Table for Beale Article

Table for Beale Article

Estimated Population of Reputed Indian-White-Negro Racial Isolates of the Eastern United States, by State and County, 1950.

 

AREA AND ISOLATE

POPULATION

RACE DESIGNATION IN CENSUS SCHEUDLES

ALABAMA – Total

3,300

 

Cajans – Total

2,790

 

Mobile County

960

White, Negro, Indian

Washington County

1,830

Indian, Negro, Cajan, White

Melungeons

 

 

Jackson County

70

White

 

 

 

DELAWARE Total

530

 

Moors

 

 

Kent County

130

Moor, Negro, Indian, blank entries

Nanticoke-Moors

 

 

Sussex County

400

Indian, Negro, Moor, blank entries

 

 

 

FLORIDA - Total

60

 

Dominickers

 

 

Holmes County

60

White

 

 

 

GEORGIA - Total

80

 

Croatans - Total

80

 

Evans County

20

Negro

Richmond County

60

White

 

 

 

KENTUCKY - Total

7,990

 

Melungeons & related groups - Total

7,890

 

Clay County

460

White, Negro

Floyd County

1,680

White

Jackson County

140

White

Johnson County

420

White

Knott County

2,420

White

Letcher County

1,920

White

Magoffin County

670

White, Negro

Whitley County

180

White

Pea Ridge Group - Total

100

 

Cumberland County

70

Negro

Monroe County

30

White

 

 

LOUISIANA - Total

7,991

 

Houma Indians or Sabines - Total

2,291

 

Lafourche Parish

435

Indian

Terrebonne parish

1,856

Indian

Red Bones - Total

5,170

 

Allen Parish

1,270

White

Beauregard Parish

370

White, Negro

Calcasieu Parish

950

White, Negro

Evangeline Parish

210

White

Rapides Parish

1,050

White

Vernon Parish

1,320

White

Other Isolates

 

 

Natchitoches Parish

200

Negro, Indian, White, blank entries

Rapides Parish

90

Indian

St. Landry parish

240

Negro

 

 

MARYLAND - Total

3,090

 

Croatans

 

 

St. Mary’s County

20

Indian, White

Guineas

 

 

Garrett County

20

White

Wesorts - Total

3,050[i]

 

Charles County

1,570

Negro

Prince Georges County

1,480

Negro

 

 

MISSISSIPPI - Total

470

 

Creoles

 

 

Jackson County

470

White, Indian, Negro

 

 

NEW JERSEY - Total

810

 

Gouldstown Group

(N/A)

 

Cumberland County

(N/A)

Negro

Salem County

(N/A)

Negro

Jackson Whites - Total

810

 

Bergen County

370

Negro, White

Passaic County

440

Negro, White

 

 

NEW YORK - Total

570

 

Bushwhackers

 

 

Columbia County

100

White

Jackson Whites - Total

470

 

Orange County

60

Negro, White

Rockland County

410

Negro, White, Indian

 

 

NORTH CAROLINA - Total

32,712

 

Cubans or Person County Indians

 

 

Person County

196

Indian

Halifax & Warren County Indians - Total

3,689

 

Halifax County

2,860

Negro, Indian

Nash County

14

Indian

Warren County

815

Indian

Lumbee Indians or Croatans - Total

26,677

 

Bladen County

160

Negro, Indian

Columbus County

468

Indian

Cumberland County

439

Indian

Harnett County

402

Indian

Hoke County

764

Indian

Robeson County

22,553

Indian

Sampson County

786

Indian

Scotland County

1,075

Indian

Wayne County

30

Indian, Negro

Portuguese

 

 

Northampton County

320

Negro, Portuguese, Other, White

Other Isolates

 

 

Rockingham County

200

White, Indian, Negro

Stokes County

1,070

White, Negro

Surry County

560

White, Negro

 

 

 

OHIO - Total

2,200

 

Carmel Indians - Total

450

 

Champaign County

60

White, Negro

Hardin County

260

White, Indian, Negro

Highland County

130

White

Guineas - Total

1,430

 

Athens County

330

Negro, White

Morgan County

260

Negro, White

Muskingum County

410

Negro, White, Indian

Washington County

430

Negro, White

Other Isolates

 

 

Darke County

130

Negro

Vinton County

100

White, Negro

 

 

 

PENNSYLVANIA - Total

560

 

Keating Mountain Group - Total

100

 

Centre County

10

Negro, White

Clearfield County

30

White

Clinton County

60

White

Pools

 

 

Bradford County

460

White

 

 

 

SOUTH CAROLINA - Total

3,204

 

Brass Ankles & related groups - Total

2,320

 

Berkeley County

550

White, Filipino

Charleston County

70

White, Filipino

Clarendon County

20

Negro

Colleton County

130

Negro, White

Dorchester County

420

White, Negro

Orangeburg County

880

Negro, White

Richland County

240

Negro, White

Williamsburg County

10

Blank entries

Lumbee Indians or Croatans - Total

604

 

Dillon County

250

Indian

Marion County

114

Indian

Marlboro County

240

Indian

Turks

 

 

Sumter County

280

Turk, White, Negro

 

 

 

TENNESSEETotal

4,430

 

Melungeons & related groups - Total

4,430

 

Bledsoe County

50

White

Campbell County

970

White, Negro, Indian

Cannon County

40

White

Claiborne County

630

White, Negro

Davidson County

40

White

Grainger County

330

White, Negro

Hamilton County

60

White

Hancock County

1,320

White

Hawkins County

570

White, Negro

Marion County

80

White

Morgan County

10

Negro, White

Rhea County

120

White

Roane County

150

Negro

Stewart County

20

White, Indian

 

 

 

VIRGINIA - Total

7,050

 

Adamstown Indians or Upper Mattaponi

 

 

King William County

130

Indian, White, Negro

Brown PeopleTotal

710

 

Amherst County

150

Negro, White, blank entries, Indian

Rockbridge County

560

White

Chickahominy Indians - Total

820

 

Charles City County

690

Negro, Indian, White

James City County

30

Negro

New Kent County

100

Indian, Negro, White

Cubans

 

 

Halifax County

210

Indian, White, Negro

Issues

 

 

Amherst County

300

Indian, White, blank entries

Melungeons or Ramps - Total

3,120

 

Lee County

1,520

White

Scott County

450

White

Wise County

1,150

White

Potomac Indians - Total

230

 

King George County

40

White

Stafford County

190

White

Rappahannock Indians - Total

430

 

Caroline County

320

Negro, Indian, White

Essex County

20

Negro

King and Queen County

90

Negro, Indian, White

Other isolates

 

 

Patrick County

1,100

White, Negro

 

 

 

WEST VIRGINIA - Total

1,650

 

Guineas - Total

1,650

 

Barbour County

1,040

Negro, White, blank entries

Taylor County

610

Negro, White

 

 

 

SEVENTEEN STATES - Total

74,697

 

 



 A subsequent field survey by Witkop and associates shows this number to be low by at least 1,000.