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Thomas Collins, Lost Melungeon Roots Alicia M. Prater, Ph.D. 2020-09-03 The Goins’, a Melungeon family in Graysville, Tennessee, in the 1920s. Source Thomas Collins was born about 1785, presumably in Ashe, North Carolina. He was a Melungeon and noted as “Free Colored Person” (FCP) on the 1820 and 1830 U.S. censuses. Thomas married Nancy Williams,…
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In “Beyond the Sunset,” Wayne Winkler uses contemporary press reports, long-forgotten documents, and interviews with participants to chronicle the struggles of an impoverished rural Appalachian county to maintain its viability in the modern world–and the unexpected consequences of that effort.
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“Walking toward the Sunset” is a historical examination of the Melungeons, a mixed-race group predominantly in southern Appalachia.
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The mystery of the Melungeons The Economist 2016-08-24 VARDY, TENNESSEE AND BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA The story of an Appalachian people offers a timely parable of the nuanced history of race in America HEAD into Sneedville from the Clinch River, turn left at the courthouse and crawl up Newman’s Ridge. Do not be distracted by…
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Researchers discuss origins of Melungeon heritage at annual event WCBY.com (News 5) Brisol, Virginia 2014-06-28 Olivia Caridi BIG STONE GAP, Va. – Wayne Winkler discovered he was a Melungeon at 12 years old. His grandmother is a Melungeon. His father is, too. “I had never heard the word, so I asked my relatives what a Melungeon…
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Written records agree with Melungeon DNA results Jack Goins’ Melungeon and Appalachian Research October 2013 William E. Cole University of Tennessee Joe Stevenson Looney University of Tennessee Written records agree with Core Melungeon DNA Results. The Core Melungeon DNA Project was formed with Family Tree DNA on July 25, 2005. The goal of the project…
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Fifteenth Union: A Melungeon Gathering Melungeon Heritage Association Carolina Connections: Roots and Branches of Mixed Ancestry Communities Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, North Carolina 2011-07-14 through 2011-07-16 MHA is delighted to announce that this year our annual Union will be celebrated at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC, July 14-16, 2011. This will be our first…
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Best-selling author Lisa Alther chronicles her search for missing branches of her family tree in this dazzling, hilarious memoir.
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An Overview of the Phenomenon of Mixed Racial Isolates in the United States American Anthropologist Volume 74, Issue 3 (June 1972) pages 704–710 DOI: 10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00340 Calvin L. Beale Economic Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture The subject of the paper is population groups of real or alleged tri-racial origin—Indian, White, and Negro. There is a…
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The Melungeon Identity Movement and the Construction of Appalachian Whiteness Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Volume 11, Issue 1 (June 2001) pages 131-146 DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2001.11.1.131 Anita Puckett, Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University How this binary system is discursively constituted depends upon the ways in which elements of a repertoire interconnect…