Brewton Berry

The Carmel Melungeons, also known as Carmelites, Carmel Indians, or Carmel Hill people (pronounced Car'-mul) were a group of Melungeons who migrated to Highland County, Ohio from Magoffin County, Kentucky. 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.