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I am looking for any link to Blackfoot from the Young or Settlemeyer names. Originated from Ft Wayne, Indiana or Lima Ohio area. Thank you…:)
Welcome, Sami,
If you would post some of the names, dates & places for your people, we’ll see where they lead us.
Do you have a family story of being Saponi or Blackfoot?
Bill
Bill,
The only stories I have heard from my grandmother about the Blackfoot history in our family was that it was rumored that our people came to Ohio as captured slaves from out West. Somewhere in Montana area. My granny said we were Blackfoot descendants. My parents never nurtured that side of the family history. I have always been interested but did not know how to go about looking.
I have some papers with names and dates on them. I will get them to you ( the names and dates ) as soon as I get everything unpacked. I just moved back here to Michigan.
Thank you so much for your reply. 🙂
Sami
Well, this is interesting, because the location of Ohio and the name Young can be associated with the “Other” Blackfoot we’re researching — Siouan people who were to a large extent routed from NC/VA in the 18th century. Many quietly migrated into the Midwest. There are many Ohio Saponi descendants today. The ID of Blackfoot is extremely common among these people.
The family story of Montana Blackfoot who were kidnapped into slavery is interesting, though, there again, that is a common tale of what was happening to many VA/NC Siouan Blackfoot.
I know in my own family there were tongues wagging amongst the in-laws that my gr-grandfather was from the “Chippewa” reservation down the road, even though it could be easily determined that he was, in fact, born about 600 miles to the east of that reservation.
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