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Hello group. I am happy to be in this forum although I have not been able to document my family yet. I am Cherokee, Creek and Blackfoot – I guess Saponi from what I have been learning. This line of my family is the HUDSON’s, Quarley and Eunice, children: Georgiana (ggrandmother) et al. Quarley moved to Chetopa, KS in 1879 in the Exodus from Texas from San Augustine. This is the only information I have. If anyone out there thinks s/he might be related, please reply to my posting. Also, I would like to know if there is any online documentation, rolls etc. of the Saponi. Thank you very much.
MmeTroislangues
One way to approach this is to go back to the orginal home of the Blackfoot–Southside Va. Below is a timeline of some of the movements of the Saponi.
http://winwinworldnet.90.uslive.net/SaponiForum/UBB/Forum3/HTML/000011.html
I am from Mecklenburg Co. the orginal home of the Occaneechi. There are Hudsons’ there that I am sure have Indian heritage. Some of them may have struck out for Texas at some point. This was quite common. Though I don’t recall seeing this name in the free people of color book this does not mean much since many Indians were slaves. I met a man from California last week whose Texas Saponi came by way of Ohio from Southside VA.
Thanks for replying. What and where online is the Free People of Color Book? I haven’t come across many Hudsons and I distinctly remember my grandmother who still lives near Chetopa say that her grandfather wouldn’t talk about the family history much – that it wasn’t something children would inquire of. I found out her maiden name and grandfather’s birthplace/migration on accident from a local museum there! There are several Hudson’s on the indexed obit page. They separated that info by color of person and it paid off some. Another person, not a Hudson, was born a slave in Richmond, VA and went to Grimes County, TX before the 1879 Exodus. I just wonder how many of these people were cousins, neighbors, etc. And could I draw some conclusions that my family might have originated in Virginia based on the histories of others migrating along with them? I realize that true researchers do not do this but I have nothing else. Thanks Barry.
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