I hope Saluda County is the right place to look. My great-great grandparents lived in Saluda Township in 1880. They were James Thornton (b. 1830) and Caroline Hayes Thornton (b. January 1838). Their children were Frank Columbus (1873) (my great grandfather), Samuel, Melvin, Ben, Pearson, Ellen, Julia, Green and Henry Thornton. In 1870 they were in Lexington County, Hollow Creek Township. Does anyone have any information on where James and Caroline were born or where they were in 1860 or what happened to Samuel, Melvin, Ben, Ellen, and Julia. A James Snelgrove lived with them in 1870. Obviously they were slaves at some point, then were farm hands. They must have been on someone's plantation. Columbus moved to Arkansas with his mother, Caroline. (Don't know what happened to James, her husband.) Green married Hattie Boozer and also moved to Arkansas. Don't know what happened to the others. There was a brother who may have been an Earhart or Arehart named Will or James. Any information about the ancestors appreciated. Maggie Ponds