The Ballad of Milly Wheatley
William Wheatley and his wife rode to a religious service at neighbor's house in 1819. The Rye Cove area of Scott County still wasn’t populated...
“Bad John” Wright
"Bad John” Wright (1844-1931) was a peace officer for 40 years in and around Wise, Virginia. He was a prominent character in the historic feuds...
Bad Jim Wright (?-Sep. 8, 1902)
"Bad" Jim Wright was an outlaw from Hancock County, Tennessee, serving a life sentence for murder in the Brushy Mountain Penitentiary. This facility was new...
We’re Certain We Have Him…We Think
The mysterious case of Grat M. Walk kept the region in suspense from 1903 to 1910. It wasn’t just your standard murder. It was a...
Ku Klux Karma
American history is filled with atrocities committed by the Ku Klux Klan. It brings a welcome sense of divine justice to discover situations where their...
Melungeon Bibliography and Research
"A New Race." Daily Public Ledger [Maysville, KY] 23 Jan. 1894. Print. Salt Lake Herald 18 June 1893. Print. "Melungeons Ancestry." The Morning Call [San...
Other Pertinent Melungeon Notes
There are a number of other topics and tidbits to consider. Here are several: As previously mentioned, those who came to the community later discussed...
Melungeons and the Portuguese Theories
As stressed earlier in this article series, there are no definite or concrete records for Melungeon researchers. Even if we allow them the Portuguese ancestry...
Melungeons were Portuguese?
It's easy to see how uneducated mountaineers might have classified people who were Italian, Greek, Latino or Portuguese, as coming from African roots due to...
Dromgoole’s Malungeons
Will Allan Dromgoole, as noted earlier, had a very special vocabulary for the Melungeon people. Good or bad, she is still considered an authority on...