There is a book that says Old Jock Perkins was a son of Esther Perkins a mulatto and the evidence given is that Old Jock was indentured to a man (can't remember his name) and then a few years later in the court records it said a son of Esther's (different from Old Jock) was indentured. Then there was a trial in Kentucky or Tenn saying Old Jock's son was a negro. It has quite a few people who testified in the trail - some said yes but most said he looked more like an Indian. I have heard since then that he could have been a Melungeon. I am not sure if thin lips, high cheek-bones, and a very long face are negro traits. I don't think so. This is what my Dad looked like. I had my cousin do a DNA sample for our Perkins family. I have been brick-walled for many years at John Perkins with a brother William. John was born in PA and William in Wheeling WVA - john 1817; william 1824. They end up in Linn county, Iowa about 1845. John's first son was named Robert A., then James Edward, John, William, Helen daughter, Eliza (daughter) and my direct descendant Francis Oliver. I have been in contact with every one of these families and they all were told they had Indian in them. I do not know which is correct Mullato or Melungeon but in the 1900 census John was born in PA; father MD; mother PA. The point is a Perkins from Old Jock's line also had a DNA sample done and ours match completely not the 12 but the 30+. Somewhere we are related. Jackie Perkins-Horton