The ROOK family had major interactions with my ggg-grandfather, William W. HAIL, who moved to Marshall Co, MS from Montgomery Co, TN abt. 1837. The HAIL family lived in the Mt. Pleasant community where William HAIL was a founding member of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church. William W. HAIL was born abt. 1789 in North Carolina and died 1873 in Marshall Co, MS. I have detailed a number of his transactions with the ROOK family on my WebSite at the following URL: http://members.cox.net/wi4k1/hail.htm I would appreciate a review of this information by ROOK researchers in hopes that they can identify the family connection, and possible North Carolina origins of this family. I strongly suspect the Halifax Co, NC area. Carol Shrader Virginia Beach, VA