I spent the day at the Archives and searched 1820-1840 Edgefield pretty throrougly for RIVERS & GARRETT. For my: 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) I did find a possible RIVERS family in 1830 Edgefield. The birthplaces listed above for James Robert RIVERS are based on census data, except for the Edgefield location, which comes from his CSA enlistment papes [might this be the most accurate one??] Line 5, Page 210 1830 Edgefield Thomas RIVERS Males under 5: 1 Males 30-40: 1 Females under 5: 1 Females 5-10: 1 Females 20-30: 1 Slaves: 1 Delores: On the same census, I see a possible relation (or perhaps Richard with his first wife?) to your: 1. SARAH ANN1 THORNTON was born 06 Jan 1818, and died 01 Feb 1903. She married (1) RICHARD GARRETT. She married (2) JOHN MENTON BROWN about 1847. Line 20; Page 225 1830 Edgefield Richard GARRETT Males under 5: 1 Males 30-40: 1 Females under 5: 1 Females 20-30: 1 Other GARRETTs in 1830 Edgefield were: L6, P 141 Elizabeth M10-15:1 M20-30: 1 F40-50: 1 Slaves: 20 L9, P 141 Catlet M20-30: 1 M70-80: 1 F70-70: 1 Slaves 41 L15, P141 William M50-60: 1 Slaves: 79 L20, P141 Henry M<5: 1 M30-40: 1 F<5: 4 F5-10: 1 F10-15: 1 F20-30: 1 Slaves: 6 L21, P 145 William M<5: 1 M5-10: 1 M30-40: 1 F<5: 1 F5-10: 1 F10-15: 1 F20-30: 1 Hope this helps, Bonnie