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Surname ID: 1968
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- UPDATED: 7.21.2025
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lists/rolls:
Pamunkey/Powhatan Indians (Virginia) | Guineas (West Virginia Melungeon) | Surnames of the Tri-Racial Families of the Upper South | Choctaw Freedman Surnames | Creek Freedman Surnames | Seminole Surnames – Freedman and Blood Rolls | Melungeon-Related Surnames (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky) | Surnames of Probable Melungeon Descent
records:
1790 U.S. Census – Wilkes County, North Carolina | 
1820 U.S. Census – Floyd County, Kentucky | 
1830 U.S. Census – Floyd County, Kentucky | 
1840 U.S. Census – Hawkins County, Tennessee | 
1840 U.S. Census – Morgan County, Kentucky | 
1850 U.S. Census – Morgan County, Kentucky | 
1850 U.S. Census – Subdivision 33, Hancock County, Tennessee
resources:
mentions:
Almost White: A Study of Certain Racial Hybrids in the Eastern United States | 
Black Indian Genealogy Research | 
Free Negro Owners of Slaves in 1830 | 
Letter from Walter A. Plecker to Local Registrars, et al. | 
Melungeons: Footprints From the Past | 
Our Mountain Heritage: Ancestors from Southwest Virginia (Including Edwards, Wright, Hay, Colley, Deel) | 
We’re Still Here: Contemporary Virginia Indians Tell Their Stories