Posted on: Berkeley Co.& Old Berkeley/Craven Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Berkeley/325 Surname: Avant, Kirton ------------------------- About your question of the Avants in the 1700's in the Little Pee Dee River section of SC. I too, have ancestors named Avant from there. Caleb Avant supposedly came from France. He was born ~1700-1743 and owned 510 acres near the Little Pee Dee River. He married Mary Lewis b.~1710-1755. Their daughter married William Thomas Kirton Jr. and her name was Agnes Avant b. 1727-bef 1790. William Thomas Kirton Jr's mother was also an unknown Avant. (Uh-oh.) I don't have her first name but whe was born ~1719 and died before 1800, she married William Thomas Kirton, Sr. It's been 2 years since you posted this message...I just started studying the Avants. Maybe YOU could tell me something that I don't know. :) Julia