Re: Craven and Robeson Co.N.C. (S.C.) Pauls
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Re: Craven and Robeson Co.N.C. (S.C.) Pauls
Dwayne Locklear 4/25/01
Dear Dwayne, I do not have any information about Alfred Paul, please give more details and perhaps I can help,I have heard the surname Sampson before but can't place it. If I come across anything I will let you know. Feel free to contact me in private. As far as the mulatto, You must be talking about Dight Paul and his family, His brother Moses is in the same census.My ancestor was their brother John. Early on there was a group of Indians that lived in the swamps around Drowning Creek, now known as the Lumber River,in what is now the Robeson County area. When the Europeans started coming they realized what was happening to the Indiansand many of these Indians adopted European names and customs. Many took the names of the settlers that were from the settlement of Roanoke.(such as Hammond) These Indians even filed for land grants and got them right along with the settlers. This group today number around 40,000, and over 90% of them still live in the Robeson Area. They are known now as the Lumbee Indians, named for the Lumber River. They have not yet been reconized as a tribe by the US, which I feel is very unfair, because they should have the benefits of any other tribe. Most think mulatto means black and white, but it was also used for Indian and white. The Lumbees married into the Paul family, I would suspect that Nancy, Dights wife was one of these Indians. I knowJames Paul married Rebecca "Hammond", and more than likely she was a Lumbee Indian too. Any of the wives and mothers could have been. The Pauls that I know of are Dark headed and Dark eyed anyway. My my gggreat uncle Bedford Brown Paul, son of John, was described in his civil war muster sheet as having Black hair and Black eyes. One cousin in Europe told me he looked like he fell off of a nickle, he is descended from Isham, Dights, Moses and Johns, younger brother. You can find more about this in the Robeson County web page. My Dad (79) said when he was growing up that he remembered having cousins that had skin that was almost black. I "know" we have Indian ancestory and perhaps black also in our family line. To tell the truth, I am proud for it, I am glad our family didn't see the color of a persons skin, but saw them as they are, just people, like the European. My Paul line is out of Ireland and Scotland, we arrived in "The New World" as far as we can tell right now, about the early to mid-1600's and went to the Carolinas from Virginia in the late 1600's to early 1700's. The Pauls are a very old family in the US. I will be glad to help you discover which branch you are related to. There is a line that has alot of Archibalds in it and they arrived in the late 1700's, no connection unless it is in the "old country" Be in touch! Mary Paul Barrett
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