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From: "Gene Stillings" <>
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Blackfoot Identified Families in Clay County
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:28:38 -0500
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Hi Linda
I have Lawson on my Mother's side, they were from the Pulaski Co., KY area.
Thanks for your list.

Gene Stillings
Manchester, Tennessee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Carter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Blackfoot Identified Families in Clay County


> That was dawning on me. You're the lady with the extremely rare
coincidence of possibly two surnames on the extremely small list of surnames
"definitely known to be Saponi (VA/NC Siouan)." (Bolin and Guy (Gay a ready
variant), and two more names that occur in families believed to be Saponi
(Parker, Williams). If we can dig more into this locale, who knows what
we'll find?
>
> I should have stated at the outset that by no means do ALL VA/NC Siouan
descendants carry the Blackfoot ID.
>
> This is the "short" list of Saponi (generic for NC/VA Siouan) names, the
names that trace back to tribal people documented while the tribe still had
treaty relations with the colonial government (very early 18th century):
> Alston/Austin
> Irvin
> Heathcock/Haithcock et al
> Bowling/Bolin
> Harry
> Griffin
> Collins
> Guy
> Corn
> Bearskin
> The long list of names suspected/believed to be connected to descendants
of these tribes:
> Allen
> Ammon
> Anderson
> Austin/Austin/Alston
> Barnes
> Bearskin
> Bird/Byrd
> Bowman
> Braveboy
> Brook
> Brown
> Bullen/Bullian
> Burnett
> Capons
> Chavers/Chavis
> Coaker
> Coker
> Cokerum
> Colins
> Day
> Dempsey
> Dixon
> Evans
> George
> Gibson/Gipson
> Goen/Goings/Gowin
> Griffin
> Guy
> Haith/Haithcock/Heacock/Heathcock
> Hammond
> Harris
> Hays
> Jeffreys/Jeffries
> Joe
> Jones
> Kimball/Kimble
> Lane
> Lawson
> Leder
> Liggin
> MaGhee
> Martin
> Mathews
> Mayho/Mayo
> Mitchell
> Morgan
> Mullens/Mullins
> Norton
> Oaks
> Paine/Payne
> Pettiford
> Pritchard/Pritchett/Pritchard/pritchett
> Pruet
> Ragland
> Ransom/Ransome
> Revills
> Shomac/Shomach
> sizemore
> Stanley
> Stevens
> Stuart
> Sweat/Sweet
> Taborn/Tabourne/Taburn
> Thore
> Tootle
> Totero
> Tucker
> Turner
> Tutterow
> Valentine
> Walden
> Walker
> Walton
> Watkins
> Wetmore/Whitmore
> Williams
> Winburn/winbourn
> These names are from Richard Haithcock's compilation on Saponi genealogy.
>
> Linda Carter
> www.saponitown.com/blackfoot.htm
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "NANCY/Glenda" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Blackfoot Identified Families in Clay County
>
>
> > Hi, we talked earlier. Gay, Abner, Williams, Parker, Bowling/Boling..
> > Virginia, N.Carolina, Tenn. Kentucky. Gay family is connected to
Williams,
> > Parker Boling/Bowling, Abner and wrapped around each other. I am the
> > Pocahontas descendant we spoke this am..Nancy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Linda Carter" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Blackfoot Identified Families in Clay County
> >
> >
> > > What surnames did you have in this line. I'm particularly interested
in
> > > their states of origin.
> > >
> > > Linda
> > > www.saponitown.com/blackfoot.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "NANCY/Glenda" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:51 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Blackfoot Identified Families in Clay County
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was born across the South Fork of the Kentucky River from the
mouth of
> > > > Island Creek. I have been told by my mother all my life that we had
> > > > Blackfoot in our line. My family lives in Owsley, Clay and
surrounding
> > > > areas but came from N.C., Va, Maine, Pa, Tenn. etc. Nancy
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Penny Ferguson" <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:02 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [KYCLAY] Blackfoot Identified Families in Clay County
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Linda Carter said:
> > > > > I joined this list because I belong to a group that has been
> > researching
> > > > > what a family tradition of Blackfoot descent
> > > > > originating east of the Mississippi signifies
> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > Linda I visited your website and I can't help with the Blackfoot
> > people.
> > > > I
> > > > > have never heard of anyone in the areas I research say they were
> > > > Blackfoot,
> > > > > however a lot of people have a tradition in their family of an
> > "Indian"
> > > > > grandma, or a "Cherokee" grandma. I am speaking of eastern KY
here.
> > > In
> > > > my
> > > > > family my grandmother said our Indian (her word) was Quadrule
Indians
> > > and
> > > > > they lived on Wallens Creek in Harlan County KY. I have been
> > > researching
> > > > > them, and have found some others who have these Quadrules in their
> > > lines,
> > > > > and right now my research is pointing to the Shawnee which are
> > > Algonquian
> > > > > instead of Siouan. These Quadrules may have been a mix of Native
> > > > Americans,
> > > > > research is possibly showing that they are Shawnee mixed with
> > Cherokee.
> > > > I
> > > > > don't have enough evidence to write anything about their exact
tribe
> > > > > connections yet. Good luck with your research.
> > > > > Penny Ferguson
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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