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1.  Kit number: 50721

2.  Name: Living

3.  Why did you join the Lost Colony project? Interest was peaked when I learned my surname was a name of interest to the Lost Colony Project. I have no reason to believe there is any connection with the Lost Colony but our family history is obscure and we are traced to a location in Guilford County NC in the early 19^th Century.

4.  How is your Y-line DNA line connected to the colonists, the surnames, Native people or the location? Our surname is reportidly one of the old name on deeded land near the area of which the Lost Colony members were believed to have migrated. Also my Admixture DNA test indicates  our DNA contains Native American genetic markers. We have no history of who the Native American member(s) of the family were.

5.  Please provide a brief writeup (2 paragraphs to one page in length) on your line! 

My Jackson line is very obscure with little oral history being passed in the family. Early census reports indicate my family could not read or write the English language. We are not recorded in any deeds prior to the 20^th Century and apparently owned no land, perhaps due to the One Drop Rule and our Native American Ancestry. Our earliest known location and time in the U.S. is 1837 in Guilford County NC where we are found on local road records having participated as the law required to help maintain local roads across private land in the Polecat Creek Area of south Guilford County. My Jackson line migrated from Guilford, NC in 1837-1840 time frame to Hawkins County, TN. My line remained in Hawkins County for three generations. My Great Grandfather moved to Knoxville, TN, where my Grandfather, Father, and myself were born and raised. My Great-Great Grandfather was a cavalryman in Company A 5^th and 12^th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. He was a poor famer who never owned land as were my Great-Grandfather and Grandfather.

6.  Mini-Genealogy From Participant to Oldest Ancestor (completeform below)

Completing the form below, enter the current generation’s name in line 1 and add each generation on subsequent lines through your oldest ancestor.  You don’t need to provide personal info for living individuals, just a placeholder name. 

7.  Do you have a family website that includes this line?  No. If so, please provide the link.

Research – this would include such items as papers you’ve written about the family, deeds you’ve extracted, or other things relevant to your particular line.

8.  Do you have research items to contribute?  If so, paste here or send separately. None

9.  Do you have history to share?  If so, paste here or send separately.

10.  Are you willing to have your e-mail address and first name listed as a contact for your kit?  Yes, [email protected]

11.  Are you willing to be a coordinator or resource for any of the Lost Colony surnames?  If so, which ones? Not at this time

Roberta Estes

Lost Colony Project Volunteer Administrator

PS – I have periodically had problems with my e-mail.  If you send me information and do no hear from me, please resend or try my alternate address at [email protected].  Nelda Percival, our webmistress, who is working with this data is at [email protected]