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

http://www.chowanokereservationfund.com/chowanoke-families.html#:~:text=Some%20of%20theses%20families%20include,individuals%20to%20the%20Chowanoke%20community.