Lumbee Surnames: Who Knew There Were so Many?

Britt offers important advice to researchers in his preface. To summarize: (1) many names in Robeson County can be Lumbee, White, African American, or all three; thus, a surname alone does not guarantee Lumbee ancestry. (2) Lumbee ancestors have been listed with a wide range of designations in historical records, including Mulatto, free persons not White, and free persons of color. In early Robeson and Bladen County census records and tax lists, the designation Indian appeared only once (in a 1768 Bladen tax list). Therefore, Britt says, "As a cautionary note, you cannot take any single-entry racial designation, White, African-American, or Indian, 'as gospel' " (p. 2).
List of Lumbee surnames with dates of appearance in the greater Lumbee Settlement (N=523 surnames) 1740-2007

Part 1: Title page, introduction, and surnames Adams through Alford

Part 2: Surnames Alford through Braveboy/Braboy / Brayboy / Braceboy

Part 3: Surnames Braveboy / Braboy / Brayboy / Braceboy through Carsey

Part 4: Surnames Carter through Davis

Part 5: Surnames Davis through Groom

Part 6: Surnames Groom through Knights

Part 7: Surnames Kober through Mitchell

Part 8: Surnames Mitchell through Quick

Part 9: Surnames Quinto through Sweat / Sweet

Part 10: Surnames Sweeting through Young (end of list)

http://lumbee.library.appstate.edu/list-lumbee-surnames


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