The Virginia Handbook By Blair Howard, Mary K. Burnham, Bill Burnham

page 255

The Melungeons: Muslims in USA before Columbus After Spanish Inquisition

Excerpt

"Fromt he 7th Century inscriptions of Arabic on Nevada Rocks, to Islamorada in Florida, to the Meungeons of the Applachians, to the Morrish Architecture of Caliph-Haronia (California), Islam is present everywhere in America. One just needs to look."

Promoting "melungeon" mythology.

Say what? ..........who is promoting "melungeon" mythology?"

Henry Burke

Besure you bookmark this one. Henry was aware of the East Indian mixture in some Melungeons. Thank you Henry Burke, we are looking forward to more of your research!!

Cheif Logan

This fantastic link has been posted over at Nancy Morrison's Topica mailing list. Thanks Louise!! I really did not have this picture in mind of what Chief Logan looked like. I did not know that Chief Logan's given name was James Logan. His fashion is typical of Pennsylvania Indians.

Kinship of Mihil Gowen

Name Relationship with Mihil Gowen Civil Canon


Adams, Rebecca Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Addie, ??? Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Agnes, ??? Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Ailstock, Becky Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Ailstock, Jenny Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Allen, Sally Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Amy, ??? Wife of the 2nd great-grandson
Anderson, Laura Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Anderson, Thomas Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Atkinson, Charles 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Atkinson, Daniel 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Atkinson, Eugene 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Atkinson, Frank 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Atkinson, James Husband of the great-granddaughter
Atkinson, Joel 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Atkinson, Sarah Estella 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Babb, Margaret Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Baker, Elva Susan Wife of the 2nd great-grandson
Bales, Robert Husband of the 8th great-granddaughter
Bennett, Ruth Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Brandon, Mary Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Bunch, Emily Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Bunch, Emily Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Catherine, ??? Wife of the grandson
Chavous, Susey Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Childers, Meredith Husband of the 4th great-granddaughter
Clark, Margret Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Coldirion, Laura Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Cole, Elizabeth Wife of the grandson
Collins, Amelia 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Collins, Asa 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Bailey 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Collins, Betty 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Collins, Clemmie 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Collins, Commodore 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Dana 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Collins, Elizabeth 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Collins, Elizabeth 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Collins, Enoch 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Collins, Frances 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Franklin 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Collins, Grace 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Collins, Howard Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Collins, Isaac 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Landon 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Leham 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Lewis 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Lizzie 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Mahala 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Collins, Manda 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Martha B. 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Collins, Mary 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Mary Eliz. 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Matilda Kate 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Collins, McKinley Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Collins, Minty 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Opal Mae 9th great-granddaughter XI 11
Collins, Orpha 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Collins, Richard 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Collins, Rodeford 8th great-grandson X 10
Collins, Sallie 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Collins, Sally 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Collins, Sarah Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Collins, Semion 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Silas 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Collins, Solomon 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Solomon Dickerson Husband of the 5th great-granddaughter
Collins, Walter 8th great-grandson X 10
Collins, Wheeler 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, William Make 8th great-grandson X 10
Collins, Willie 7th great-grandson IX 9
Collins, Zilpha 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Cox, Rebecca Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Davidson, Gib Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Davidson, Sarah Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Davidson, Willie 8th great-grandson X 10
Davison, Gilbert Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Dublin, Nancy Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Evaline, ??? Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Fannie, ??? Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Fox, Rebecca Reushia Ritta Marih Wife of the great-grandson
Frances, ??? Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Frost, Gilford Husband of the 5th great-granddaughter
Frost, Washington Livesay 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Geaween, John Father I 1
Gibson, Elizabeth Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Gibson, Julia Ann Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Gibson, Nora Wife of the 8th great-grandson
Gibson, Sarah Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Goen, William Son I 1
Goens, Edward Grandson II 2
Goens, George W. Grandson II 2
Goens, Harriett Granddaughter II 2
Goens, Joel Weslin Grandson II 2
Goens, John Wesley Grandson II 2
Goens, Mary Molly Granddaughter II 2
Goens, Salathel Grandson II 2
Goens, Sarah Granddaughter II 2
Goens, Sophia Granddaughter II 2
Going, Abaslom Jefferson 5th great-grandson VII 7
Going, Abaslom Jefferson 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, Abner 5th great-grandson VII 7
Going, Allen 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Allen 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, Alonzo 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, Anne 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Benjamin 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Daniel 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, David 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Edmund 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Elina 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Elizabeth 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Elizabeth 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Elizabeth 5th great-granddaughter VII 7
Going, Elizabeth 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Ellenor 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Elmarilla 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Frances 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Harriet 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Hiram B. 5th great-grandson VII 7
Going, Jackson 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, James 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, James Broodfoot 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, Jesse 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, John 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, John H. 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, John Levi 5th great-grandson VII 7
Going, Joseph 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Joshua 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Josiah 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Margaret J. 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Mark 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Martha A. 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Martin 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, Mary 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Going, Mirtis A. 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Moses 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Ofelia Jane 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Parthenia Martha 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Going, Rueben 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Samuel 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Sherwood 3rd great-grandson V 5
Going, Sherwood 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Sherwood 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Sherwood 5th great-grandson VII 7
Going, Thomas 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, Thomas 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, Thomas Marrow 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Going, William 4th great-grandson VI 6
Going, William Marty 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goings, ??? Great-granddaughter III 3
Goings, Achburn Marion Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Asabel Great-granddaughter III 3
Goings, Balaam T. Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Balaam W. 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goings, Balldon K. Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Charles Earl 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goings, Cleoptra Great-granddaughter III 3
Goings, D. Craig Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Doctor Craig Bock 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goings, Edna Jane 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Goings, Elhanlan C. Great-granddaughter III 3
Goings, Isabella 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Goings, James 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goings, Joel Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Joseph Wesley 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goings, Julia Ettie Rebecca 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Goings, Lavenia 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Goings, Louella Jane 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Goings, Luke Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Male 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goings, Ross Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Tora Great-granddaughter III 3
Goings, Wayne Great-grandson III 3
Goings, Wesley J. 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Goins, Aletha 5th great-granddaughter VII 7
Goins, Alfred Abasolm 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, Burton 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, Burton McGinnis 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, Charley Burton 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, Doctor 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, George 5th great-grandson VII 7
Goins, George Washington 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, Guilford 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, Harden 5th great-grandson VII 7
