kimmcarthur
08-19-2002, 11:51 AM
Melungeons are:
Primarily the Saponi, and possibly the Meherrin, Tuscarora, and Nottoway were the original tribes. Later mixing occurred in the early-to-mid-1700s and perhaps a bit earlier with some of Virginia’s so-called "lost" Algonquian-speaking tribes. Blending probably first occurred at Fort Christanna in modern Brunswick County, Virginia. Some Melungeons are thought to have later married into families who had Cherokee ancestry.
Primarily the Saponi, and possibly the Meherrin, Tuscarora, and Nottoway were the original tribes. Later mixing occurred in the early-to-mid-1700s and perhaps a bit earlier with some of Virginia’s so-called "lost" Algonquian-speaking tribes. Blending probably first occurred at Fort Christanna in modern Brunswick County, Virginia. Some Melungeons are thought to have later married into families who had Cherokee ancestry.