[Dreaminghawk]

This is the group that I have been studying on the Flat River. While my lines stayed in NC, most of their siblings migrated to Ky and points west and south. Here is a link to a discussion of this migration on the Person co genweb forum.

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.person/1652/mb.ashx

Note especially the post from apr 2007. I think that poster nailed it.

[Dreaminghawk]

On the link above click “change to flat view” to see all the posts on one screen.

[Dreaminghawk]

The southeastern corner of Person Co, NC has always been unofficially called “Shakerag”. This is the area, the triracial isolate, where all these folks migrated from. I was surprised to see the area they migrated to in Hopkins Co, KY called “Shakerag”. This would indicate to me that the area in Person Co carried this name prior to migration in the 1800-1830 timeframe. Since these were ndns and mixed bloods, could the term have its origins in the local native language? Could the “Shakerag indians” maybe be Shakori? (We know the surnames originated in the Nansemand/Isle of Wight area but marriages were with local Granville Co ndns after their 1750s migration to NC)

I continue to find other areas called “Shakerag” that carry these same surnames. In the case of Person Co, I can personally attest to the fact that someone saying you were from Shakerag meant that you were from the WRONG part of the county.

[Dreaminghawk]

Shakerag in Tn, Wi and Ga:

The Legend

Shakerag Hollow is named for an old Sewanee custom whereby residents could procure moonshine before the advent of liquor stores. A customer wanting moonshine would come to the bluff at Beckweth Point, near what is now the fourth hole of the Sewanee golf course, shake a rag at the moonshiner who lived down in the hollow, and leave money for a purchase in a tree stump. Then, as the song about Uncle Bill puts it, “you go ’round the bend, and when you come back, then, there’s a jug full o’ good ole mountain dew.” When he returned, the customer would find a jar of moonshine left in the stump, and the money removed.

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Shake Rag Alley is the historic heart of Mineral Point,Wi where early miners clustered cabins in the valley around Federal Spring.

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“The name of Shakerag, symbol of hospitality, lingers on and still brings a smile,” said C. J. Holleran writing in the ATLANTA JOURNAL a few years ago, as he explained the origin of the town of Shakerag. He might well have been talking about Georgia’s only recognized hunt,

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