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My great grandmother was Rebecca Edwards she was born in 1868 in Carroll County Virginia. Her family lived in the Fancy Gap, VA area and in Mount Airy, NC area. She was full blooded Indian. One of her daughters told me she was Cherokee. I have also been told that one of her children said they were Blackfoot. She definitely had Indian features. From what I have been able to piece together her and her brother, George, were taken in by the Edwards family where they had been living in the woods and raised as white. I have heard she had an Indian name but no one remembers it. She married William Raleigh Davis in 1888. I have read that the Blackfoot in this area may actually be Saponi. Any clues would be appreciated.
Welcome, Fyost and thanks for contributing your info. The Blackfoot ID is not uncommon in that area, and likely indicates VA Siouan heritage. The family stories about two lost Indian children found in the woods with Indian names is probably a bit exaggerated. By 1860 any VA Siouan still living in Virginia had been anglicized for three or four generations or more (we were disrupted in 1676 and dispersed by 1720) so the family story may be covering something more along the lines of a marriage with a family that at that point may have been categorized as “colored” (Indians were legislated out of existence hereabouts early on — there were only two races recognized, white and black). Also be suspect that the Edwards family and others they were intermarried with were mixed blooded themselves. These families tended to congregate together. This heritage was persecuted through the years and people took a lot of understable cover to survive.
Welcome home, Fyost. My father’s family came from Carroll and Floyd cos, VA. I’m about convinced that ALL my father’s surnames were mixed bloods by 1700. My lines lived in Indian Valley, Buffalo Mtn, and Little Reed Creek. I have some excellent books on early Carroll co settlers and a complete cemetery listing. (700 pages) If you will post all you know (names, dates etc) on the Share Genealogy forum, there are several researchers here to help sort things out. Also read Linda’s “Other Blackfoot” article on Saponitown home page.
Becky and I are doing some research for one of the venders on the powwow circuit. She is an Edwards. Davis is also a quite common mixed blood name. (If you have Carroll co ancestors, we are probably cousins 😉
My great grand mother was cherokee indian and lived in Nash county North Carolina. Her name was Lillie Norwood and she married Charlie Alston.
I looking for some one who had some Norwoods in their family.
Hope to hear from some cherokee Norwoods of Nash County, N.C.!!!
Skylar, I have an index of all the various Cherokee rolls that we got at the Chickahominy powwow this past weekend. No individual with the surnames Norwood or Alston has been indexed on any cherokee roll. It is quite likely that your ggma WAS indian but more likely she was from one of the eastern VA/NC tribes that we are studying. If you would post what info you have (names and dates) on the Share Genealogy forum, there are several researchers who will help you track down the truth.
Hi everyone, I was excited to find this site. I recently decided to try and piece together my mother’s side of the family. I was her last child at 37, so I did not have any grandparents on her side left. She did have 1 brother and her mother’s sister was alive until I was 10. I will start with the story as it was told to me growing up, and then give you what I have found. My mother always said that we were decendents of a Indian Chief of the Blackfoot tribe. I would ask how many greats? She would say 4. She said the Indian Maiden married a Cox from TN and that the Indian Maiden was buried in Southern MO near Osceola. Then not to much before she past away and right after her brother did, we were talking and she said that my Uncle told her that we were not Blackfoot, but Cherokee. I asked how could the two of you have such different perpectives on their heritage, but she did not know. Soo.. What I have found out (really not alot).
Her mother Una Belle Barker was born in Deepwater, Henry, MO.1893. Una had two siblings Charles S. Barker b.1895 and Snow Edith Barker b. 1896.
Una, Charles and Snows parents were Thomas Lawson Barker b. 1862 MO and Ida May Cox b.1875 MO.
Thomas Lawson Barker parents were William Barker b. VA and Mary Moore b. VA. This is as far back as I know for the Barkers.
Ida May Cox parents were Henry Cox b.1829 ILL. and Mary Catherine Harvey b.1844 KY
Henry Cox parents were William Cox b. 1804 NC (place of birth is not for sure NC is what Henry put on census), and Jane Hohimer b. 1801 KY. They were married in ILL 1829 and came to Benton County, MO in 1838.
Mary Catherine Harvey parents were Henry b. 1827 KY and Debby Unknown b. 1828 TN.
William Cox parents are unknow at this time and Jane Hohimer father was Henry Hohimer b. 1758 place unknown
When I found this site I thought maybe this might be where I belong, I am not sure where to go from here. Any ideas? Do any names work? Would very much appreciate any info or thoughts. Thanks Debra Simkin
Hey, Debra,
Welcome. Most of us have a similar story.
Please post your names and dates in the genealogy thread. Someone might be able to help you there. Cox is a name I run into frequently as I dabble in genealogy.
Techteach
Hey Debra and welcome. I carry on the lines of 3 of Ambrose Cox’ daughters who lived in the New River area of Va. My wife, Becky, and I both have Moore lines. (btw… my grandma was a Simpkins) It is quite likely that you will discover that you have MANY lines that were mixedbloods. Saponitown is the best place online to explore and discover the truth. Welcome home.
Scylar,
What part of Nash County? My grandmother was born in St. Mary’s Parish in Nash County, NC. My grandmother was also indian from the Moore/Etheridge/Pridgen family lines. There are many people in Nash who say Cherokee but I doubt it’s Cherokee. I have been searching on and off for 16 years and to date I have located only one Cherokee in all the counties of Nash, Wilson and Edgecombe. This Cherokee lady moved to NC from Arkansas in the early 1900’s. Her name was Clarice and I knew her very briefly but I know her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren as they are my kin from my Etheridge lines. I was not however related to Clarice herself at least not by blood. Their are some lines of the Alston family that have Tuscarora bloodlines. Other than the Alston who did the Norwoods marry into? Perhaps the Woodard, Rogers, Barnes or Jordan families???? What about the Etheridges or the Webbs or Varnells???? All of these families have native bloodlines some Saponi, some Nottoway, some Tuscarora, some Nansemond, some Meherrin. Then there are the Bass family and the Daniel family from this area too. These families were married into each other constantly but I have not run into any Norwood’s in our circle that is why I ask you who they married? Did they marry the Bailey maybe?? This area has many families of mixed blood you name it it’s all over the place. I betcha she was indian but I seriouly doubt Cherokee. You know I really hate telling people that but with all the research I have done that is the only conclusion that is logical to make. See people of that area have been told Iroquois and the Cherokee are indeed Iroquois but so are the Nottoway and Tuscarora and Nash County lies in Tuscarora country. White man’s history says all the Tuscarora left North Carolina but Tuscarora history says something completely different oh we are there and there in great numbers we just blended into the population. In my family alone there are over 70 of us which spans 5 generations still living all carrying Nottoway and Tuscarora blood. If we can help you in your research let us know.
Linda
I appreciate everyone that has responded and will respond to my search:
my great grandmother was Rebecca Elizabeth Edwards (pronounced Ederds) she was born July 20, 1868 in Stokes County or Surry Co NC, she died August 15, 1952 in Mt Airy NC, she was married September 19, 1888 in Carroll County, VA. she married William Raleigh (Rawley) Davis. They lived in Fancy Gap,VA and Wythe Co, VA among other places. In a Quaker book on the Davis family it says her father was Effon Edwin. I have always been told it was Eben Edwards. Family say she had an Indian name but no one remembers it. Her brother George and her may have been taken in by a white family according to what I’ve been told. My great aunt, Her youngest daughter told me before she died that Rebecca was Cherokee and her mother’s mothers name was Rhoda Davis, we have been told it was Lydia Dunagin. Due to her advanced age and hearing condition that was all I could find out. A cousin of mine says my grandfather said that his mother was blackfoot Indian. Unfortunately, our Indian heritage was kept secret and everyone in my family that may have known the truth has passed away.
