Tahwey, have you had time to check out that book? I found your folks starting on page 187. It mentions Elizabeth Dorton’s Uncle Levi Napper, and her Aunt Peachie Napper married to Moses Feedman. They said Levi was “full blooded Cherokee Indian”. Looks like Levi and Moses were brother in laws. Which one was your ancestor (sorry, I couldn’t follow the genealogy you posted)?
Holman Thacker is on page 188, listed in the 1840 Vinton Co Ohio census as white.
Davida, I’ve also found Dr Waldrep’s postings. I should contact him as well. Perhaps all of us contacting him may give him encouragement to continue his research, if he is able. Where is Gibson’s Mill on a modern day map? I have researched all the Thacker’s on the Trevillions site, but am interested in any other Thacker info from Louisa or neighboring counties you may have (especially Hanover).
It looks like this mixed race Indian community in Louisa was sizable at one point. Surnames in this community also ended up in Tennessee (Gibson and Collins), forming the core of some Mulengeon communities, and Branham is also a core surname of the modern day Monacan tribe. So is Evans, which some Virginia Thackers have married into. I’m also related to another family associated with the communty, the Tyree family, which may have Catawba connections.
Its good to encounter others researching this family. For years, I thought I was alone in the wilderness.
