Friday, September 21, 2018

Chowanoke Native Americans- North Carolina

Chowanoac Native American was largest Algonquian group in North Carolina, they  live along both the banks of the present-day Chowan River in northeastern North Carolina. There land encompassed Gates, Hertford, Bertie and Chowan County.






https://www.ncpedia.org/chowanoac-indians


https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/chowanoke-descendants-reclaim-ancestral-land-envision-cultural-center-aka9RVXZaketpYBag7fpLg







Some of Chowanoke surnames  include:


  • Chavis
  • Lewis
  • Boone
  • Jones
  • Hiter/Hoyer
  • Beasely
  • Puchin
  • Reading
  • Greene
  • Butler
  • Manley
  • Robbins
  • Saunders
  • Martin
  • Rooks
  • Bennett
  • Hall
  • Bass
  • Weaver