This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoover, Pinkston Pilkington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/588.4.1 Message Board Post: I noticed the surname Hoover. My stepfather descends from the Hoovers and Pinkstons and Pilkingtons from Rutherford Co. Tn in Hoover's Gap so you might want to check Rutherford Co. or Coffee Co .