This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Epperson and Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/3371.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1.2 Message Board Post: Margaret I got to thinking that maybe that was the name of the one I determined to be named after a neighbor and I went back and checked my notebook and it's the same guy. I don't think he's related to the Eppersons at all. He was born Nov 25, 1822 in Hawkins County TN. His father was an Anderson and the mother was not related to the Eppersons so I figured they must have named him after one of the Epperson men who lived near them.