Goins, Howard 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, Jesse 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, John 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, John 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Goins, Joseph 4th great-grandson VI 6
Goins, Joshua 4th great-grandson VI 6
Goins, Julia Ann 5th great-granddaughter VII 7
Goins, Kennedy 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, Mary J. 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Goins, Minerva 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Goins, Rebecca Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Goins, Rebecca Bunch Goodman 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Goins, Sally 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Goins, Samuel J. T. 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, Sarah 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Goins, Tabitha 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Goins, Thomas Jefferson 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, Virginia Jane 5th great-granddaughter VII 7
Goins, Volentine Servier 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, William 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, William 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, William H. 7th great-grandson IX 9
Goins, William Henery Harrison 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Goins, Zollie Frances 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Goodman, Rebecca Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Gowen, Agnes 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Gowen, Amy 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowen, Anderson 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Gowen, Ann 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Gowen, Ann 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowen, Carolina 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Gowen, Christopher Son I 1
Gowen, Daniel Son I 1
Gowen, David 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, Drury 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, Drury 5th great-grandson VII 7
Gowen, Edward Grandson II 2
Gowen, Edward 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Gowen, Edward Jr. Great-grandson III 3
Gowen, Elizabeth 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Gowen, Elizabeth 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowen, Emma 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Gowen, Frederick 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, Frederick 5th great-grandson VII 7
Gowen, Hartwell 5th great-grandson VII 7
Gowen, Henery 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Gowen, Hillard 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Gowen, James Son I 1
Gowen, James 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Gowen, James 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Gowen, Jeremiah 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Gowen, Jerry 5th great-grandson VII 7
Gowen, John 4th great-grandson VI 6
Gowen, Joseph 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Gowen, Lemuel 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Gowen, Louana 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Gowen, Margaret 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Gowen, Mary 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowen, Micheal 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Gowen, Micheal Jr 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, Mihil Self 0
Gowen, Nancy 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowen, Phillis 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Gowen, Safronia 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Gowen, Sally 6th great-granddaughter VIII 8
Gowen, Sarah 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Gowen, Thomas Son I 1
Gowen, Thomas 2nd great-grandson IV 4
Gowen, Thomas 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, William 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, William 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowen, William 4th great-grandson VI 6
Gowen, Wilson 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowin, Dora Lucinda 2nd great-granddaughter IV 4
Gowin, Jenkins 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowing, Alexander Great-grandson III 3
Gowing, Ambrose Great-grandson III 3
Gowing, Amy 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Gowing, Benjamin 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowing, Benjamin 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowing, Doug Great-grandson III 3
Gowing, Henery 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowing, James 3rd great-grandson V 5
Gowing, James Gowing Grandson II 2
Gowing, Jane 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowing, John Grandson II 2
Gowing, John Great-grandson III 3
Gowing, Martha 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowing, Mary 4th great-granddaughter VI 6
Gowing, Nancy T. 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Gowing, Susannah Great-granddaughter III 3
Gowing, Thomas Great-grandson III 3
Gowing, William Grandson II 2
Gowing, William Great-grandson III 3
Gowings, Jason Son I 1
Gramm, Anna Wife of the great-grandson
Gray, Lettice Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Green, Mary E. Wife of the 2nd great-grandson
Hamilton, Alverta Sylvester 3rd great-grandson V 5
Hamilton, Joseph 3rd great-grandson V 5
Hamilton, Joseph Alverta 4th great-grandson VI 6
Hamilton, Joseph Benjamin Husband of the 2nd great-granddaughter
Hamilton, Martha 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Hamilton, Rena Victoria 3rd great-granddaughter V 5
Harless, Jubal McPherson Husband of the 2nd great-granddaughter
Harris, Catherine Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Harris, William Husband of the 3rd great-granddaughter
Harrison, Rebecca Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Harrison, William Henery Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Heffernan, Elsie Nellie May Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Hestile, Lucy Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Hill, Anne Goins Great-granddaughter III 3
Hill, Elizabeth Goins Great-granddaughter III 3
Hill, Joel Goins Great-grandson III 3
Hill, Joseph Husband of the granddaughter
Hill, Lydia Goins Great-granddaughter III 3
Hill, Mary Ann Great-granddaughter III 3
Hill, Samuel Goins Great-grandson III 3
Hill, William Husband of the 3rd great-granddaughter
Hill, William Goins Great-grandson III 3
Howard, Edwin Husband of the 3rd great-granddaughter
Jenkins, Matilda Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Johnson, Henery Morgan Husband of the 9th great-granddaughter
Jones, Caldonia 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Jones, Riley Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Jones, Sally Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Jones, Sarah Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Jr, Mihil Gowen Son I 1
Jr., Moses Going 4th great-grandson VI 6
Jr., Solomon Collins 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Lawson, Coose Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Lawson, Julia Ann Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Lawson, Mary Ann Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Legans, Beverly Husband of the 4th great-granddaughter
Lett, Mary Wife of the grandson
Lett, Meshach Husband of the granddaughter
Livesay, David 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Livesay, Harden 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Livesay, James Husband of the 5th great-granddaughter
Livesay, Samuel 6th great-grandson VIII 8
Long, John Harvey Husband of the 8th great-granddaughter
Long, Robert Colman 9th great-grandson XI 11
Louvenia, ??? Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Loving, Millie Wife of the 4th great-grandson
Lovins, Maggie Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Mabrey, Margaret Wife of the 9th great-grandson
Male, Adam Husband of the great-granddaughter
Martin, Frances Wife of the 7th great-grandson
McNeal, ??? Husband of the 3rd great-granddaughter
Mills, Guilford Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Miner, App Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Miner, Dudley Husband of the 4th great-granddaughter
Miser, Hamilton Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Miser, Hayes Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Miser, Ollie Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Moore, George Husband of the 4th great-granddaughter
Moore, Thomas Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Mullins, Burton 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Calvin 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Elby 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Mullins, Frank 8th great-grandson X 10
Mullins, Hattie 8th great-granddaughter X 10
Mullins, Jerry 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Jim 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, John Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Mullins, John 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Larkin 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Martha Jane 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Mullins, Mary Ann 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Mullins, Millie 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Mullins, Oliver 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Richard 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Robert 8th great-grandson X 10
Mullins, Ruben 7th great-grandson IX 9
Mullins, Sally 7th great-granddaughter IX 9
Norman, Benjamin P. Husband of the 6th great-granddaughter
Orpha, ??? Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Orr, Racheal Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Parthenia, ??? Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Pritchard, Delmus Great-grandson III 3
Pritchard, Elizabeth Great-granddaughter III 3
Pritchard, John Great-grandson III 3
Pritchard, Margaret Great-granddaughter III 3
Pritchard, Mary Great-granddaughter III 3
Pritchard, Nancy Great-granddaughter III 3
Pritchard, Nathan Great-grandson III 3
Pritchard, Warner Hen Husband of the granddaughter
Pritchard, Warner Jr. Great-grandson III 3
Prossa, ??? Wife
Ray, Elizabeth Lawson Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Reed, Buelah Hazel Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Rhea, Melisa Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Richardson, Amanda Elizabeth Wife of the 2nd great-grandson
Roberts, George Harrison Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Roda, ??? Wife of the 5th great-grandson
Seals, Eliza Husband of the 7th great-granddaughter
Seals, Mary Elizabeth Wife of the 9th great-grandson
Simmons, Susanna Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Simpson, Benjamin Husband of the granddaughter
Slade, Elizabeth Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Sweeney, Jane Ann Wife of the grandson
Tabler, Adam Husband of the 5th great-granddaughter
Testerment, Massey Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Tipton, John Husband of the 8th great-granddaughter
Tomlinson, Martha Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Unknown, ??? Wife
Unknown, ??? Wife of the 2nd great-grandson
Unknown, ??? Wife of the 2nd great-grandson
Unknown, ??? Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Unknown, ??? Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Unknown, ??? Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Unknown, ??? Wife of the 7th great-grandson
Webb, Chloe Clawey Wife of the 3rd great-grandson
Williams, Charles Husband of the 2nd great-granddaughter
Williams, Lyda Wife of the 6th great-grandson
Wyatt, Sarah Jane Wife of the 6th great-grandson

