Linda, For information on the Kirklands you should get in touch with Wilma Kirkland thru the Old 96th Dist Gen. Society. To subscribe to their rootsweb site, use is [email protected] The address for posting info. after subscribing is the same w/o the "-request " I also have this web site address in my files by have not been on it in a long time so don't know if it is valid or not: http:/www.scgen.org/oldninetysix.htm I have some info., but Wilma has indicted that some of the info. sent to me by another researcher is incorrect, and I am not sure what part of it is wrong. I have two Moses Kirklands in the info., 1st one listed below by wife 1st so Moses' parents will be shown: 1 Patience RAIFORD . +Moses KIRKLAND d: 1787 Father: Aaron C. Kirkland Mother: Elizabeth Unknown And the other a son of Benjamin: Descendants of Benjamin Kirkland, Sr. 1 Benjamin KIRKLAND, Sr. b: Abt. 1751 Orangeburg Dist, SC d: Bef. January 06, 1806 Barnwell Dist, SC . +Alce [ODOM] b: 1740 ..... 2 Benjamin KIRKLAND ..... 2 Richard KIRKLAND ..... 2 Moses KIRKLAND ..... 2 Caleb KIRKLAND ......... +MARY ..... 2 Jonathan KIRKLAND ..... 2 William KIRKLAND ..... 2 Susanna KIRKLAND These children are sourced to Barnwell Co. Records, SC: Abstracts of Old Wills, Marriages, and Cemetery Records, (compiled by Edna Anderson Manning, 1949), p. 8 abstract of will of Benjamin Kirkland. Marie Kirkland wrote of the new books on the Kirklands: Author is Dr. J. R. Peacock, 1330 Eleventh St., Clermont, FL 34711-2815. An email address that may be only for ordering books, which are almost gone is [email protected] [Oct, 2002] I don't have much on them, but my ancestor, John Rotton, of Old Edgefield Dist, b. in the 1770s had a brother William Rotton who married Constance Kirkland, who is listed as the sister of the above Benjamin Kirkland. Regarding the DUKE family: There is a volunteer at the Edgefield Tompkin's library who works on the Duke family. Can't remember who it is but a message to them as [email protected] may help you find the person. remember to add the "-request " after L to subscribe to the list if you are not already a member. Also, let me know what you want to know about Rocky Creek. I have info. from the Rocky Creek Baptist Church, and several maps of the area. I had family in the area as well. My Old Edgefield Dist, SC Surnames - most back to at least the 1790 Census: Ninety Six Dist, Edgefield Co., SC : Bryan/Bryant, Burnett, Carter, Coursey, Dean/Deen, Gentry/Jentry, Holloway, Hill, Jordan, Kirkland, Loveless, May, Mitchell, Robertson, Rotton/Rauton/etc., Reynolds, Rowe/Roe, Scurry, possibly Withers. Also: Hardy, Rivers, Watkins who were in Edgefield for a short time before moving to the Warren Co., Ga area. Some of the Related lines thru siblings: Adams, Arthur, Bean, Boggero, Broom, Cogburn, Cockroft, Cook, Dozier, Holmes, Lott, Raborn, Still, White, Youngblood and many more. Hope something in this info. helps you out. Billie Jones Camden, SC [email protected]