This is one of the most informative and interesting letters I have had the pleasure to read. Although I have no connections in Carmel as yet , I want to thank you for all of this interesting information. Terry Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: raey <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 2:04 PM Subject: [OHHIGHLA-L] Re: Carmel Indian Settlement > This is from the book, Folklore of Highland County, by Violet Morgan, > written in 1946. I'm not sure if it will help you, but because Indians are > mentioned (albeit briefly), I thought I'd pass it along. > ================ > > Brushcreek Township > Carmel: Population, about 25 - 30; Altitude, 964 feet above sea level; > Location, 12 miles southeast of Hillsboro, on crossroads, going to Marshall > and turning south at bend; or going east on U.S. Route 50 and turning on to > State Route 70 at stone house. Unincorporated. > > Carmel was never platted nor intended for a town. It received its name from > a log church named Mount Carmel about one mile away on the Marshall- Carmel > road. A new Mount Carmel church was built in 1865 in the southern part of > what is known today as Carmel, and the older church was called Old Log > Carmel. When it was learned that another place in Ohio was named Mount > Carmel, the word Mount was dropped. The name originated from the Biblical > Carmel, a town in the mountainous part of Palestine. > > A post office, now in a tumble-down state and abandoned, was established > here about 1876 and T.M. Watts was the first postmaster. > > In the hills southwest of Carmel live the descendants of Indians, one of the > most interesting groups of people in the county. One winding road weaving > its hilly way southward off the main highway from Carmel, passes through a > cluster of houses known as Millertown, past one section of Fort Hill, and > connecting with State Route 41. Millertown originated from the settling of > Miller families between 1840 and 1860 and named for them. > > Carmel has a two-room elementary graded school. High school pupils go to > school at Sinking Spring. The one church is known now as the Methodist > Church. Residents receive their mail at Ove McCoppin's store at the > crossroads, or by rural mail deliver. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J. R. Carpenter <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:52 AM > Subject: [OHHIGHLA-L] Re: Carmel Indian Settlement > > > > >I am trying to find more information on the "Carmel Indian Settlement" in > > >Highland County, Ohio.... any information would be greatly appreciated... > > >~Sherry~ > > > > *Supposedly* they are related to the Melungeons of VA/WV/KY/TN. > *Supposedly* > > they are mixed with remnants of the Wyandotte, Miami, Mingo, Delaware, and > > Shawnee Indians. *Supposedly* they came from Melungeon migrants from > > Magoffin Co KY in the early 1800s. > > > > There is a whole lot of conjecture as to the origin(s) of the Melungeons, > > and the Carmel Indians are listed as a group related to the Melungeons. > Any > > search on the web for Melungeons generally includes references to the > Carmel > > Indians as well. > > > > I do know that a lot of people from southwestern Virginia settled in > > Highland Co, and southwestern Virginia is/was part of Melungeon territory. > I > > don't know enough about the Melungeons to make any further statements > other > > than to say that some in my extended Surber family (Swiss German from PA > to > > sw VA) may have Melungeon ties. > > > > Rick > > > > > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > > To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: > > [email protected] and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to > > unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies! > > > > > > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Highland County, Ohio Genealogy Hotspot - a part of the > US GenWeb/ Ohio GenWeb Project at: > http://www2.crosswinds.net/~highlandoh/index.htm