Amherst VA and Clinton Co. Ohio

Hi Linda, Thanks for your reply.

Yes I’ve read the Monacan book. And I’ve read various articles by Anita Wills. The Monacan book, of course, is quite specific to the Monacans although is makes many references to other bands of indians in the area. I have a Joseph Welch and his father John Welch who were in Amherst extremely early. According to the tax lists Joseph was there prior to like 1765 or something like that (off the top of my head). He definately fought in then tri-racial Amherst County Millitia under Samuel Cabell (see both Anita Wills articles and the Monacan Book) because we have the deposition of his wife (Susanna Prophet) and daughter getting the pension later on. They leave Amherst Co. in 1790 for KY and later on to Indiana and IL. Anyway, we had heard they were mixed bloods and/or acculturated indians but don’t know what tribe. There’s apparently no Monacan connection, but I had read that both Saponi and Tutelo (as well as Powhatan tribes) also came through there.

As for the Clinton Co OH, another family I’m researching are the Johns of Clinton. I saw *somewhere* a list of alledged Sapino names as well as some kind of list of attendees of a multi tribal council meeting in Green OH(I thinkk?) in like 1910 or something like that and in both lists I believe I saw the sunames Johns.

The Johns I am looking at apparently came to Clinton OH in the 1790s from PA. Where in PA I do not know but I do know that the “main body” of the Saponi stayed in PA for a while at some point on their way to join the Iroquois.

Male decendants of these families end up later on marrying indian women in KS and indian territory, but supposedly had indian blood of their back there in their own trees as well..