Common misnomer for Melungeon-related persons as well ... In a message dated 1/27/2003 9:27:21 AM Central Standard Time, griffith@freenet.tlh.fl.us writes: > I believe this is a corruption of black Deutsche, or German. my Mom used > to say we were Dutch but I found out we are German. > > Thanks for writing, > Sandy in Florida > > **REPLY TO SandraG627@aol.com** > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, J. Blankenship wrote: > > >My Grandfather, Benjamin C. Blankenship, Sr. was born in Oklahoma in 1891, > and always described himself as "Black Dutch" and his son said he was of > Creek descendancy.