Barrack Oboma

Short article about John Smith

Excerpt:

Smith's Lincolnshire Childhood
John Smith was born in about the year 1579, in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England. He was baptized there on January 9, 1579. After receiving a grammar school education he was apprenticed to a local merchant. In about 1600 he ran away from home and while traveling through France and at sea, survived some fantastic adventures. He later served in the army for four years on the European continent. Upon his return he made a brief visit to Scotland but returned to the Continent. There, he fought with the Austrians against the Turks in Transylvania.

Enslaved in Russia

According to Smith, he was taken prisoner and sent to Constantinople to be used as a present to the wife of a Turkish pasha. Evidently the wife of the pasha took a liking to the Englishman because she became fearful of his safety and sent him out of Turkey. Smith was sent into what became Georgia in the U. S. S. R. But still his troubles were not over. In Georgia he was made a slave.

But Smith, true to his brashness and his instinct to survive, killed the man that was his master and escaped to Western Europe. He returned from his extended ordeals to England in about 1604.

Plecker's Infamous 1943 List

By WARREN FISKE
The Virginian-Pilot

Excerpt

"Lacy Branham Hearl closes her eyes and travels eight decades back to what began as a sweet childhood.

There was family everywhere: her parents, five siblings, nine sets of adoring aunts and uncles and more cousins than she could count. They all lived in a Monacan Indian settlement near Amherst, their threadbare homes circling apple orchards at the foot of Tobacco Row Mountain.

As Hearl grew, however, she sensed the adults were engulfed in deepening despair. When she was 12, an uncle gathered his family and left Virginia, never to see her again. Other relatives scattered in rapid succession, some muttering the name “Plecker.”

Soon, only Hearl’s immediate family remained. Then the orchards began to close because there were not enough workers and the townspeople turned their backs and all that was left was prejudice and plight and Plecker."

Hamilton County Tennessee Court Case

Janet Crain, over at the Melungeon List said that there was a court case that reveals the surnames of suspected Melungeon families/surnames. You got to check this one out.

Janet said that the surnames mentioned are, the Goins, Shumake, Boltons, Perkins, Mornings, Menleys, Breedlove, Shepherd and many more.

These families are alleged to have come from the Pee Dee River area, crossed over the mountains to now what is called Hancock County, Tennessee. From Hancock County these families migrated to many other areas.

Thank you Janet for the all the work that you do!

Ollie Goins

There was an Ollie Goins who fought in the Revolutionary war. This Ollie Goins lived in TN.
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Ollie N. Goins found in:

U.S. Western and Prairie States - Census Index (1880)
State: Missouri
County: Callaway
Township: Fulton
Relationship to Head: Son
Age: 4M
Gender: Male
Race: Mulatto
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Missouri
Birth Year: <1880>
Mother Birthplace: MO
Father Birthplace: VA
Roll: T9_677
Page: 575B
ED: 31

History of the Huguenot Emigration to America

By Charles Washington Baird

The Huguenots came to America as refugees from France. In 1700 there was four ships that came to Virginia carrying the French Protestants. These refugees settled into a deserted Indians village. The village was abandoned by the Monocan Indians, the land was sold to the Huguenots.

Archaeology News Site

This link was recommended by Nancy Morrison over at the topica list. This is a site that you may want to bookmark. Check back often to keep up with the latest archaeology news.

The Melungeon DNA Surname Project

By Melungeon Researchers Elizabeth Hirschman & Donald N. Panther-Yates

Do you have ancestors from the Appalacian Southeast, this site might be of interest to you.

THE MELUNGEONS

In the mountains of East Tennessee lives a distinct race, a race as different from all the other races on the Western Hemisphere as the Negro is different from the Indian. Moreover, this race is found nowhere else in America. It is the race of the Melungeons, a mysterious race, few in numbers, whose origin is open to speculation. For many years they were thought to be Indians, or a mixture of Indians and white people, whereby probably originated their name, Melungeon, which means a mixture.

So far as is known they were first found in Hancock County on Newman's Ridge, soon after the Revolutionary war. Now they are settled in several counties, although still most numerous in Hancock County. They are about the same color as mulattoes, but their hair is straight and they have intermarried with the Caucasian race to a limited extent.

Judge Lewis Shepherd, who has made a close study of the Melungeons extending over a long period of time, says that in a case at law in which he represented a Melungeon girl, a question arose whether the Melungeons have negro blood in their veins. He says: "It was shown by tradition and the reputation prevailing among these people 'from the time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary,' that they were descendants of the ancient Phoenicians, who built the City of Carthage and produced the great general, Hannibal. They removed from Carthage and after a time they settled in Morocco, whence they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and settled in the southern part of Portugal, whence came the celebrated Phoenician general, Othello, who was immortalized in Shakespeare's great play the 'Moor of Venice.' They were not tainted with negro blood, for the women of Carthage sacrificed their long raven colored hair to be plaited and twisted into cables for the ships engaged in the Punic wars.

