Might anyone recognize these families below in these Edgefield (so possibly modern Saluda or Newberry, too) wills? I am trying to find the parentage of James Robert RIVERS (b: Mar 11, 1835 Columbia, Richland Co., Lexington Co., or Edgefield Co., SC d: Aug 25, 1912 _, Newberry, SC Burial: Rosemont Cem, Newberry, SC) who m. Sybil Elizabeth "Sibbie" FIKES (b: Mar 18, 1843 _, Lexington, SC d: Jun 18, 1916 Columbia, Richland, SC Burial: Rosemont Cem, Newberry, SC Father: David FIKES Mother: Mary CROUT), and am pursuing all RIVERS leads. Thanks, Bonnie Butler =========== Descendants of __ Rivers 1 __ RIVERS ....... 2 John RIVERS d: Bet. May 20, 1779 - Jul 1790 ........... +_ _ d: Aft. May 20, 1779 ................ 3 child RIVERS b: Bef. May 20, 1779 ................ 3 child RIVERS b: Bef. May 20, 1779 ................ 3 child RIVERS b: Bef. May 20, 1779 ....... 2 Lucy RIVERS d: Aft. May 20, 1779 ....... 2 Jones RIVERS d: Aft. May 20, 1779 Edgefield County, S.C., Wills 1787-1836 p. 7 p.18..20 May 1779.. I, John RIVERS of Mecklenburg County being of sound mind & memory. I lend to my loving wife all my household furniture anf four horses & gear, two cows & calves and one negro woman named Betty and one negro boy names George as long as she remains a widow, if she should marry then she to have a child part or her third and should the negro woman have more chn. they are to be held by my estate to be sold and the money let out in Georgia to the best advantage, then to be divided among my three chn. I give to my loving sister Lucy brother Jones Rivers and my friend Robert Thomson as executor Wit: Robert Thomson, David X Thomson and Elizabeth X Thomson.. Signed John Rivers.. Proved in open court by the oath of David Thomson july tern 1790 & ordered to be recorded. ============== Edgefield County, S.C., Wills 1787-1836, p. 45 p. 173.29 Nov.1802.. I, Mary RIVERS, being of sound mind & memory but weak in body. First I give to my dtr. Lucy Garrett one feather bed & furniture & my mahogany table & slab. I give to my son John Rivers one feather bed & furniture & my Mahogany desk also one bay colt a year old last spring. I give my son Thomas Garrett the tract of land purchased of William King. I will & desire that the rest of my estate,after paying my just debts be divided amongst William Garrett, Stephen Garrett, Thomas Garrett, Abraham M. Wade, Charles Hammond, Lucy Garrett & John Rivers. I appoint Thomas Garrett my executor. Wit; Benjamin Barrett, Mary Eddis Hammond & Mary X Wright.. Signed Mary X Rivers.. Proved by the oath of Benjamin Barrett 6 Dec. 1802. According to a different source, Mary's second husband was Jones RIVERS. This source lists the GARRETT men above as her sons in the abstract, which seems to differ from what the LWT above reads.