This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BgB.2ACE/2666.1.1 Message Board Post: Norman, thanks for your response. I did see the entry in the 1880 census about where James thought his parents were born. It could have still been NC if they were born before TN became a state. There were a number of Hedges in MD, mainly Frederick Co, there were Hedges in Brooke Co., WV (then VA), but I have not found any in NC. My first thought was that they traveled from Mecklenburg Co., NC to Henry Co with the McCords, but that has not panned out either. I shall keep on searching. Patricia Max