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Identifying the Saponi Indians living next to Col. William Eaton

The Native American community in Granville County was very much a community, and not a place where unconnected random Native American peoples settled. It was/is very much a thriving, connected community of very closely related families that have been intermarrying with one another in this exact location since at least the early/mid 1700s. There isContinue reading “Identifying the Saponi Indians living next to Col. William Eaton”

Colonial Records of Saponi Indians in Granville County

Throughout history, Granville County was occupied by both Saponi and Tuscarora peoples at various times. However, the last time the government officially identified the Native Americans of Granville County by a tribe, they identified the people as “Saponi”. This is not to imply that the only Saponi people left in North Carolina lived only inContinue reading “Colonial Records of Saponi Indians in Granville County”

The Page Family, Cary NC

I am going to be looking into the King family from Cary but decided to check out the Page Family first! Native Americans were living around the Wake County area for thousands of years before Europeans settled in North Carolina. The Sissiphaw , Eno and Shakori Tribes were inhabitants to the area. They say theseContinue reading “The Page Family, Cary NC”