Thank you so much Candace for posting the old newspapers. It is fascinating to read them. Great job! Hope maybe one of them might connect with my search. I would love to find something on Benjamin West, b. 1759, Baltimore Co., MD, who married Nancy Hawkins 12 June 1788 and lived in Abberville District, SC for thirty-five years. He enlisted NC Rev War and served as a substitute for his father, but the father's name is not listed in Rev War Pension files. Some say his father's name was also Benjamin and he came over on a ship as a very young teen, fought Rev War and was killed at the Battle of Sullivan. I have not found proof of this. Others say his father's name was William and that the Benjamin West was a brother and was related to the famous painter. His children were born Abberville District, SC James, 13 Jul 1785 Mary, b. 24 Mar 1789 John, b. 16 Oct 1790 William, b. 17 Apr 1792 Benjamin, Jr., 10 Feb 1794 Elezebeth, b. 20 Aug 1796 Rebeccah, b. 20 Aug 1798 Nancy, b. 11 Mar 1801 I would love to find anything to document, including Benjamin's parents, his enlistment papers, marriage license or birth records of the children, especially Benjamin West, Jr. If you can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. I am not familiar with SC research and am on opposite side of country. Thanks again. Jan In a message dated 7/21/2007 11:10:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tealtree@comcast.net writes: Thank you to all for the kind and encouraging words about the old newspaper articles, and glad that there is something in the old articles about your ancestors! No, I am not going to "publish" a book of the old newspaper articles, will just post them in the genweb archives for all to see and enjoy. Candace ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour