FREE "BLACK AMERICANS" & INDIANS IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE

The history of the free Black American community as told through the family history and genealogy of most Black Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period

Winner: The American Society of Genealogists' Donald Lines Jacobus Award and The North Carolina Genealogical Society Award of Excellence in Publishing

If you are "African-American" with Ancestry in VA, NC, and SC, here is a list of surnames of FPOC= Free People Of Color = Indigenous/American Indians. Follow the link below and click on the surnames in your family to get information that will assist you with your genealogy research. Many of the these families are cross referenced as they intermarried and did business together, especially as it relates to marriages and land deeds, court records, etc..

FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN COLONIAL

VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA

Foreword, by Ira Berlin

Abel-Angus (Abel, Abshier, Acre, Adams, Africa, Ailstock, Alford, Allen, Alman, Alvis/ Allways, Ampey, Ancel, Anderson, Andrews, Angus, Anthony)

Archer-Avery (Archer, Armfield, Armstrong, Arnold, Artis, Ashberry, Ashby, Ashe, Ashton, Ashworth, Atkins, Atkinson, Aulden, Avery)

Bailey-Berry (Bailey, Baine, Baker, Balkham, Ball, Baltrip, Bannister, Banks, Barber, Barnett, Barlow, Barrow, Bartly/Bartlett, Bass, Bates, Battles, Bazden, Bazmore, Beckett, Bee, Bell, Bennett, Benson, Berry)

Beverly-Brogdon (Beverly, Bibbens/ Beavans, Bibby, Biddie, Bilberry, Bing, Bingham, Binns, Bizzell, Black, Blake, Blango, Blanks, Blizzard, Blue, Bluford, Bolling, Bolton, Bond, Boon, Booth, Bosman, Bow, Bowden, Bowers, Bowles, Bowman, Bowmer, Bowser, Boyd, Bradby, Branch, Brandican, Brandon/ Branham, Braveboy, Braxton, Brewington, Bright, Britt, Britton, Brodgon)

Brooks-Byrd (Brooks, Brown, Bruce, Brumejum/ Brumagen, Bryan, Bryant, Brewington/ Bruenton, Bugg, Bullard, Bunch, Bunday, Burden, Burke, Burkett, Barnett/Burnett, Burrell, Busby, Bush, Buss, Butcher, Butler, Byrd)

Campbell-Charity (Campbell, Cane, Cannady, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Cary, Case, Cassidy, Causey, Cauther, Chambers, Chandler, Chapman, Charity)

Chavis Family

Church-Cotanch (Church, Churchwell, Churton, Clark, Cobb, Cockran, Cole, Coleman, Collins, Combess, Combs, Conner, Connally, Cook, Cooley, Cooper, Copeland, Copes, Corn, Cornet, Cornish, Cotanch)

Cousins-Davenport (Cousins, Cowigg, Cox, Coy, Craig, Credit, Crane/ Craney, Croston, Cuff, Cuffee, Cumbo, Cunningham, Curle, Curtis, Custalow, Cuttillo, Cypress, Dales/ Dial, Dalton/ Dorton, Davenport)

Davis-Drew (Davis, Day, Dean, Deas, Debrix, Decoudrey, Demery, Dempsey, Dennis, Dennum/ Denham, De Rosario, Dixon, Dobbins, Dolby, Donathan, Douglass, Dove, Drake, Drew)

Driggers-Dutchfield (Driggers, Dring, Driver, Drury, Duncan, Dungee, Dungill, Dunlop, Dunn, Dunstan, Durham, Dutchfield)

Eady-Evans (Eady, Edge, Edgar, Edwards, Edwin, Elliott, Ellis, Elmore, Epperson, Epps, Evans)

Fagan-George (Fagan, Faggott, Farrar, Farthing, Fears, Ferrell, Fielding, Fields, Findley, Finnie, Fletcher, Flood, Flora, Flowers, Fortune, Fox, Francis, Francisco, Franklin, Frazier, Freeman, Frost, Fry, Fullam, Fuller, Fuzmore, Gallimore, Gamby, Garden, Gardner, Garner, Garnes, George)

Gibson-Gowen (Gibson, Gilbert, Gillett, Gilmore, Godett, Goff, Goldman, Goodman, Gordon, Gowen)

Grace-Hamlin (Grace, Graham, Grant, Grantum, Graves, Gray, Grayson, Gregory, Grice, Griffin, Grimes, Groom, Groves, Guy, Gwinn, Hacket, Hagins, Hailey, Haithcock, Hall, Ham, Hamilton, Hamlin)

Hammond-Hawley (Hammond, Hanson, Harden, Harmon, Harris, Harrison, Hartless, Harvey, Hatcher, Hatfield/Hatter, Hawkins, Hawley)

Haws-Hurst (Haws, Haynes, Hays, Hearn, Heath, Hedgepeth, Henderson, Hewlett, Hewson, Hickman, Hicks, Hill, Hilliard, Hilton, Hitchens, Hiter, Hobson, Hodges, Hogg, Hollinger, Holman, Holmes, Holt, Hood, Hoomes, Honesty, Horn, House, Howard, Howell, Hubbard, Hulin, Hughes, Humbles, Hunt, Hunter, Hurley, Hurst)

