Category Archives: North Carolina

The Legend of Batz Grave

Fletcher Freeman, a long time researcher focused on the records of the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina and Virginia, particularly the Chowan, has contributed numerous articles over the years to the Lost Colony Research Group, many of which have been … Continue reading

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David Hatcher, Half Indian

The Revolutionary War records of David Hatcher tell us that he was half Indian.  From the Hatcher family website, we find the following information: 1778  Granville Co, NC   NC State Records, Clark, Vol XVI, 1782-1783, p 136. Name and Rank: … Continue reading

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Paul Heinegg’s Native Heritage Introduction

Paul Heinegg on his website http://www.freeafricanamericans.com provides the following (extracted) introductory material focused primarily on the records involving Native Americans in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. After the Civil War, light-skinned African Americans who owned land in the Southeast did not fit … Continue reading

Posted in Croatoan, Delaware, East Indians (from India), Lumbee, Maryland, Nanticote, North Carolina, Piscataway, Virginia, Wesorts | 9 Comments

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  Also, often unpublished.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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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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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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Beechland: Oral History Versus Historical Records

This paper was originally published in the Lost Colony Research Group newsletter in November, 2011.  The original had colored tables which did not copy correctly to the blog.  Apparently multiple highlighted colors are not supported.  To see the original colored district tables, please … Continue reading

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Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Fort Found?

For those familiar with the Lost Colony mystery and saga, you’ll know that the location of the final destination of the colonists has been debated for literally centuries.  You can read more about the background at the website http://www.lostcolonyresearch.org. In … Continue reading

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