This came over the Mauldin list and I've written to the submitter to see if there is more information, someone had prepared a genealogy for a niece's graduation from high school and this was included in it: "I find in upper South Carolina 4 different families of Mauldins. They are all kin, and yet I haven't found the common ancestor. the furtherest back authentic ancestor I find is : Joab Mauldin and wife Sarah (Me: I think they ment John here) who lived near Carswell Institute on a branch of Rocky River. In 1785 William Moultrie deeded to John 320 acres on Governors Creek, a branch of Rocky River, and in 1787, 100 more acres. John was a blacksmith and made swords for the Revolutionary soldiers. We do not know his wife's maiden name nor how many children they had. There was an Able, a John Jr, and Joab, and there were three daughters, Winifred, Frances and Keziah. Winifred married Robert Norris Frances married Burgess Reeves Keziah married a Galloway and moved to Buncomb Co NC" -- Sherry in Georgia osburn@bellsouth.net Genealogy - a search for the greatest treasures - our ancestors Sherry's Genealogy Home Page - Our Georgia Families: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/index.html Gilmer County, Georgia USGENWEBPage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/gilmer.html Seminole County, Georgia USGENWEB Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/seminole.html Walker County, Georgia USGENWEB Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/walker.html Webster County, Georgia USGENWEB Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/webster.html