Ivey-Jasper (Ivey, Jackson, Jacobs, James, Jameson, Jarvis, Jasper)

Jeffery-Johnson (Jeffery, Jeffries, Jenkins, Jennings, Johns, Johnson)

Joiner-Lee (Joiner, Jones, Jordan, Jumper, Keemer, Kelly, Kendall, Kent, Kersey, Key, Keyton, King, Kinney, Kitson, Knight, Lamb, Landum, Lang, Langston, Lansford, Lantern, Lawrence, Laws, Lawson, Lee)

Lemon-Lytle (Lemon, Lephew, Lester, Lett, Leviner, Lewin, Lewis, Lighty, Ligon, Lively, Liverpool/ Pool, Locklear, Lockson, Locus/Lucas, Logan, Longo, Lowry, Lugrove, Lynam, Lynch, Lyons, Lytle)

McCarty-Martin (McCarty, McCoy, McCullum, McDaniel, McIntosh, Maclin, Madden, Magee, Mahorney, Major(s), Malbone, Male/ Mail, Manly, Mann, Manning, Manuel, Marshall, Martin)

Mason-Month (Mason, Matthews, Mayo, Mays, Meade, Mealy, Meekins, Meggs, Melvin, Miles, Miller, Mills, Milton, Mitchell, Mitchum, Mongom, Monoggin, Month)

Moore-Murrow (Moore, Mordick, Morgan, Morris, Mosby, Mosely, Moses, Moss, Mozingo, Muckelroy, Mumford, Munday, Muns, Murphay, Murray, Murrow)

Nash-Peters (Nash, Neal, Newman, Newsom, Newton, Nicholas, Nickens, Norman, Norris, Norton, Norwood, Nutts, Oats, Okey, Oliver, Otter/ Auter, Overton, Owen, Oxendine, Page, Pagee, Palmer, Parker, Parr, Parrot, Parsons, Patrick, Patterson, Payne, Peavy, Peacock, Pendarvis, Pendergrass, Perkins, Peters)

Pettiford-Riley (Pettiford, Phillips, Phillipson, Pickett, Pierce, Pinn, Pittman, Pitts, Plumly, Poe, Pompey, Pool, Portions, Portee/ Portiss, Powell, Powers, Poythress, Press, Price, Prichard, Proctor, Pryor, Pugh, Pursley, Rains, Ralls, Randall, Ranger, Rann, Ransom, Raper, Ratcliff, Rawlinson, Redcross, Redman, Reed, Reeves, Revell, Reynolds, Rich, Richardson, Rickman, Ridley, Riley)

Roberts-Sawyer (Roberts, Robins, Robinson, Rogers, Rollins, Rosario, Ross, Rouse, Rowe, Rowland, Ruff, Ruffin, Russell, Sample, Sampson, Sanderlin, Santee, Saunders, Savoy, Sawyer)

Scott-Skipper (Scott, Seldon, Sexton, Shepherd, Shoecraft, Shoemaker, Silver, Simmons, Simms, Simon, Simpson, Sisco, Skipper)

Slaxton-Stephens (Slaxton/Thaxton, Smith, Smothers, Sneed, Snelling, Soleleather, Sorrell, Sparrow, Spelman, Spiller, Spinner, Spriddle, Spruce, Spurlock, Stafford, Stephens)

Stewart Family

Stringer-Talbot (Stringer, Sunket, Swan, Sweat, Sweetin, Symons, Syphax, Taborn, Talbot)

Tann-Viers (Tann, Tate, Taylor, Teague, Teamer, Thaxton, Thomas, Thompson, Timber, Toney, Tootle, Toulson, Toyer, Tudor, Turner, Twopence, Tyler, Tyner, Tyre, Underwood, Valentine, Vaughan, Vena/Venie, Virtue/Verty, Vickory, Viers)

Walden-Webster (Walden, Walker, Wallace, Warburton, Warrick, Waters, Watkins, Weaver, Webb, Webster)

Weeks-Young (Weeks, Welch, Wells, West, Wharton, Whistler, White, Whitehurst, Whitmore, Wiggins, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Williams, Willis, Wilson, Winborn, Winn, Winters, Wise, Womble, Wood, Wooten, Worrell, Worsham, Wright, Young)

Samuel Hawkes, a formerly enslaved who was freed in Nottoway County, Virginia about 1836.

He moved to Gallia, Ohio, and then to Calvin Center, Michigan, where he was reported to have been the largest taxpayer.

He married Matilda Dungey, sister of Sarah Dungey who is shown on the first page of these photos.

Much of the nineteenth century genealogy for the above photos was taken from (rejected) Eastern Cherokee claims filed in 1907 [Files 35279, 35283].

Tom Kovalak, the owner of these photos, can be contacted at:

tkovalak@gmail.com

List of Indian Slaves, Free Indians, and Free African Americans who are identified in colonial court records without last names

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