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Ancestry/Genealogy

GentryDixon

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1. My extended family is of Melungeon heritage.

Reply to carolinayellowdog (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 07:16 PM

Jul 2014

I found in doing my ancestry research about the Goin family line. The patriarch, Thomas Goin was a Revoluntary War veteran, and a man of some means, but it did not matter when his grandson Elijah Goin was accused of being a mulatto by his daughter's brother-in-law.

The case for slander sent to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Read more..http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Melungeon/2003-03/1047058099

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Researchers Discuss Origins of Melungeon Heritage at Annual Event [View all] carolinayellowdog Jul 2014 OP

My extended family is of Melungeon heritage. GentryDixon Jul 2014 #1

Your username has always reminded me of the documentary Melungeon Voices carolinayellowdog Jul 2014 #2

Interesting. GentryDixon Jul 2014 #3