Meg, I believe this could be your Golding line: WILLIAM GOLDING, Box 39, Pack 839, Probate Judge Office, Abbeville, SC I, William Golding of 96 Dist. being at this time in reasonable health and sound memory. I give to my son, John Golding, the plantation I now live on containing 150 acres, also one tract lying between said land and land of Col. James Williams mill containing 146 acres. One feather bed and furniture, also five negroes, Doll, Lucy, Jack, Harry and Hannah. I give to my son, Reuben Golding, one tract of land that I purchased of James Daniel containing 300 acres lying on Little River, adj. the land I now live on, also one feather bed and furniture. With three negroes, George, Joe, Cate. I give to my son, Anthony Golding, one tract of land containing 200 acres, which I purchased of Capt. John Caldwell lying and joining the land I now live on, to the North East. Also one negro boy, Lankistor. I give to my dtr. Mary Leonard Golding two negroes, Wagoner and Lucy. I give to my dtr., Milley Griffin, one negro Jene. I give to my dtr., Sarah Foster, one negro, Nan. I give to my dtr., Elizabeth Tinsley, one negro, Jane. I give to my son, Robert Golding, one negro, Nan and one named Poss. I give to my dtr., Mary Leonard one feather bed and furniture. All rest and remainder of my stock, cattle, tools, wagons of every kind to be equally divided between my two sons, John and Reuben Golding. I appoint my two sons, John and Reuben Golding, executors. Dated 4 Sept. 1777. Wit: James Griffin, Laughlin Leonard, Peggey (x) Golding. Signed: William Golding. Proved on oath of Peggey Golding before Pat. Calhoun, Surrogate on this 23 Sept. 1782. An inventory was made (no date given) by Thos. Hallum, Alexr. Oliver, Jonathan Clark. Negroes named, Man Ivy, Man Moses. A. D. Smith Newberry, SC -----Original Message----- From: RaccoonLdy@aol.com [mailto:RaccoonLdy@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:19 AM To: SC-OLD96-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Old96] ANDREWS, SIMS, SHELL, HATTON, LEONARD, GOLDING, BULLOCK, SLAPPY I would love to talk to anyone researching the following lines: ANDREWS, SIMS, SHELL, HATTON, LEONARD, GOLDING, BULLOCK, SLAPPY and their descendants. My Old 96 connections are from: Ephraim ANDREWS (1765 - 1823) m. Frances LEONARD (1769 - 1814), dau. of Laughlin LEONARD and Mary GOLDING. Dr. Ephraim ANDREWS (1801 - 1875) m. Elizabeth Frances BULLOCK (1816 - 1877), dau. of James Elihu BULLOCK and Mary Magdalene SLAPPY. William Allen "Bose" ANDREWS (1852 - 1927) m. Frances Amelia SIMS (1851 - 1895), dau. of Maj. John F. SIMS (1817 - 1881) and Louisa M. SHELL (1823 - 1870). John F. SIMS was the son of Reuben SIMS (1784 - 1840) and Mary Thompson Newton HOPKINS (1787 - 1859). I am especially interested in the SHELL line. I believe that Louisa M. SHELL was the daughter of Allen S. SHELL and his wife Sarah M. HATTON. I have no proof of this. Any help would be very much appreciated! Margaret Yarborough ANDREWS Fowler - "Meg" ==== SC-OLD96 Mailing List ==== Anyone "flaming" another member or being otherwise discourteous will receive one private warning and the second offense will result in your being barred from this list. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237