In 1998 Jean Prather posted to the Middleton List the 1812 will of Middleton PRATHER . Middleton Prather lived in Greenville District, SC and within his will gave the following description of his land: > a tract or parcel of land containing one hundred acres or their about and runs as follows to-wit, beginning on post oak John Middletons corner on a tract of land originally laid out for George Salmon, thence with said Sallmons line to Chicora River thence up the meanders of said river on the west side to the mouth of the first branch that runs into said river, thence up the said branch and the hollow therof to the head of a hollow that leads to John Middletons still house branch, thence with the said John Middletons line to the beginning, . . . < It seems to me that this is referring to the area that, on the 1800 census of Greenville Dist., SC shows George Salmon on page 247 - line 128 and a John Middleton next door on page 247 line 129. I downloaded from ROOTSWEB an annotated copy of the 1800 Greenville Dist., SC census compiled by Peggy B. Chapman, September 1998. Within this, Peggy Chapman mentions Chicoroa River (other slightly different spellings) several times. I saw that there were several people noted as living on the Chicora River. Among these were: Elias Earle (p. 243 line 4) 1787 betw. Saluda & Checkaroe George Salmon (p. 247 line 128) next to John Middleton William GOODLETT (p. 247 line 142) 1785 Checkeroa R. water Saluda Alexr McHenny whose land included the mouth of the Checkoroa R. David Goodlett (lived P. 243 line 2) just two houses from Elias Earle. Thos. HOOPER from Lunenburg Co., VA is at p. 245 line 83 which is within the above group. Back in 1998 I searched the web for a Chicora R. in Greenville Dist. and found nothing. Yesterday I thought to look at the 1825 Mills Atlas (copy in Greenwood County, SC Library) and sure enough it was noted. The map was prepared by George SALMON, surveyor, in 1820 and shows the following re: Chicora - The North Fork of the Saluda is marked: "N. F. Saluda or Checkero R." To me it is now clear that what is currently called the North Fork of Saluda was once called the Checkero R. and that the names had become interchangeable by 1820. Where the N. F. Saluda enters the Saluda River the map marks "McElhenny Shoal". This would be in keeping with the note above of McHenny owning the land at the mouth of the Checkero R. A list member had mentioned that the grave of William GOODLETT had been discovered in the 1940s at Marietta, SC. This is consistent because the North Fork of Saluda (Checkero) R. runs very near Marietta. Kinson Middleton, Rhoda Middleton and Baylis Middleton lived on the headwaters of Mush Creek. This is consistent with having a possible connection to the above John Middleton because (according to my DeLorme map) the headwaters of Mush Creek come very close to N. Fork of Saluda (Checkero) R. just East Northeast of Marietta. According to my map this is about 5 miles West of Hwy. 25 and about 5 miles North of Hwy 414. Kinson Middleton sold his land in 1855 to a William Trammell. There is currently a Trammell Rd. in Greenville Co. which runs North/South only a few miles (possibly only 2 or 3) from the headwaters of Mush Ck. A list member mentioned that her RUSSELL family lived on Hoopers Creek in Henderson Co., NC. There were several Russell families in Greenville Dist. in 1800 including a George Russell (p. 253 line 380) who was not too far away from the others mentioned above. I hope this is helpful to someone and would like to hear from anyone who can provide additional information relative to these families and the area of Greenville Co., SC where they lived. Thank You, Dennis Smith hdennissmith@earthlink.net