OK, I'll throw a little bit more against the fan and see what happens. <grin> I've never been able to find any Indian blood in the Coffey line, but I did become suspicious some time back that there may be some Melungeon connection, not only with the Coffeys but with Hayes an dthe Moores in TN and NC. Never could trace that down either, and now I've forgotten just what triggered my suspicion. Those small census errors and discrepancies are fairly common. Bad memories, lies about one's age and so on, and perhaps a parent answered for someone working in the field. And sometimes a census might have been actually taken the year prior or after the "official" year. > -----Original Message----- > From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Onetwig@aol.com > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:35 AM > To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Gilliam Coffey, some Descendants > > Hi Gene, Thanks for posting this. I still have questions about > Mary(Polly) > Elizabeth Moore. I can't find much info on her at all except in the > census. I > keep going back to the story Mom told me, that our ancestors had to > hide > their heritage to escape being marched to OK on the trail of tears.That > was the > time period Mary was married to Gilliam. I found the daughter of Job > and > Nancy in one family tree but she was married to someone else. It is > also curious > that the census recods show her to be 30 in 1850, 42 in 1860. and 57 in > 1870. > I know the records have errors, but different birth years in all three > records? This has been bugging the fire out of me! Gail > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL > Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a- > grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWATAUG- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: > 1/25/2008 11:24 AM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: 1/25/2008 11:24 AM

Gene, Who are the melungeons? I read something about them a long time ago and have forgotten how it was explained. The Coffeys originally came from Ireland according to my info. I am of the Jesse Calton Coffey line. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Blair" <gblair2@comcast.net> To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Gilliam Coffey, some Descendants > OK, I'll throw a little bit more against the fan and see what happens. > <grin> I've never been able to find any Indian blood in the Coffey line, > but > I did become suspicious some time back that there may be some Melungeon > connection, not only with the Coffeys but with Hayes an dthe Moores in TN > and NC. Never could trace that down either, and now I've forgotten just > what > triggered my suspicion. > > Those small census errors and discrepancies are fairly common. Bad > memories, > lies about one's age and so on, and perhaps a parent answered for someone > working in the field. And sometimes a census might have been actually > taken > the year prior or after the "official" year. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Onetwig@aol.com >> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:35 AM >> To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Gilliam Coffey, some Descendants >> >> Hi Gene, Thanks for posting this. I still have questions about >> Mary(Polly) >> Elizabeth Moore. I can't find much info on her at all except in the >> census. I >> keep going back to the story Mom told me, that our ancestors had to >> hide >> their heritage to escape being marched to OK on the trail of tears.That >> was the >> time period Mary was married to Gilliam. I found the daughter of Job >> and >> Nancy in one family tree but she was married to someone else. It is >> also curious >> that the census recods show her to be 30 in 1850, 42 in 1860. and 57 in >> 1870. >> I know the records have errors, but different birth years in all three >> records? This has been bugging the fire out of me! Gail >> >> >> >> **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL >> Music. >> (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a- >> grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 >> 48) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWATAUG- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: >> 1/25/2008 11:24 AM >> > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: > 1/25/2008 > 11:24 AM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2821 (20080124) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >

The scientific name is "triracial isotope". Usually a mixture of African, Native American and European. Wikipedia has a huge article with more details. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bonnie steelman" <steelman@skybest.com> To: <gblair2@comcast.net>; <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Gilliam Coffey, some Descendants > Gene, Who are the melungeons? I read something about them a long time ago > and have forgotten how it was explained. > The Coffeys originally came from Ireland according to my info. > I am of the Jesse Calton Coffey line. > Bonnie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Blair" <gblair2@comcast.net> > To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:22 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Gilliam Coffey, some Descendants > > >> OK, I'll throw a little bit more against the fan and see what happens. >> <grin> I've never been able to find any Indian blood in the Coffey line, >> but >> I did become suspicious some time back that there may be some Melungeon >> connection, not only with the Coffeys but with Hayes an dthe Moores in TN >> and NC. Never could trace that down either, and now I've forgotten just >> what >> triggered my suspicion. >> >> Those small census errors and discrepancies are fairly common. Bad >> memories, >> lies about one's age and so on, and perhaps a parent answered for someone >> working in the field. And sometimes a census might have been actually >> taken >> the year prior or after the "official" year. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug- >>> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Onetwig@aol.com >>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:35 AM >>> To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Gilliam Coffey, some Descendants >>> >>> Hi Gene, Thanks for posting this. I still have questions about >>> Mary(Polly) >>> Elizabeth Moore. I can't find much info on her at all except in the >>> census. I >>> keep going back to the story Mom told me, that our ancestors had to >>> hide >>> their heritage to escape being marched to OK on the trail of tears.That >>> was the >>> time period Mary was married to Gilliam. I found the daughter of Job >>> and >>> Nancy in one family tree but she was married to someone else. It is >>> also curious >>> that the census recods show her to be 30 in 1850, 42 in 1860. and 57 in >>> 1870. >>> I know the records have errors, but different birth years in all three >>> records? This has been bugging the fire out of me! Gail >>> >>> >>> >>> **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL >>> Music. >>> (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a- >>> grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 >>> 48) >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWATAUG- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: >>> 1/25/2008 11:24 AM >>> >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: >> 1/25/2008 >> 11:24 AM >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ NOD32 2821 (20080124) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.12/1245 - Release Date: > 1/26/2008 3:45 PM > >