"A colony of these Moors crossed the Atlantic before the Revolutionary war and settled on the coast in the northern part of South Carolina. They multiplied rapidly and by their industry and energy they accumulated considerable property. The South Carolina people, however, would not receive them on terms of equality. They refused to recognize them socially and would not allow their children to go to school with them. In fact, they believed they were free negroes and treated them as such. By the laws of South Carolina a per capita tax was levied against free negroes and the tax authorities continually harassed them by efforts to collect the tax. Under this rigid proscription of the proud people of Carolina, their condition became intolerable and so they emigrated in a body and settled, after a long and wandering journey through the wilderness, in Hancock County, Tennessee."

In 1890 or 1891, Miss Will Allen Dromgoole wrote of the Melungeons, or Malungeons, as she spells the word, in the Arena. In part she said: "When John Sevier organized the State of Franklin, there was living in the mountains of East Tennessee a colony of dark-skinned, reddish-brown complexioned people, supposed to be of Moorish descent, who affiliated with neither whites or blacks, and who called themselves Malungeons, and who claimed to be of Portuguese descent. They lived to themselves exclusively and were looked upon neither as Indians or negroes. All the negroes ever brought to America were slaves. The Malungeons were never slaves, and until 1834, enjoyed all the rights of citizenship; even in the convention which disfranchised them they were referred to as 'free persons of color,' or 'Malungeons.'"

And again she said: "The Constitutional Convention (of 1834) left these most pitiable of all outcasts; denied their oath in court and deprived of the testimony of their own color, left utterly helpless in all legal contests, they naturally, when the state set the brand of the outcast upon them, took to the hills, the isolated peaks of the uninhabited mountains, the corners of the earth, as it were, where, huddled together they became a law unto themselves, a race indeed separate and distinct from the several races inhabiting the State of Tennessee."

Melungeons are also found in Rhea County where they are quiet and orderly. They are, to a considerable extent, illiterate and are mostly engaged in farming. While most authorities believe that the word Melungeon is derived from the French melange, a mixture, others think that it was originally malangeon, the first part, malan, being derived from the Greek word, malan, meaning black. Other spellings are Melangins, and Melungins, with the accent on the second syllable, and the g hard, as in give.


Source : TENNESSEE The Volunteer State 1769--1923
BY JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE, Editor
State Librarian and Archivist
AND AUSTIN P. FOSTER, A.M.
Assistant Librarian and Archivist
ILLUSTRATED VOLUME I, CHICAGO, NASHVILLE, Pages 790 -791
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923

Treasure trove found in 500-year-old shipwreck off Africa

By DONNA BRYSON, Associated Press Writer
Thu May 1, 5:42 PM ET

Excerpt:

"JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins — and cannons to fend off pirates. But it had nothing to protect it from the fierce weather off a particularly bleak stretch of inhospitable African coast, and it sank 500 years ago."

Medicine Hat set to host Archaeological conference

By Rose Sanchez

Excerpt:

"Medicine Hat

For the past year officials with the South Eastern Alberta Archaeological Society have been busy preparing to host the Archaeological Society of Alberta provincial conference in Medicine Hat which kicks off Friday May 2, with registration and a welcome reception."

The weekend event features a host of speakers, the annual general meeting, a banquet and a field trip. Events take place at the Medicine Hat College."

"Want the best of Asia and Europe? Try Istanbul"

excerpt:

"May 1: NBC's Lester Holt joins TODAY's Matt Lauer on his "Where in the World" tour and takes a trip through Turkey, visiting such colorful locations as Bodrum, Cappadocia and Ephesus"

Tommy Goins

Twanda has information about one Tommy Goins. Twanda is a well known Melungeon with ancestry from the historical Newmans Ridge, located in Hancock County, Tennessee. You can get in contact with Twanda by clicking on the link above.

Janet Crain

Janet Crain over at the Melungeon List posted a great link yesterday. Thank you Janet, keep up the good work!

Melungeons mentioned in 1907

American Indians by Fredrick Webb Hodge Published 1907

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