Monday, April 15, 2019

Oklahoma Black Towns




African Towns and Settlement of Indian and Oklahoma Territories


African Ghost Towns:


  • Arkansas Colored
  • Bookerfree
  • Candian Colored
  • Chase
  • Ferguson
  • Lincoln City
  • Marshall Town
  • North Fork Town
  • Old Vinta
  • Wybark

African Towns Today:

  • Arcadia
  • Boley
  • Langston
  • Red Bird
  • Reutieville
  • Taft
  • Tallahassee
  • Vernon
  • Wewoka



















Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Lumbee Native Americans- North Carolina



The Lumbee Nation is a 55,000 member tribe residing in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties in North Carolina. They are the largest tribe in North Carolina,  the largest east of the Mississippi River and the ninth largest in the nation. The Lumbee are the Amalgamation of various Siouan, Algonquian and Iroquoian speaking Nations.



https://www.lumbeetribe.com/history--culture












Some Lumbee surnames include the following:

  • Lowery/Lowry/Lockey
  • Locklear
  • Johnson
  • Williams
  • Brown
  • Jones
  • Miller
  • Davis
  • Wilson
  • Anderson
  • Taylor
  • Thomas
  • Martin
  • Thompson
  • White
  • Harris
  • Jackson
  • Chavis
  • Oxendine
  • Hunt
  • Bass
  • Bell
  • Chavis/Chaves/Chaviss/Chavous/Cheaves
  • Goings
  • Hammonds/Hammons
  • Britt
  • Stewart
  • Bell 
  • Berry
ETC............... Please check for additional names on the link below.