You can also google the term melungeon . There is a lot of interesting information on this race. Joni -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jo Ann Whitworth Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 5:01 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [SELLERS] Emanuel and Gurley Sellers b c. 1800 NC livinginJefferson and Shelby Co. AL Can you explain what is meant by "Black Dutch"? I keep coming across that term but cannot figure out if it means Indian, African, or other. My great great great grandfather, John Balentine, from SC was also called by that term. Thanks, Jo Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [SELLERS] Emanuel and Gurley Sellers b c. 1800 NC living inJefferson and Shelby Co. AL > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: sellers (sellars) > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JWGBAEB/1299.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hilliard George Sellers was born 1797 in NC he married Rachel Snider > and > she was born 1796 SC. Her parents were John M. Snider and Susannah Oswalt > both born in SC. Hilliard and Rachel had I think nine children their names > are: William Hilliard b 1825-1875, Julie Ann b 1827-?,Isaiah b > 1830-?,Lucinda b 1835-1888,George Alexander I 1835-?, Mary Frances b > 1838-1902, Mahala b 1842-?, Ackillis 1845-1906, Lethis 1848-?. According > to the The Tuscaloosa Heritage Book at the library, Hilliard and Rachel > were some of the first Black Dutch settlers in Tuscaloosa County. And the > book also states that they were Cherokee Indians. I have always heard that > my Sellers line had indian blood in them. But I am at a dead in on who > Hilliards parents are. Rachel's family originally came from Switzerland. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message