ANYONE WORKING ON THE FAMILY NAMES CONNECTED TO THE "MELUNGEONS", PEOPLE OF FREE,NON-WHITE" ANCESTRY...........NEVER SEEN AS LABELED "BLACK" ????? COMMON NAMES: GOWEN/GOIN/GOWENS, MOORE, BUNCH, BURCH, ROWLAND, GREEN, BERRY, BIRD, BYRD.......ETC..... I have no clue what the true ancestry is...even bought a book on Melungeons, but no one seems to have the real answer except they date back to early 1600's, and VA/NC Appalachia>>>TN/KY>>IN>>>> What is really odd is in some enumerations members of the same family can be labeled FCP "free persons of color' and others as "white"...........I also find as curious that many of the names are found in the Dawes Rolls (Cherokee)............... Michele