I am finding that several of my lines lived so close to the border of Marion and Marlboro, it is hard to tell where they lived from one year to the next. My Bundys and Littles were on the Marion Census in 1870 & 1880. It was listed as Bethea Township, Selkirk Postoffice. I have guessed that this area is now part of Dillon County. I have been trying to find the parents of my Daniel Little and the parents of his wife, Mary Ann Medlin. They were listed on the Marion Census of 1880. Little, Daniel W M 62 farming SC NC NC Mary A. W F 63 KH NC NC NC John R. W M 42 Attends farm Mary J. Medlin W F 15 niece The above ages of this couple would indicate that he, at least, was born in SC ca. 1818. The John R. Little, age 42, was a Methodist minister, and probably performed several early Marion marrriages. He married Ella Berry in 1889. I have just finished reading "THE CAROLINA BACKCOUNTRY ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION , The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant.". His name was so often mentioned in Suzanne LInder's new book, "Anglican Churches of Colonial South Carolina", I decided I wanted to know more about this man. He constantly complains about the conditions he has to live in in the backcountry , and the way things are run by the govenment. He says, "And on his head may be remarked one great defect of things here--Understand then, that Jurors are drawn by Ballot three months previous to the Sessions-- and their names are publickly known (both Grand and Petit Jurors) where from a Man may bribe a Jury at his Will." He also says, "Court Houses and Goals at six different Places are built--but not one House of Correction, as yet, in the Province--tho' most notoriously necessary, and loudly called for--but "Idleness", is the Endemic Distemper of this Clime." HIs journals cover the years of 1766, 1767, & 1768. He was originally from England, then a planter in the Parish of Prince Frederick Winyaw, SC , and decided to go back to England and study to be a minister. For genealogist interested in some background of the early state, this is wonderful reading. Joanne Harley NC harleyclan@coastalnet.com