I know nothing about those particular surnames but when I have ordered printed copies of estate records from the South Carolina State Archives slaves are bequeathed to various family members by name. If anyone has estate records of those names check to see if there are any slaves mentioned. Allene -----Original Message----- From: Audrey Pool <aep@madnet.net> To: Abbeville South Carolina <SCABBEVI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [SCABBEVI] RICHIE/RICHEY/CRAWFORD/CALDWELL and others ofAbbeville... >RICHIE/RICHEY - CALDWELL - CRAWFORD - BASKIN - THOMPSON, perhaps others all intermarried. They were fairly wealthy families and most likely you will find slaves. > >We have CALDWELL - BASKIN - THOMPSON. The name, Crawford, was given as a middle name in some of our families. CAROTHERS and PICKENS also intermarried with these families. Audrey > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCABBEVI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message