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    1. [ALMONROE-L] Fwd: black indians
    2. --part1_62.3b721b2.265da145_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <A HREF="http://www.melungeons.org/bk_indian.htm">Click here: 'Black Indian' Lists Prove Helpful by Brent Kennedy</A> Interesting list of names. I've seen many of these in S. E. Alabama. --part1_62.3b721b2.265da145_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Weavertrk@aol.com> From: Weavertrk@aol.com Full-name: Weavertrk Message-ID: <92.5337700.265d9f07@aol.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 17:09:27 EDT Subject: black indians To: GWJCAL@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 104 http://www.melungeons.org/bk_indian.htm These lists represent the names of Freedmen adopted through the Dawes Commission, with a time frame of 1898 through 1916. For the full lists the reader may visit :http://members.aol.com/angelaw859/freename.html. For me personally, my possible "Black Indian" surname connections follow and, as the reader will note, the number of connections does indeed appear to exceed mere coincidence: Black Creeks (20 related surnames): Adams Adkins Bowman Burton Collin (Collins) Colly (Colley) Cox Davis Gibson Green Hammond(s) Horn Kennedy Nash Osborne Phllips Roberson Rose Tolliver White Black Choctaws (22 related surnames): Adams Burton Colly Cook Cox Davis Garland Gibson Green Hall Horn Hutchison Keel Keith Nash Osborn Phelps Phillips Reeves Robinson Short Stanley Black Chickasaws (17 related surnames): Armstrong Bennett Burden/Burton Colly Cook Cox Gibson Green Hall Horn Keel Kennedy Phillips Powers Rose Swindle White Black Cherokees (17 related surnames): Adams Armstrong Bowlin/Bowling Burton Collins Cox Davis Gibson Green Hall Hopkins Nash Reeves Roberson Rose Weaver White Black Seminoles (10 related surnames): Adams Alley Bennett Colley Cox Crow Davis Gibson Osborne Phillips http://www.melungeons.org/bk_indian.htm --part1_62.3b721b2.265da145_boundary--

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