Surnames and Early Families of Appalachia and the American South, S2:26

[@lorenenath6002]

Happy new year! Thank you for all of your hard work, and videos in 2024.

[@BarryVann]

@@lorenenath6002 Thank you, Loren! I enjoy doing these videos.

[@bringthechaos1227]

You should do a video on the surname O'Quinn and I would appreciate if you do more surnames in the Southwest Virginia

[@BarryVann]

I appreciate the request; I might do something on the Cumberland Gap, which would include Southwestern Virginia. O'Quinn is on the list of names to cover. Thanks!

[@clwest3538]

I have none of those names in any of my lines - I just enjoy the history you give with them! You're a good story teller!

[@BarryVann]

@@clwest3538 Thanks! Send me an email to [e-mail]. I'll send you the latest catalog.

[@portiamatthews9654]

I've traced my family surnames from a long long long history. It's an amazing journey when you find out where your ancestors used to live and coming to United States.

[@BarryVann]

@@portiamatthews9654 It’s a fascinating journey! Thanks for the message!

[@portiamatthews9654]

@BarryVann 🙂👍

[@barrychandler5250]

Happy New Year my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BarryVann]

Happy New Year to you as well!

[@Jadedfaeri]

Have you done or can you do Perkins?

[@BarryVann]

Episode 14 (March 1, 2022)

[@Jadedfaeri]

@@BarryVann thank you sir!

[@gracie4duke]

Another interesting program! Happy New Year to you and your family, with continued blessings!

[@BarryVann]

@@gracie4duke Many thanks, Gracie! Happy New Year!

[@villiehaizlip7626]

Happy New Year All🎉🎉😊! Wishing Dr Barry continues with the sirname history. Thanks🎉

[@BarryVann]

Hi Villie, I am planning on starting Season 3 next week! Do you think there would be enough interest for two of these a week?

[@villiehaizlip7626]

@BarryVann I find it interesting and makes me think of home, old neighbors & schoolmates. I'm in. 🤗 I like the small bits of history thrown in, also.

[@donaldtittle3435]

Happy New Year to you and family

[@BarryVann]

@@donaldtittle3435 Thanks, Donald! Happy New Year!

[@giotablet0156]

can you investigate Quillen , Bullock .

[@lucyalderman422]

Awesome program

[@BarryVann]

Thank you, Lucy! Happy New Year!

[@BlueMoonShelly]

Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year for you and loved ones. Thank you so very much for your research and for all that you share and do. I need to email for your surname list and put in a request for some of my family names. Thank you again Sir.

[@BarryVann]

It was provided at the end of the video. [e-mail]

[@davido6170]

Nice way to start the year

[@BarryVann]

Happy New Year!

[@cmgs1970]

Happy New Year! Another interesting video 😊

[@BarryVann]

Happy New Year to you!

[@tonynorris1250]

Our family has a cousin who has tirelessly researched our ancestors. My parents were Glenn Norris and Betty Bond Norris. My grandmother on Dads side was a Blagg, her father was Caleb Bart Blagg and was born in Eastern Tennessee in 1880 or 1890. My mothers father was Luke Gatlin Bond and was born in Or around Pulaski Tennessee. The Bond side has been a long term search that keeps ending as well as my grandmother who was a Bridges. I keep hunting and thank you for your research. A good listen.

[@BarryVann]

@@tonynorris1250 Thanks, Tony! I appreciate you for the information.

[@barrychase9969]

Good word Barry.

[@BarryVann]

Thanks, Barry!

[@debmc369]

While researching my family on Dad's side (McGraw)found out my fourth Great Grandfather come to Northwest Tennessee in 1834. I hit a "brick road " with him, be unable to find his parent's names. Still the family were early settlers in Gidson County, Tennessee.

[@bluebird218bn]

There are many members of the Langley family here in Lee County, VA. Happy New Year to you and yours, Dr. Barry!

[@BarryVann]

Thanks, Bluebird! I'm about 22 miles from the border of Lee County! Happy New Year!

[@bluebird218bn]

@ Holler at me if you come up to visit Tammy and Ernie. 😊

[@pistoff-r4p]

How about some Emerson info, central NC...😊

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

The Barwick’s got of the boat in Talbot county Maryland about 1670’s, then Dobbs county N.Carolina about 1760’s, Darlington S.Carolina after the Revolution, and Emanuel county Georgia about 1810.

[@BarryVann]

I'm not sure that I understand what you are writing? If you are talking about the Barwick family, there's no need for me to cover it now. I'll scratch it off my list.

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

@ I enjoy your videos! I’ve always been interested in how folks ended up where they are. My family on both sides have been in America a long time. Check out the Pacetti name in St.Augustine Fl.

[@linlippy3358]

Thanks!

[@BarryVann]

@@linlippy3358 You're welcome, Lin! Happy New Year!

[@pdrake2572]

I join with many others in praying for a continuation of your series on sirnames and good health for all.. The name Toler is common in Logan Co, WV..Paul..

