Dorothy, Is there any possibility that the DARDENS could have originally come from VA. The reason I ask is I know that from Isle of Wight Co. in VA a family with the surname of CROCKER traveled to Dallas Co. in the 1820s. There is also a family called DARDEN in Isle of Wight living close to the CROCKER family along with the BARTON and GWALTNEY families before, during and after that time period. In looking at info for the Crocker family I had noticed that Darden & Barton were also in Dallas Co. as well as in Isle of Wight. In fact Darden & Crocker married in my Crocker line somewhere near the turn of the century. I don't have much info other than what is on the different VA County web pages since DARDEN is not my immediate line but it might be worth a look see. Sandra Mann Oakley