Pam you definitely come off of my husbands line as does Katherine who is on this list as well. My husbands comes from John Anders, Andress, Andrews in Bladen county NC to Joseph who died in Sumter District SC to Stephen who married Nancy Singleton and moved into Monroe county Alabama. Bill comes from Stepehn Singleton son of the above Stephen and Nancy. You come from their son Issac and Katherine comes from their son Evant or Avant or sometimes Evan. I know nothing about your Rikards but I have assumed Rickards mill probably came from the Rikards here in SC at some point. I live in Lexington SC but have only been here for 8 years. Rikards is an old name around here. There is a Rikards nursing Home just 1/2 mile from my house that is ver y old as an organization. If you make any connections back to this area I'll help if I can. Kay Andress