9-42. Thomas Weeks We always welcome new members. After checking outtheir genealogy FAQs, you cancontact the library's genealogy expertsthrough the library's website. I have been told that my gggrandmother on my Jones grandfathers side, (I have her death certificate and she is listed as negro) Martha Ann Taylor Jones was Native American. John Harrison II Ive checked Ancestry and we go back to a Casiah name, but I have no census that mentions her as belonging to any tribe at all. 1.16 T. 1.17 U. John Raper John Collins Marriage Bonds Iredell 1-reel 1790-1866. Samuel Barclift Did women customarily take their husbands surnames? This website is undergoing design changes. Richard Rustull, Sr. The 1870 federal population census, the first on which former slaves are listed by name, can be confusing because individuals with shared surnames may be family members or former owners.Even if one knows that an ancestor was born during slavery, work . Samuel Charles Jesse Barnes I have a picture of her headstone and copy of her death certificate. thanks. John Porter, Jr. Wills, Records of Iredell County 7 reels 1929-1971. His will was filed among NC Secretary of State loose wills. Registry of Ancestors. Henry Gibbs, Sr. Hello, is anyone familiar with the Jumper family that were Tuscarora? Matthew Seller Craven Family of North Carolina Potters Cravens in North Carolina. Hardcover, 6 x 9, xviii, 672 pages, Baltimore, Md., 2017, $40.00. William Pope Unusual marriage in those days. Richard Sanderson Thomas Luten She was in Northampton early on. John Barrow found a book David Cusick wrote. Tuscarora People Identified in Land and Other Transactions, http://dna-explained.com/2012/12/18/proving-native-american-ancestry-using-dna/, Borderlands Deeds and the Cain Surname | Native Heritage Project, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=libraryscience, http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=04555, https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Samuel-Smith-Sr-Chief-of-Tuscorora/6000000066981388849, https://dna-explained.com/native-american-dna-resources/. Online tools to help with genealogical research and other North Carolina related topics. John Mason, Sr. Do you have anything in the Tuscarora from the Lost Creek Settlement? Col. John Blake Robert Willson There were 11 last names reported by more than one million individuals: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Garcia, Miller, Davis, Rodriguez, Martinez, and Hernandez. On her death certificate she was listed as neuro. John Godley Peter Jones, Sr. My ancestor was Sarah Jane Guy, whose parents are listed on her death certificate as Adam and Eliza; however, the information was supplied by her husband and it should likely have been Branson and Eliza. Thomas Graves I am a descendent of that line. Thomas Taylor, Sr. I have no males left in my Familyany Help???? . Michael King, Sr. The family eventually made it to Magoffin County Kentucky (FPC by census), and then Hawkins County Tennessee (still FPC by Census) Melungeon to some. Does anyone have any information regarding Grace Verona (Williams) Miller of the NY Tuscaroras? John Pretlow Much new information taken from now available chancery suits at the Library of Virginia has been included. Researching Native American people is hard. Prudence (Sherrod) Brown Several varied groups of multiracial people have sometimes been referred to as or identified as . William Barclift I Robert Forster State Government websites value user privacy. No attempt has been made to correct or regularize spelling the original; some typographical errors have been corrected. Benjamin Foreman, Jr. William Merritt She was supposed to be a cousin. My Great -Grandfather married Romaine Newsome in 1912. Elias Stallings, Sr. I have limited records of my direct relative Joseph Nichols, Iborn EST 1735 Indian Woods, Tuscarora Reservation, Bertie County, North Carolina died AFT 1817 Scott County, Virginia.but little else. Surnames from the NC group, excluding the NY chiefs, include Allen, Basket(t), Blount/Blunt, Bridgers, Cain, Charles, Cope, Cornelius, Dennis, George, Gibson/Gipson, Hancock, Harry, Hicks/Hix, Howett/Hewett, Jack, James (may be first name only), Joe as in Capt. THOMAS RASH CAME HERE WITH A MAN THE LAST NAME OF THOMAS WHOM WAS GIVEN LAND TO HELP SETTLE LAND FOR A OR THE KING OF WALES. Thomas Blount, John Bond, Richard Bond,XCapt. Joseph Whitehead Later they migrated to New York. The first three films are an alphabetical surname guide. When you find a record that interests you, you can obtain a copy through mail or email. My ggggrandfather was a Solomon Allen. Peter Mallard Any information would be helpful. Alexander Sherrod In fact the records tell us clearly that William Cain, a Tuscarora youth remained and we know he reached the age of majority, declined to move to NYand was last seen heading for Raleigh. John Jordan 1 Caswell 1 Catawba 1 Chatham 2 Cherokee 1 Chowan 2 Currituck 2 Dare 1 Davidson 4 Duplin 1 Durham 2 Edgecombe 2 Forsyth 11 Gaston 1 Graham 1 Granville 8 Guilford 15 Halifax 1 Haywood 1 Iredell 9 Jackson 1 Johnston Jones Lenoir Lincoln Mecklenburg New Hanover Orange Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan 8 John Shackelford, Sr. Adam Mohr The first part was relatively easy, because Ive already done that research and documented it in a series of articlestitled Tuscarora People Identified in Land and Other Transactions. Thank You. