Proof of African Ancestry

Family DNA test results came back on two of Nelson's Great Grand Daughters that inherited 5%-7% West and South African and from a Grandson that inherited 13% West and South African.  We know this is from Nelson Holder Ritchie because nobody else in our family is from this area going back generations.  Records from 1863-1900 have shown that Nelson Holder Ritchie is "Black" or "Mulatto"(mixed blood).  After 1900 records show he is "White" or "Indian".

We are a genetic DNA match to Gabriel McNeill and Charles McNeill who are brothers. Nelson's mother would be a sister to Gabriel and Charles McNeill. On the 1880 Harnett County Census Charles Mother Sarah is living with him, so now we have the name of Nelson's Grandmother,SARAH MCNEILL

                                                           Sherd or Sherod McNeill

                                                              Nelson Holder Ritchie

                   I think Nelson and Sherod or Sherd look alot alike.They would be first cousins.


Mulatto is a mix of African American and Native American or Native American and White or African American and White.

1865 Topeka Kansas (Black)

 1875 Great Bend (Colored)

1870 Topeka Kansas-( Mulatto)   Mary Samantha Fullbright is also Mulatto!!!

1900 Salt Lake City Utah (White)

1910 Salt Lake City Utah (Indian)

1868-1870 Topeka City Directory (Colored)

                                 1870 Topeka City Directory (No race listed)

1872 Great Bend (no race listed)

1880 Great Bend Kansas (Mulatto)

1890 Veterans Schedule (no race listed)

                                          1864 Civil war Draft Registration (Colored)

Nelson's mother was from Cumberland County North Carolina that became Harnett County. This shows how the African Americans and the Native Americans lived together there and that Native Americans were even slaves along with the African Americans. Thus Nelson's mom could be Native and African American.