this is interesting.... along the Pungo River there were Indian settlements....I have never heard them spoken of as any particular tribe...one of the "branches" has always been called Indian Run which name remains today....there was knowledge of Indians living "up the hoop hole" along the Pungo ...the older generation spoke of them and even gave some a name... for example, in name some of the early settlers of the community called Pungo, the list begins with "Tommie Gurganus" "an old man below Indian Run"....and it is an accepted fact that the Gurganus family had a lot of Indian blood.....every now and then, there appears someone in the family who has jet black hair....obviously the Indian blood still flows...but...still there has been no tribe attributed to the Gurganus line... aaaaahhhh, the mysteries... and in passing, the head of the Pungo lies in Washington / Beaufort counties....and the rivers were the highways as you know... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Prytherch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: [NC-PCFR] Indian Heritage > Many of us with very early roots in Eastern NC have been told that we have some Native American blood. That would make sense, since most early settlers were men, most of them did not bring spouses, and there was a shortage of women with European heritage here waiting for them. For those of us with early roots in Pitt County and other counties east of I-95, those ancestors most likely would not have been Cherokee, since that was a Western NC Tribe. > > In the East, we now have the Haliwars (sp?) in Halifax County (?) and the Lumbees in Robeson Co. (Southeastern NC) I believe both of these tribes are made up of surviving remnants of various other tribes, and were not originally known by their current names. I have been told that there are a couple of other groups - one on the outer banks and one in, perhaps, Bertie County that are made up of people with Native American blood from the northeastern area of NC where most of our ancestors settled. Does anyone know about these last two groups, and if they have any genealogical information that may be helpful to families from Northeastern NC? > > One of my grandmothers was born in Martin County in 1870 and died in Pitt County in 1938. She was hallucinating when she died and was begging the family members around her to keep the Indians away from her. She did not watch Western movies. Whatever was frightening her was coming from some early life experience, we believe. How recently was there an identifiable community of Native Americans in that area of Eastern NC? What tribe were they from? > > Jo Prytherch > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: [email protected] > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

I thought the head of the Pungo was further north. That does add another interesting note. Gurganus is a very common name in Martin Co., but I don't know of any in my grandmother's background. Probably, there are many other surnames locally associated with Indian heritage, and one of hers must be among them. Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Hollowell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] Indian Heritage > this is interesting.... along the Pungo River there were Indian > settlements....I have never heard them spoken of as any particular > tribe...one of the "branches" has always been called Indian Run which > name remains today....there was knowledge of Indians living "up the > hoop > hole" along the Pungo ...the older generation spoke of them and even gave > some a name... for example, in name some of the early settlers of the > community called Pungo, the list begins with "Tommie Gurganus" "an old > man > below Indian Run"....and it is an accepted fact that the Gurganus family > had a lot of Indian blood.....every now and then, there appears someone > in the family who has jet black hair....obviously the Indian blood still > flows...but...still there has been no tribe attributed to the Gurganus > line... > aaaaahhhh, the mysteries... > and in passing, the head of the Pungo lies in Washington / Beaufort > counties....and the rivers were the highways as you know... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jo Prytherch" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:52 PM > Subject: [NC-PCFR] Indian Heritage > > >> Many of us with very early roots in Eastern NC have been told that we >> have > some Native American blood. That would make sense, since most early > settlers were men, most of them did not bring spouses, and there was a > shortage of women with European heritage here waiting for them. For those > of us with early roots in Pitt County and other counties east of I-95, > those > ancestors most likely would not have been Cherokee, since that was a > Western > NC Tribe. >> >> In the East, we now have the Haliwars (sp?) in Halifax County (?) and the > Lumbees in Robeson Co. (Southeastern NC) I believe both of these tribes > are > made up of surviving remnants of various other tribes, and were not > originally known by their current names. I have been told that there are > a > couple of other groups - one on the outer banks and one in, perhaps, > Bertie > County that are made up of people with Native American blood from the > northeastern area of NC where most of our ancestors settled. Does anyone > know about these last two groups, and if they have any genealogical > information that may be helpful to families from Northeastern NC? >> >> One of my grandmothers was born in Martin County in 1870 and died in Pitt > County in 1938. She was hallucinating when she died and was begging the > family members around her to keep the Indians away from her. She did not > watch Western movies. Whatever was frightening her was coming from some > early life experience, we believe. How recently was there an identifiable > community of Native Americans in that area of Eastern NC? What tribe were > they from? >> >> Jo Prytherch >> >> >> ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== >> Post to this mail list at: [email protected] >> Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr >> Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > and public records. >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: [email protected] > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > and public records. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >