The Johnson family first appears as Free People of Color on Virginia’s eastern shore in the mid-1600s, and later in various counties in eastern North Carolina. This family is connected through marriage extensively with other families that are key in our research: BUTLER, ROACH, BUCK, HARRIS and BRYAN(T), Early North Carolina Census Records ELIZABETH JOHNSON […]
ELKS Surname Research Notes
The Elks surname is relevant to researching Coastal Carolina Indian history because it was the last recorded surname associated with the Hatteras Indians. Below, you will find a compilation of various data regarding the Elks surname (and variant spellings), including census records, deeds, headright information, wills, etc. PLEASE NOTE: There is no evidence that has […]
BROOKS DEEDS – Hyde County, North Carolina
From Record of Deeds A, 1736-1762 Abstracted and Indexed by Allen Wilkinson Hart Norris (Typed up for this website by Sara Whitford.) 180 (339-252) William Brooks to Thos Lowther 20 pounds cm VA 80 acres on Indian Ridge in Arrowmuskeet Hyde Co, joining Henry Gibbs Sr on one side and sd Lowther on the other. […]
BASS Bible Record (Nansemond/Chowanoc)
The item below is from USGenWeb Archives (per citation at the bottom) and we have no further information about this document or this family. Chowan County, NC – John Basse Bible Record ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book of John Basse-Norfolk County Virginia NC Archives – Bibles Call No. 400.1.1.418 Nathaniell Basse and Mary Jourdan was marrid ye 21 […]
Apprentice Bonds for Free People of Color in Craven County, North Carolina (1769-1820)
In researching Indian ancestry, it’s important to note that for a variety of reasons in history (usually economic or socio-political), Indian people were often recorded as any race other than Indian. Sometimes “White,” other times “Black,” or “Negro,” and other times “Free Person of Color,” “Colored,” or “Mulatto.” The entries below have been taken from […]