Shortly after Indiana became a State in 1816, Free People of Color. Began to migrate to it. Indiana was a State heavily populated with Indians. Of Vigo County, Indiana.

I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me. Discover Your Roots with DNA. Most people are curious about their ethnic ancestry. Yet few of us have any real facts about the ethnic makeup of our ancestors. What about our four grandparents? Does genetic anthropology establish scientific criteria for race or ethnicity? Here is a.

ONE OF THE MORE interesting names I have come across in m research is that of Henry Eborn Sears. This was the name of a Gates County resident who lived from about 1750 to 1806. His estate record file is quite long, he owned slaves, and had descendants in Gates and Hertford counties. There are two records that tie the local Collins family to this man, however. And Watson Howell work on the same. 50 acre plantation, Lemuel Collins.