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From: John T <>
Subject: RE: [Melungeon]
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 17:37:15 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <C5FA5FEED6F0884E9EB90BB3C010F1EF02DD56A1@etsuex1.etsu.edu>



"Winkler, Wayne" <> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Winkler, Wayne <>
Writes;

> Curtis asks several questions which I am certain are common among new
> Melungeon researchers. He writes:
>
> Since I have been on this message board, about three days now, I sense
> the feeling that one or his ancestors had to have came from Newmans
> Ridge in Hancock Tennessee before he or she can be classified as a
> Melungeon.
>
> Obviously there are some folks who hold that belief. I will say that
> just about the only people who can be certain they are Melungeon can
> trace their families back to Hancock County or the nearby area. Hancock
> County is where most journalists have gone to see and/or talk to
> Melungeons, starting with an unnamed correspondent whose writing ended
> up in Littel's Living Age in 1849, and on through Dromgoole in 1890 and
> William Worden in 1947. >
> Curtis: In essence, I am saying that one cannot confine Melungeons to
> one certain geographical area.
>
> I think Hancock County and Newman's Ridge is the focal point where the
> various Melungeon families coalesced, and the jumping off point for
> later migrations. But I agree 100% -- Melungeons were located and
> documented in areas outside that focal area centering on Newman's Ridge.

Wayne

Howdy Wayne and list , Wayne I think you answers completely ignores the historical facts. My questions to you is why did Dromgoole,
William Warden and everybody else come to Newman Ridge to begin with? Now another question for you, Who was that family you said was documented as Melungeon who was not from that geographical area? Also, if you believe this what do you mean by the statement above where you say "Newman Ridge was the focal point".Why do you say that. Frank











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