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Hello, I havent posted in a while. But I was looking for a little bit of input?
My family is from Roxboro (Surnames; Baird, Farley, Chism & Minnis). And I recently obtained a copy of the Indian school roster from the 1800’s in which my family is very much a part of the 1868 – 1881 roster.
I have read the article that was posted in the Newspaper years ago, stating the different Surnames of the Native Families from that time period in Roxboro.
What I cant seem to understand, even though my family attended the school with the same families (Epps, Martin, Stewart, Coleman, King ect…) I cant seem to find any mention of my family?
I also have the documentation that my Minnis Family, was also listed in the Chickasaw Infantry rolls (they resided in the Roxboro area).
However, I did notice in the article that they listed the 6 main Surnames of present day. Unfortunately, my Grandfather… had all girls and 1 boy.
Perhaps that is why the name has been “forgotten”? But I thought that native blood lines were carried by the Maternal Line?
So I guess my question is this, maybe someone can shed a little light on why more family names are not included on the “list” of this infamous newspaper article ( http://ncperson.org/high_plains.htm )
Or maybe someone here in the group can share a little more information with me? I Truly appreciate it :o)
Thanks!
The most probable reason your family names are not included in the 1948 article is that they were not, at that time, associated with the Indian community in the High Plains Community of Holloways Township, which is roughly 15-20 miles from Roxboro.
Historically, the family names associated with that particular community were Epps, Coleman, Martin, Stewart, Sheppard, Tally, and Johnson, with the first 6 being the oldest. If you visit the older community graveyards associated with the Indian community at High Plains, these are the names you find. If you look at the school board minutes for items regarding the Indian (or earlier, the “Cuban” School) you find these same names
There was no Indian school in Person county, at least not by that name, prior to 1900. Not as far as the state/county was concerned, anyway. The first official, county school was built in about 1888 in District “0” Holloways Township, specifically for the people who would come to be known as the Sappony. For a short period of time prior to about 1911 the school was referred to in the school board minutes as “the Cuban School”. The Tribe received recognition from the state in 1913 as the Indians of Person County, which was then amended in 2003 to “Sappony”
Some of the families from High Plains did move to the Roxboro area, (Dolphus Epps is one that sticks in my mind, but I don’t have my notes in front of me at the moment) and may well appear on a school roster there, but the school could not have been an “Indian” school, at least not in the official sense. It was not uncommon for Indians and Blacks to attend school together in NC prior to the 1880’s, when some communities began setting up distinctively Indian schools. Some of these families that moved to the Roxboro area lost their identity as Indians, and merged with the larger society.
I am not, by any means, saying your people were not of native descent; they simply were not part of the specific community the article was referring to in 1948. There are certainly other Indian descended families in Person County; but this article was focusing on just one area of the county.
Wow! That was Fantastic! Thank You so much, this is the reason why I Love being a part of an Open Forum like this.
The information you gave me was SO informative. Where else could I have gotten so much information so well put and so available.
I thank You, from the bottom of my heart. Its amazing how a question that a person can have for so long get answered so Quickly? And get such an immediate and “thourough” response.
You have no idea how much the information you just gave to me meant :o) This helps me in filling in my geneological information.
:p
Again, Thank You!
Do you know of any baird’s in Massachusettes? My Uncle sylvester Wilkerson married Ester Baird, and her mother was a Baird rumored to be of native ancestry. Ester’s mother was fairly light skined. Are your Baird’s real light Skined as well?
Our Farley’s have these names (let me know if any are familiar to you):
Hallie, Anderson, Arthur, Beattie “Biddy”, Bettie L., Carolina, Charles, Delia, Edward, Gency “Ginny”, George, Golden, Hughey, James M., Jefferson, Jennie, Joseph, Josephine, Jossie, Lee, Liddie, mark, Mary Jane, Nelson, Priscilla, Roosevelt, Viola, Virginia and Willie
I descend from Parkers in VA.
One Parker named Peter born Isle of Wight, Va died 1719 in Chowan, NC and was married to Mary Farley.
She may also be the Mary who married Daniel Parker ( maybe they were brothers).
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