. Are they Mulatto or 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. I and everyone else in my family has run into issues finding the parents of Jane Taylor who Married Beniah MacKnight. The mystery is beginning to unfold, thanks to genealogical DNA tests. Sincerely Just Another Redbone Looking For Roots! research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People Re: Are these names of Melungeon orgin? North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. 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. So interesting! I do not have dark skin and for the most part people are shocked about my skin. Her folks were from Pennsylvania. Crooked pinky fingers, high cheekbones, lumps under my jawbone, ridiculously thick, curly hair, shovel teeth on SIX teeth. I do not know if they would be of your lineage but you could check those out. Her parents born in Amherst Co. VA in 1760s. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. My Big Question is does this line go back to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia?? It is part of Ancestry.com but the site is free. My family is from Tennessee and Northern Alabama. F denton/watts fron jamestown/white/Sara Williams ( b1720s) married to samuel jobes (born 1720s) married in the 1750s lived in roqan,nc/woods marriedcinyo my froakie in 1800s in jobesborough,tn area. (LogOut/ My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. His grandfather may have been of African descent. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. "Price emphasis on the existence of a group is fundamental to studying the genealogy of social isolate groups, as . I had dark hair and green eyes from 2 blue eyed parents. Thanks! Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Thank you for your work. There is actually an unincorporated community named Goin that had a post office until the mid-sixties. Mixed Melungeons had lived in Vir- ginia from 1660. If anyone can help us that would be amazing. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. Page 100 - Research Melungeon in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! Please let me know if you are still researching these families. Now to find the link to the Indian Nation. You present a hard nut to crack but not impossible. Thank you for the informative blog. just to name a few. On the early 1900s census our family was classified as mulattos born in Virginia/Western Virginia. I dont have much on my 4th great grandmother, She is from Scott county Virginia. Smith (40), Williams (27), Johnson (26), Brown (26), Davis (19), Jones (16), Martin (15), Moore (15), Clark (13), Taylor (13), Cox (11), Jackson (10), Hill (10). That never added up, because the neighbor lady was 100% Cherokee and she was lighter skinned than my mother. Wright. I was raised not knowing anything of my fathers family, he died when I was 18 months old. Hi! I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. I have always been the odd duck in my family. her parents names? Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many more. So hopefully I can hear more. Hello Ms. J Gray: On another list the surname Riddle was given as a surname for Melungeons. Some of the more common surnames, or variations thereof, having been identified so far as having Melungeon origins are: Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth My grandfather used the term Portuguee with affection, and his Melungeon (I assume) Indiana grandparents were Malissa Delph and William Addison Wright from Tennessee. Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. They also have a very specific twang or dialect when speaking. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. This page was last modified on: Thursday, 01-Jul-1999 13:32:47 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by I'm pale in the winter but will tan a nice golden . Are there any distant cousins related to them? Jackson Joel Gilliam is my gggrandfather. from my grandmother Burton. Does anyone know anything about Po (Napoleon) Brown from south east Kentucky? My maiden name is Page and I suspect Melungeon DNA is my line that ended up in south central Kentucky. Thanks, Rachel. I am researching my family.actually that of my husband and children. They were listed as white on census, but Im at a dead end before 1850 census, a Daniel Boone is listed as the father, and the only other earlier record I can find is a Daniel Boone in Amherst, VA that fits his birth year, but listed black. She was very religious. DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS 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. Thank you, There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. I believe that she was melungeon. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. My dad and all his siblings are dark skinned with dark hair with some having blue eyes. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO Naturally there are many questions. A good deal of my research, in addition to Mulungeon, leads back to Cherokee heritage from northeastern AL. Connie Crosby 4/27/02 . They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth, Hunt, Hunter, Richardson, Gibbs, and other families. My grandmother had straight dark hair and somewhat darker skin. I will research from one of my books and let you know. My grandmother Daviss mothers was kitts and I have that line complete. There are a lot of Coopers in Eastern Kentucky, especially Somerset, Ky. 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. What are your Stallard Roberson and Mullins ancestors? Co. Kentucky. That we were from the Carolinas , Virginias and Appalachias. Redbone & Melungeons !!!! And Smith on my fathers side. 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 Would you mind giving me some pointers as to where I can look to find birth records of Melungeon children? Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. Ramey, Rasnick, Reaves/Reeves, Revels, Richardson, Roberson/Robertson/Robinson, Russell. Thanks for adding me. The surnames of the first recorded Melungeons included Collins, Gibson, Mullins, Goins, Bunch, Bowlin, and Denham. My ancestors are Wood. That is EXCELLENT, Thank you so much for sharing!! My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. I say supposed because there is a discrepancy. Cherokee Roots. Change). Reply. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. 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. My grandmother was adopted and sadly was a victim of the Tennessee Childrens Home Society and was stolen from her family. And for some not any death dates. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. I am stumped here and cant seem to find much on them. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. 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.) Johnson, Jones. HYATT, LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. Thanks in advance. the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon 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. 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 That is the route I took and it worked quite well. Im from Eastern Kentucky also. Change). The oldest two were blondish and blue eyed. Howe. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL Is Jones her maiden name? My family background is from West Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. I wont be attending, as I live 3000 miles away, but it might be useful to you who live near Virginia. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. 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. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . The name Melungeon derives from mlange, an appellation bestowed by early French settlers on the Clinch river. Carol Kaurish. Japanese Last Names Meaning Dark. 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. A famous bearer of this name is Jelmer Wiersma a Dutch heavy metal guitarist. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. Roanoke, Virginia 24015 my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. Hi! I would love to talk with you and compare notes. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. You are very welcome, Taking a DNA test might very well help. Does anyone have any information to share? A lady invited me to a revival at her church. Some say we were black dutch. Maddox, Maggard, Major, Male/Mayle, Maloney, Marsh, Martin, Miles, Minard, Miner/Minor, Mizer, Moore, Morley, Mullins, Mursh. Genealogist GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN, HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY Its been a long road just to here! I was able to trace her lineage back to Captain Nathaniel Basse whose son, Reverend John Basse, married a Nansemond woman. Although, he did not show any DNA connected to black people, he did show 1% of unknown. Thank you for your consideration. 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. Her father was surname a Steadman. My great great grandfather and even his wife. Our DNA came back though with european, african, NA . Yes, on ancestry, send me your email and Ill invite you. Fathers surname of CROS(S)LOW seems to hit a wall several generations back. But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. 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 . Thank you, My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. 2847 results. Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. Do you have any information on the Bunch family? We just about cover all of those people. 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. 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