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Mike Thanks For Your Help I Will Try To The Meherrin Pow Wow Are You Neheerin My Mother Was The Lassiter My Father Bennett Davis He Was Born In Murfeerboor Are Thair Davis On The Meherrin Rolls Thanks C B Davis Black Crow
Carol B. Davis wrote: Mike Thanks For Your Help I Will Try To The Meherrin Pow Wow Are You Neheerin My Mother Was The Lassiter My Father Bennett Davis He Was Born In Murfeerboor Are Thair Davis On The Meherrin Rolls Thanks C B Davis Black Crow
WHO HAS THE ROLLS
Lone Wolf wrote: Hello everyone,
I just moved this message from the Crafts Forum. I hope I’m in the Genealogy Forum this time.
My name is Dan and this is my first attempt at posting messages so feel free to let me know if i’m not following the correct protocol. I live in Southampton County, Virginia where I grew up and my father’s family has lived since the mid 1600s. My mother is from Northampton County, North Carolina.
Last july my wife (who is Creek) and I visited the Chereonhaka powwow (my first) and I decided to look for my NA roots that were rumored to be on both sides of my family. So far, in the census records, everyone is listed as white. I had a DNA test which if it is accurate, confirms that there is much more NDN in the family than I thought. My mom had a DNA test too which shows she is part NA and by simple math shows my dad had alot of Indian blood. In retrospect, he looked indian with darker skin and straight black hair.
I had assumed that since my family has lived in this area for hundreds of years that I am probably Chereonhaka/Nottoway, Meherrin, Tuscarora or possibly Chowan but I believe that I read in one posting that some of the Saponi moved to Northampton Co too.
The only person that the family agrees is Indian, through oral tradition, is my great grandmother. Here name was Cordelia Nelson. On one site she was listed as Cordelia Jackson Nelson but I haven’t seen that in the records. Her father was John Nelson and he was listed as John Jackson Nelson at that site. The records show that John Nelson (born @ 1805) married Sally Johnson (born @ 1822) in 1841 but later in each census she is listed as Sarah, not Sally. I assume it’s the same person since Cordelia is also listed as Adelia and Delia. But that’s all the info I can find on that side of the family. I hope someone may recognize the name’s.
On my father’s side, he said he thought his GM was half Indian. Her maiden name was Lula E. (Alma) Gray. To save time the rest of the names I have are Benjamin J. Gray and Martha Barrett. Bennett Barrett and Edith Phillips. Richard Gray and Louise Bryant, Jordan Barrett and Elizabeth English, Benjamin Gray and Sylvia Millicent Massengale, Ephraim Bryant and Nancy Beale.
Again, I hope someone recognizes a name.
Thanks,
willie d gray my grandmothers father was lula was willie sister who is your father do you have proof they are nottoway thanks c b davis
Dan
can you emait the proof
hello dan my gmother father willie d is brother to lula gray who his your father willie was born 1873 do you have proff the gray are nottoway if you have this proof cood you email to me i want to appley for membreship to the tribe thanks c b davis
my grandmother mimmie gray lassiter father willie d was brother to lula alma gray what indian tribe are they thanks cb davis
Carol B. Davis wrote: my grandmother mimmie gray lassiter father willie d was brother to lula alma gray what indian tribe are they thanks cb davis
and do you have the pooof
saj wrote: Testing
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/southampton/wills/barrewil.txt
Maybe this will work Dan.
Sue J
Hey saj: I wonder if this John Thorpe who is mentioned in this Will is kin to my Martha “Patsy” Thorp b. 1770 in Franklin Co. married to Littleton Howard?
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