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Subject: [RHEA-L] Melungeons PART 4
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:55:32 EDT

I have a Ramey family that I have traced to France where they were the Remy
family. This
Ramey family is also considered to be Melungeon. I will be glad to share the
information I
have on them. I also have some one name lines that married into some of my
other lines.
The names considered to be Melungeon are Thompson, Wood, and possibly Smith.
I
would love to talk with anyone who shares these surnames and locations.

The closest Melungeon family, for whom I have searched the longest, were
Collinses that
were connected with the Cunningham family. It took me twenty years of
searching to find
only this little bit of information on them. I have this:

1. William Cunningham m. Susan Wood abt 1770
2. John Cunningham m Nancy Crump in 1794 in Washington Co., VA
2. Mary Ann Cunningham m. John Hutton in 1791 in Washington Co., VA
2. Elizabeth Cunningham m. John Dickenson in 1796 in Washington Co., Va.
2.William Cunningham, Jr. b. abt 1777, d. aft 1850, prob. in Johnson Co.,KY
m. 1810,
Washington Co., VA, Rachel Ann Elizabeth Countiss, b. May 05, 1791 in MD, dtr
of
Peter G. Countiss and Mary Burrt.
3. Maca/Macha Cunningham b. abt 1826 m WILL COLLINS, d. 1848-1850
4. MARY COLLINS b. abt 1843 in the Scott, Russell, Lee Co.,VA area
that is
now Wise Co., VA, was a partner of Abraham Musick b. abt 18936 in VA, d. bef
May 15,
1914, son of James Musick and Mariah Shell.
5. Mary Arminta Musick
4. RACHEL COLLINS b. Jan. 01, 1844 inKY, d. May 15, 1914 m. Abraham
Musick of above.
4. CHARLES COLLINS b. abt 1848
4. CHRISTOPHER COLLINS b. abt 1850
I have information on other Cunningham siblings, the Countiss family, as well
as the
Musick line back to the immigrant founding father.

I don’t have all that information up on my family’s webpage, which was set up
by my
cousin Harold Sparks, yet, but I do have some information on my
greatgrandmother Mary
Arminta Musick Hager whose mother was Mary Collins. The address is:

http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/sparky

On the first page, click ‘continue’ and on the second page, scroll down until
you come to
the words Nancy’s Corner , Click and my picture will come up. Further down
that page
is a listing of all the surnames that I am researching. Please be sure to
contact me if you
see any common surnames.

If you feel that any of this information applies to you, then please join a
group of us,
searching our Melungeon roots on a mailing list that began when MaryK
Goodyear
learned that she might have Melungeon heritage and wanted to find out more.
We will be
forever grateful to MaryK for starting this list.

We share genealogy, folklore, cultural likenesses, even a recipe now and
then. We are a
friendly group who has come to feel like family. We have a lot to offer. To
join, send an
e-mail to:

or

In both the subject and body boxes put: subscribe

You will receive a letter saying you have been subbed and giving directions
for posting the
list. Send in your family info and let us see if we can help you. I know that
you will be able
to help someone as well! I will look forward to hearing from you and seeing
you on the
list.

Here are several other sites with Melungeon queries and information:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3778/

http://www.clinch.edu/appalachia/melungeon/mel_nmr.htm

http://www.knoxnews.com/061898/up_front/5792.htm

Common Melungeon Surname List

North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia

ADAMS ADKINS ALLEN ALLMOND ASHWORTH * BARKER BARNES BASS
BECKLER BELCHER

BEDGOOD BELL BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING
BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN

BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER
BROGAN BROOKS BROWN

BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD * CAMPBELL
CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL

CAUDILL CHAPMAN CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE
COLEMAN COLES COLLEY

COLLIER COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS
COX COXE CRIEL

CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW * DALTON
DARE DAVIS

DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE
DYESS * ELY EPPS EVANS

* FIELDS FREEMAN FRENCH * GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON
GIPSON GOINS GOINGS

GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN * HALL HAMMON(D)
HARMON HARRIS

HARVIE HARVEY HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE
HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE

HYATT * JACKSON JAMES JOHNSON JONES * KEITH(E) KENNEDY KISER *
LANGSTON LASIE

LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY LUCAS * MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR
MALE MALONE(Y)

MARSH MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY
MOSELY

MOZINGO MULLINS * NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL
NORRIS * ORR OSBORN

OSBORNE OXENDINE * PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS
PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY

POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT * RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS
REEVES RICE

RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL
* SAMMONS

SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT
SHORTT SIZEMORE

SMILING SMITH STALLARD STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART
STROTHER SWEATT SWETT

SWINDALL * TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER
TUPPANCE TURNER *

VANOVER VICARS VICCARS VICKERS * WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE
WHITED WILKINS

WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT
WYATT WYNN

MEDITERREAN DISEASES WHICH MAY AFFECT MELUNGEON
DESCENDANTS

BECHET’SYNDROME is a relapsing, multi-system inflammatory disease in which
there
are oral/genital ulcers. There may be inflammation of the eyes, joints, blood
vessels,
central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract involvement. Attacks last
about a week
to a month and recur spontaneously. Onset is usually between 20-30 years of
age with
symptoms ocurring up to several years after the onset. Twice as many men as
women are
affected. There is a genetic predisposition, with autoimmune mechansism and
viral
infection which may all play a part. Related disorders are Reiters Syndrome,
Stevens
Johnson Syndrome, and Ulcerative Colitis.

JOSEPH’S DISEASE is a disorder of the central nervous system with slow
degeneration
of particular areas of the brain. Lurching gait, difficulity in speaking,
muscle rigidity,
impairment of eye movement, are involved. Mental alertness and intellect are
preserved.
Joseph’s disease is inherited through autosomal dominant mode of
transmission. Type I,
begins about age 20 years, Type II, about 30 years and Type III, Machado’s
after 40
years. This disease is very
similar to Parkinson’s Disease.

MEDITERREAN FAMILIAL FEVER is a hereditary disorder with recurrent bouts of
fever and inflammation of the serous membranes which line the inside of the
body cavity
and many of the internal organs. It can also cause muscle/joint pain. It can
first appear
between 5-15 years of age. The medicine colchicine which comes from a plant
that grows
in the Mediterrean and is also used to treat gout, is effective in
controlling this disease. I
suffer from this.

SARCOIDOSIS is a disorder which affects many body systems. It is
characterized by
small round lesions of granulation tissue. Symptoms may vary with the
severity of the
disease. Fever, weight loss, joint pain, with liver involvement and enlarged
lymph nodes
are common. Cough and difficulty in breathing may occur. Skin disease marked
by tender
red nodules with fever and joint pain is a frequent manifestation. Onset is
usually between
20 and 40 years.

THALLASEMIA, a blood disorder.

If you have had a mysterious disease that physicians have had trouble
diagnosing, and you
have any of the above symptoms, it is imperative that you bring this to your
physician’s
attention.

The opinions in this post are strictly my own, but have been based upon my
reading and
research of various materials noted herein.

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