I am looking for information on Andrew Jackson Akers. It appears that I am descended from him.   Andrew Jackson Akers married Polly Branham but he has several children with Jane Clay, one of whom was Lucinda Clay who married Blackburn Sturgell. Like many researchers, we were told that Lucinda was Cherokee but when we were not able to find evidence of that, we dismissed it. We had also learned that Jane had several children with Andrew Akers, but then we were told, no, she didn't have children with him, she was his sister nd hr named was Melinda Jane Akers and she married James Clay, however some of the dates didn't match up. We have sense learned that yes, Andrew had a sister, Jane who married James Clay but what we now know is that they were infact, two different women. Andrew's sister Jane marrid James Clay, therefore making her name, Jane Clay, BUT James has a sister named Jane who never married and has several children with her sister-in-laws married brother, Andrew.   So, now my question is, why did our Jane have so many children with Andrew while he was married? What kind of hold did this man have on her? Was she some sort of "slave" to him. Apparently, his wife did not mind because she stayes with him. According a Clay family research, the Clay's were Sopina Indian aka melungeon and I found online last night that there is a possibility that the Akers may have been Cheokee. What relation to Andrew was Blackburn Akers   Could someone comment on this please.   Anita McClung Fayette County, West Virginia