OCCANEECHI, SAPONI, AND TUTELO of the SAPONI NATION: THE PIEDMONT CATAWBA
Written and Complied by Richard Haithcock and Vicky Haithcock
Identifying todays Occaneechi, Saponi and Tutelo of the Saponi Nation and Piedmont-Catawba Core family names: example, Haithcock may have evolved in 1673 from Indian John Hasecoll / Hasecott to Hayscock / Hesscot in 1728 to Haithcock, Hethcock to Haith, Hathcock arid Heathcock to present.
The Saponi Nation consist primarily of the Saponi arid the Piedmont-Catawba, Tutelo and the surviving Occaneechi from Bacon's Rebellion, Fort Christianna arid Junntapurse.
Their ancestoral names are:
Jeffries
Stewart
Scott
Chavis
Buck
Teteli
Hays
Corn
Guy
Watkins
Day
Branham
Jones
Haith
Haithcock
Burnett
Griffen
Oakey
Goings
Collins
Gibson
Bunch
Poythress
Whitmore
Mayo
Bullen
Harris
Coker
Parker
Pettiford
Liggins.
They can be found in Greensville, Brunswick, Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia; Caswell, Orange, Alamance, Cabarrus, Stanly, Person, Granville, Halifax, Randolph and Northampton Counties,
North Carolina and in Ross, Lawrence, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Fayette, Greene and Pike Counties, Ohio and Hamilton, Vigo, Randolph Co.'s,
Indiana and in Cass Co., Michigan.
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2 comments:
Do the Jackson County Goins' identify themselves as Cherokee? If so, then might they have shortened their name from Goingsnake, Goingtowater etc.?
I'm a descendant from the Branham line...
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