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    The Meherrin people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who spoke an Iroquian language. They lived between the Piedmont and coastal...
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  • Meherrin is a small unincorporated community in Lunenburg and Prince Edward counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is approximately 18.6 miles (29...
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    The Meherrin River is a 143.37 mi (230.73 km) long 6th order tributary to the Chowan River that joins in Hertford County, North Carolina. A twenty-foot-high...
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  • Meherrin Indian Tribe is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in North Carolina. Its members identify as descendants of the Meherrin people...
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    (severely endangered) Petun (Tobacco) † Tuscarora–Nottoway Tuscarora † Meherrin † Nottoway † Unclassified Wenrohronon or Wenro † Neutral † Erie † Laurentian...
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    in the 21st century as the Inner Banks. Hertford County is home of the Meherrin Indian Tribe, descendants of indigenous people who had inhabited the region...
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    is located in northwestern Hertford County on high ground south of the Meherrin River. U.S. Route 258 runs through the eastern end of the town, and U.S...
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    thence through Brunswick County near the Ebeneezer Academy, then across the Meherrin River at Gee's bridge, through South Hill, and on to Boydton in Mecklenburg...
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  • 78°20′50″W / 37.00028°N 78.34722°W / 37.00028; -78.34722 The North Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. List of rivers...
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  • The Middle Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. List of rivers of Virginia "Middle Meherrin River". Geographic Names Information...
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    major speed trap. Emporia has long been a transportation crossroads. The Meherrin River, like the Nottoway River and the Blackwater River, empties to the...
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    Southampton County is bounded by the Blackwater River on the east and the Meherrin River on the west. The Nottoway River flows through the center of the county...
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    and historians have both tried to determine when the Iroquoian-speaking Meherrin and Nottoway tribes separated from the Tuscarora. Before initial contact...
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    they referred to as Tsenacommacah, the Iroquoian-speaking Nottoway and Meherrin to the north and south, and the Tutelo, who spoke Siouan, to the west....
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  • Religion Traditional Religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups Nottoway, Chowanoke, Chesapeake, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Chickahominy, Meherrin, Haliwa-Saponi...
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  • The South Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. List of rivers of Virginia USGS Geographic Names Information Service USGS Hydrologic...
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    Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion attacked Maney's Neck on the Meherrin River near Murfree's Landing. Murfree led the militia that repulsed the...
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    in about 1833 and named Meherrin after a local Native American tribe. In 1887 a branch rail line was built through Meherrin. It was incorporated in 1919...
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    Management Area Meherrin – named after the Meherrin people. Meherrin River North Meherrin River Middle Meherrin River South Meherrin River Merrimac Metompkin...
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  • Fountains Creek, also known as Fontaine Creek, is a tributary of the Meherrin River in the U.S. state of Virginia. Formed by the confluence of Beddingfield...
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    who were the first encountered by the English; the Iroquoian-speaking Meherrin, Cherokee, and Tuscarora of the interior; and Southeastern Siouan-speaking...
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    (deer and otter). The Algonquian speakers also referred to the Nottoway, Meherrin and Tuscarora people (also of the Iroquoian-language family) as Mangoak...
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    My Life—in Spite of Myself, in 1994. Clark was born April 15, 1933, in Meherrin, Virginia, one of five children born to Hester Linwood Clark and Lillian...
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    (760 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (0.5%) is water. The Meherrin River forms the boundary between Greensville County and Southampton County...
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  • Chowan River (NC) Meherrin River Fountains Creek Flat Rock Creek North Meherrin River Reedy Creek South Meherrin River Middle Meherrin River Somerton Creek...
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    Neck Swamp Corduroy Swamp Doolittle Millpond Gumberry Swamp Lake Gaston Meherrin River Occoneechee Creek Paddys Delight Creek Potecasi Creek Ramsey Creek...
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    Lunenburg County residents. Kenbridge Victoria Lunenburg Dundas Fort Mitchell Meherrin Rehoboth Lewis Archer Boswell, experimented with flying aircraft. Local...
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    Road" historic marker at the intersection of Virginia State Route 35 and Meherrin Road. Nat Turner's Rebellion is celebrated as part of Black August. The...
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    refuge in the Piedmont of Virginia. Two encampments were established on the Meherrin River near the village of the Siouan-speaking Occaneechi on the Roanoke...
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    Parker's Ferry is a cable ferry located on the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. The ferry is operated by a contractor for the North Carolina...
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