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I recently learned there was a Spanish mission on the York River -- typed by ben 01/07/2019 06:34AM The Holston River Valley, especially the North Holston River area, was... -- Major Kong 01/07/2019 12:54PM Wow, I've never heard that, interesting. -- `lag 01/07/2019 07:15AM Lag, here is a better account. Looks like I mixed up the story. -- typed by ben 01/07/2019 07:51AM Thanks! ** -- `lag 01/07/2019 10:05AM We had a running back Oxendine which is supposedly a melungeon name... -- `lag 01/06/2019 9:38PM I once saw Al Gore at the OXnDine. ** -- MEHOKIE 01/07/2019 7:12PM Oxendine is a very common surname among the Lumbee tribe in NC -- statmanfromHCyrs 01/07/2019 09:43AM So, relationship to Melungeons? or just a common name in western NC? ** -- `lag 01/07/2019 10:19AM Could very well be, I worked with some Lumbee folks in NC -- Hokie Chris 01/07/2019 12:25PM No idea, but the Lumbee area is in SE NC ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 01/07/2019 10:24AM Yep, we had an Oxendine that was a principal at our high school -- DonHo-kieHi 01/07/2019 4:19PM I give myself 1 Melungeon every nine holes. ** -- capitals1 01/06/2019 8:03PM Interesting comment noted them as a mix of Native Americans and Spanish. -- MikeVT85 01/06/2019 8:02PM Very interesting. Thanks for linking. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 01/06/2019 5:53PM
