Most of the states in the southeastern US were in a state of denial when it came to Native Americans. All Native Americans were supposed to have been moved West of the Mississippi according the Indian Removal Act passed by Congress in 1830. Virginia was especially bad. The only descendants of a Native American they recognized were those of Pocahontas all others according to Virginia were mulattoes or blacks. It wasn't until the 1970s that births could be registered as Native American.
Google Walter Plecker a racist who was Register of Virginia Vital Statistics from 1912 to 1946 who attempted to wipe out all mention of Native Americans in Virginia's records. Including changing birth records and marriage records from Native American or Indian to mulatto or black.
Clay
--- On Tue, 1/25/11, Peggy and Keith dixon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Peggy and Keith dixon <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Have you written about about your ancestors?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 3:19 PM
> I know my Moss from Second Creek,
> Monroe County, WV were listted as mulattos in
> the 1870 and their was black in the family through Jacob
> Moss (a freed slave
> that was mulatto or black). The wives were white but the
> children were listed
> as mulatoo until about 1900. That is when my great great
> father listed himselft
> as white. He was born in 1865 and married around
> 1890. All his children,
> including my grandmother were listed as white.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sondra Reger <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 1:57:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Have you written about about your ancestors?
>
> In only one census an entire family was listed as mulatto.
> Ones previous and
> afterward were white. I believe census recorders made
> LOTS of mistakes!
>
>
> FYI.....??in those census, native americans were also
> sometimes listed
> asmulatto.? I have an instance of a? family where the
> husbandis listed as
> mulatto, wife as white, his children from 1st
> marriagelisted as mulatto, his
> children with current wife listed aswhite.? He was native
> american.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Suzann:? I would say that one of the so called "foot
> warmers" turned into a
>
> baby.? My great-great grandfather?was a Mulatto and all his
> children were
> list
> as mulattoes until the late 1800s.? I was dropped in the
> early party of the
> 19
> century.? keith
>
>
>
>
> Suzann,
> ?
> I'm curious.? My great-grandfather "passed" from mulatto to
> white.? I was
> completely unaware of this blip in my racial background
> until a few years
> ago.?
> Now I find in trying to understand and write about this
> aspect of the family
>
> history that it is probably impossible for me to appreciate
> the thoughts and
>
> feelings and actions of my mulatto family.?
>
> ?
> I don't know if my problem falls into the area of your
> interest.? If it
> does,
> know that my personal computer is down and I check in at
> the library every
> couple of days.? I hope to be back on line on my own
> computer soon.
> ?
> Sally Phillips
>
>
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