Anyone researching the Akers name will want to read the contents of a very valuable document, a handwritten diary written by Archibald Thompson, listing Archibald's brothers, sisters, marriages, travels, Indian invasion, Revolutionary War declaration, school, trade, etc. Henry and Charles Skaggs married Archibald's sisters, Mary and Lucinda Thompson. Tazewell pioneers whom married Henry and Charles Skaggs sisters were John Hankins, Sr (married Elizabeth Skaggs), and Mathias Harman (married Lydia Skaggs). The web site where you will want to go is: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore Lula Hankins Hunter