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[[Cohee]] and [[Tuckahoe culture|Tuckahoe]] were terms applied to people of Colonial Virginia to differentiate original English settlers in eastern Virginia (Tuckahoes) from German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish in the [[Shenandoah Valley]] (Cohees).<ref name="Seaman">{{Cite book |last=Seaman |first=Catherine H. C. |date=1992 |title=Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807 |url=http://archive.org/details/tuckahoescoheess00seam |publisher=Sweet Briar College }}</ref> |
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In the [[Colony of Virginia]], Anglican planters of eastern Virginia were called '''Tuckahoes''', to differentiate them from '''Cohees'''{{refn|group=note|also spelled ''Coohee'', ''Kohee'', ''Quohee''.<ref name="Words">{{Cite web |title=Cohee |url=https://dare.wisc.edu/words/quarterly-updates/quarterly-update-22-fall-2020-2/cohee/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |website=Dictionary of American Regional English |language=en-US}}</ref>}}—German, Irish and Scotch-Irish immigrants that settled in the [[Shenandoah Valley]], west of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] in what is now Western [[Virginia]] and [[West Virginia]].<ref name="Seaman">{{Cite book |last=Seaman |first=Catherine H. C. |date=1992 |title=Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807 |url=http://archive.org/details/tuckahoescoheess00seam |publisher=Sweet Briar College }}</ref> The Cohees were the first Europeans to settle in what are now [[Amherst County, Virginia|Amherst County]] and [[Nelson County, Virginia]].<ref name="Seaman" /> |
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Tuckahoes were considered to be "of the Lowland old Virginians".<ref name="Words" /> A particular Tuckahoe culture was created when [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]]-speaking Native Americans, English, other Europeans, and West Africans in the [[Colony of Virginia]] brought customs and traditions from each of their home countries and the "loosely-knit customs began to crystallize into what later became known as Tuckahoe culture". It began to develop in [[James River plantations]] and spread throughout the [[Tidewater (region)|Tidewater]] and then other areas of Virginia.<ref name="Seaman" /> |
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Cohee was a name that Irish, Scotch-Irish and German immigrants to the colonial-era [[Southern United States]] gave themselves.<ref name="Seaman" /> The word comes from the [[Scots language|Scots]] and [[Ulster Scots language|Ulster Scots]] phrase "quo he", which corresponds to "quoth he" in standard English.<ref name="Words">{{Cite web |title=Cohee |url=https://dare.wisc.edu/words/quarterly-updates/quarterly-update-22-fall-2020-2/cohee/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |website=Dictionary of American Regional English |language=en-US}}</ref> It has come to mean "a backwoods settler of Scots or northern Irish origin".<ref name="Words" /> The term Cohee also applied to German, Scottish, or Irish people in Pennsylvania.<ref name="Words" /> |
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The creation of West Virginia marked the end of the "Cohee-Tuckahoe binary", with many Cohees migrating west.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kurlinkus |first=Will |last2=Kurlinkus |first2=Krista |date=November 1, 2018 |title=“Coal Keeps the Lights On”: Rhetorics of Nostalgia for and in Appalachia |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.58680/ce201829858 |journal=[[College English]] |volume=81 |issue=2 |pages=87–109 |doi=10.58680/ce201829858 |issn=0010-0994 |id={{ProQuest|2136414952}} |via=[[The Wikipedia Library]]}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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{{wiktionary|Tuckahoe|tuckahoe|Cohee}} |
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* [[American ancestry]] |
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* [[List of regional nicknames]] |
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* [[Yankee]] |
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== Notes == |
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Latest revision as of 03:44, 6 June 2024
In the Colony of Virginia, Anglican planters of eastern Virginia were called Tuckahoes, to differentiate them from Cohees[note 1]—German, Irish and Scotch-Irish immigrants that settled in the Shenandoah Valley, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in what is now Western Virginia and West Virginia.[2] The Cohees were the first Europeans to settle in what are now Amherst County and Nelson County, Virginia.[2]
Tuckahoes were considered to be "of the Lowland old Virginians".[1] A particular Tuckahoe culture was created when Algonquin-speaking Native Americans, English, other Europeans, and West Africans in the Colony of Virginia brought customs and traditions from each of their home countries and the "loosely-knit customs began to crystallize into what later became known as Tuckahoe culture". It began to develop in James River plantations and spread throughout the Tidewater and then other areas of Virginia.[2]
Cohee was a name that Irish, Scotch-Irish and German immigrants to the colonial-era Southern United States gave themselves.[2] The word comes from the Scots and Ulster Scots phrase "quo he", which corresponds to "quoth he" in standard English.[1] It has come to mean "a backwoods settler of Scots or northern Irish origin".[1] The term Cohee also applied to German, Scottish, or Irish people in Pennsylvania.[1]
The creation of West Virginia marked the end of the "Cohee-Tuckahoe binary", with many Cohees migrating west.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Cohee". Dictionary of American Regional English. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Seaman, Catherine H. C. (1992). Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807. Sweet Briar College.
- ^ Kurlinkus, Will; Kurlinkus, Krista (November 1, 2018). ""Coal Keeps the Lights On": Rhetorics of Nostalgia for and in Appalachia". College English. 81 (2): 87–109. doi:10.58680/ce201829858. ISSN 0010-0994. ProQuest 2136414952 – via The Wikipedia Library.
- American regional nicknames
- Pre-statehood history of Virginia
- History of the Southern United States
- Virginia society
- Culture of the United States
- Pre-statehood history of West Virginia
- Scotch-Irish American culture in Virginia
- Scotch-Irish American culture in West Virginia
- Scotch-Irish American history
- West Virginia society