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From: "Jack Goins" <>
Subject: Re: [MELUNGEON] Reply to Jack and K T JAMES- Melungeons...letsberealistic
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 16:12:02 -0400
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John Fields may have been a brother to Sarah- Lewis Minor b 1807 in NC
married 1836 to Sarah Fields, daughter of James Anderson Fields and
Elizabeth Manis, Sarah was born Jul 24, 1816 in Ky.

See if any of their children's names are familiar .
1850 Hancock Co Census Wallen Dist. Lewis Miner 42, Mu , b NC farmer- Sarah
36, Ky. Elizabeth 13, John 12, Mariah 11, Anderson 9, Hiram 3, Nancy 6mo.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Fields" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 1:13 PM
Subject: [MELUNGEON] Reply to Jack and K T JAMES- Melungeons...lets
berealistic


> Jack,
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> I would like to find out what you have on John. I think we may have
> emailed each other before on this topic, but im very interested in the
> trial. I have heard this from a Fields relative as well.
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> K James.
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> I haven't been able to find out who Polly's parents was. John Fields
> married her in the late 1700s and they lived in the Claiborne County /
> Hancock County area. John and Polly left the area and moved to KY in the
> early 1800s, but I think some of the kids stayed in TN. I have looked all
> over the net, and Polly just pops up, kinda the same as John did. John
> stated in his Revolutionary War pension that he growed up on the North
> Fork
> of the Holsten, but I have also read that he was born in Bakersville NC,
> so
> he may have moved as a young boy. All of the Fields in the Perry County KY
> area trace back to John, and there is also a set of Fields that are
> African
> American in Harlan County, which is probably also traced back to him.
> Anything you have on Polly's parents would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
> The biggest road block I have hit is the Begleys, Brays, and Shepherds
> from
> Leslie County. There are at least 3 different sets of Begley's in this
> area,
> but my set doesn't seem to be related to the other 2. I have heard they
> came
> from Floyd County, but haven't had any luck backing that up. The Shepherds
> came from Virginia, around the Shenandoah Valley. I have heard stories
> that
> one Shepherd man came to KY and left 1000 acres to an African American
> family back in Virginia.
>
>
>
> MIKE FIELDS
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