Hillside Street, Sneedville, Tennessee.

MORGAN WALLEN

"Melungeons (/məˈlʌndʒən/ mə-LUN-jən) are any of numerous "tri-racial isolate" groups of people of the Southeastern United States. Historically, Melungeons were associated with the Cumberland Gap area of central Appalachia, which includes portions of East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and eastern Kentucky. Tri-racial describes populations thought to be of mixed European, African and Native American ancestry. Melungeons have been defined as having multiracial ancestry. They did not exhibit characteristics that could be classified as those of a single racial phenotype. Most modern-day descendants of Appalachian families traditionally regarded as Melungeon are generally European American in appearance, often (though not always) with dark hair and eyes, and a swarthy or olive complexion."

We can call ourselves the Sneeds.

Hillside Street, Sneedville, Tennessee.

A 9-year old Eunice Winstead Johns and her husband, Charlie Johns, 22, at their home. Sneedville, Tennessee, United States. February 2, 1937. Different times.

Morgan Wallen receives Platinum for Up Down Single!