Clatterbuck Family of Northern Virginia

Greetings! My name is Kevin Bell. I am new to this site and I have really learned a lot. Let me tell you how I got here.

My Grandma Bell once told me and my Dad that my “Grandpa Bell was Indian.” My Dad was with me and he didn’t even know that. My Mom later told me that Gramdma had told her it was Cherokee (no surprise on that one). But, nevertheless I worked on that assumption. As I began doing genealogy I had my Mom contact my Grandma again (by this time she was in her mid 90s). She gave my Mom a surname of Buckhorn and a first name of a collateral family member known as Eutaw. I did some research on my Grandpa Bell’s line and found that his grandmother was surnamed Clatterbuck (I thought, I bet this was where my Grandma got the “Buck” from). Unfornately, she passed away shortly after so I couldn’t ask her any more questions. On the other hand my Dad’s cousin told my Father that this Clatterbuck woman was Seminole. My first thought on all this information was, probably too far North for Seminole and possibly too far North for Cherokee. My 2nd Great Grandmother, Elizabeth J., aka Jane E., Clatterbuck was born in Culpeper, later to become Rppahannock, County, Virginia (my Bell Family lived i Page County, right next door). In spite of these thoughts I persisted my search to no avail. Just recently I started it up again. I found a Clatterbuck Family Forum site. They seem to come from Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahnnock Counties in Virginia. Imagine my delight and excitement when I found references to Clatterbucks applying for Cherokee citizenship (rejected by the way), “brown skinned” people, an individual named “Powhatan” Clatterbuck, a gramother’s book full of names, “but they are all Indian”, and then a, what I thought at the time was a strange line: “they were all supposed to have been Blackfoot Indian”. Right, I thought, they’re in Montana aren’t they? Imagine my surprise and delight when, out of curiosity, I did a search of “Blackfoot Indians” and found your site. I never knew about the Saponi. I cannot say if I am descended from them or not, but the “Blackfoot” tie really interested me. I feel a tingling in my spine and I must keep pursuing this. Anyone out there have a Clatterbuck connection? My ancestor was Jane Elizabeth Clatterbuck, could be listed as Elizabeth Jane Clatterbuck, who was born about 1825 in Culpeper County, Virginia. The area where she was born became Rappahannock County. I don’t know which family is hers, but there are a lot of them in that area. Would love to compare notes, stories, etc., with anyone researching this family, Indian or not. Clatterbuck is not a very common name. Everyone I have met online or on the phone all trace their roots back to those three counties. I have a strong suspicion that alot of them have Indian blood, most likely the Tutelo connection. Later.

Thanks to you all,

Kevin Bell