Robeson County, North Carolina, USA 1787 - 1900

Here's the Amazon link

http://www.amazon.com/Nowhere-Else-Earth-Josephine-Humphreys/dp/014...

As a writer she has a great reputation. It sounds like she not only did her research, she made it come to life.

Will there be a movie?

When I read it, it reminded me of the movie "Cold Mountain"

Eldon,
Great book, Nowhere Else on Earth. It's been awhile since I have read it though, time for a re read I guess.

This is my opinion on the naming of the Indian folk of Robeson Co.
First off they wouldn't have even been there if they weren't shoved
there by the white man in the first place. As I understand it in historic
times this part of the country was mostly swamp land that no one really
wanted. I’m sure that a lot of different tribes of Indians wound up there
from all around the region, seeking refuge from the scourge of the land,
the White Man. The other thing is once most folks were “assimilated”
into the White Man ways, to them you just became another Indian no
matter what tribe you originated from. And of course it hasn’t helped that
we have changed our own name several times ourselves. To this day I have folks in my tree line who I think I know who they are, but they say, I am Tuscarora, I am Cherokee, I am Lumbee, I am Ceraw. I think that a lot of that comes from politics. If the White Man was calling us one thing or the other at any particular time in history, a lot of Indians just went along with it, and tried to pass the same information to their children. I also believe that what is used today with the naming of Indian tribes is made up from the White Man, not really the original name at all.

Another Note: I will never forget being in the courthouse in Fairmont and seeing the water fountians. They had three seperate ones, and I remember my grandfather Dock telling me which one to drink out of. One was marked Indian, one Negro, and one White.

Man I wish that I had a picture of that. I was only 5 or 6 at the time so that would have put it in 1958, or '59 If anyone does has a picture of that I sure would like to see it.

Edward Bryan Knuckles, Sr My problem, as far as Geni goes, is that I want to put the correct ethnicity in each profile. There are very few obits which say, for example, Lumbee. Most just say Indian so since I don't want it to be wrong, I leave it blank. When you see a profile where you know the correct ethnicity, please put it in.

Might I ask why your father has no name, If it is a personal issue, don't answer in this public discussion but you can use the message system.

I would put in Indian, at least they would be recognized as not white, or black. I guess you could say Red. LOL

My brother Steve introduced me to this site. I have a lot of information I could contribute if I can ever find the time.

Both Steve, and I are "half breeds" We are Lumbee on our mothers side,
And White on our fathers side. I have a lot of information for both sides of the family, as I researched it years ago. I am sure that some of the information on my Mothers side came to this site from that. I shared the info
With several family members years ago at a family reunion we had in Lumberton.

Well that posted as Steve, guess I need to sign in as myself.