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From: John T <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Plecker revisited
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:17:44 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <020c01c2e104$c0568690$5a42fea9@yourqxth6nfroj>



vhowery <> wrote:
I have a comment here, I am not one who can prove Melungeon but my lines are Moore and Mullins and it goes to Va, Tn and dead stops at 1767 with apparent lies and names that never existed now tell what would you think??? I am not trying to steal anything just want to know who I am and where my dark hair and skin came from.. And my GGGGrandfatherMoore who looked part African..So who are we..
Marie Worley- Howery

Howdy Marie; I cannot say who your family was, becasue I have not researcjed them. Some Moore's were Indians, some were Melungeons. there is several clans maped by Price, the ones in Fort Blackmore and Wise County were called Ramps by the locals. Frank


Searching for: WORLEY,MOORE(4 lines) ,TODD,CHARLTON,
BAXTER,MAY,SCHAEFER,FEHLINGS,CARPENTER-
ZIMMERMAN,BESS,ELLIS,QUICK,MULLINS-MULLENS,McLAUGHLIN
MULLER-MILLER,NICKELL,POWERS,CURRY,McCOMBE,LEWIS,GUERRANT,AGEE,L'ORANGE,
STEELE,CAPPS,WHITSELL,HARSHMAN.
TRABUE,PERROW,WOODS,WOOD,PARMENTER,
HALL,SKINNER,BURKETT,LOOMIS,STEELE,BURKETT
and MANY MORE..
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From: "John T"
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Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Plecker revisited


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