This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Manis, Berry, Epperson, Robinette Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3371.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I presume that your Epperson Anderson was the 1850 Scott County Epperson Anderson, traditionally married to Polly Robinette, and who was living next to Arthur Manis and his wife the former Analiza/Eliza Ann Berry. He was living in Hancock County in 1860 still married to Polly/Mary. There was a J.W. Robinette who lived next door in 1860. We know that Arthur Manis was married in Hawkins County, TN, so it is curious that the two were living next to each other in 1850. Arthur Manis and his apparent mother next door, Betsy M. C. Manis, were living next to some Robinettes in 1840 Scott County, VA. The only Anderson enumerated in that census was Isaac C. Anderson who had a son about the same age as Epperson. The only Eppersons enumerated in that census were Hopson and Stephen Epperson. Even though these families were separated by pages in the census, you don't know if they lived next to each other or not because you don't know what route the enumerator took. There are a lot of example which show that when someone has a first or middle name that is also a well know last name, the mother or grandmother often had that name as a maiden name. It is very likely that Analiza Berry was the daughter of Nancy Berry living nearby. Traditionally, Epperson Anderson married Mary Robinette on December 31, 1845? Anderson Epperson mentioned in the "History of Wapello County, Iowa" as born in Eastern Tennessee in 1814 and died in Pulaski County, KY in 1881 (biography of son F.M. Anderson). The record also indicates that Anderson Epperson was living in Pulaski County as early as 1840. But, there isn't any good clue as to whether Anderson Epperson and Epperson Anderson were related.