Common Surname and County List:
Below is a list of common Lakeminite Melungeon surnames and counties from which this specific pocket of Melungeon people descends and migrated from, and a list of counties those families migrated to.
This list is subject to expansion. If you are Melungeon and do not see your family name or a qualifying county please contact our historian at greatlakesmelungeons@gmail.com
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SURNAMES​
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Adkins
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Allen
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Bowling/Bollin(g)
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Bennett
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Blair
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Brown
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Bowman
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Bunch/Punch
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Campbell
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Carter
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Childers/Childress
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Chavis
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Clark
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Cox
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Collier
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Collins
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Cumbow
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Duncan
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Davis
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Denham
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Dial
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Gibson/Gipson
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Gowen/Goin
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Green
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Harris
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Hawkins
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Hopkins
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Hendricks
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James
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Johnson
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Jones
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King
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Lawson
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Matthews
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Mills
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Mullins
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Moore
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Mozingo
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Osborne
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Owens
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Oxendine
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Newman
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Nichols
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Noel
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Patterson
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Perkins
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Pruitt
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Rhea
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Richardson
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Robinson
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Russell
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Scott
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Sizemore
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Stanley
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Stephens
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Stewart
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Swindall
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Thompson
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Turner
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Vanover
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Watts
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White
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Willis
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Williams
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Wood
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Yates
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Young
ORIGIN COUNTIES
TN:​​
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Anderson
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Campbell
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Carter
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Claiborne
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Clark
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Cox
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Hamilton
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Hancock
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Hawkins
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Jackson
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Jefferson
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Johnson
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Montgomery
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Overton
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Putnum
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Sullivan
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Washington
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KY:
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Bell
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Clay
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Floyd
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Harlan
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Knott
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Knox
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Laurel
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Letcher
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McCreary
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Perry
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Pike
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Whitley
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NC:
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Alleghany
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Ashe
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Avery
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Mitchell
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Watauga
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Wilkes
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Yancey
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VA:
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Buchannon
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Dickenson
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Grayson
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Lee
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Pulaski
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Russel
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Scott
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Smyth
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Tazewell
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Washington
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Wise
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Wythe
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WV:
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Mcdowell
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Mercer
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Mingo
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Monroe
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Raleigh
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Wayne
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Wyoming
MIGRATION COUNTIES
OH:​​
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​​Cuyahoga​
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Erie
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Franklin
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Jefferson
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Lucas
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Mahoning
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​Montgomery
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Richland
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Stark
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Summit
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Trumbull
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IN:
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Allen
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Elkhart
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Kosciusko
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Lake
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Madison
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St. Joseph
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MI:
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Bay
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Berrien
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Calhoun
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Genessee
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Ingham
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Kent
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Macomb
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Oakland
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Saginaw
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Washtenaw
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Wayne
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IL:
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Cook
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Kankakee
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Lake
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Winnebago
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