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I found a place someplace deeling with Melungeons that gave an old Tax list for Pittsylvania Co.,Va. On this list was my husband’s 4th g grandfather’s name,Nimrod Scott. All the dates,places etc matched. But I can not find any other indication that he was anything but white. He was b.1753 in Pittsylvania Co.,Va. he d.12/28/1836 in Cumberland Co.,Ky. He m.Wilmotha Walters in 1770. He was the s/o Thomas Scott and Susan Unknown. We know that when he came to Cumberland Co.,Ky he was a Methodist minister,gotten his permit in Va. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks
Welcome, Judy,
Please post your information down in the genealogy section. Bill might be able to help on your line. Share a bit of your Blackfoot information too. It is very interesting, since your family is buried in Blackfoot Cemetery. You are the first one with a direct link and the ID in your family to join this board as far as I know. Many people would be interested, but not everyone has the time to read all the posts.
Techteach
PS: Do you know if the names for Indian Mound Cemetery are posted also, like the Blackfoot names (We have several of those names on this board and one, Mason, is linked to my family.)
Guys I owe you all a big appology. My Jonathan Walker is NOT buried in Indian Mound Cemetery. My daughter corrected me. He is buried nearby, at Mt Vernon Cemetery near his home,but it was his father in law,James Brenton who was. buried there. Now I have no idea if they were Indian or not,as he and his father were very much involved in the Indian wars in Ky. In fact his father was killed in the Battle of Blue Lick Springs. Both were named James Brenton and one of them was a Major. I know that the younger was in the Ky militia. James Jr was b. abt 1764 in Hampshire Co.,Va.(W.Va now). His wife was of German decent,so I doubt if she was Indian. The Brenton’s go far back so one of them could have married into a native ethenticity.
The family that is in Blackfoot Cemetery in Pike are named English. That family could have some native ancestry through the mother Nancy Ralston Johnston/Johnson. She was b. in Barren Co.,Ky,her father ,Robert ,in Greenbrier Co.,Va(now W.V.) I have not got further back in that line past her father. He was in the Rev.War. The Ralston’s also go way back and they sure could have,in fact I think someone said that there was Indian acestry,but that might have been another who thought that they were. I have just not delved into them much. My daughter has the files on them,though,but she has not really gone that far back,either. I am working handicapped as all my treemaker files were lost in cyber space,and I am going by what little paper copies that I have.
But I still KNOW that Jonathan Walker was of native decent,and must prove it. He is my number one mission to find his pedigree! He is also my very most favorit ancestor,next to my grannie who got me interested in the first place!
I don’t know if there is a web site for the Black Foot Cemetery or not,but you could go the the Dubois Co genweb site and their archives.
I do appologize agian. I know that I have doused high hopes,but mine also are dampened by my error! Just because Jonathan was not buried there does not mean that he was not Blackfoot Cherokee,he was buried close to his home instead.
No need to apologize. But do I still understand that members of the family with the Blackfoot Cherokee ID are buried in Blackfoot Cemetery?
Also, you might be interested to know that my Blackfoot ancestor was named Ralston, although that was her married name. Her maiden name was McLane. When you find your daughter’s notes, we ought to compare.
Techteach
I am sorry,but I don’t know what you mean by the Blackfoot I.D.? The only one that I have any idea of being Blackfoot Cherokee would be my Walker family. As I said,some of the others may be,and I would love to find out that they were,but I have not came across it. But it sure is possable with the families going back in American history as far as they did. Iguess that you could say I am looking for an Indian in a haystack,but I am just sure that there was one in my Walker line. Too many things point to that fact.
Do you mean the I.D. of DNA? My family can not do it,there are just girls and more girls,unless I find a male cousin out there in cyber space who was a son of a son of a son. Jonathan had sons,one was my g grandpa,but I have not been in touch with anyone but females of the lines.
Can you tell me more about your Ralston’s? I have a distant cousin that I am in contact with who is far more expert on the family than I. I will forward it to her. Meantime I will ask her if there were any of those names that she knows of. She has the family line from way back.
Judy
Sorry, I meant having family stories of a Blackfoot ancestor or as you were told, Cherokee Blackfoot (That is also my family’s story. I have a cousin on this forum whose Cherokee Blackfoot is also married to a Ralston.). Do you have members of this Walker family who are buried in Blackfoot Cemetery?
Techteach
PS: The DNA test I took is the one that measures percentago of NA. My line is also male/female. I also had the female DNA done, but it is not the line with NA.
My family in the Blackfoot Cemetery is on my grandfather’s side. That is not the side that I ever thought of as being native. However,the name was English and they did connect to the Ralston/Johnston line. My ggg grandma was Nancy Ralston JOhnson. She was b.2/22/1806 in Barren Co.,Ky d.Nar 24,1843 in Pike Co.,In. She m. Thomas Jefferson Savory English Her father was Robert Johnson/Johnston b. 2/2/1849-50 Greenbrier Va (now W.V) d.1/8/1835 Pike Co.,Ky who was in the Rev. War. He m. Martha Ralston b.Oct 12,1765 in Va (I think) d.Dec 20,1835 Pike CO.,In. They are both buried in Johnson Cemetery PIke Co. Martha’s father was Matthew Ralston.( Do have more info on these lines) anyway,the English family are the ones who are bured at Blackfoot Cem.,although there may be more. The Johnson family cemetery was on the family farm,I think,so that is probably why they were put there. I will have to go to Blackfoot Cem site and look for others.
Do you mean that your DNA did not show up the Indian ancestry because it is not in the female side of your line? What I suspect to be the Native side,would be my female side. Would that show up?
Judy
Well I ment to say part is female. It goes with what little I have back to and the line that I think to be Indian,
Jonathan Walker
Dessick Walker
Elzina Walker Beard
Martha A. Beard Hughes
Golden L. Hughes Lasincka
Me
So would it show up if it is there? Remember I do not know how far back we have to go to find Beady Walker,the Indian m. to a white woman.
I don’t think it would show up, because the line is not wholly female. That is why mine does not show up there. My ggrandfather breaks the line. The female test breaks with a single male.
Techteach
PS: My Ralstons were from PA and Irish, at least as far as I know. They married NA.
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