[@BarryVann]

@pdrake2572 Thanks, Paul! Happy New Yesr!

[@dianehoffman3508]

Many of my ancestors have the name Bell. Do you have any information about that name. Thanks

[@BarryVann]

Yes. I have. Send me an email to [e-mail]. I'll return it with a list of names and episodes.

[@ssumrall70]

Somerville were Norman origin with branches in England, Scotland and Ireland that arrived in the late 1600's to Virginia and then quite a bit of time in the Carolinas and all over. Name variants include Somervaill, Summerall, Summerell, Summerill, Summerlin, Sumlin, Sumrall, and Sumrill.

[@BarryVann]

@@ssumrall70 Thanks! I can take Somerville off my list.

[@Khatoon170]

Thank you for your wonderful cultural channel dr Barry . I looked up for origin and meanings of surnames you mentioned briefly here it’s Langley is English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Langley or longley “ in Kent , Sussex, Hereford shire , Norfolk, somerset, shorps , lancashire , Durham, many other counties ) , themselves from old English long ( long ) + Leah wood , glade , clearning . The name gibby is primarily a gender - neutral name of English origin that means bright bledge . Usually used as a nickname for someone who is named Gibert or Gibson, or has either of those surnames . Happy new year .

[@BarryVann]

@@Khatoon170 You're welcome, Khatoon!

[@BacktheBlue60]

Thank you Vann. I hope to hear my last name on your channel someday. Channell. 🙏

[@BarryVann]

Thanks, I'll look into Channell.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Hi, Neighbor and Murphy had their share of Hunsuckers, maybe even on Hanging Dog and going out of Clemson on Hwy 11, look to your left and you can see Duke Energy (Power) Bad Creek pumped storage project nested in our section of the Blue Ridge right below Whitewater Falls, just across the NC/SC line. Yall have a HAPPY NEW YEAR and God Bless Yall in the Valley!

[@BarryVann]

@@lewiemcneely9143 Howdy, brother Lewie, I remember my grandparents mentioning Hanging Dog! It's a small world! Happy New Year!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@BarryVann Was a FINE place to live! God Bless Yall!

[@DrGeorgePBurdell-USN-1701]

Resident of the Habersham county mentioned. Just had my protocol approved for PhD research into the cultures and faiths of northeast GA Appalachia. I'm so glad to have found your channel!! Happy New Year, sir!

[@BarryVann]

@@DrGeorgePBurdell-USN-1701 Awesome! Congratulations on your academic success!

[@robwyatt272]

I don't know if you have covered these names or not, but Fenders and Wyatts were present in the Appalachians prior to the Civil War.

[@BarryVann]

Hi Rob, you are the first person to request Fender(s) and Whyatt(s), so I just added them. There are quite a few in front of them. Thanks!

[@TEXASdaughter]

I have a Vann line in my family. Coming from SC > NC > TN > AL

[@BarryVann]

@@TEXASdaughter Howdy, Cousin! My line runs that way, too!

[@papaw5405]

My 1st cousin Katherine was a professor at Clemson.

[@BarryVann]

@@papaw5405 Glad to hear from you, Papaw!

[@papaw5405]

@@BarryVann I've been having computer problems of late. There are quite a few Gibbys living in Swain and Cherokee Counties in North Carolina. There are a few I know of here Burke County. And there are several Hunsucker families here still and in Catawba County too. Fouts is a familiar name also in Macon County NC. They go back to pre-Civil War times.

[@christolbert4628]

Dan Fouts was a great NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers. Happy New Year 🎉

[@BarryVann]

@@christolbert4628 I forgot about Dan! Air Corrial! Happy New Year!

[@mymacintyre]

Happy New Year. My grandmother's name was Lacefield but sometimes it is spelled as Lassewell. I think they were from Kentucky. Her mother a Holman.

[@BarryVann]

Hi there, take a look at Episode S2:4 (July 2, 2024) for Lacefield. You are the first to request Holman, which has an early presence in the Carolinas. I have added it to my list of names to cover.

[@Teri6419]

Most of my ancestors came over in the early 1600s. They were quakers who first landed in Pennsylvania. I live in South Central Appalacia (Blue Ridge, Watauga and Wilkes. John Bays Jr. was a Moravian that settled Forsyth County NC. (Rev. and 1812 veteran) James C. Roper fought Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Family names Dillon (Ireland) Arbuckle (Scotland) Roper (England), Hamby, Tripplet, Wagoner, Greene. I'm a direct descendant of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James I (Scotland) who is also King James of the Bible fame. I have blacks (Moses Roper), Powhatan (Summer Flower Scent) and Cherokee who assumed Spanish surnames.

[@BarryVann]

@Teri6419 Thanks for sharing your genealogy with us.

[@dorothymartin5199]

I've been watching your episodes for a while. I am looking for the name Martin

[@BarryVann]

Hi Dorothy, take a look at Episode 42 (September 6, 2022). Thanks for watching!

[@dorothymartin5199]

@BarryVann Thanks

[@thegeeg1751]

My family, Heil, Heyl then Hoyle,,,,,came also from Germany , Pennsylvania and ended in Western NC.

[@BarryVann]

@@thegeeg1751 Thanks for the message!

[@barrychandler5250]

When I heard Gabbard I thought Gabby Hayes. Shows its a wonder how our minds work!!!!!!!!!!

[@BarryVann]

I can see that! Happy New Year, Barry!

[@Khatoon170]

Last part of my research the surname toler has first found in Baden , where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area . They declared allegiances to many nobles and princess of early history, bending their influence in struggles for power and status within the region. Gabbard is Americanized form of German gobhardt . Family name gabbard is of English origin and is believed to be derived from the old French personal name “ gabaud” or “ gabbard “ which means “ god - bold “ or “ god - brave “. The surname fouch was first found in forez , former province of France , now part of the modern loire, the haute - loire and puy- de - dome department, where this illustrious family held a family seat since ancient time . I hope you like my research. Best wishes for you your dearest ones .

[@BarryVann]

@@Khatoon170 Excellent job!

[@1bobsgirl]

Please look up Figgers. My grandmother was a Figgers in Rockingham County Virginia

[@BarryVann]

Hi Bobsgirl, I have added Figgers to me list of families to cover, but because it is an Americanized name for other names like the German Ficker, I am not finding much historic information that places it Figgers in the South before the Civil War.

[@michaelatkins9780]

Wendall Wallace was brave heart.

[@BarryVann]

What source do you have for that contention? I appreciate you taking time to write a message, but here's a source that supports my comment: scotlands-stories.com/braveheart-historical-check/#:~:text=Your%20average%20viewer%20would%20assume,to%20honour%20his%20dying%20wish.

[@michaelatkins9780]

@BarryVann Grey matter recall. Robert the Bruce was a noble bloodline for one. The legend of Braveheart was a lower-class rebel for another. And the legend was a rebel against England but loosely confederaterated with the nobility for the goal of Scotland becoming Sovereign.

[@BarryVann]

If that's your view, that's fine. Did you mean William Wallace? Wendell is a new character for me.

[@michaelatkins9780]

@BarryVann oops. Wendall Wallace is a late model driver from the 2000s. That's 64 year old Grey matter recall for you.

[@ddouglas3687]

Look into Sir James Douglas who took Bruce's heart to Spain because Bruce had never fought against the Moors! Douglas, became surrounded by assassins at one point and while proclaiming he would follow his brave friend into battle once more threw Bruce's heart, in a small cask, into battle. Douglas, my ancestor, was cut down as the battle ensued and when all was done both Sir Douglas and Bruce were taken back to Scotland byWilliam St. Claire. Thus Brave Heart. Truth. Our family crest has a heart front and center to acknowledge this fact.

[@Calatriste54]

Pfautz.. Pennsylvania migrating sout on the Germantown Road, through Warm Springs, VA?

[@BarryVann]

Yes, the Germantown Road was a popular route for people coming from Pennsylvania.

[@michelewood925]

My family name is Wood. Many in early colonial America and then the south

[@BarryVann]

It is indeed! See Episode 29 (June 7, 2022).

[@tbjtbj4786]

I know parts of my family start in south Carolina Taylor, Martin, smith , cartridge, Schuler

[@BarryVann]

@@tbjtbj4786 Write to [e-mail] to get a catalog. Thanks for reaching out!

[@lucyalderman422]

Langley is n area of southwestern British Columbia better known as greater Vancouver

[@BarryVann]

We certainly have common cultural roots.

[@DiannaE-k2o]

My daughter has a friend who’s mother’s maiden name is Phelps from Ohio. My mother’s maiden name is Phelps from Indiana. What’s the chance we’re related 😅. I also have an aunt who has been doing the family tree for years and can’t wait to ask her!

[@BarryVann]

@@DiannaE-k2o I wouldn't be surprised if you are related. Indiana is a logical place to resettle from Ohio.

[@wadedavis4437]

Hartzog?

[@BarryVann]

@@wadedavis4437 Are you submitting a request for me to cover Hartzog?

[@wadedavis4437]

@BarryVann why not. My mother's maiden name. Rumored the ancestors came through SC from Germany. Family is now in MS.

[@nancyg7700]

how about Abrams?

[@BarryVann]

Hi Nancy, I have added Abrams to the list of names to cover. Thanks! Barry

[@kfalzgraf]

Henry gabbard my kin

[@BarryVann]

@@kfalzgraf That's awesome to hear! Thanks! Barry

[@nellerue446]

My maternal grandmother's ancestors came from Germany to Pennsylvania and then to the NC mountain counties of Iredale and Lincoln. Lots of German surnames - Kuhn/Coon, Lohr, Scheetz, Hefner (and the many variant spellings) Would you please tell us about the Palatines someday? Thank you and Happy New Year to All!

[@BarryVann]

The people from the Palatinate in Germany? You betcha! Happy New Year, Nelle!

[@nellerue446]

@@BarryVann Yes! That'll be great! Thank you. Happy New Year to you and yours as well!