Dear List, I have been hard at work trying to figure out the different Holmes lines in Edgefield. I have typed up all my deeds and census records and tried grouping names by neighbors and creeks, etc. I have several questions for list members. Here is my first post about a Holmes that I can't place-- Shadrack Holmes appears in Edgefield records 1795-1806 and seems to be connected to Jonas and Edward Holmes. Jonas Holmes and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Howell had a son "Shadrack" born 10 Apr 1809. Deed Bk 14:351+. 22 May 1795. John Cockerham, Mary his wife and Sarah his mother to SHEDERICK HOLMES for 50 lbs sterling, 100 acres in fork of Stephens and Turkey creeks, bounded by John Garrett, Nimrod Shinolt, Widow Cobb, Thomas Pennington, Robert Killcrease, Big Stephens Creek, laid out by Wm Coursey D.S., being part of 305 acres granted unto Sanfort Keziah by L & R 1795 under William Reed and by sd Reed conveyed by L & R 1776 unto Benjamin Killcrease and by decease of sd Benjamin Killcrease descended to Robert Killcrease son and heir to sd Benjamin Killcrease dec'd and by Robert Killcrease unto Benjamin Cockerham and by decease of Benjamin Cockerham the right of sd 100 acres descended unto above said John Cockerham son and heir to sd Benjamin Cockerham dec'd. Wit: Morris Calliham, Jones Holmes, Edward Holmes. Rec 11 Oct 1797 (LDS Microfilm #0023876). Deed Bk 14: 373-375. 10 Aug 1797. John Killcease, planter, to SHADRACK HOLMES, 15 lbs. sterling, 129 acres on Turkey Creek bounding lands of Logan, John Duley, Benjamin Kilcrease, George Blair, granted by Gov Charles Montague unto John Logan 1774. Wit: Jones Homes, Edward Homes. Rec 11 Oct 1797 (Ibid.). Deed Bk 15: 465-468. 20 Aug 1798. Minor Killcrease, son and heir of John Killcrease dec'd, planter, to Christopher Glanton, planter. $100 for 105 acres in fork between Stephens and Turkey Creeks, adj line of Robert Mitchel, ______ Thomas, SHADRACK HOLMES, Robert Killcrease. Wit: Morris Calliham, John Killcrease. Rec 14 Sep 1798 (Wells, Carol, abstractor. Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books ). Deed Bk 22:325. 12 Sep 1802. John Logan of Coleton Dist to Major Moody Burt. For $250, 375 ac on Cuffee Branch of Stephens Creek being part of 750 acres originally granted to John Logan on 1 Jun 1774. Wit: George Youngblood, Thomas McDaniel. Proven Sep 1802 by Thomas McDaniel, Richard Tutt. "I assign to SADRACK HOMES all the interest which I may or can have to the within deed 12 Sep 1802. Test George Youngblood, Thomas McDaniel" /s/ M Burt. Proven 12 Sep 1802 by Thomas McDaniel. Rec _____Sep 1802. (p. 141-142. Wells, Carol. Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 19, 20, 21 & 22.Heritage Books, Inc., c1997). Deed Bk 25:111. 24 Dec 1803. Gabriel Blair to Jos. Jimmerson for $500, 100 acres lying part of Turkey Creek and part on Stephenses Creek, being part of land originally granted unto Wm Coursey on 26 Sep 1772 and conveyed unto George Blair dec'd and then to sd Gabriel Blare by virtue of his being eldest son and heir at law to the estate of George Blare dec'd, bounded on land of William Cocks (Cox?), on Gabriel Blairs land part of the original granted land, on SHADRICK HOLMES. Wit: Robt Lang, Ebenezer Hill, Christopher Blair. Justice Thomas Key certifies relinquishment of dower by Rebecca Blare wife of Gabriel Blare 19 Nov 1804. Rec 23 Nov 1804. (p 59. Wells, Carol. Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 23, 24, 25, 26. Heritage Books, Inc., 1998). Edgefield Co, SC Court Minutes of Common Pleas and General Sessions, 1802-1808 (LDS Microfilm #0023977). SHADRACK HOLMES' name drawn for jury duty 26 Mar 1804. (p. 39). State vs SHADRACK HOMES and Edward Johnson -- no bill returned by grand jury for cow stealing. 25 Mar 1806. (p. 88). Deed Bk 28:43. 7 Nov 1806. Joseph Jemison of Lincoln Co, GA to JONAS HOLMES. For $100 to me in hand paid by JONAS HOLMES of South Carolina and Edgeville. . .tract containing 100 ac on Turkey Creek and part on Stephens Creek. . .part of certain tract originally granted unto Wm Coursey on 26 Sep 1792 and conveyed and made over to George Blair . . . .bounded by line running SE on land Wm Cox. . .NE Blair's land. . .NW on SHADRACK HOMES . . . Wit: Wm King, SHADRACK HOLMES. Jinsey (x) Jamison released dower rights 7 Nov 1806. Rec 24 Mar 1807 (LDS Microfilm #0023881). Deed Bk 28:45. 7 Nov 1806. SHADRACK HOLMES to JONAS HOLMES for $100. Tract. . .waters of Turkey Creek bounding to the SE by Logan's land eastward by land running Northward by John Duleys NW by Benjamin Kilcrease SW by George Blair and all other sides vacant land represence being had to the plat _______ to annexed will more fully appear and containing by elimination 129 acres. Wit: Joseph Jemison, Wm King. Plat shows Blue Branch, Land Run, turkey Creek, and adjoining land owners. FEREBY HOMES wife of Shadrack released dower rights 7 Nov 1806. Rec 24 Mar 1807 (Ibid.) This 1806 deed is the last I can find Shadrack and Fereby Holmes mentioned in Edgefield. I find a Shadrack Holmes married to a Phereby Gardner in North Carolina: Bertie County NC Court Minutes, 1772-1780, Book 4, May Ct. 1780, p 114. Ordered Ephraim Nuton to be bound to SHADRICK HOLMES to learn trade of a shoemaker. Bertie Co, NC Wills 1781-1797, pp 98-100. James Gardner, written 12 Sep 1790, proved Nov 1790 names his daughter PHEREBY HOLMES and her husband SHADRACK HOLMES. They get the plantation that they are living on. From the 2 records of Bertie Co, NC, Shadrack's birth would be about 1760-1770. Does anyone know anything about this Shadrack Holmes? Is the Bertie County, NC Shadrack the same as the Edgefield man? Where did they go? Is he the Shadrack that appears later in Elbert Co, GA? Kathy Wilcox (descendant of Jonas Holmes and Pleasant Thurmond)