This was a multiple posting to several lists. I hope this is not a duplicate message to too many people. My e-mail subscription lists from ROOTSWEB.COM have been doing some really unusual things lately. Postings not coming back to me, coming in several days after I posted them, etc. These two lists came back that I had typed the e-mail address wrong. Is anyone researching WHITLOCKS and RANDAL/RANDALL (other spellings like Randolph, etc.) in early Edgefield District, South Carolina. I am looking for a Mary Randal/l (perhaps other spellings) who married James W. Whitlock, Sr. in 1821. Mary Randal Whitlock was b. c. 1800-1805 d. between 1870-1880. James W. Whitlock, Sr. was b. 1791 died 1852 Edgefield District, S. C. They lived just south of the Pine Log House (Swearingens)and Trenton. Winfrey Whitlock (name grossly misspelled)is listed on early Edgefield maps of that area. Most of the Randal/Ls in the Edgefield District area trace by to George Randal m. Phoebe Roebuck. There are several households of Randals on the 1820 census of Barnwell District who seems to have had females in Mary's age group. Several people have been kind enough to send me files on the Randals, but none seem to have a Mary of the right age to have m. Whitlock. The marriage date is from the family Bible (title page at a later date) and her maiden name of RANDAL is from the death certificate information given by a daughter-in-law in 1916 when the youngest son, Benjamin Frankin Whitlock, died in Augusta, Richmonds County, Georgia. Benjamin Franklin Whitlock and his wife Melissa Emmaline Bagnell lived at 1488 May Avenue/Walton Way Extension in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. Benjamin Franklin Whitlock is buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia. One set of my great grandparents were Ed Carpenter and Emma Frances Whitlock Carpenter who lived at 1492 May Avenue/Walton Way Extension. Emma's father, James W. Whitlock, Jr. was the oldest brother of B. F. Whtilock. I now have a file of over 700 people who are related and lived in the area of Edgefield District, South Carolina. Major surnames are WHITLOCK, BOOTH, CARPENTER, ETC. Vivian Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925-9607 1-936-858-3801 http://www.inu.net/vcates