Hello Larry and Joanne: Thank you very much for the information that the husband of Rebecca Stubbs (d/o William) was Shadrach Easterling. There went another one of my "Ship of Theories" crashed upon the hard rocks of reality, but it is good to know the facts. I have enjoyed the recent discussions on the early church history of Marlboro County. I have been on the list only a short time, but can already see that the Marlboro home page is one of the best county pages that I have seen. I feel sure that if the official marriage records of Marlboro were available, we would have seen more about them on the Marlboro page. It would be appreciated if someone with knowledge of the early history of Marlboro would tell us what happened to the marriage records, if it is true that they are not available. Did the Court House burn? If so, how did we come to have at least some deeds and wills from Marlboro? Thanks for the interesting church histories and for the Easterling information. Speaking of the Easterling family, I have noticed that William Easterling served for a number of years as Ordinary for Marlboro County, which I suppose must have been something like the present-day County Clerk. Best regards, Ron Bullock