Some of these Spanish people stayed on purpose. Coming inward from Santa Elena, now Parris Island, SC, there were 5 forts going thru GA, SC.NC clear into TN. The leader of this group was a man now called Juan Pardo, who was a Portuguese working under the Spanish. Each of the forts was manned by abt 30 men/some women and NA women and their children. What is little known is, that there were many 'UNKNOWN to us' people who were in VA before the English. Some of them were Turks, Armenians, North Africans of various hues, and some others. New research is coming from Spain and Turkey to confirm this. There was also an explorer who was the first man to transverse what is now the US of A from somewhere around LA to the Pacific coast and he was a black man. Can't remember his name at present. Many Melungeons believe that at least some of these folks are in their backgrounds. The English did NOT find us first. Here is an interesting site, confirming that many peoples who were not supposed to be here were here: <A HREF="http://www2.privatei.com/~bartjean/mainpage.htm">"In Plain Sight" </A> Be prepared to stay awhile. On the bottom of the first page there are connections to some Melungeon sites. I have posted information on the Melungeons here previously. If you want some GENERAL information on this group of people, then e-mail me privately and I will send it to you via e-mail and FREE. Here are a list of names that are common among the group of people called Melungeons and who were mainly located prior to the 1800s in NC, VA, KY, TN, WV. After the 1800s they spread everywhere. Common Melungeon Surname List North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia ADAMS ADKINS ALLEN ALLMOND ASHWORTH * BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD * CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW * DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS * ELY EPPS EVANS * FIELDS FREEMAN FRENCH * GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN * HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE HYATT * JACKSON JAMES JOHNSON JONES * KEITH(E) KENNEDY KISER * LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY LUCAS * MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO MULLINS * NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS * ORR OSBORN OSBORNE OXENDINE * PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT * RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL * SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL * TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER TUPPANCE TURNER * VANOVER VICARS VICCARS VICKERS * WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN