Olivia's
Genealogy Site 
The researcher used federal records, state records, county records, manuscripts, and private papers for the documented entries on this site.
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Olivia's
Genealogy Site The researcher used federal records, state records, county records, manuscripts, and private papers for the documented entries on this site. |
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Lumbee Families
Photo Galleries and Family Documents Lumbee Obituaries Click-:)
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Welcome to my Web site! This web site is for those who are Lumbee or are interested in the genealogy of the Lumbees who live in the
area of the Lumber River in south-central North Carolina. On earlier
maps the Lumber River was known as the "Lumbee River". The river,
which is a branch of the Little Pee Dee River, flows through the North
Carolina counties of Hoke, Scotland, Robeson, and Columbus. Early
surveyors and settlers called it "Drowning Creek". Native Americans
were the first settlers there as early as 20,000 B.C.
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At least by the 1700s and probably before, the river and swamps were the
home of an amalgamation of Indian tribes. The earliest European
settlers in the area found Indians who spoke English and were farmers.
Among the people were those with blue eyes and who had obviously mixed with
the Europeans. The descendants of these same people are living in the area
of the Lumber River today. Their tribal name, LUMBEE, was
officially adopted in 1953 from the original name of the river, "Lumbee".