In a message dated 12/19/98 10:38:51 AM, you wrote: <<So, we all have links in SC and Drew Co>> ~~~~~~~~~~ I think without a doubt that SC was the beginning point for so many, many families from Drew, Bradley, Lincoln, Cleveland and Jefferson Counties. I have also decided (for whatever its worth) we are all mostly from the hardy, surviving spirit of the Scotch/Irish. The Gladney's who left SC for the above AR. Counties had a wonderful example from their Grandmother Jane Wilson Gladney. When her husband died 1754 in County Antrim, Ireland she gathered up her four sons (w/families) and caring her Presbyterian Church membership, took off for America with only the promise of 100 acres and "Bounty" for a year. She arrived in Charleston in 1761 and died there in 1781 at the age of 70. I think this is one example of why we of AR can be so proud of our ancestors. Bettye