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Which Native American Tribe Resided around Halifax and Palmyra NC in the Early 1800’s?
Over the year I have been told that my great great great grandmother was an American Indian who had married a previous slave. I traced her name which was morning who was born in 1825 somewhere in North Carolina and lived in the Palmyra /Halifax areas in North Carolina. Trying to find out if there were any American Indian tribes living in that area. she was born abt 1825 and I know she lived in these areas around 1845. I can’t find her maiden name only her married name.
The Cherokee Tribe is and was the prominent tribe in North Carolina. But there were literally 10’000’s of them at that time.
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LikeDislikeSorry… in rereading my answer I misspoke…
The prominent tribe in the area of Halifax/Palmyra was the Cherokee Tribe. When I said there were 10,000 of them, I meant 10,000 Cherokees… not 10,000 tribes…
Dennis
The Haliwa-Saponi lived in the Halifax area; In 1714 the Saponi, Tottero, Occanneechee, Keyauwee, Enoke, and Shakori banded together to form the “Great Saponi Nation.” By 1714 the Nansemond Tribe also merged with the Saponi Nation.
See also: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nc-american-indians/7266