William Rawley (Raleigh) Davis was born June 18, 1867 in Tazewell Co VA, died April 15 1939 Pilot Mountain in Surry Co NC, he was the son of
Andrew (Andy) C. Davis and Nancy (Minnie) Felts;
I have been told that the Allens and Easters of Carroll County/Surry County area are kin too.
fyost wrote: My great grandmother was Rebecca Edwards she was born in 1868 in Carroll County Virginia. Her family lived in the Fancy Gap, VA area and in Mount Airy, NC area. She was full blooded Indian. One of her daughters told me she was Cherokee. I have also been told that one of her children said they were Blackfoot. She definitely had Indian features. From what I have been able to piece together her and her brother, George, were taken in by the Edwards family where they had been living in the woods and raised as white. I have heard she had an Indian name but no one remembers it. She married William Raleigh Davis in 1888. I have read that the Blackfoot in this area may actually be Saponi. Any clues would be appreciated.
,Y GREATGRANDMOTHER WAS MARGARET JANE EDWARDS I THAINK SHE WAS REEBECCA SISTER MARGARET MARRIED HILLARY PEELE HER FATHER WAS EBEN EDWARDS AND HER MOTHER WAS LYDIA DNAGIN LET ME HEAR FROM YOU AND LETS TALK
MARY GOOCH
My G- Grandmother Was Margaret Jane Edwards Born 1850 In Surry Co. Nc I Belive That Your Rebecca Was Her Sister
Mar Gooch
fyost wrote: I appreciate everyone that has responded and will respond to my search:
my great grandmother was Rebecca Elizabeth Edwards (pronounced Ederds) she was born July 20, 1868 in Stokes County or Surry Co NC, she died August 15, 1952 in Mt Airy NC, she was married September 19, 1888 in Carroll County, VA. she married William Raleigh (Rawley) Davis. They lived in Fancy Gap,VA and Wythe Co, VA among other places. In a Quaker book on the Davis family it says her father was Effon Edwin. I have always been told it was Eben Edwards. Family say she had an Indian name but no one remembers it. Her brother George and her may have been taken in by a white family according to what I’ve been told. My great aunt, Her youngest daughter told me before she died that Rebecca was Cherokee and her mother’s mothers name was Rhoda Davis, we have been told it was Lydia Dunagin. Due to her advanced age and hearing condition that was all I could find out. A cousin of mine says my grandfather said that his mother was blackfoot Indian. Unfortunately, our Indian heritage was kept secret and everyone in my family that may have known the truth has passed away.
William Rawley (Raleigh) Davis was born June 18, 1867 in Tazewell Co VA, died April 15 1939 Pilot Mountain in Surry Co NC, he was the son of
Andrew (Andy) C. Davis and Nancy (Minnie) Felts;
I have been told that the Allens and Easters of Carroll County/Surry County area are kin too.
measter
Greetings Frost, and many others from Easter.
You have a contact now.
I have been Tracking these families, from Albermarle Church, Surry Va,
Orange Va, then New London Church, down to the Yadkin Settement, N.C.
with My Haggards, and Fergusons.
Studying Samponi migration, they took the exact migrations, as what I have been tracing, seeing the White, the Samuel Allen Rode wagon
Trains with Mix blood Newmans, Warrens, Addams, William Easter
S.C.
The Allen I have placed in Lawsons Bottom Ky , with My patriarch
Ephraim Easter, Allens put their dna on our Easter DNA from my findings.
All names were Nancy Ward, or Lost Colony
My patriach Ephraim Easter , B.1781 Va.Most likely his dad die Fort Ruddle
Ky, or with Boone on E.Easter pass.
Appears, used Eskridge, Estes, Ephraim in Bute Co.N.C.
Data Suggest from Duncans, he died with them. Letters from captive
Duncans
Can you tell me how Felts, and Davis is Connecting to Easter.?
Told as kid, Black Dutch, Porteghee, dna done, shows Donald, Mcshane
Johnson, Sir William Johnson, New York, Lake George, where Susanah
Johnson taken 1758, O’neal Clan of Ireland.
Also, My Hawkin line , Is Benjamin Hawkin, indian agent, John Hawkin.
My Sumpter kin is Swamp fox,Marion, which the movie, “Patriot” movie
was made.
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