"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD5-JW6 : 18 February 2021), Margaret Vandiver in entry for Ambrose M Vandiver, 1860.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPY-S5K : 26 November 2021), Margant Vandiver in household of Ambrose Vandiver, Cherokee, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
Downey-267 and Downey-703 appear to represent the same person because: same mother, without sources, all dates are just estimates, so this must be the same person.