Lost Colony of Roanoke and Croatan Heritage Spotlight
The piece recounts the Roanoke Lost Colony and the Croatan descendants in Robeson County North Carolina. It notes Raleighs failed colonists, the Croatan theory, and Hamilton McMillans 1887 law declaring Croatans a distinct people with limited intermarriage. The author describes visiting Fort Raleigh, meeting Croatan as part of a state recognized community with schools and land in severalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island
England
John White
John Smith
Jamestown
Virginia
Strachey
Not
Croatan
Raleigh
South Carolina
North Carolina
Robeson County
Roanoke
Hamilton McMillan
McMillan
Pates
United States
Croatan Indians of Roanoke Island Examined in 1900 Visit
An observer's account describes Croatan families in a North Carolina settlement near Roanoke Island. Photographs capture Preston Locklear, Rosetta Brooks, and elders like Washington Lowery and Solomon Locklear. The piece notes language quirks, native dress, family sizes, church ties, and ties to colonial ancestry. It highlights voting rights since 1868, preservation of identity, and Roanoke Island links to Rhode Island origins and President Roosevelt’s noted interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Locklear
Rosetta Brooks
Preston
Rosetta
Lowery
Rhode Island
Indian Territory
Solomon Locklear
Jacobs
Locklear
Washington
Roosevelt
Roanoke Island
Society notes from August basket picnic and visitors
The S C of P held its August basket picnic at Sunset Cottage with Mrs Shockley as hostess. Guests included Mr and Mrs George E Emig and daughter, Mr and Mrs Frederick Sturgis, and many others visiting Columbus and area towns. Several residents were away at Gull Lake Mich Eagle River Wis Bay View Mich and Marblehead Mass. Local hostesses and card club gatherings are listed with brief visits by friends and relatives from Newport Ky Cincinnati Avondale Delhi Cincinnati and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. of P
Sunset Cottage
Luke Staley
Bettie Riehl
C. L. W. Toms
George F. Hollenberg
Minna Parry
Albert Sheckley, Jr
Workroad
James Hebberd
Norwood, O
Columbus
Edward Nagel
Hilda Kaufman
Gull Lake
Mich
John Hauer
Eagle River
Wisconsin
Mary F. Goble
Bay View
Lucile Morris
Cleveland
S. T. Logan
Hillsboro
Clifford Keith
Jesse Kittering
Keith
Leslie Starr
J. E. Hoshal
Memphis
Tenn
John Caldwell
Marblehead
Mass
Charles Goddard
Newport
Edna Weist
St. Auburn
Hooper, Neb
Ethel Caldwell
Mabel Wheatley
John Stanton
Walter Reed
Paul Gilham
Clarence Heddrick
Social News From Lawrenceburg Courtesies and Returns
Lawrenceburg society notes record Mrs. Colonel Ferris visiting Walnut Hills Cincinnati and Mrs. Ferris Irene hosting. Several residents, including Estella Weaver Mamie Slater Inez Curtis Lena Phillips and Grace Roberts, return from visits in Indiana Kentucky and Illinois. Towns mentioned include Terre Haute Unionville Wallonia Greensburg Cleveland Kankakee Bos ton Burnside and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ferris
Minnie Ferris
Irene
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Estella Weaver
Terre Haute
Ind
Elizabeth Sater
Mamie Slater
Unionville
Inez Curtis
Wallonia
Andrew J. Johnson
Wilson Morgan
Byron, Ill
Herbert F. Patton
Cleveland
Frances Hunter
H. Miller
M. L. Wallingford
Mary A. Dennison
Greensburg
Florence Fitch
Brookville
Guy. Fagaly
Burnside
W. S. Fagaly
Elmer Vestal
Emma D. Bedowin
Rose Diller
Indianapolis
Ann
Ella Christ
WYOMING NOTES ON LOCAL RESIDENTS TRAVEL PLANS
Miss Emily Knight returns from Parkersburg West Virginia. Mrs Peale and daughters plan a European trip joining Prof Search in New York. Mrs W L Divine and children stay at Walloon Lake Michigan. Miss May Davenport visits Mrs Pfaff family. Mr John Fisk heads to Paris. Rev and Mrs Stanton tour New Mexico. Ed Peck returns from Lakeside. Miss Margie Schuberth back from California. Alfred Stearns voyages to Honduras. Carolyn Healy to Porto Rico for government teaching. Prof Search sails from New York on Konig Albert for six weeks in Southern Europe. Mrs A A Taylor and son return from Karwar Hess. Edwin Hess and Miss Hess go East. Pretence Hess to an Eastern school. Gretchen and Ortrude Soh return to Indianapolis after visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Knight
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Peale
Corinne
Ruth Peale
New York
Prof. Search
W. L. Divine
Lawrence
Grace
Walloon Lake
Mich
May Davenport
Pfaff
John Fisk
Paris
France
Search
Konig’ Albert
Europe
A. A. Taylor and Son
Karwar- Hess
Edwin Hess
Mee Hess
Hess
Migs Gretchen
Ortrude Soh
Also Mentioned on This Page
L Walter Raleighs
Lockyer
Baltimore Medical College
Harriet Graham
Washington Lowery
Lowrié
Edens
Scovilletown
Rhoda Lowery
Henry Berry Lowery
Wilmington
Henry
Herald
Mississippi
Revels
Joseph Locklear
Missouri
Anderson
Irosetta Tsirooks
News of Society
Pittsburg
George F. Smith
T. J
Osgood
Addie Nowlin
Sheldon
Ill
H. H. Dixon
Springfield
Hattie B. Hodell
Marietta
Gussie Ogden
Avondale
Emma Israel
Winona Lake
Carrie G. Colt
Helen
Chris. Harsch
Detroit
Corinne Tebbs
E. G. Bielby
S. K. Gold
Harrison
Ohio
Nettie Rodenberg
M. A. Rodenberg
Lena, Lommel
B. F. Wolfman
Louis E. Lee
Versailles
T. E. Berauer
George Coberting
Victor Oberting
Maggie Freeman
George F. Petcher
George Knorr
Miss Mollie
Aurora
Emma Kimmel
John Siemantel
Gus L. Matthews
Isaac Swift
Charles W. Hayes
S. W. Mitchell
Will Mitchell
Delhi
Charles M. Beinkamp
Lawrenceburg
Wyoming
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