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Osiyo , I am new here ,and I hope you all are well . I’m looking up family names ,I am 65 and I know I am starting on this late in life .
My family sur names are : Ellis,Corbin,Woods,
Smart,Brown,Dehart, These are just a few .
The Ellis And Corbin side is from North
Carolina area and came into Missouri .The woods are from Kentucky and around the same area . They went into Missouri and Arkansas.
I am really hopeing to find a lot more Info then what I already have .
If anyone here can help me I would be so
gratefull. Im trying to make a family tree
for my children , grand children and my 8 great grand children
Wado
your sister in spirit
littleraven
I am curious about your Ellis side of the family. You say they are from NC? What part(s)? I know that Surry County is eat up with Ellis and I am wondering if your line is traceable back to Surry County VA.
Crystal
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Crystal:)
More surnames from Aframeridian Slave Narratives:
Perryman
Carter
Vann
Wickliff
Wright
Windham
Moore
Shelby
Perkins
Mack
Linda, this is no comprehensive list but some names have been mentioned before. Also, there are alot of people on OK/KS/MO message boards with the Cherokee/Blackfoot identification and I will begin to record their surnames (of the BLFT ancestor).
I too am a descendant of Ellises. My great grandmother was Mary Magdeline Ellis, daughter of Philip Ellis and Martha Mahon. Have been told by family that they were Indian but have not found proof of that. They lived in present day Logan County, West Virginia.
I also have a line of Rakes from Franklin County, Virginia that supposedly were of Indian descent also. re: Rhoda Rakes married to John Spaulding. Is believed he left his family in Prince Edward County, Virgina because he had married an Indian.
Does anyone know of any Ellis or Rakes connection to Indians in Virginia?
Linda,
Are you or anyone familiar with the histories of these particular surnames;
Timbers
Mack
Battle and Arrington.Any info would be appreciated.
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I have Wood(s) and Brown ancestors. Wood(s) from NC/Va/WVa-Tn-In-Ar-Ok. Brown Al-Ky-Al-Ar-Ok
Maybe I ran into you before.
vance hawkins
aka longcoat
Nicole, I don’t recognize any of those names in connection with NC/VA Saponi. My husband has relatives by the name of Timbers, but they’re up in New Jersey at this point, don’t know where they originated.
Vance, your Woods certainly seem to be following a classic path out of NC. The Woods name is on the SE American Indian Family Surnames list, as Creek, Ellis is there, tribe unspecified.
Little Raven, have you heard of the Mahenip Band of the Saponi Nation in MO? Maybe someone there can help you with your relations who migrated there.
Sekon,
I’m unfamiliar with the Coharie surname, ARRINGTON. Do you mean BREWINGTON? Brewington is far and away the most common surname among the Coharie.
Other very common Coharie surnames are: Simmons, Emanuel/Manuel, Maynor, Jacobs, Strickland, Bell, Hardin, Whitehead, Bedsole, Ammons, and Carters.
Additional surnames found among the Coharie are Goodman, Burnette, Wilkins, Faircloth, Chance, Warrick, Jones, Groves, Robinson, and Smith.
Surnames closely associated with the Coharie are Seaberry, Thomas, and Ransom.
Coharie surnames shared with the Lumbee are Chavis, Lowry, and Locklear.
The above are the old names; names which appear on Mr. Enoch Emanuel’s 1916 family history/census. I’m sure that other more recent surnames have entered the Coharie as a result of post 1916 marriages.
Hi Roy. Yes, I know those names and they are very common Coharie names. One of my best friends is a Coharie Ammons. But I do know of several people who are Coharie,(all related), with the last name of Arrington. It’s possible that the name came from intermarriage.
~Sekon~
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Well Sekon, Sekon!
I’m tickled to see you gracing these threads. This is a much quieter place than T.com, Sekon, but we have our moments.
Sekon is an old friend who gave me a lot of encouragement when I first started looking for clues on my native ancestors. I kind of have a feeling that her children five and six generations from now are going to feel her presence as much as I feel the presence and influence of my 5x gr-grandmas. Not to say she’s a meddlesome prankster like some 5x gr-grandmas I know, haha, I’m not implying that at all.
Sekon,
I’m related to Arringtons in Nash,
county NC.Do you know if they have a connection to the Coharies of Lumberton/Robeson counties?Do you know anything about the surname Battle.I know from my own family that they intermarried
with the Arringtons.
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Thanks for the sweet compliment, Linda. BYTW, I was just thinking about that egg drop soup we ate in Cherokee that tasted like formaldehyde just yesterday…lol.
Nicosaponi, I’m sorry for the late response, I just checked the forum today. No, I don’t know of any connection between the Arringtons and the Coharie, of Robeson County. I can ask my friends mother, who’s from Sampson County–she seems to know everyone from Sampson and Robeson Co.
I don’t recall the name Battle, but you’re probably on the mark that the Arrington name is an intermarriage name. But CoharieRoy mentioned that Burnette is a Coharie name. A dear friend of mine is a Robeson County Burnette, so maybe that’s another Coharie/Robeson Co. connection.
~Sekon~
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