Kathy, your Shadrach Holmes is intriguing. I have been stuck on my James Shadrach Holmes for some time. Census, and family records indicate he was b. ~1788 in NC but apparently sprang to life without benefit of parents. He married, ~1810 to Keziah Cox of both Augusta GA and Edgefield. Keziah's parents were Joseph Cox and Honor Wood, Honor's parents were Isaac Wood and Mary Wolecon, Mary the daughter of Daniel Wolecon/Wallicon of Augusta and Edgefield. Daniel Wolecon was a member of the British Militia and was in the area as early as 1762; these families are well documented on both sides of the river, at least for the early generations. Isaac Wood owned quite a bit of land in the Beech Island area. Then James Shadrach Holmes, of unknown parentage, marries Keziah Cox. By 1820 they were in Conecuh County AL and shortly after 1840 were in Rankin County MS where both James Shadrach Holmes and wife Keziah died. I have looked at the various Holmes families, many including the name Shadrach, or Shade, but nothing has led me to follow any particular family. I have a great deal of information on this family downward but would love to place James Shadrach Holmes with parents. Helen Wall