Johnny Johnson recently posted a query (via Victoria) asking about the above families, and about several waterways. I don't have any specific information about the families, but here are general locations of the waterways. Willow Creek is located in what is now Florence County, west of Great Pee Dee River. It is south of Hwy 76/301, and runs near or is a tributary of Jeffries Creek, not far from the confluence of Jeffries with the river. The Brown family historically had lands somewhere in that area. Big Reedy Creek There are two sets of Big and Little Reedy Creeks. One set rises in Marlboro County, and runs SE into present day Dillon County. The confluence of these Big and Little Reedy Creeks near the town of Latta is the head of Buck Swamp. The other set of Reedy Creeks rise just SW of Mullins, near the Sister Bays, and flow generally southeast across the lands between Mullins and Ariels Crossroads, and from there on down till they join each other just before their confluence with Little Pee Dee River, near Centenary. The Brown family also had lands not far from the headwaters of the lower (Marion County) Reedy Creeks. There is a Brown Swamp that flows just to the west of Mullins. Maiden Down is a Carolina Bay and a stream - Maiden Down Swamp - that rises in the bay. The bay is huge, stretching from just south of Hwy 41A between Fork and Marion, down to just west of the town of Mullins, more or less behind the new high school. Maidendown Swamp rises in the southern part of the bay, flows south out of the bay, then running in twists and turns northeastward, just west of the town of Mullins, until it joins Buck Swamp just to the north of Mullins near the junction of Hwy 41 and 917. Spring Branch is not as familiar to me as the others. It flows past old Spring Branch School, which is just off Hwy 501 north of town of Marion. I believe the Porter family was associated in some way with this area, based on deeds I have seen. I believe there is also a Spring Branch Bay. Many of these waterways can be located on online maps such as topozone.com and even mapquest.com. Just plug in Mullins or Marion or whatever, then enlarge (zoom in) till the waterways appear with their names. I would love to have more information on the William Miller born in 1825 who married Cathrine Brown in 1844. Jo Church Dickerson