This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BOY.2ACIB/1323.1.1 Message Board Post: I haven't seen any descendants of the German Gates/Goetz family in Richland at that time, but there could possibly have been some of the English Gates folks there. Try checking the search-engine of the South Carolina Department of Archives & History at www.archivesindex.sc.gov. The Aaron Cates and his father Thomas of Newberry County are from NC, and are a different family, so don't get confused by the Soundex search-results! And the "Keitt" family of Newberry started out as "Keith"...but that George also managed to get spelled as Kate, Keate, Keits, Cates, etc. If the documents say "George Keith (or whatever) of Saxegotha", that's the one who never became known as a Gates--even though he eventually lived right up the road on Maverick/Lyons Creek in Amelia Township from the George Götz/Gatz who really DID become known as George Gates!