Hi, I have a TAPP connection from Culpeper Co., VA. Here's what I have: Vincent TAPP (b abt 1778, Culpeper Co., VA -- d abt 1858, poss MS) m Frances WRIGHT (b abt 1792, VA -- d aft 6/26/1860, poss MS) Vincent is found in Tippah Co., MS in 1850 Census w/wife, Frances and family: Vincent 70 yrs. VA farmer; Frances, 58 yrs., VA; Elias 25 yrs SC; Julia 18 yrs SC; Vincent (Jackson) 15 yrs., AL; Martha 12 AL; Pickney (male) 20 yrs., SC Vincent Jackson TAPP (died 1916, Tippah Co., MS) m Eliza Medora RAINEY (b abt 1845, Tippah Co., MS -- d bef 6/27/1860, poss Tippah Co., MS). Eliza Medora RAINEY d/o Hiram Kendrick RAINEY (b bef 1800, SC -- 1853, Ruckersville, Tippah Co., MS) & Margaret BLACKWOOD (1818, Franklin Co., AL -- abt 1854, Tippah Co., MS). The BLACKWOOD Family is my line. I also show a wife, Mahalia Drewery (no information). I don't know when she married Vincent, but there is a child Mahalia born 12/5/1867 MS. I show another wife, Marthia PRATHER (no info) m 1878, Tippah Co., MS Children of Vincent Jackson TAPP (confusion as to which of the wives?) 1. Mary A. born MS (her eldest child was born in 1844) 2. Cynthia M. born abt 1855 MS 3. Patrick Rainey b abt 1857 MS 4. Julia Ann b 1857 Tippah Co., MS 5. Mahalia b 1867 MS 6. Malyndia F. b abt 1853 MS Mary A. m E. Daniel MALONE Cynthia M. m Robert J. MEDFORD Julia A. m Charles I RAINEY (Charles I. is the brother of Eliza Medora RAINEY TAPP - for this reason, I believe Julia A. is not the d/o Eliza Medora RAINEY) Sources: Vincent Jackson TAPP death info;Obituaries from Ripley's SOUTHERN SENTINEL & Other Sources 1836 - 1936, "Electronic," TAPP, VINCENT C. (121416) died Sat. at Theo, age 83/ buried at Pleasant Hill Cem./ leaves 3 children, including Mrs. Charlie Rainey of Theo. Mary A. TAPP MALONE Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas, (Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1891), 88, m A. D. Malone I have not verified all of this data, so please excuse any errors. Additional bits of TAPP research; June 7, 1737. William x Tapp of St. Mark's Par., Orange Co., and Chri??tian, his wife, to William McWilliams of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. œ60 cur?? 716 a. on Gravel Run, in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., pat. by sd. Tapp, "by vert?? of his Majesty's grant to the settlers of the County of Spts., before May?? 1728." Edward Herndon, Jr., Jos Neavill, Joshua Thomas. June 7, 1737. March 1, 1736. William x Tapp of St. Mark's Par., Orange Co., planter, and Christian, his wife, to George Nix of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. œ20 ster. 175 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., the same having been given sd. Tapp by his mother, Elizabeth Tapp, as by deed, Oct. 31, 1724, etc., etc. (No witnesses.) June 7, 1737. Source: Spotsylvania County Records pg 144 Vincomb Tapp Will Tapp Will Tapp, Jr. Culpeper County Virginia 1764 Rent Rolls http://www.melungeons.com/early_va/1764culpeprcountyrentrolls.htm