Got this book and read this section. Didn't see any reference to the part about the negro slave or dark complected. Maybe this note came from somewhere else. There is a reference to Waldrups being in an earlier book. Will try to read that one as well. Would be interesting to know. Sonny >From: JanDawson@aol.com >Reply-To: WALDROP-L@rootsweb.com >To: WALDROP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WALDROP] Black Dutch >Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 02:34:31 EDT > >There is a series of books called "The Foxfire Books" which contain a >collection of interviews conducted by high school students with older >Appachinan folk in an effort to preserve the culture and heritage of the >people and their times. The interviews were done in northwestern Ga and >southwestern NC in the1960s and 1970s. In Vol. 8, ISBN 0-385-17741-0, p. >90, >are the recollections of Mrs. Arlie Waldrop (b. 1897 in Macon Co., NC) who >mentions Waldrops named Eli Rufus, Jake, Joab Moore, Black Bill, Ned and >Eli. > These are decendants of James Waldroop of Wake Co., NC. > >Mrs. Waldrop claimed that Black Bill was dark "complected" and that the >family claimed he was a mixture of a Negro slave and a white. A Black >Dutch. >Whether or not this was true cannot be proven, but apparently the rest of >the >family was not of the same coloring. Mrs Meadows goes on to say her >Waldrops >came from Ireland. Both of these statements are her observations, and are >not >necessarily fact. > > >==== WALDROP Mailing List ==== >To use Waldrop Message Board: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/wal/Waldrop >To Review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/WALDROP-L > _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com