Kline, I would not have anything on the Wilks or Gulledge family members who moved to Alabama. These are not my lines. There is a John T. Wilks buried in the Wilkes Cemetery in Chesterfield County S.C. He was born July 31, 1800 and died February 8, 1889. There is also a Mary Wilks born July 11, 1807 who died February 13, 1889 possible the wife of John T. Wilks. There are several other Wilks born in the mid 1800's in this cemetery and several unmarked graves as well. The Wilkes Cemetery, according to James Piggs' Chesterfield County Cemetery Surveys is located south of Patrick, S.C. To get there you take state road 13-247 south out of Patrick, cross the Mill Pond, go to where the pavement ends, come down to where state road 13-247 ends, approximately .2 miles, dirt road curves to the left. After you cross the Dam Road, currently a gray building on the right side, across from it on the left side of the road is a field. In the back of that cleared off space is a wood road that goes through the woods. Follow old wood road approx. 50 to 75 yards into the woods, cemetery is on the left side of the road. These surveys and direction were as of 1995. As for migrations from the Chesterfield/Marlboro county area of S.C. to Georgia and Alabama. It seems like several families from these area went to the same areas in Georgia and Alabama at about the same time. Some of the Rasco (Roscoe) families from that area of S.C. moved to Washington, Chatham, Campbell, Pike, Coweta, Fayette Counties Georgia and to Randolph, Clay, Talladega, Pike, Blunt, Coffee, and Monroe Counties Alabama. Others moved to Kentucky and Texas. The other part of your original questions had to do with church records prior to 1850. In General,the Methodist, Episcopalian, Catholic, and other such hierarchical churches did require and maintain church records. Some of these records have survived and are housed in more permanent facility today. Some of these records have been micro-filmed by the Mormans (LDS or Latter Day Saints) and can be obtained through their Family History Center Libraries. Some records have been published. The Baptist, being autonomous in organization, have not for the most part maintained their indiviual church records, especilly the small, rural, churches, many of which do not even exist today. Some of the Baptist Churches in the 18th and 19th century were members of various Baptist Associations. Some of these records have survived. Good luck in your research. James R. Rasco Harvey, La.