William A. Darden was the executor for various people in our line. His sister may have been Priscilla Darden Moye Baker who may have married James Baker of Greene County NC. Maybe the Dardens and the Hines were friends. DARDEN TO HINES - 1846 WAIT AND LEONA HARDY HINES COLLECTION - NC Archives - PC 240.1 Abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble Most of the documents in this Collection actually belonged to Wait's father, James Madison Hines. 1. Box 240.1- DEED OF SALE - WILLIAM A. DARDEN TO JAMES M. HINES 12 April 1849 - By virtue of a Deed in Trust to me executed by JOHN HOLMES of the county of Wayne bearing date 3 March 1843 --- I exposed to public sale at the Courthouse in Snow Hill on Thursday the twelfth of April 1849 to the highest bidder --- a tract belonging to said JNO. HOLMES - 72 acres --- NS Appletree Swamp adj SMITH and EDWARDS being lot of land drawn by JNO. HOLMES in the division of STEPHEN HOLMES, dec ---- I, WILLIAM A. DARDEN, Trustee as to a written agreement dated 9 March 1849 sell to high bidder, JAMES M. HINES of Wayne County for $151.00 WIT G (?) ARRY EDMUNDSON, W. N. HOUSE To Court Aug Term 1849 - JAS. WILLIAM, Clk Enrolled Book G page 354 30 August 1849 WILL. DIXON, Regis. Paula Anne Baker [email protected] Researching BAKER, MANNING, TYSON, STOCKS AND OTHERS in Pitt County NC and Greene County NC and COLE, NORMAN, WHITE, SUTTON AND OTHERS in SC, GA, and LA http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/9883 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp