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|related= [[Melungeons]], [[Lumbee]], [[Beaver Creek Indians]], [[Redbone_(ethnicity)#Louisiana_Redbone_cultural_group|Redbones]], [[Free_people_of_color#Eastern_United_States|Free people of color]], [[Haliwa-Saponi]], [[Wesorts]], [[Chestnut Ridge people]], [[Brass Ankles]], [[Free Blacks]]}} |
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|related= [[Melungeons]], [[Lumbee]], [[Beaver Creek Indians]], [[Redbone_(ethnicity)#Louisiana_Redbone_cultural_group|Redbones]], [[Free_people_of_color#Eastern_United_States|Free people of color]], [[Haliwa-Saponi]], [[Wesorts]], [[Chestnut Ridge people]], [[Brass Ankles]], [[Free Blacks]]}} |
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The '''Carmel Melungeons''', also known as '''Carmelites''', '''Carmel Indians''', or '''Carmel Hill people''' (pronounced ''Car'-mul'') were a group of [[Melungeon]]s who lived in [[Magoffin County, Kentucky]] and moved to [[Highland County, Ohio]].[/>][/> The most common surnames among the families were Gibson, Nichols and Perkins. The ancestors of the group originated from Melungeon communities in [[eastern Kentucky]], who were descended from [[free Black]] people in colonial Virginia.][{{cite journal |last1=Price |first1=Edward Thomas, Jr. |last2= |first2= |date=November 1950 |title=The Mixed-Blood Racial Strain of Carmel, Ohio and Magoffin County, Kentucky |url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstreams/d8ba8148-78ce-5085-925d-3b62e8ebaa18/download |journal=[[Ohio Journal of Science]] |volume=50 |issue=6 |publisher= |pages=281-290 |doi= |access-date=18 April 2026}}][{{cite book |last=Winkler |first=Wayne |date=2005 |title=Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia |url=https://www.mupress.org/Walking-Toward-the-Sunset-The-Melungeons-of-Appalachia-P506.aspx |location=Macon, GA |publisher=Mercer University Press |pages=69, 251|isbn=0-86554-869-2 |access-date=7 January 2026}}] |
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The '''Carmel Melungeons''', also known as '''Carmelites''', '''Carmel Indians''', or '''Carmel Hill people''' (pronounced ''Car'-mul'') were a group of [[Melungeon]]s who lived in [[Magoffin County, Kentucky]] and moved to [[Highland County, Ohio]].[ The most common surnames among the families were Gibson, Nichols and Perkins. The ancestors of the group originated from Melungeon communities in [[eastern Kentucky]], who were descended from [[free Black]] people in colonial Virginia.][{{cite journal |last1=Price |first1=Edward Thomas, Jr. |last2= |first2= |date=November 1950 |title=The Mixed-Blood Racial Strain of Carmel, Ohio and Magoffin County, Kentucky |url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstreams/d8ba8148-78ce-5085-925d-3b62e8ebaa18/download |journal=[[Ohio Journal of Science]] |volume=50 |issue=6 |publisher= |pages=281-290 |doi= |access-date=18 April 2026}}][{{cite book |last=Winkler |first=Wayne |date=2005 |title=Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia |url=https://www.mupress.org/Walking-Toward-the-Sunset-The-Melungeons-of-Appalachia-P506.aspx |location=Macon, GA |publisher=Mercer University Press |pages=69, 251|isbn=0-86554-869-2 |access-date=7 January 2026}}] |
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