This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BOY.2ACIB/1323.1 Message Board Post: Do you know if the Charleston Gates family had descendants in Richland County, SC? I am related to Thomas Gates of Richland County (early-mid 1800s).