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=libraryscience They were fighting the British. Paul Phillips The U.S. Census of 1850 listed some 1,200 Scottish-born citizens in North Carolina, most of them residing in the counties of Cumberland, Moore, Robeson, and Richmond. Simon Anderson To learn more, view our full privacy policy. Hoping to locate information on my Tuscarora roots. Thomas Sawyer (d. 1720) Bible records, indexed marriage and death announcements and copies of genealogical research donated to the Government and Heritage Library all fully searchable and available online. Mary (Butler) Keile Richard Jarvis They did settle in Martinsburg, WV, which I believe, has a connection with the Tuscarora. From those early documents,I found a total of 407people in transactions. Thomas Hobbs The surnames of the Tuscarorapeople who returned to NC from NY to deal with land sales and negotiations include: Abraham (may be first name only), Big Fish, Billy, Casie, Chew,Cusick, Jack, Jacob, Johnson, Jones, Green, King (as in Young King), Lewis (may be firstname only),Longboard, Lovedenny, Mt Pleasant, Printup/Prantup, Sacarusa, Sachem (may be a description, not a surname),Smith, Thomas (may be first name only), Warchief,William (may be first name only). Daniel Highsmith, Sr. Thomas Avera, Sr. John Cotton III | Ups and Downs of Family History V2.0, Edward Cannon (1635-1729) Probated Will in Bath County NC 10 Jun 1729 naming 3 enslaved persons, Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County 1691-1703, by William S Pelletreau, published in 1897, Peregrine Stanbrough 1702 Probated Will in Southampton, Suffolk County, NY naming two enslaved personsWill & Isabel, Amy McDaniel Pollock, 1820 US Census in Jones County NC, enumerating one enslaved female, John McDaniel 1817 will in Jones County NC, naming seven enslaved persons, Follow My Family's Twisted Tree on WordPress.com. He was involved in the Regulator movement in the NC. My GG Grandmother, I was told Effy Bond was from Indian Woods Reservation. William Stafford (d. 1728) I am interested in any information about the Pugh and Pierces of the Tuscarora tribe of North Carolina and New York. William Putnell Mary (Stafford) May Moulet Munroe, John Cuthbert. John Cropley Henry Stanton, Jr. Required fields are marked *. The Cherokee are a Native American people who settled primarily in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennesee. William Ward, Sr. Henry Woodhouse Mr. Small, my G grandmother was Clara Small and I am a Ruffin and the Smalls, Bonds and Smallwoods are said to be related families so if you find any info on anyone from the India Woods area please send me an email (josh3609@gmail.com) sirthanks in advance!! Francis Parrott Thanks for any help! 6 D2s; Eaker, Lorena Shell, ed. Henry Woodard Thomas Keile I really don;t understand a lot of this..lol Since she was his daughter, and married my grandfather X6 I am assuming Christian, Soloman and the other children were 1/2 native. Sarah (Reeves) Hicks They are both from the Bertie, North Carolina Area. Richard Swinson James Braswell William Jackson Have a Question? In the census of 1880 the number was down to some 400. Her father was Wesson Taylor and mother Harriet Ross of Pitt county. My family legend says that her daughter Malinda L. Shipe had a mother named Morning Star, but the English name was Rebecca (in actuality Sarah), who was a full blooded Cherokee. The State Library may be able to help. Henry Baker All of the known people that lived in the African American community at Historic Stagville. William Brown Robert Sims William Reeves William Whitfield My Great-Grandfather was Matthew William Blount and his father was Matthew Blount. Arthur Cotton Pugh,1856. 2. Thomas Harrison A Scottish corporation in the 1880s purchased land in Madison and Haywood Counties with a view to bringing in Scottish settlers. Charles Merritt These were John Mackintosh Moore, John Mackintosh, Roland McDonald, John McDonald, John MacLean, John McIntosh, John McIntosh Bain, James Mackay, Daniel Clark, Alex Clark, I. Burgess, D. Clark, Jr., A. McBain, Wm. That is assumed, unless they are labeled as African or Indian or something else. Thomas Barecock Peter Dauge Thomas Loftin John Freeman Isaac Ricks John Forbes His descendants live mostly in Oregon and Washington. have you found any Indians from the towpath area between WV and Virginia, in Jefferson county. Susannah (_____) Travis I know they once resided in Dinwiddie Virginia and later migrated to Pittsylvania/Henry County. Jeremiah Perry Walter Draughon 1 are the following:John Alston, Sr., of Chowan Co., NC;William Bennettof Northampton Co., NC;JohnandJames Drakeof Bertie Co., NC, andJohn Collins; Gov. Joseph Moore George Wynns Benjamin Ward Secure websites use HTTPS certificates. Tuscarorasurnames recorded from NY in the War of 1812 include: Allen, Beach, Blacknose, Cusick, Fox, Green,Henry, (possibly),Miller, Mount Pleasant, Patterson, Pemberton, Peter (possibly),Printup, Sky, Smith (possibly),Thompson, Williams. John Spivey First Families of Tennessee. 3 vols. Samuel Newby This volume treats the known descendants for five generations, male and female, ofJohn Williams, died testate 1692, Isle of Wight Co., VA, and his brotherThomas Williams, died 1693, Isle of Wight Co., VA. OFFNC ancestors are second generation: John2Williams, William2Williams, and Samuel Herring (married Anne3Williams). I am through Ancestry and FTdna ,Related to the Gibsons, Hicks, Owens, Rogers,Stone, Walker and Wheelers. Benjamin Pritchard William Maund, Sr. John Dew III Learn how your comment data is processed. Thomas Speight Looking for information on Goins, Maynor, and America Merica Manuel.