The Secret Origin of MELUNGEON Families

00:00 - Introduction: Is my surname Melungeon? 01:10 - About the Channel & Supporting the Show 01:43 - Why Surnames are Just a Starting Point 02:18 - Personal Connection: The Goens Surname in Louisiana 03:10 - Defining "Core" Surnames and Newman’s Ridge The 10 Core Surnames (Newman's Ridge) 03:48 - 1. Collins (Vardy Collins & Racial Inconsistency) 04:35 - 2. Gibson / Gipson (Shepard Gibson & Surname Clusters) 05:08 - 3. Mullins (East Kentucky & Kinship Networks) 05:35 - 4. Goens / Gowen / Going (Deepest Research Path) 06:05 - Mihil Goen: The 1668 Paper Trail 06:38 - Migration Patterns: VA, NC, TN, and the Midwest 07:32 - Essential Resources for Goens Researchers 08:22 - 5. Bowling / Bolling / Bolen 08:56 - 6. Bunch (John Bunch & Colonial Freedom Suits) 09:44 - 7. Sexton (Stony Creek Church Connections) 10:05 - 8. Sizemore (Ned Sizemore & Primary Sources) 10:27 - 9. Minor / Miner 10:53 - 10. Denham (The "Less Common" Melungeon Surname) Widening the Lens: The Broader Network 11:32 - Free People of Color & Adjacent Communities 11:50 - Chavis / Chavez (John Chavis & The Lumbee Connection) 13:23 - Lumbee & Robeson County Surnames (Lear, Oxendine, Lowry) 13:32 - Additional Connected Families (Cumbo, Sweat) 13:43 - Other Adjacent Names (Driggers, Goodman, Trent, Williams, Moore) Research Strategy & Best Practices 14:48 - The Importance of Surname Clusters 15:25 - Step-by-Step: How to Research Your Family 16:03 - Using Census Records & Racial Classifications 16:19 - Why You Must Look at Your Ancestor's Neighbors 16:37 - Finding Church & Court Records 17:02 - Paul Heinegg’s "Free African Americans" Resource 17:23 - DNA vs. Paper Trails: Managing Expectations 18:27 - Closing Thoughts & Where to Find More Help Behind every one of these surnames lies a deeply personal journey through the hidden corners of American history. We are looking far beyond just a simple list of names to uncover the generation-spanning stories of the Melungeon people. Join me as we dive deep into the fascinating roots that might just connect you to this incredible part of the American story. ✅Join me OFF of Youtube   / nytn   💚💚Get you $50 cash back @ Rakuten www.rakuten.com/r/DANIEL9771 ☕Send me a coffee!: https://ko-fi.com/nytn13#linkModal www.nytonashville.com Select sources: Stony Creek Primitive Baptist Church Minutes, Scott Co., VA, 1801-1814. Earliest written use of "Melungin" (1813). Transcribed by Jack Goins: historicalmelungeons.com Manumission of Mihill Gowen, York Co., VA, Oct. 25, 1657. Deeds, Wills & Orders, Book 3, p. 16. Earliest documented Gowen/Goins record. Mihill Gowen Land Patent, James City Co., VA, Feb. 8, 1668/9. VA Land Patents, Book 6, p. 208. Phillip Gowen v. John Lucas, freedom suit, James City Co., VA, June 1675. Rev. John Chavis papers, NC State Archives. ncpedia.org/biography/chavis-john Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Fully searchable by surname: freeafricanamericans.com Goins, Jack. Melungeons: Footprints from the Past. Self-published, 2009. Goins, Jack. Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families. Self-published, 2000. Also: jackgoins.blogspot.com Winkler, Wayne. Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia. Mercer UP, 2005. Bible, Jean Patterson. Melungeons Yesterday and Today. East Tennessee Printing, 1975. Price, Edward T. "A Geographic Analysis of White-Negro-Indian Racial Mixtures in Eastern United States." Annals of the Assoc. of American Geographers 43 (1953): 138-155. Pollitzer, W.S. & W.H. Brown. "Survey of Demography, Anthropometry, and Genetics of the Melungeons of Tennessee." Human Biology 41 (1969): 388-400. Estes, Roberta et al. "Melungeons, a Multi-Ethnic Population." Journal of Genetic Genealogy 8 (2012): 1-31. LUMBEE OVERLAP (Locklear, Oxendine, Lowry, Chavis) Lowery, Malinda Maynor. Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South. UNC Press, 2010. Sider, Gerald M. Lumbee Indian Histories. Cambridge UP, 1993. 1806 Virginia statute requiring newly manumitted free people of color to leave the state within 12 months. See Nicholls, Michael L. Whispers of Rebellion. UVA Press, 2012. WHERE TO RESEARCH Library of Virginia: lva.virginia.gov Tennessee State Library and Archives: sos.tn.gov/tsla Hancock County TNGenWeb: tngenweb.org/hancock Melungeon Heritage Association: melungeon.org FOLLOW ME 📸 ► YouTube: / @NYTN ► Facebook: /   / findinglolafilm   ► Website: https://www.nytonashville.com/ ► X: /   / imfindinglola