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From: "Al Allison" <>
Subject: Re: [TXFALLS] FYI-Lumbers/Lumbee/Lumberson's/Lumbertons
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:50:18 -0600
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I could use more information on the Freemans of Falls County who took the
YDNA test that reflected an Indian American heriatge. Can anyone help?




----- Original Message -----
From: "darjean" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 4:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TXFALLS] FYI-Lumbers/Lumbee/Lumberson's/Lumbertons


> Thank you so much Al !
> Correct, It was the Lumbee Tribe.
> Wonderful and awesome that you found the information.
> Perhaps it will help someone one of these days.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Allison" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [TXFALLS] FYI-Lumbers/Lumbees/Lumberson's/Lumbertons
>
>
> >From NC Cherokee reservation site: Lumbee Tribe, Robeson County, NC.
Area:
> 70 acres. Tribal enrollment: over 47,000. James Hardin, Executive
Director.
> Lumbee Tribe, PO Box 68, Pembroke, NC 28372, phone: (910) 521-8602, fax:
> (910) 524-8625. The Lumbee ancestors were mainly Cheraw and related
> Siouan-speaking Indians who have lived in what is now Robeson County since
> the 18th century. The Lumbee people were recognized by North Carolina in
> 1885, and have been seeking federal recognition since 1888. Over 12 bills
> have been introduced to recognize the tribe. In 1956, a bill was passed by
> the US Congress which recognized the Lumbee as Indian, but denied the
tribe
> full status as a federally recognized Indian Tribe and did not entitle
them
> to BIA services as provided to other federally recognized tribes. The
Lumbee
> have also been called the Croatan of Robeson County, the Indians of
Robeson
> County, and the Cherokee Indians of Robeson County. The Lumbee Tribe is
the
> largest tribe in the state, the largest east of the Mississippi River, and
> the ninth largest in the nation. The tribe takes its name from the Lumber
> River.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "darjean" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TXFALLS] FYI-Lumbers/Lumbers/Lumberson's/Lumbertons
>
>
> > Hi,
> > just some information that could help...
> > Last week on the History Channel showing/talking about a Native
American
> > Tribe living in a region somewhere either in N.C. or S.C.
> > that were attacked off and on during and after the Civil War by a group
of
> > Confederates accusing them of Helping Union soldiers get
> > back to their lines, spying and other things.
> > The name of these Native American's Tribe were Lumbersons or
> > Lumbers/Limbers...
> > and were slowly and gradually being killed off until a 17 year old
became
> > a leader and fought back. (the young leader's name
> > escapes me, and I thought I could remember it)
> > They dressed as other white settlers and lived like any one else of the
> > times.
> > I also read it on the internet in one of the Cherokee Native American
> > pages.
> > It gave the whole history of them including some genealogical family
> > surname information.
> > Good Luck!
> >
>
>
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