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From: John T <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Plecker revisited
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:35:42 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <002301c2e0f7$c5255fa0$799a6444@endxokep>



Dennis Maggard <> wrote:
From: "John T"

Frank/John T, you keep asserting this without proof. Upon what do you base this claim? How can you possibly know that *all* Melungeons were enumerated as FPCs? (And a what time would that be anyway?) Do you have an exhaustive list of all Melungeons at some point in time? (If so, we'd all like to see that list!!) If not, how can you make this claim with such absolute certainty?

Howdy Dennis, With all due respect you need to go back and study the History of the Melungeons. Have you ever heard of Edward T. Price geographic review done in 1950 as he list the various free colored clans in the Eastern United States, and guess what? he used the 1830 US Census to locate Melungeon. The 1830 census of Hawkins County and western Virginia enumerated the Melungeons as free colored if they were white what's the big deal. I have given you the list, now would you please list your white Melungeons. Dennis who are these white Melungeons? You know what bothers me most about this whole question, people born in the 1950 who have done no research are now claiming they were Melungeons and even their parents made no such ridiculous claim. Why are people trying to latch on to being something they are not? " I descend from Vardy Colins through his son Vardy, who is your Melungeon forefather? Why in the world do you think the State of Tennessee filed charges on Vardy Collin!
s for voting in an election, did your folks vote? Was they considered Melungeon by any historian? it doesent make a bit of sense to me to claim to be something you /or your family were not. Most families have interesting histories without inventing anything extra to add to their families stories without taking the hardships suffered by our Melungeons families and even some on this list have claimed kin to us so they can claim our legends.The Melungeons were real people. Dennis, the ball is in your court name your Melungeons forefather and define Melungeons for the list, since you are the list Moderator. Frank.



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