Surnames List
Are you my kin? Maybe! Check out the list of family surnames that I’ve found in my ancestry so far. I’ve included locations next to each name to show which area I have researched these ancestors in. I’ll be sharing the stories behind the names through my blogs. As I make new discoveries this list may grow. Let me know if any of these names and locations are familiar to you!
Maternal Surnames (alphabetical):
- Bouchard (Avoyelles Parish, LA)
- Chavis (Mecklenburg Co, VA/Pickaway and Hardin Co, OH)
- Clement (Granville Co, NC/Weakley Co, TN)
- Dorsey (Avoyelles Parish, LA/Boley, OK/Alameda Co, CA)
- Ferret (Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles, LA)
- Fox (Louisa Co, VA/Jackson Co, OH/Larned, KS, Wichita, KS)
- Hawkins (Granville and Wake Co, NC/Weakley Co, TN)
- Jones (Avoyelles, LA/Boley and Chickasha, OK)
- King (Noxubee Co, MS)
- Lavallais/Lavallee (Avoyelles, LA)
- Little (Noxubee Co, MS/Chickasha, OK)
- Lutley (Virginia)
- Mallett (Mecklenburg, VA)
- Normand (Avoyelles, LA)
- Pierrot (Avoyelles, LA)
- Pridham (Granville Co, NC)
- Ragland (Louisa Co, VA/Jackson Co, OH)
- Shaffer (Hardin Co, OH)
- Smith (Granville Co, NC/Jackson and Weakley, TN/Mattoon, IL/Larned, KS)
- Stewart (Noxubee Co, MS/Chickasha, OK)
- Tansil (Wake Co, NC/Weakley Co, TN)
- Turney (Pickaway Co, OH/Virginia)
- Watkins (Pensacola, FL)
- Watson (Louisa Co, VA/Jackson Co, OH)
- West (Albemarle Co, VA/Pickaway Co, OH)
- Wright (Granville Co, NC)
Paternal Surnames (alphabetical):
- Brown (Attala and Winston Co, MS)
- Clark (Attala Co, MS)
- Jones (Attala Co, MS)
- Martin (Leake Co, MS)
- Roundtree (Attala Co, MS/Edgefield, SC)
- Smith (Attala Co, MS)
- Thompson (Winston Co, MS/ Fairfield Co, SC)
- Wigley (Leake Co, MS)