This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Loper, Paxton, Bailey, Messer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1AB.2ACI/3561.1.2 Message Board Post: I too am looking for information on Thomas Jefferson Loper. I was told that his real name is Thomas Jefferson Bailey. That the Loper's adopted him when his parents died. Do you have any information on his family? Thanks!