Category Archives: History

Eleazor Wheelock and the Dartmouth Indians

Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. He was born in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He is the great-grandson of the first … Continue reading

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De, Du, Des, Le, La and and sometimes Les

Working with groups of names that span the entire country gives a wonderful general perspective, sort of from the 50,000 foot level, that you just don’t get by working with only one tribe.  Both the WWI draft registrations and the … Continue reading

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Indian Slaves on the 1720 Currituck County, NC Tax List

Old tax lists are often goldmines – unmined goldmines.  Also, often unpublished.  Fortunately, the Currituck County Genweb hostess has published these lists which have been extracted by volunteers.  Hat tip to Kay Lynn Sheppard for all of her work on the various eastern NC … Continue reading

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The Pierce Family of Tyrrell County

The Pierce family of Tyrrell County is known to be of Native Heritage.  The early records including the 1790 census records these individuals as Free People of Color (FPC) as do other records tax records.  Let’s see what the official … Continue reading

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Native Clues in Non-Native Wills

As the director and newsletter editor of the Lost Colony Research Group, I’ve been working with the early North Carolina and Virginia records for some time now.  I’ve written several items for our newsletter which I’ll be posting here as … Continue reading

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Raleigh, a Wynganditoian

This article, written by Andy Powell, was published in the February 2012 issue of the Lost Colony Research Group newsletter.  Thank you Andy for permission to reprint here. “Raleigh a Wynganditoian, Richard the son of Baptist Tooker and Katheryne the daughter … Continue reading

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Beaufort Co., NC Native Records

Thanks to Kay Lynn Sheppard for extracting this information from her reference books.  If other folks would check their books for people noted as Indians, I’d be very grateful and so would our blog subscribers Source: Beaufort Co., NC Deed … Continue reading

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Tattoos

John White painted the earliest known images of Native Americans.  Several of White’s paintings of the Indians of the New World included tattoos.  One woman, of Florida, had tattoos covering much of her body.  Another, in Virginia the chief’s wife had … Continue reading

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Indian Slaves in Maryland and Virginia

In 1667, the Virginia General Assembly declared “enslavement of Indians for life to be legal.”  This act was repealed, then revived in 1691, but regardless, it was ignored.  In 1705 Indian slavery in Virginia became illegal but it was not … Continue reading

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Indian Slaves in Currituck Co., NC

Slavery certainly existed in Currituck County, as evidenced by the tax lists and other legal transactions.  What isn’t evident is the race of the slaves.  Only two or three separate items provide us with a glimpse into that type of … Continue reading

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