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/jgB.2ACE/527.570.574.1 Message Board Post: The only thing I have on Henry William Hood is: Father: Pleasant Hood born about 1776 in VA, and died after 1860 Mother: Clarissa Perkinson, born about 1780, and died 1840/1860 They were listed in the 1840 Haywood Co., census #406 Plesant Hood White males: 10 > 15 = 1 30 > 40 = 1 60 > 70 = 1 White females < 5 = 2 15 > 20 = 1 20 > 30 = 1 50 > 60 = 1 No Slaves Other HOODS listed in Haywood Co. census. 1860 District 7 361/325 - Heathcock, Peyton - 50 - overseer, $200 - AL Mary - 33 - TN William - 20 - TN - laborer Rebecca - 14 - TN Sarah 12 - TN Mary E. - TN HOOD, Emily - 16 - TN District 7 369/333 Working in the VERY wealthy house hold of Henry Taylor was: J. T. HOOD 20 - Overseer, $100 - TN District 7 394/358 HOOD, Newton - 25 - Overseer - $100 - TN Fannie - 20 - TN Wiliam A. - 1 - TN District 8 1362/1229 HOOD, Anthony - 60 - Overseer - $3800/$800 - VA Sarah P. - 55 - VA Mary E. - 18 - TN John W. - 15 - TN Pleasant - 84 - VA (The father Henry William Hood) District 2 99/88 HOOD, N.C. - 29 - Overseer - $200 - TN Lucy A. - 25 - TN James A. - 4 - TN Martha R. - 2 - TN Mary N. - 3/12 - TN You will notice that ALL the men were listed as OVERSEERs. Peyton, the first household mentioned, where there was an Emily Hood, living, was my husband's ggg-grandfather (Raymond Larry < William Raymond < Robert Harvey < Robert Jackson < James A. < Peyton)