Hi again, Geechee/Gullah are the descendants of slaves who live in the Sea Island area of SC. Go to the Wikkipedia article on Geechee/Gullah for a lot of info on them. Not to be confused with the term Portugee however it is spelled which was used by people of mixed race in the Carolinas to keep from being labeled as mulatto or black. There was a case where John Regan of Robeson Co., NC testified for Thomas Hagans of Marion District, SC that Hagans was of Portugee descent when Hagans refused to pay the tax on being mulatto or black. Hagans wife was white. One of my Robeson Co. ancestors was said to have been of Portugee descent. His description was tall, dark complexion, straight black hair & blue eyes. YDNA test on one of his direct male descendants shows a mixture of white (European/CelticIberian),Native American, African,& Berber (North African). Wonder if one of his ancestors was one of those left behind Portugese from the Juan Pardo Expedition or one of those Drake was supposed to have left on the Carolina coast on his way back to England. Marcie -----Original Message----- From: ncrobeso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncrobeso-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mcnealholt@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:21 AM To: ncrobeso@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCROBESO] FW: Outmigration from Robeson Co., NC 1830-1840 Any reference on the Portugese or Portygese and if this term was sometimes thought to be Geechee? Thanks, Evelyn Holt ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message