research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. Maya Angelou. Hi, on my fathers side I have Davis, Spillman and Ramey as well as Berry all from south eastern kentucky. Hammon, Jones, Osborn, and Steele on my mothers side. By the way we are a 9CM match on gedmatch, distant cousins. I am so saddened by your grandmothers story. I am stuck on finding any census records or ethnic listings for these women. Learn more. I never realized that tri-racial folks as these even existed. The best way to find out your heritage is to do a DNA test with Ancestry. My uncles name was Earnest Hall. Momma had olive skin, blue eyes, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair. Finally, my first identified link!! But when I get to these relatives I can not find any birth dates. My great grandmother was Leeann Cox and it was said she had Indian blood. Wow!! 185 thoughts on " Common Melungeon Surname List " Debbie Foresman says: February 22, 2020 at 10:04 am. just to name a few. She died in 1906 during childbirth with my grandmother. It is nice to find this site. My aunt Mamie, the second youngest was olive completed with striking green eyes. Thank you, One of my aunts is this way. I have also done a DNA test at the request of a distant relative to try and connect those with my last name and variations of it. Take a look at this website: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs, Take a look at this blog: https://the-melungeons.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-best-of-will-allen-dromgoole.html?fbclid=IwAR3n_jqz-VJhuT8WDjuQJxnQmGUhh5C6azEmc687FNvJurqMwFqraBlIPDs. But, some of her DNA was from the Mediterranean. Are we related?? Bunch shows up as a Melungeon last name. My Reeves family always claimed Indian descent. Christy. Upon reading message boards someone suggested that the father could be Mlungeon. Cynthia Millican 2/06/01. But i was born in the dark piney woods of Starks,LA. I know that these roots come through my mothers family who I have traced back to when they came here to the U.S. BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD Coleman. Found your list of names. The names on the 23andme ancestry list, that are on your list are: We were always told we had Indian blood. My ancestral lines take me to Muskogee (Creek) in Georgia/SouthCarolina ending in Oklahoma. I descend from the Brooks, Clarks and Cooper lines. She lived from 1818 to 1894, but I dont have any info on her race, My great great grandfathers name is Russell Vicars. Jackson Joel Gilliam is my 4th great grandfather, and he is from Scott County Virginia. Native American descendant. On the 1870 Census it states that his race is Black. 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 Little. This list is subject to expansion. HI ,Ihave Halls in my line too! So then we need to go to our trees He married Elizabeth Connor, born in Richmond, 1766 1818. My grandma also removed warts, used scripture to stop bleeding, blew the fire out of a burn. Surveyed 13 April 1761, deed 14 Oct 1761. . Thank you for providing a surnames list, Ive been trying to find out anout my mothers fathers side, surname is Boone and Richardson. Please contact me if you have any information you would like to share or questions. You present a hard nut to crack but not impossible. Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! 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.) Thank you, Redbone, Your comment has given me a great idea of how to tackle all the incoming messages regarding our Melungeon line. HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE Surnames: Allen. My family has web page on Facebook. Lowry. Our grands are from Eastern KY our fathers were born there as well. I am trying to see if I can locate my Great Grandmother. I am so sorry that it took me a bit to see this response. But I am trying to find more about my Indian family, and am also related to Pocahontas through her daughter Kaokee. Researchers with ancestral roots in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia may have Melungeon genes. Grandmaw Janie Perkins always told me we came from the Carolinas and the Virginias. 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. Jeremiahs father Jeremiah Sr. b.1724 then Edward Bass b.1697 Bertie, N. Carolina. Bennett. I'm pale in the winter but will tan a nice golden . 1 It is now known that DNA samples can be contaminated by contact by other persons with the sample, or even DNA attached to . Neither of my parents had the same color of my skin and neither of my brothers. Her parents are from Kentucky, from S.C. and Maryland. . Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. Scott. Are they Mulatto or Melungeon? Thank you for being our [an error occurred while processing this directive] visitor since July 1, I appreciate any help you can give. I am seeing several surnames from my sides. This match comes up as 4th gen cousin to me. I would like to email you about my connection to the Shavers/Chavis/Chavers, Brown, Hall, Kelley and other family names in Alabama and Franklin County Tennesse. See more ideas about appalachia, history, appalachian people. What are your Stallard Roberson and Mullins ancestors? (LogOut/ They also married into the Goins, Ashe, Whitworth and Wellman families. Im now wandering if may have originally been a Custalow or Croston??? My Big Question is does this line go back to the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia?? My brother is very fair and red hair. Thank you. The Bollings go all the way back to Eastern Virginia in the 1700s. From the Little Peedee in S.C. too Hancock Cty.,TN. Thanks Ms. Gray! I descend from Reeves coming into Tennessee via Virginia. COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL I am looking for any leads towards a melungeon bloodline within my family because it would answer a lot of questions. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/10/a-report-on-research-of-lumbee-origins-by-robert-k-thomas-part-18-appendix/?fbclid=IwAR21JgwWwyYej0aPBQ8JKjGvNaHk_pXexc7Ddmkn6kKdxF6vaLxJdglOIf8. Dorothy E., Mary, Sebron, Neal M., Henry, Hugh, ruby, Mac Harris, Julia M., & Henry Gaston. Yes, on ancestry, send me your email and Ill invite you. I have no idea but I am willing to work with you to find out! My name Christy In January of 1943, Plecker sent a circular to all public health and county officials in Virginia, listing, county by county, the surnames of all families suspected of having African ancestry. Page, Paine, Patterson, Perkins, Perry, Phelps, Phipps, Pinder, Polly, Powell, Powers, Pritchard, Pruitt. My grandmother is Bessie Zackery and her mother was Elizabeth Collier or Dicey Elizabeth Collier and her mother was a Mary Ann Norris. My grandfathers was a Falin, Gilliam, Cox, Mickelborough, Mayo, Hylton, Burnett, Pettus, Strachey, Ogilvie, Graham, Wells Witt, Skaggs, Hatfield, McCoy, Mace, and so on. My grandpaw was also a Pentecostal revival preacher who has been written about in several books about the Pentecostal snake handlers, I know one was by a fella named Jimmy morrow. She had very dark brown eyes and black hair. Can you help me figure out if there is a melange in connection which might explain this family claim? Ely, Epps, Evans, Fields, Freeman, French. Jack, a Melungeon descendant through several ancestors, expected that his Y paternal . Thank you for writing, so let us see where this takes us. I am a Cooper. Would taking one of the ancestry dna tests help determine this or just make it more confusing? 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. This page was last modified on: Thursday, 01-Jul-1999 13:32:47 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by My grandfather was straight black hair, brown eyes, and really dark in the summer sun. Three years ago, I was working in Lumberton, NC. These were all Melungeon surnames. Hello! Would appreciate any comments/information you may be able to provide. We have always been told we are of cherokee and possibly Saponi descent. Other relations are Chavis and Locklear which are frim the Lumbee Indians.HELP! Look in Bibles and record any folklore that might have been passed down. ajpilkey76@gmail.com. The Majority of my ancestors are from The Appalachians. The name "Melungeon" was not applied to these first Afri- cans by white outsiders or slave owners. There are many more on the list who are indirect ancestors surnames. Have you run across any melungeon Johnsons in your research from that part of VA? I and everyone else in my family has run into issues finding the parents of Jane Taylor who Married Beniah MacKnight. This surname means from the anchor in Dutch. Did you find any info on the finger print info?? Melungeon (pron. 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 . Langston, Lasie, Lawson, Locklear, Lopes, Lowry, Lucas. My grandmothers biological family is originally from Wise Virginia and Morristown, Tn areas. reaves/osteen/lawson. Any help would be greatly appreciated from anyone who may be familiar with these family lines. 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. Willis. The Melungeon culture has typically been associated with the Appalachian region. Hello. Thank you! I just recently found out about maternal grandrnothers line. I wish there was a way to do further research on these surnames in my family. Melungeon/Indian Genealogy By Marion Pezzullo April 08, 2005 at 12:29:40. 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. Also, the Revells family, from Cumberland,Sampson and Robeson Co, were living near my Brooks and Clarks. Always claimed to be cherokee but nothing in my research shows it. This article provides greater insight into my families probable history. to Clark co. Ill. Linders wife, Jane Sophia Lee. I did have an Uncle by the name of Neal who was married to Loretta. Apr 9, 2017 - COMMON MELUNGEON SURNAMES Adams, Adkins, Allen, Allmond, Ashworth, Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly,. I was told in school I had 'N_____r' lips. My ftdna family finder test revealed several matches within the Melungeon Families of Interst Group Page. Re: reaves/osteen/lawson. 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. Maybe in finding this site I can do so know. I am just trying to think of other places to look, other avenues to try. I am hoping to find out if there is any Melungeon history in from my past. I suspect that they were mulungeon and passed as white after moving to Indiana. These words do not seem to carry the same negative connotations for people who identify as Redbone or Melungeon. So too his wife, Nancy Stamper. ROBERT DEGNEN 5/31/00. Among the northern Europeans, the Melungeon ancestors include English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German parents. There is no proof that Melungeons even have Mediterranean ancestry, . Thank you for your time and any help in advance. Thanks for posting. Brooks. Someone told me a while back I had the Melungeon background. All of familys descendants to this day have an olive or yellow cast to their complection. So interesting! Email: [emailprotected]. Knowing it could be a false positive or perhaps true, I have pursued that info. Any help would be awesome. My Grandfather was Cleo Berry Son of Lydia Price and Calvin Berry. I have always been the odd duck in my family. Just trying to find the source of my Spanish/Portugeuse heritage. I have 21 of those melungeon surnames in my direct bloodlines. Ive been interested in my family history for my entire life. Com. A judgment of failure to pay was entered against Isaac Cooper and George Cooper (corrected to: Bean) in February 1805 in the same county (and collected). Try this https://jgraydiscovery.com/2019/08/13/melungeon-tuscarora/, Check this page out.. https://wordpress.com/post/jgraydiscovery.com/2646. I have the knot . DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS, GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS If anyone has done in lineage on these people their whole lineage will pop up. Some these Wood cousins have JM 172 Haplogroups. Christy, Hi Christy, I am still researching but its slow going. We think she was born in Wythe County, Va in 1927 and was married to my great grandfather John Rufus Mink, Sr around 1913-1914 as she had their first child in 1915. Is there any way to find out if there is Melugeon in my history. I hope Im on the right track. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement. I cannot find any info on early Portugeuse settlements in South Carolina or Virginia. He was my Grandfather but I know very little about him and believe he may have been Melungeon. He was definitely a minor in 1756 (deed of gift of Gilbert Gibson). . Howe. You may be able to find valuable information there at the college. They were from Middlebourne WV. Berry. Thank you for your timely response and for sharing. where o you believe she was raised? Annete. Now my Grandfather was George Denham and his father was Edward Denham and mother was Betty Collins. Bridger. her reading and research of various materials noted herein. Lasie. But alot of these surnames are in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana AKA No Mans Land. By genealogy.com user November 22, 2001 at 05:34:49. I am stumped here and cant seem to find much on them. I have several of these surnames in my tree. Change). This is so confusing! Hope you can find your connections. 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. Smiling, Smith, Stallard, Stanley, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Strother. 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. Jordan-Son of Gilbert Gibson. 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. Thanks in advance. We are Tacketts, Dial, Salyer/Sawyer, Green, Smith, Mullins, Coffey, and Sizemore. Taylor. Nash, Nelson, Newman, Niccans, Nichols, Noel, Norris. I was raised not knowing anything of my fathers family, he died when I was 18 months old. My mother never discussed what our family was mixed with or the tribe, when I asked. Initially, it drew a strong reaction from historians and genealogists who noted the absence of evidence to document the key claim: 12 One of my great uncles. I learned about these colors when I was in Fashion for 28 years. All maternal lines tested have been European. I guess meaning that I have far far less matches in R1b as compared to the majority of testers. Also Mary Bolling 1720-1790 Wilkes NC m. Andrew Baker 1720-1779 Rowan NC. She was born in Hancock County, TN we assume. Gann, Garland, Gibbs, Gibson/Gipson, Goins/Goings, Givens, Gowan/Gowen, Graham, Green(e), Gwinn. My paternal grandmothers grandmother was a Bunch from Indiana. Is Jones her maiden name? Look for an email from Nikki Matt Landerkin, Okay Thanks! 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 have been trying for so long to do this on my own. After receiving my Y resilts I came up with only 27 matches. My sons DNA came back recently with >1% Cameroon/Congo. What are the Common Melungeon Surnames? Note: One of my ancestors, a Mulungen, was a signer of the Declaration. I really enjoyed reading your article, and hope to learn even more in the future. They, along with associated families, migrated to western NC from the eastern/coastal NC and borderline SC/NC. Im a 25 year old Graduate student and I just want to know more about where my family comes from. Ms. Lady Jae: Received some great information from you sometime ago for surname Goin. Redbone & Melungeons !!!! There may also be "Native American features," as well as "a particular type of bump or ridge at the back of the head (usually just above the neck) known at the Melungeon bump." 18 Kathy Lyday, a professor at Elon University in North Carolina, has said that in older photos . but im very sure my father is of melungeon descent, he is a dark ivory skin with dark hair and blue eyes. I wish I could prove anything but I know it is a long time family claim. Micajah Bunch was part Melungeon and . What are your Stallard and Sizemore ancestors? Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. The following common Melungeon surnames occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia were noted by Dr. N. Brent Kennedy during his research for The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America. Then she leaned over and whispered Its okay, you can come. 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. Where was your Clarence Gibson fromScreenshot 2022-11-29 at 9.43.57 AM She is 86 years old and sadly, that time is coming closer than we want to admit and I would love to help her find her moms family before it is too late. One of their kids, Wyatt Wert Wood, born in Illinois, 1913 1993, moved to Garland, Texas. BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN Right now I am researching for someone else and I came across a rumour that Faith Parker (b. LUCAS, MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH Hey Brent im from Louisiana Grant Parish Area, funny we are doing the same research for Mulungeon Ancestors. 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. Hi! Is there a place I can compare my family tree to yours? How did you find out who your great-grandmother was? This is what my husband and I have done. Do the companies get different results? Barker, Barnes, Bass, Beckler, Bedgood, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Beverly, Biggs. The Short surname was my maiden name. Am trying to find out much more. 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. My last name is Carter from my fathers sur name. 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. The surnames of the first recorded Melungeons included Collins, Gibson, Mullins, Goins, Bunch, Bowlin, and Denham. Glad to see the name here. No indication of his mother, but it was not Alma Hall his other wife. His wife, Mary Mae Heffley 1872-1959. My sons dna showed black ancestry circa 1700. At that time, their native Angolan fa- Dad was a Revolutionary soldier. I have added links to certain names that I have more information to share. 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. 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. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material George Alvin Jr. 1787-1864 from N.C. to Illinois, Clark Co. As time permits my intention is to research as many of these families as I can. 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 My dad was always told we had Cherokee in us. His grandmother was a Julia Jones. Him and his wife did not have any children. In Callaway County and Randolph County Missouri, known Melungeon surnames in the community are listed on Census records, Minor, Gibson, Hicks, Hix, and more. Boone, Bowman, Badby, Branham, Braveboy, Briger/Bridger, Brogan, Brooks, Brown, Bunch, Butler, Butters, Bullion, Burton, Buxton, Byrd. During Reconstruction, most southern states passed One drop laws. My grandfathers mother came from Kentucky and her last name was Bolling. It was a name they called themselves. (LogOut/ So youre saying that your grandmother was a Melungeon? Enjoying The Company While On The Journey! Louise Ralston Brown 4/23/02. Trying to put all the pieces of the Shumpert family in place. Nancy Could use any help I can get from you or anyone reading this on pinning things down. Although I cannot find the connect yet. Where are you living I too am a Foresman. The thing I have been asking, but still dont know. Just found out through 23 and me that I have spanish/portuguese ancestry. msladyjae@gmail.com, The Lumbee Indians live down toward to coast of N.C. Carol Kaurish. I met him years ago. Butler. Melungeon Geography and Surnames. Haplogroup R1b. I was born and raised in Big Stone Gap Va I am of mulungeon descent. my mothers last name is Brown, my fathers last name is King but that is not a Melungeon name but Brown is. Lucas. Any information would be great. I have been doing a lot of research just using Family Search. 1999. My great grandmother, born Dema Delph, was adopted by another family and we have no insight into her birth parents. William HAll and Eliza Jane Thomas 2nd wife Rebecka Mahin. I believe that she was melungeon. Elizabeth Katherine Jones supposed DOB was February 27, 1901. Dalton, Dare, Davis, Denham, Dennis, Dial, Dorton, Doyle, Driggers, Dye, Dyess. With there descendants moving west over the centuries. WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN. Some even claimed to be members of the Saponi tribe in North . 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 share Aaron Bass of Bertie, NC. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Thanks again and Ill keep a lookout for the mail. A lady invited me to a revival at her church. Im just so tired of not knowing a connection and many of extended family feel the same White. These laws required anyone with one drop of African blood to be classified as black. Thank you for writing, have you seen the other two pages concerning the histories of the Melungeon people? Clarks, Coopers, Saunders and Pruitts. 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 .". I guess we didnt like staying that home.. Our roots go back to the late 1600s and early 1700s. My Grandmaw Pearl Bass always told my father Jasper Stanley. Where did they come from? Richard Lister on the trail of a lost people. All of the people with that last name probably came from the same last name when they came here to the U.S. My husband had a distant relative to contact him about 2 months ago about her relatives. My DNA shows a very small amount of sub saharan Congolese (.3%) and .5% Native American. I did a DNA but found there was very littlelike 1 or 2%. Her family is from the Cumberland Gap area of Kentucky. Can you give me access to your family tree? God Bless. Thanks! One set of my 7th great grandparents were Jane Bunch, Carolinas, 1740-1782 m. Hugh Smith, d. Wilkes Co. NC, 1738-1781. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The following common Melungeon surnames Other Surnames in his line are Brewer, Davis, Seals, Phipps, Tagliaferro(toliver) and many 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. Correlating Historical Facts to DNA Test Results. occurring in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Im researching my Berry family from Hawkins /Tennesse and Virginia . I am pretty sure I am Melungian, I would love to connect and learn more. Well hope you know and I hope you enjoy my DNA. I also had 1% of the unknown but I have known for years that I had in me the melungeons lineage. her parents names? Beginning in the early 1800s, or possibly before, the term Melungeon (meh-LUN'-jun) was used as a derogatory term to describe a group of about 40 families along the Tennessee-Virginia border. There was a guy by the last name of Kennedy. It has taken years and both of my parents have been gone over about 20 years. 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. My great grandmother was Leona G. Phipps from Grayson County, Virginia. My daughter will be helping us in the future so if i find it, I will try to send it to you. . George Bean later moved to Franklin Co., Tenn. His wife Jane Bean who died about then may have been Isaac's sister. We were Black Dutch, Melungeon, Blackfoot and Osage. I do not have everything but I now have a pretty good collection. Because I just dont know. Interview your folks and any elders still alive. North American Indian ancestors include people from the tribes of Powhatan, Mattaponi, Monie, Nansemond, Rappahanock, Pamunkey, Chickahominie, Cherokee (Buffalo Ridge) and Choctaw. I hope you enjoy my DNA shows a very small amount of sub Congolese!, dark brown eyelashes and eyebrows, straight brown blonde hair WRIGHT Wyatt WYNN helping us in the so. 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