Tarlton Bull, Jesse Chisholm, The "Hanging Judge", Isaac Parker and Charles Goodnight I want to keep some of mom and dad's old stories...

Before starting, I was told Texans try and say Quanah Parker was born in Texas. I've read a book published by Texas A&M Press that says...

Short Stories and Essays #1 ; Wovoka I’m writing this in July, 2018. About 45 years ago, when I was about 20, I met a local Mexican girl,...

Red Bird There is a lot written online about a Cherokee chief named “Red Bird” who was from Kentucky. Well, here is a record stating he...

Yamacraw I'd like to remind the reader that you might not understand everything if you just start here. You need to start from the...

[Vance's note: I didn't realize how poorly organized my blog entries were. This might become part of blog "Kentucky #2 . . . " once it...

Misconceptions about Doublehead, Priber, and Yahoo Falls Now I don't like eating too much fat. So in order to get mostly meat I usually...

Reports of Native Americans in Kentucky and East Tennessee I have spent two decades looking for evidence of Indians in Kentucky that...

Recently I saw an update and I LOVE it!! https://jogg.info/pages/72/files/Estes.htm#_ftnref4. I'd like to thank them for this update....

Surnames Associated with the Catawba and Associated Bands I promised a friend I'd make a list of surnames associated with the eastern...

Finding Your Ancestors I have never written a blog entry about “How to Perform Family Research”. Well, I am now. As with most of my blog...

DNA Results Well, I'm gonna sound really petty. I remember when I was a kid, people occasionally asked dad if he was an Indian. His reply...

Chapter 14. Congressional Document This document says it all, really. (291) (292). In this document, we see a lot about why the attempts...

CHAPTER 14; THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST, AND SETS IN THE WEST Pockets in the East -- Eastern Siouan Indian Communities East of the...

CHAPTER XII, IDENTITY CRISIS Origin of the word 'Melungeon'. There’s a lot of noise and confusion out there about the origins of the...

Ch. 11: The Melungeons Lewis Jarvis Article Most Melungeon researchers know about the Lewis Jarvis writing. About 1903 there was a...

CHAPTER 10; THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Lord Dunsmore's War Lord Dunsmore’s War broke out shortly after the New River Indians were said to be...

Chapter 9 – One Band of the Saponi Become the Melungeons From Saponi to Melungeon, Part 1 This section will cover the movements of these...

Chapter 8 – The Saponi [still editing] I have gone over one band of the Catawba who separated from the others. Another, the Saponi, did...

CHAPTER 7 – The Cheraw, The Pedee, and Small Pox Since there is more written about this tribe or band of the Catawba than many, I will...