Lyndsey,
Looking through some further records on the HEDGEPETHs that moved to Michigan, I found this:
Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 about Effie M Hedgebeth
Name: Effie M Hedgebeth
Birth Date: abt 1872
Birth Place: Michigan
Death Date: 12 Oct 1932
Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Death Age: 60
Occupation: Housework
Race: Black
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Female
Father Name: Augustus Hedgebeth
Father Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother Name: Letha Winburn
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
FHL Film Number: 2075002

Augustus Hedgepeth was the son of Bartlett & Penny Hedgepeth from Halifax Co.,NC, some of the same family I'm researching. It sounds like we do have some family in common.

Deloris