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I have been told all my life ,that I have native american ancestors and always assumed they were cherokee. About 2yrs ago I ,started hearing that my paternal great grandmother was half blackfoot ,her father being a full blooded blackfoot,which being like most people, I thought they were talking about the western blackfoot & did not believe it because as far as I know,both sides of my family paternal and maternal are from and always have been from the craven & pamlico county areas of North Carolina . Her name was Henrietta Kornegay ( not sure of kornegay spelling ) how can I find out if I really do have Blackfoot ties and if so how can i reconnect them any help at all would be greatly appreciated thank you
Welcome Thunder, family in NC with Blackfoot ID would definitely put you into Eastern Blackfoot territory that we’re researching. I don’t believe I’ve heard the Kornegay name before. Try searching on it here, with the search button in the upper right. Have you tried tracing this family back to earlier generations yet? I’m trying to picture where Craven and Pamlico counties are. Are they on the coastal plain or the Piedmont?
As far as reconnecting, this group here is probably your best assemblage of Blackfoot descendants. There’s no tribe per se. We believe we’re from the Siouan nations of the NC/VA piedmont. They were disrupted almost 300 years ago, some (Tutelo) were absorbed into the Cayuga nation in Canada. Some remained in the upper south, with a few present state-recogized tribes, though I don’t know of any who take in long-lost cousins who’ve rediscovered their roots. (If they have any interest in Federal recognition they have to avoid this as it would counter federal guidelines, besides they’ve been isolate communities for generations, so they tend to be, well, isolated, in their approach to things.)
There are many Blackfoot ID’d descendants, though. Many stayed in the upper south, many migrated into Appalachia early on, many spread out into the Midwest. Ohio and Missouri have large concentrations. There are generally common threads to surnames and locations, however, so we’re confident that this is not some random adoption of a name.
Welcome to our humble abode, Thunder….you might also try posting any genealogical information you have on the genealogy forum….after searching the past postings, that is. We will try to help you as much as we can.
Linda has pretty much stated the whole ball of wax…we aren’t a tribe…but, we’re a pretty formidable group. We’re all Eastern Siouan Descendants…some have the fortune of having family that was in a recognized tribe…I don’t. Most of my family were farmers in Person county…coming from the James River area in Virginia…and Westmoreland County, Virginia. So I can’t just say I am one particular thing….I am a mudpuppy…a blending of sorts.
Becky
Linda wrote: I don’t believe I’ve heard the Kornegay name before.
Dear Thunder,
Welcome to Saponitown:)
One thing I’ve learned is not to ignore minor variations in spelling or
pronunciation.
In my own family,one grandma was called “Esther”,but is listed on earlier censuses (when a child) as “Easter”.
Other ancestors went back-and-forth between the Nightingale/Nightengale spellings.
With that in mind,”Kornegay” looks and sounds similar to “Carnegie”;
maybe you might want to search on the “Carnegie” spelling.
Roca;)
Thunderlitening,
Was Kornegay her married name or her maiden name.
Do you know what her husband’s name was?
Bill
Hey ” TL”, Way to cool, welcome to the forum, hang around these not so elderly “geezers” are pretty hip to most of the Eastern Blackfoot ethos, all in all, I really enjoy this place, as Bill once said, we are the “Internet Band of the Saponi”, Welcome to the crowd.
roca wrote: Dear Thunder,
Welcome to Saponitown:)
One thing I’ve learned is not to ignore minor variations in spelling or
pronunciation.
In my own family,one grandma was called “Esther”,but is listed on earlier censuses (when a child) as “Easter”.
Other ancestors went back-and-forth between the Nightingale/Nightengale spellings.
With that in mind,”Kornegay” looks and sounds similar to “Carnegie”;
maybe you might want to search on the “Carnegie” spelling.
Roca;)
Also, if you can get access to Ancestry.com, that would really “jumpstart” your family geneology. I just found out that my great great grandfather Henderson Smith, Sr. was labeled as “Black” in the 1910 Census and then was labeled as “Mulatto” in the 1920 Census. You will find out that census takers did change someones race quite often. Which makes searching more exciting. :rolleyes:
Anyway, you are in the right place and do use Saponitown’s search engine. Good Luck and Be Blessed!!!
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