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- UPDATED: 7.21.2025
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RESOURCES
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records:
1790 U.S. Census – Wilkes County, North Carolina | 
1820 U.S. Census – Floyd County, Kentucky | 
1830 U.S. Census – Floyd County, Kentucky | 
1830 U.S. Census – Hawkins County, Tennessee | 
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:
Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America | 
Melungeons: Footprints From the Past | 
My Melungeon Heritage: A Story of Life on Newman’s Ridge | 
Windows on the Past: The Cultural Heritage of Vardy | 
Melungeons: and Other Pioneer Families | 
The Buffalo Ridge Cherokee: A Remnant of a Great Nation Divided | 
Letter from Walter A. Plecker to Local Registrars, et al. | 
Melungeon Portraits: Exploring Kinship and Identity | 
Our Mountain Heritage: Ancestors from Southwest Virginia (Including Edwards, Wright, Hay, Colley, Deel) | 
Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 | 
Free Negro Owners of Slaves in 1830
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