I found a book in the Anniston Library last week--A History of Marlboro SC. by J. A. W. Thomas. Have you seen it? It was originally published in 1897 and then again in 1971 and 1978. I would love to have a copy of this book. In Chapter VIII the author talks about friends of Capt. Kolb and Spears is one of the main friends. My ancestors, Nathaniel Spears who married Lydia Wise are mentioned quite a bit and their four children--Winifred Spears (1754) who married Pearson Aaron; David Spears (1756);James Edwin Spears (1758); William Spears (1762) who married Elizabeth Richardson. Nathaniel was born in England in 1730 and came through VA on his way to Marlboro Co, SC. He married in 1753 and died in 1763 and is buried in Marlboro Co., SC at Parnassus Cemetery. I just was looking through some pages I zeroxed and found on page 100 chapter XIV Tradiitions from Col.John Covington."A Chapter of traditions obtained from Colonel John Covington two months before his death. The Colonel was a remarkable man, born in 'Hebron, in the garden spot of the sacred soil of Marlboro,'as he would characterize it in the year 1801. He lived a quiet, useful life among his own people, and when interrogated could recall the names and deeds of many no longer known on earth. Never stout and strong physically, his cheerfulk, hopeful spirits, his joyous, fun-loving temperamet, gave him a young heart in his old age." I could go on but don't know exactly what it is you want to know. I will be returning to Anniston, it is a day's trip there and back to GA but with special instructions I could copy some (maybe the index and let you then further direct me). "All the sons of Wm. Covington, who was a man of excellent character, were men of more than ordinary prominence in the affairs of the country." As I look further I find a chapter on Mr. Alfred Parish.