there was a guy who posted on matt's website interesting enough when i did a google search there someone with the same name who hails from franklin nc kinda odd franklin floyd franklin nc
There's a Franklin county in North Carolina as well. Those of you who have been on this thread from the beginning, & I applaud all of your work & determination, have been resolute in your insistence in pursuing this mystery & you appear to be so close the finishing your quest to give her a reality, denied to her by a piece of garbage.
I'm just a newbie & only latched on because of Dial. It's a name I know all too well. The mixed remnants of the Pee Dee, Cherah, Lumbee & other tribes I can't remember just now, began traveling west. They began to call themselves Melungeons, just when however, isn't clear. They are also known by the pejoratives Brass Ankle & the more infamous Redbone.
They went west to Kentucky, Tennessee, & after the Louisiana Purchase, some of them, including a branch of the Dial clan, came to the coastal south. They first settled north of Lafayette, & began a trek westward again, towards the western part of Louisiana & the eastern portion of Texas.
There were at least 12 core families. My question, after this short lesson in ethno history is: is FDF's name real? It's not a name peculiar to the core group. My apologies if this has already been explored.