Joyce, I'll say this but I will say no on the Mehlugeons. Black Dutch-yes because my Grandmother married to Robert Benge was Black Dutch and a sweetheart.However I guess she was the only one I knew. Oleta On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 16:51:22 -0400 "Joyce G. Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> writes: > Oleta > > In the past I have read one prominent Cherokee researcher say to me > quite > bluntly that there is absolutely NO relationship between the > Melungeon's, > Black Dutch and Cherokee....would you offer your opinion please > > AS for the Obediah Martin Benge application....I, personally, was > just > trying to help other researchers. I knew, fairly certainly, that > you'd > looked for any military records or pension records but was just > trying to > clarify for others who might not know. > > I have no (known) relationship to the Benge family but am 'dancing' > around > them along with the Martin's, Lawson's & Shelton's trying to > pinpoint a > relationship between the families. It almost HAS to be there if we > could > just locate more info. I appreciate your answering my earlier > questions? > > I already have a proven lineage into more than one Rev. War > Patriot...but am > not interested in DAR to provide me proof of it. > Joyce Gaston Reece > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >