GOWEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 10, No. 5  January 1999

Discovery Offers Portuguese
Angolans as Melungeon Link

The first shipment of slaves into Virginia now are identified as Portuguese Angolans by Engel Sluiter, a California historian who has delved into early Portuguese maritime records.  The English colonists hardly knew what to do with the some two dozen blacks who landed from a Dutch ship at Jamestown in the summer of 1619.

There were no large plantations at that time to utilize slave la-bor.  And the English colonists were accustomed to endentured servants who worked for their masters a specified number of years to pay for their passage to the New World and for their freedom--and they were unaccustomed to lifetime slavery.

Probably the condition of the slaves was not much worse than that of the endentured servants brought over from England.  At times it might have been even better because the master had reason to take care of his slave who represented capital, whereas he had no similar incentive in regard to the condition of the endentured servant.

The development of slavery came extremely slow in Virginia.  In 1681 only 2,000 black slaves were recorded there as opposed to 6,000 endentured servants.  With the development of southern plantations, the importation of slaves rapidly increased.  In 1754, 263,000 slaves were reported as taxable property.  By 1860, 4,441,863 slaves were enumerated in the U.S. census.

Melungeon researchers point to several facts developed by Sluiter in his research suggesting that these early Angolan slaves were possibly a genetic component of the mysterious Melun-geons.  Many researchers have despaired of ever finding the ori-gin of this enigmatic race.  Their beginning has long been ob-scured in the mists of antiquity, but now progress is being reported in perhaps one genetic component of their forbears.

Most of the Angolans simply stepped off the gangplank into ob-scurity; only one possible member of the group, John Geaween, has been found in Colonial Virginia records examined thus far.  By making a deal to raise hogs "on the halves" with his master, Geaween earned his freedom, according to "Virginia Council and General Court Records, 1640-1641."

On March 31, 1641 the Virginia Court ordered:

"That John Geaween being a negro servant unto William Evans was permitted by his said master to keep hogs and made the best benefit thereof to himself provided that the said Evans might have half the increase . . . and whereas the said negro having a young child of a negro woman belonging to Lieut. Robert Sheppard . . . the said negro did for his said child purchase its freedom of Lieut. Robert Sheppard . . . the court hath therefore or-dered that the child shall be free from the said Evans .  ."

Sluiter determined that the Angolans were placed aboard the Portuguese merchant-slave ship "Sao Joao Bautisto" at the Angolan port of Sao Paulo da Luanda on the African west coast.  The ship, heading for the New World, was attacked in the West Indes by the Dutch ship, and its human cargo fell into the hands of the privateers.  The Dutch captain promptly set sail for Virginia to sell his human prize.

The Portuguese had fallen into the slave trade by accident.  To-ward the close of the war with the Moors, the Portuguese cap-tured a group of Moorish prisoners-of-war.  The Moroccans of-fered an even larger group of Blacks to secure the release of the Moors, and the Portuguese accepted the ransom.  Immediately they were in business.

In 1420 Prince Henry the Navigator came to power in Portugal and immediately set about to build up a navy and a merchant fleet.  He organized skilled map makers, ship builders, naviga-tors and seamen into an immense maritime task force in an effort to dominate the world's sealanes.

His aims were five-fold:  He wanted to develop a Portuguese empire.  He wanted to explore for a sea route to reach India and its lucrative spice trade.  He wanted to fight the Muslims on their own soil.  He wanted to ac-commodate the Catholics in their desire to Christianize the world.  And he wanted to finance all of this expansion with the African slave trade.

His efforts were imminently successful.  Portuguese captains in 1430 claimed Madiera, the Canary Islands and the Azores, unin-habited until then.  Quickly the Cape Verde Islands, "Sao Tome & Principe, Guinea and Mozambique were added to the Empire.  In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope and discovered the coveted Spice Route.  Vasco da Gama in 1497 claimed Brazil.  In 1506 Adm. Tristao da Cunha discovered the South Atlantic island that still bears his name today.  The Por-tuguese Navy wiped out the Muslim Navy in a sea battle off Diu in 1509.  Pedro Alvarez Cabral reached China in 1542 and es-tablished Macao in 1557.

Probing the West African coast, they reached the mouth of the Congo River in 1482 and claimed 1,000 miles of the coast as Angola.  Paulo Dias de Novais founded Luanda as its capital in 1576 and brought in the Catholic Church who began to convert the inhabitants, scattered over 481,000 square miles, an area al-most 150 times larger that Portugal itself.  A native monarchy, the Manicongo, sought conversion and alliance with the Por-tuguese.  As a result, today 3,000,000 Angolans are Catholic.

In contrast to the colonization efforts of the British, the French and the Dutch, the Portuguese did not plant colonies.  They or-ganized each territory as a state in the Portuguese nation, and the inhabitants of each became Portuguese.

Thus when the Portuguese Angolans stepped of the gangplank in Jamestown in 1719, they were Portuguese citizens, spoke the Portuguese language and were Christians.  Perhaps they eventu-ally linked up with the descendants of the Portuguese survivors of the Spanish colony of Santa Elena which was established by Capt. Joao Pardo in 1566 in present-day Parris Island, South Carolina.

It is suggested that it was their descendants that Capt. John Se-vier encountered in the Appalachians when he was dispatched by John Murray Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia.  His mis-sion was to pacify the Indians before the outbreak of Lord Dun-more's War in 1774.

In a report to Lord Dunmore, Capt. Sevier mentioned his en-counter with a mysterious people he found west of the moun-tains.  He described them as dark skinned, of reddish-brown complexion, neither Negro nor Indian, but with European fea-tures and who claimed to be Portuguese.

Another description of the possible Melungeons was given by early explorers Abraham Wood and James Needlum.  According to Wood's journal, "Eight days jorney down this river lives a white people which have long beards and whiskers and weares clothing."

Samuel Cole Williams, LLD, wrote in "Early Travels in the Tennessee Country," "There is a tradition among the early Cherokees that they respected a settlement of white men among them."  "Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee" by Haywood also deals with the early white men who lived among the Cherokees.  Mention is made that they displayed a cross, iron implements and were called to assembly by a bell, suggest-ing a Catholic influence.
 

War of 1812 Soldiers Installed
On Internet by Sierra Center

One hundred ninety-four soldiers of interest to Foundation members served in the War of 1812, according to Sierra Home Family Tree Research Center, an Internet website.

The Center launched its new service recently with a data base of the men who served in the War of 1812, and the service is avail-able to any researcher without charge.  Each month a new data base is offered "from the Titanic passenger list to the Confeder-ate generals," according to the Center's description.

Currently it also offers the Social Security Death Index, a listing of 50,000,000 deceased American workers.  In the future, a re-searcher may scan the Center's Generations program which combines all of its searchable data bases into one.  The program presently offers records on 57,000,000 individuals.

Soldiers listed in the War of 1812 military organizations in-clude:

Gawen,  William   11th VA Militia Regt. [Parker's]
Goen   James   Bunch's E. TN Militia Regt.
Goen   Blidson   Wooton's Detachment, GA Militia
Goen   Charles F.   Capt. Dodge's LA Mounted Riflemen
Goen   Isaac   4th E. TN Militia Regt. [Bayles']
Goens  John    4th GA Militia Regt. [Booth's]
Goens  Nathan   4th E. TN Militia Regt. [Bayles']
Goin   Canaan   2nd KY Volunteer Regt. [Jennings']
Goin   Edward   Maj. Cameron's Command NC Militia
Goin   Francis   11th KY Mounted Volunteers [Williams']
Goin   Henry   4th KY Mounted Volunteers [Ewing's]
Goin   Isaac   4th E. TN Militia Regt. [Bayles']
Goin   Isaac   3rd E. TN Militia Regt. [Johnson's]
Goin   John    4th VA Militia Regt. [Beatty's]
Goin   John    5th KY Volunteer Regt. [Lewis']
Goin   John    2nd E. TN Volunteer Regt. [Lillard's]
Goin   Joseph   Col. Ulmer's Volunteer Regt. U.V.
Goin   William   Maj. Cameron's Command, NC Militia
Goin   William   Capt. Dowd's Co, NC Militia
Goin   William   4th E. TN Militia Regt. [Bayles']
Going  Caleb   2nd E. TN Volunteer Regt. [Lillard's]
Going  Canaan   2nd KY Volunteer Regt. [Jennings']
Going  James   1st MA Militia Regt. [Dudley's]
Going  Jason   1st W. TN Militia Regt. [Wynne's]
Going  John    6th VA Militia Artilery Regt. [Read's]
Going  John S.   KY Mounted Volunteer Regt. [Johnson's]
Going  Joseph   Col. Ulmer's Regt, USA Volunteers
Going  Pleasant   USA Volunteer Rangers
Going  Pleasant   Capt. Moore's IL Militia Mtd. Riflemen
Going  Samuel   4th MA Militia Regt. [Coming's]
Going  William   USA Volunteer Rangers
Going  William   Capt. Judy's IL Militia Mounted Spies [scouts]
Going  Wolf    Col. Morgan' Cherokee Regt.
Goings  Edward   Maj. Cameron's Command, NC Militia
Goings  John    5th MA Militia Regt. [Foote's]
Goings  Pleasant   USA Volunteer Rangers
Goings  Pleasant   Capt. Moore's IL Militia Mtd. Riflemen
Goings  Shedrick   14th VA Militia Regt. [Van Meter's]
Goings  William   USA Volunteer Rangers
Goings  William   Capt. Judy's IL Mounted Militia
Goings  William   Capt. Moore's IL Militia Mtd. Riflemen
Goins  Amos   12th & 13th LA Consolidated Regt.
Goins  Edward    Maj. Cameron's Command, NC Militia
Goins  John    4th GA Militia Regt. [Booth's]
Goins  Joseph   Col. Ulmer's Regt, USA Volunteers
Goins   Joseph   1st DC Militia Regt.
Goins  William   Maj. Cameron's Command, NC Militia
Gorin  Gladin   10th KY Volunteer Mtd. Regt. [Barbour's]
Gorin  Henry   4th KY Volunteer Mtd. Regt. [Ewing's]
Gorin  John    10th KY Volunteer Mtd. Regt. [Barbours's]
Gorin  John D.   6th KY Militia Regt. [Barbour's]
Gorin  Thomas   5th VA Militia Regt
Gouin   Leon    USA, Spies [scouts]
Gouin  Medard   1st MI Militia Regt. [Godfroy's]
Gowan  Andrew   1st W. TN Militia Regt. [Metcalfe's]
Gowan  David   Connell's Odd Battalion, OH Militia
Gowan  George   1st MD Militia Artillery Regt. [Harris']
Gowan  James   TN Regt, Vol. Cavalry & Mounted Gunmen
Gowan  James R.   1st MS Territorial Regt, USA Volunteers
Gowan  John    5th MD Militia Cavalry Regt, [Biay's]
Gowan  Joseph   2nd W. TN Vol. Mounted Gunmen [Cannon's]
Gowan  Nicholas   1st MD Militia Regt, [Ragan's]
Gowan  William    2nd E. TN Vol. Mounted Gunmen, [Brown's]
Gowan  William   1st TN Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, [Dyer's]
Gowan   William H.   7th VA Militia Regt [Gray's]
Gowans  John    Bunch's E. TN Militia Regt.
Gowen  Alpheus   1st MA Militia Regt [Nowell's]
Gowen  Andrew   1st W TN Milita Regt [Metcalfe's]
Gowen  Elisha    Hind's MS Militia Cavalry Battalion
Gowen  George   1st MD Militia Artillery Regt [Harris']
Gowen  James K.   1st MS Territory Volunteer Regt, USA
Gowen  John    1st MA Militia Regt [Nowell's]
Gowen  John    4th VA Militia Regt [Beatty's]
Gowen  John    5th MA Militia Regt [Foote's]
Gowen  John    Col. Ulmer's Volunteer Regt, USA
Gowen  Joseph   2nd W. TN Volunteer Mounted Gunmen Regt
Gowen  Levi    1st MA Militia Regt [Hobbs']
Gowen  Moses   1st MA Militia Regt [Hobbs']
Gowen  Nathan   1st MA Militia Regt [Hobbs']
Gowen   Nenoah [Manoah?] 1st W TN Militia Regt [Metcalfe's]
Gowen  Pleasant   USA Volunteer Rangers
Gowen  William   USA Volunteer Rangers
Gowens  William H.   7th VA Militia Regt [Gray's]
Gowens  Galloway   16th KY Militia Regt [Porter's]
Gowens  John    Bunch's E. TN Militia Regt
Gowin  Asa    4th MA Militia Regt [Comings]
Gowin  James    Bunch's E. TN Militia Regt
Gowin  James   7th VA Militia Regt [Gray's]
Gowin  James K.   1st MS Territory Volunteer Regt, USA
Gowin  John    Capt. Bradley's Co, NC Militia
Gowin   John    4th VA Militia Regt [Beatty's]
Gowin  John    5th MA Militia Regt [Foote's]
Gowin  Jordan   7th VA Militia Regt [Gray's]
Gowin  Joseph   Col. Culmer's Volunteer Regt, USA
Gowin  Joseph   4th MA Militia Regt [Coming's]
Gowin  Nathan   1st MA Militia Regt [Nowell's]
Gowin  Nathaniel   4th MA Militia Regt [Coming's]
Gowin  Pleasant   Capt. Woods Co, IL & MO Militia
Gowin  Samuel   7th VA Militia Regt [Gray's]
Gowin  William   7th VA Militia Regt [Gray's]
Gowing  John    7th VA Militia Regt [Saunder's]
Gowing  Joseph   Brimblecom's MA Militia Regt
Gowing  William   Volunteer Rangers, USA
Gowing  William    Col. Morgan's Cherokee Regt
Gowins  Drury   4th E. TN Militia Regt [Bayles']
Gowins  Joseph   Renick's OH Mounted Militia Regt
Gowins  Michael   Coleman's VA Militia Regt
Gowins  Wishock   4th E. TN Militia Regt [Bayles']
Gowings  Pleasant   Volunteer Rangers, USA
Gowings  William   Volunteer Rangers, USA
Goyne  Amos   3rd W. TN Militia Regt, [Roulston's]
Goyne  Jeremiah   Cheatham's Det, TN Militia Mounted Infantry
Goyne  John    4th GA Militia Regt [Booth's]
Guyne  Andrew   2nd VA Militia Regt [Evans']
Guyne  Charles   Capt. Lingle's OH Militia Co.
McGowan  Abraham   Dannaldson's KY Mounted Volunteer Regt
McGowan  Andrew   3rd OH Militia Regt [Bay's]
McGowan  Archibald   Ferree's PA Militia Regt
McGowan  Cormick    3rd Regt, USA Volunteers
McGowan  Daniel   McLaure's NY Volunteer Militia Regt
McGowan  Daniel   41st VA Militia Regt [Bramham's]
McGowan  David   2nd W. TN Volunteer Militia Regt [Pillow's]
McGowan  Dennis   2nd Artillery Regt, USA Volunteers
McGowan  George   Capt. Thomas' Co, PA Militia
McGowan  George   Snider's PA Militia Regt
McGowan  Hugh    2nd NY Artillery Regt
McGowan  James   Col. Claiborne's MS Territory Militia Regt
McGowan  James   Russell's OH Militia Battalion
McGowan  James   Youngblood's SC Militia Regt.
McGowan  James   1st PA Militia Regt [Kennedy's]
McGowan  James   1st W. TN Militia Regt. [Napier's]
McGowan  James   3rd OH Militia Regt. [Stewart's]
McGowan  James   6th OH Militia Regt.
McGowan  James   6th KY Mounted Volunteer Regt [Davenport's]
McGowan  John    Fowler's NY Detachment Sea Fencibles
McGowan  John    Capt. Ingersoll's NY Command, Sea Fencibles
McGowan  John    1st KY Mounted Volunteer Regt [Trotter's]
McGowan  John    1st OH Militia Regt [Williamson's]
McGowan  John    2nd W. TN Volunteer Regt. [Pillow's]
McGowan  John    2nd OH Militia Regt [Safford's]
McGowan  John    16th KY Militia Regt [Porter's]
McGowan  Michael   Rayen's OH Militia Regt
McGowan  Michael   2nd OH Militia Regt [Hindman's]
McGowan  Patrick   Sitcher's NY Militia Artillery Regt
McGowan  Patrick   2nd PA Militia Regt [Lotz's]
McGowan  Patrick   USA Volunteer Regt
McGowan  Peter   Col. Claiborne's MS Territory Militia
McGowan  Phillip   3rd PA Militia Regt [LaFevre's]
McGowan  Prewett   6th MS Territory Militia Regt [Burrus']
McGowan  Robert   3rd OH Volunteer Militia Regt [Cass']
McGowan  Roger   2nd USA Volunteer Artillery Regt
McGowan  Samuel   1st W. TN Militia Regt [Napier's]
McGowan  Terrence   Capt. Nicholson's MD Militia Artillery Co.
McGowan  William   138th PA Militia Regt [Miller's]
McGowen  Abraham   2nd KY Mounted Volunteer Regt [Dannaldson']
McGowen  Alexander   Capt. Hooks NC Cavalry Co.
McGowen  Andrew   3rd OH Militia Regt [Bay's]
McGowen  Archibald   1st PA Militia Regt [Ferree's]
McGowen  Barney   9th NY Militia Regt [Joiner's]
McGowen  Daniel   41st VA Militia Regt [Bramham's]
McGowen  Denis   2nd USA Volunteer Artillery Regt
McGowen  Ebeneser   2nd PA Militia Regt
McGowen  Hugh    13th MS Terr. Militia Regt [Lt. Col. Nixon's]
McGowen  James    Maj. Cameron's NC Militia Command
McGowen  James   Col. Claiborne's MS Territory Militia Regt
McGowen  James   Capt. Hook's NC Militia Cavalry Co.
McGowen  James   13th MS Terr. Militia Regt [Lt. Col. Nixon's]
McGowen  James   Russell's OH Militia Battalion
McGowen  James   Youngblood's SC Militia Regt
McGowen  James   2nd NY Militia Regt [Delamater's]
McGowen  James    6th OH Militia Regt
McGowen  John    USA Volunteer Rangers
McGowen  John    Capt. Stilley's PA Militia Riflemen Co.
McGowen  John     2nd TN Volunteers [Benton's]
McGowen  John    2nd OH Militia Regt [Safford's]
McGowen  John    16th PA Militia Regt
McGowen  John    49th MD Militia Regt [Veazey's]
McGowen  Michael   2nd OH Militia Regt [Hindman's]
McGowen  Patrick   Swift's & Dobbin's NY Volunteer Regt
McGowen  Patrick   1st NY Volunteer Artillery Regt [Sitcher's]
McGowen  Patrick   3rd USA Volunteer Regt
McGowen  Petigrew   2nd SC Militia Regt [McWillie's]
McGowen  Robert   1st LA Militia Regt [Dejan's]
McGowen  Robert   1st OH Militia Regt [Mill's]
McGowen  Roger   2nd USA Volunteer Artillery Regt
McGowen  Russell   13th MS Terr. Militia Regt [Lt. Col. Nixon's]
McGowen  William   13th MS Terr. Militia Regt [Lt. Col. Nixon's]
McGowin  James   Capt. Irvine's NC Militia Co.
McGowin  John    1st GA Militia Regt [Johnston's]
McGowin  Michael   Rayen's OH Militia Regt
McGowin  Patrick   2nd PA Militia Regt [Lotz's]
McGowin  Roger   2nd Regt USA Volunteer Artillery
McGowin  William   7th MS Militia Regt [Perkins' Battalion]

Researchers interested in Generations priceing and in accessing the Center's Web Site for these or any other surname should go to:
http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/familytree/records.

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Dear Cousins

 I am a descendant of Nathaniel Gowin, bc1794 VA, and Sabra Midgett Gowin, bc1796 NC, through their daughter, Hes-ter Gowin, b1825 TN.  After Sabra died, Nathaniel was remar-ried to Silvia Wilcox in 1862, and they produced another family, which I believe, includes John F. Gowin, bc1862; Louisa, bc1864; Mary I, bc1867, m1882 Jasper Morgan; Francis, bc1870 and Marsilla, bc1872.
 Nathaniel and Silvia were enumerated in the cs1870 of Jer-sey County, IL.  Nathaniel died there in 1879, and Silvia was named as the head of a household in cs1880 there.  I would ap-preciate hearing from anyone who is working on this second family of Nathaniel Gowin.  Martha Howard Heinrichs, 1407 Hamilton Way, San Jose, CA, 95125, 408/265-7505, ichs@earthlink.net.
                                      ==Dear Cousins==
 I wanted to pass along a piece of information I found over the weekend that might tie in to the article about George Wash-ington Goings in the November Newsletter.  In the book, "Rockingham County, NC Missing Marriage Bonds," Vol. 3 compiled by Don Hoover I found George W. Gowins and Eliza-beth Partain married September 13, 1838.  This is possibly the same couple who appeared in Surry County, NC and Carroll County, VA.  Other researchers please confirm.  Glennie S. Goins, 1285 Webb Lp, Madison, NC, 27025, 336/286-4516, goins@leaders.ccl.org.
                                      ==Dear Cousins==
 I wanted to inform you of the death of my father, Wayne Ross Gowin, son of Lewis Oliva Gowin and Nettie Culbertson Gowin, who died January 23, 1999.  His long fight with cancer is now over.  Thank you for all the assistance the Foundation provided to him during the years he searched for his Gowin an-cestors.  Robert Wayne Gowin, 247 Sawgrass, Fayetteville, GA, 30215, 770/719-5225 GowinRob@usarc-emh2.army.mil.
                                      ==Dear Cousins==
 Just wanted to tell you how much we enjoy the Foundation Manuscript on the Website.  We haved learned so much by the vast amount of family information that has been assembled for our use online!
 I am still looking for Nancy An Goins, Arlie's g-g-g-grand-mother.  Our only clues are from the family bible: William Dil-lard was married to Mary Jane Norris [Harris?] at the residence of "Dock Goins."  Mary Jane's mother was Nancy An Goins.  I found "Doctor Goins" in the cs1880 of Oregon Co, MO.  Can anyone assemble this jigsaw puzzle?  Arlie & Ionia Sipe, 2622 N. Walnut St, Tucson, AZ, 85712, 520/326-8637, imgs@uswest.net.
 

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