This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blount, Caldwell, Foster, Jones, Beacham, Deloach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5R.2ADI/1085 Message Board Post: when i visited the Porch Creek Nation a few years ago, i was struck by the number of people on a picture of council leaders who had prematurely white, not grey, hair ... one even had that flaming orange hair color that appears every few generations ... these are dominant characteristics in many families, but seldom seen in Native American descendants ... i've always been curious about it ... as a geneaologist, i visited the archives and have a copy of the original tribal rolls, but when looking at the list of founding familiesi found no familiar names with my Blount family ... recently, however, i have discovered my missing link, the father of my Great Great Grandfather who was born at Ft. Decatur, Ala, (in Macon Co. on the Tallapoosa River in 1826 ...his father was Britton BLOUNT, wife Sarah ... recently, we found a long lost probate document that lists the names of their nine children, including the married names of their daughters ... if anyone recognizes any surnames names above, their may be a connection to that orange and white hair... of course, other families have similar hair color characteristics, but it is odd enough and coincidental enough to at least ask the question, for as i said in an earlier post, the Blount family was actively engaged in trading in the Creek Nation as early as the 1800's if not earlier ... please, contact me if you may have possible connections to the surnames above or have a theory about the source of the dominant premature white hair with an occasional burst of orange-red hair ... respectfully, ron blake po box 327 liberty, tx 77575 ebx327@yahoo.com

Ron, did you realize that former Post Master General and very wealthy Montgomery, AL business man Winton Blount (1921-2002) was nicknamed "Red". He had the flaming red hair and turned white in his older years, maintaining the red streak down the front. Montgomery is very proud of Red Blount. He was responsible for the largest Shakespeare Theater and (English style) cultural park in the eastern states. He was a very generous man that always gave back to our community in so many ways. http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eaglebios/01bios/blount01.htm http://www.archives.state.al.us/famous/academy/w_blount.html Just thought you'd want to know. Mary...Grady, AL All genealogy is relatively speaking! ----- Original Message ----- From: <ebx327@yahoo.com> To: <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 1:12 AM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] premature white hair & occasional orange colored hair > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Blount, Caldwell, Foster, Jones, Beacham, Deloach > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5R.2ADI/1085 > > Message Board Post: > > when i visited the Porch Creek Nation a few years ago, i was struck by the number of people on a picture of council leaders who had prematurely white, not grey, hair ... one even had that flaming orange hair color that appears every few generations ... > > these are dominant characteristics in many families, but seldom seen in Native American descendants ... i've always been curious about it ... as a geneaologist, i visited the archives and have a copy of the original tribal rolls, but when looking at the list of founding familiesi found no familiar names with my Blount family ... > > recently, however, i have discovered my missing link, the father of my Great Great Grandfather who was born at Ft. Decatur, Ala, (in Macon Co. on the Tallapoosa River in 1826 ...his father was Britton BLOUNT, wife Sarah ... > > recently, we found a long lost probate document that lists the names of their nine children, including the married names of their daughters ... > > if anyone recognizes any surnames names above, their may be a connection to that orange and white hair... of course, other families have similar hair color characteristics, but it is odd enough and coincidental enough to at least ask the question, for as i said in an earlier post, the Blount family was actively engaged in trading in the Creek Nation as early as the 1800's if not earlier ... > > please, contact me if you may have possible connections to the surnames above or have a theory about the source of the dominant premature white hair with an occasional burst of orange-red hair ... > > respectfully, > > ron blake > po box 327 > liberty, tx 77575 > > ebx327@yahoo.com > > > > > ==== CREEK-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send to CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com the one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the BODY of the message. If you are subscribed to the digest, send your unsubscrbe message to CREEK-SOUTHEAST-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >