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9780865547032

North from the Mountains a Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement,Highland County, Ohio

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  • ISBN13:

    9780865547032

  • ISBN10:

    0865547033

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-11-01
  • Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $19.95

Summary

Kessler and Ball have written the definitive book on the Carmel Melungeon settlement in Highland, Ohio. Available in both hardback and paperback.

Author Biography

Donald B. Ball is a native of Middle Tennessee. His work has been published in the Tennessee Anthropologist, the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, and the Ohio Valley Historical Archaeology bulletin. He is an archaeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville John S. Kessler grew up in the Carmel community in southeastern Highland County, Ohio, where his ancestors had lived for generations. His previous writings have appeared in the Nautilus, Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science, and in Ohio Valley Historical Archaeology

Table of Contents

Illustrations
vii
Tables
vii
Foreword ix
N. Brent Kennedy
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction
1(6)
Location and Natural Environment
7(6)
The Cultural Landscape
13(6)
History and Origins of the Carmel Melungeons
19(42)
Establishment of the Carmel Settlement
19(10)
Relationship to Magoffin County, Kentucky
29(6)
Ties to the Melungeons
35(7)
Mid-Atlantic Coast Origins
42(15)
Summary
57(4)
Previous Ethnographic Studies
61(32)
Introduction to the Folk History
93(2)
A Folk History of the Carmel Settlement and Environs
95(34)
Current Status
129(4)
Future Directions
133(6)
Concluding Remarks
139(54)
Appendixes
A. Specific Locational Data for Cultural Landmarks Associated with the Carmel Melungeon Settlement
147(1)
B. Summary of Available Census Data for Carmel and Magoffin County Melungeons
148(2)
C. 1810 and 1820 Documentation Relating to Magoffin County Group
150(4)
D. Population of South Appalachia Melungeons in 1950
154(1)
E. Unrelated Mestizo Populations in Melungeon Settlement Area
155(13)
F. Index to Vernacular Speech Recorded in Morgan's Novel Squaw Winter
168(5)
G. Correlation of Surnames among the Eastern Cherokee, Melungeons, and Magoffin County Mestizos
173(4)
H. Carmel Melungeon Gravestone Inscriptions
177(6)
I. Possible Melungeon-Related Place Names in Southeastern Kentucky
183(5)
J. Summary of Possible Melungeon-Related Interments in the Cemeteries of Northwestern Perry County, Kentucky
188(2)
K. Summary of Possible Melungeon-Related Interments in the Cemeteries of Whitley County, Kentucky
190(3)
Bibliography 193(14)
Index 207

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