This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allen, Pettiford, Pulley, Hedgebeth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VUB.2ACE/45.377.378.386.476.1 Message Board Post: Chrystal, When I was growing in the 1960's, my father had a close friend named Dave Baines. He was a deacon in our local church in Spring Hope. He was an African American. I think he farmed for a living. He was maybe in his 50's. This is the only Baines I new in Spring Hope and Nash County. Leamond Anthony Allen localities:Southern Nash County/Spring Hope/Eastern North Carolina