Bob: Thanks for your offer but my line came from Ohio. Appreciate your willingness to help. Peace, William G. Johnson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [RICHARDSON] "Black Dutch" Richardson's > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------33F3DB5C5CC1AA8B846D42F7 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > William, I have the 1880 census and can look up for you, but I need you > to tell me any/all of these people are from this period. Our Richardson > line is from the area of Blount, Cherokee, St.Clair and Jefferson > Counties in Alabama. > > Bob > > William Johnson wrote: > > > > Bob: > > > > I am searching for data on the Richardson family: William Richardson, > > William Clement Richardson, and James Lewis Richardson. They settled in > > White County, IL., around Enfield. If you have any data on them I would > > appreciate hearing from you. > > > > Thanks, > > > > William G. Johnson > > [email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:34 PM > > Subject: Re: [RICHARDSON] "Black Dutch" Richardson's > > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > --------------4B0D2344EB36B5DE084A2F75 > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > Margrett > > > > > > Black Dutch was also used by those who were of mixed Indian Blood. From > > > about the time of Andrew Jackson till about the civil war the census > > > listed people as either Negro or White. If you were Mixed you could not > > > own land in most of the southern states during this period. One rule was > > > if your skin was the shade of a paper bag, you considered non white. > > > Hence many chose the term black Dutch. This originally referred to the > > > Spanish who had migrated to Northern Europe. Many of their offspring had > > > Black Hair and Blue Eyes. (Black Dutch) Later this same standard was > > > adapted by some of the Irish, who saw "No Irish need apply". > > > In Virginia during the same period marriages between Indian and Whites > > > that produced an offspring who was then referred to MIDDLEN. This term > > > was used because being poor their main meal most of the time consisted > > > of the fatty piece of pork that others would not eat or purchase. This > > > was eaten between two slices of bread. Middlen was a very derogatory > > > term in most of Virginia. > > > > > > In losing my wife who is the Richardson in our family was always told as > > > a child that she was a mixture of Irish, English, German and Black > > > Dutch. We have no been able to confirm that the Black Dutch was > > > Cherokee. Bother Maternal and Fraternal Great Great Grandmothers where > > > full blooded Cherokee. > > > > > > Hope this helped. > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > margrett mccorkle wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, Listening in on the Black Dutch theme, I have to say: My father > > always claimed to be Black Dutch and like most I couldn't figure out what > > that might be. > > > > I went thru the Melungeon research a few years back, and though it is > > very interesting and many people descend from these people, I could never > > connect my Richardson's. > > > > My Samuel Richardson b.ca. 1806 in GA. had parents that were born in NC. > > but know no names. I am trying to find at this time Richardson in NC. 1775 - > > 1800 that my have migrated to GA. and a family with a son named Samuel and a > > son named William. If anyone has research that may have these two son's I > > could use any info. > > > > Thanks for any data > > > > Margrett (Richardson) McCorkle > > > > > > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > > > > To use the Richardson Query Board: > > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > > > > To review Archived messages: > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L > > > --------------4B0D2344EB36B5DE084A2F75 > > > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > > > name="just-bob.vcf" > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Content-Description: Card for Bob > > > Content-Disposition: attachment; > > > filename="just-bob.vcf" > > > > > > begin:vcard > > > n:Binstein;Bob > > > tel;home:818 / 341-7229 > > > x-mozilla-html:FALSE > > > adr:;;;;;; > > > version:2.1 > > > email;internet:[email protected] > > > x-mozilla-cpt:;5952 > > > fn:Bob Binstein > > > end:vcard > > > > > > --------------4B0D2344EB36B5DE084A2F75-- > > > > > > > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > > > To use the Richardson Query Board: > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > > > To review Archived messages: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L > > > > > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > > To use the Richardson Query Board: > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > > To review Archived messages: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L > --------------33F3DB5C5CC1AA8B846D42F7 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="just-bob.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Bob > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="just-bob.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:Binstein;Bob > tel;home:818 / 341-7229 > x-mozilla-html:FALSE > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > email;internet:[email protected] > x-mozilla-cpt:;5952 > fn:Bob Binstein > end:vcard > > --------------33F3DB5C5CC1AA8B846D42F7-- > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > To use the Richardson Query Board: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > To review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L >