This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dearing/Walker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HBC.2ACI/587.1 Message Board Post: I do not know of your family, but, I am searching for my great grandfather's father. He was a Dearing. My ggrandfather was William Walker. He and two brothers were listed as Dearing in the 1870 census for Campbel County, children of Judith and Samuel Walker. I had been told that my ggrandfather and his two brothers were born to a slave master or overseer. I don't know if Judith's parents names were Dearing or if she was married previously, or if these brothers were the sons of a Dearing. Any informantion you might have would be helpful