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Ridiculous Regulators

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Gate City’s Train Tragedy of 1940

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An Everlasting Faint

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From the Pulpit to the Prison

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Marble Hall Beyond Murder

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The Marble Hall Murder

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The Ghosts of Marble Hall

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The Luttrell Murder Mystery

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The Curse of Dry Gulch

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The Ballad of Milly Wheatley
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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...

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“Bad John” Wright
Crimes and Criminals Histories of Appalachian Peoples The History of Bad Men

“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...

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Bad Jim Wright (?-Sep. 8, 1902)
Crimes and Criminals Histories of Appalachian Peoples The History of Bad Men

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...

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We’re Certain We Have Him…We Think
Crimes and Criminals Histories of Appalachian Peoples The History of Bad Men

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...

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Ku Klux Karma
Crimes and Criminals Histories of Appalachian Peoples History

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...

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Histories of Appalachian Peoples History Genealogy and DNA

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...

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Genealogy and DNA Histories of Appalachian Peoples History

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...

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Genealogy and DNA Histories of Appalachian Peoples History

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...

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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...

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Genealogy and DNA Histories of Appalachian Peoples History Myths and Legends

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...

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