BURKE in Mcgaheysville, Virginia (Rockingham County)

[Chuck]

Hi,
BURKE, WRIGHT, CAMPBELL, CUBBAGE, JOHNSON
I'm new to this post. Family lore has it
that my grandfather was part BLACKFOOT. He
was also called BLACK IRISH. I know very little about this lost tribe, but am eager to learn. Family names on this side are
Burke and Johnson, I can go back to the 1870's. This was from my mother's side.
Interestingly, on my father's side, from
the town of STANLEY, Virgina, are claims
of having Indian blood. No tribe names have
been passed down, but my grandmother was definately dark-skinned, and her father was
listed as mulatto on the census'. There was
also an article in the Page News and Courier
about my great-grandfather, the "indian fiddle player'. He was a blacksmith by trade. These names are WRIGHT, CAMPBELL, CUBBAGE.
Do these names ring a bell with anyone?
Thanks,

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Chuck

[Linda]

Wright is listed as associated with Nanticocke or Pamunkey. Johnson is listed as associated with Nanticoke or Occahanock. The other names I'm not familiar with. Where did these people live?

[Bess]

I have seen several of these surnames in Page Co, Va. and surrounding counties listed as FPOC:
JOHNSON-- Madison Co. tax list 1829
JOHNSON-- Page Co. Tax list 1852
WRIGHT-- Madison County tax list 1816-1838
CAMPBELL-- Page co. Tax list 1852.
A marriage between a slave woman surnamed JOHNSON to a FPOC named VENEY ca. 1851. Also property deeds from VENEYS to JOHNSONS Page Co. Ca 1900. Have you seen the surname VENEY in Page County? This family is Part native American.

[Bess]

Johnson,
Are your ancestors related to BETHANY ("aunt Betty") JOHNSON, who was an enslaved "Indian" that lived most of here life in Page County, Va. She was the daughter of JOSEPH and CHARLOTTE JOHNSON. Her mother and grandmother were also enslaved but I don't think her father was. About 1851, Bethany became the wife of FRANK VENEY, a free man of color, and they lived together until she went North about 1858. Her descendants today live all over the country and they attest to her native ancestry. Some of them believe she was Powhattan or Saponi. Her native roots are also brought out in a local history book written by Harry M. Strickler. The book is entitled " A Short History of Page County Virginia", Richmond, Va http://winwinworld.net/SaponiForum/UBB/biggrin.gifietz, (1952). In it Strickler says, on page 167, that "Mr.E.L. Lucas tells the writer that he personally knew ‘aunt' Betty Veney, that she was of Indian Blood; that she belonged to his grandfather John Printz...." After the Civil War, BETHANY JOHNSON VENEY wrote a story of her life under slavery in which she gave many details of her resistance to slavery and details of people and places in that part of Va. That pamphlet is called "The Narrative of Bethany Veney", (1889). You can get to it at this location :http://docsouth.unc.edu/veney/veney.html

What was the name of the fiddle player? When did the article appear in the Page News and Courier? Bess.

[Bess]

Try this for Bethany Veney narrative. http://www.google.com/search?q=bethany%20veney%20narrative