Hi Fatima,
My mother is from an African American line of the Nottoway/Amelia County Epes family. I don't know them very well, but we still have some family down there, also. I've looked at some of the Census information and was only able to verify information back to just about 1880. I know that my GGGrandparents were Louis and Indie/India Epes and my GGrandparents were Willie and Elizabeth. My mother has memories of an Epes and Fitzgerald family tie, but she is not certain of how they are related. She also has memories of pictures of Native Americans that were related to the Epes, but she was not certain of names or dates. I'd love to exchange information with you. Maybe your husband and I are related.