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==="King of the Melungeons"=== During the [[American Revolution]], there was purportedly a Melungeon "king" or "chief" named Micajah Bunch (1723β1804). Local folklore claims he intermarried with the [[Cherokee]], making the Melungeons a branch of the tribe, though no documentation of this event exists. The last male in Micajah's bloodline, Michael Joseph Bullard, died in a swimming accident at the age of 15 in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Mark |title=King of The Melungeons |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702011230/https://www.historical-melungeons.com/bunch1.html |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=web.archive.org |publisher=Knoxville Journal |date=17 Aug 1991}}</ref>
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