Hello all, In response to the Roll Call, I wanted to remind you of my interest in all the Wilbanks and Willbanks families of Union County. I am also interested in the neighbors of William and Abarilla (Gostwick) Woolbanks-Wilbanks, and any of the families of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church that may have had a strong association with this Wilbanks family. William, a Revolutionary War veteran of Col. Thomas Brandon's regiment, was a founding member of the church. He appears to have owned land near this church and near Cross Keys, possibly along branches of either the Tyger or Enoree Rivers. The reason that I am interested in the neighboring families of William is because his son, Shadrack Wilbanks, who was born circa 1785 in Union County, married his first wife circa 1803 in Union District, but we cannot identify who this woman was and I am guessing and assuming that she was related to one of these neighboring families associated with Padgett's Creek Baptist Church. She was born circa 1784-1794 (according to the 1810 and 1820 census). The 1880 census shows her children indicating that their mother was born in South Carolina. It appears that Shadrack lost his first wife and then married secondly a woman named Jane sometime between 1820 and 1830. We can show that Shadrack was married secondly to a woman named Jane as her name is clearly recorded in the 1850 and 1860 census and identifies her as born in South Carolina in 1799/1800. This is supported by the 1830 and 1840 census where the oldest female is found too young to be Shadrack's first wife, but is just the right age to be Jane. Therefore, it appears that Shadrack lost his first wife and then married Jane sometime between 1820 and 1830. With a birth date of 1800, Jane cannot be the same woman identified in the 1810 and 1820 census, and she is far too young to be the mother of most of Shadrack's children. Shadrack's known children by one or both wives are as follows: James (b.1810), Hezekiah (b.1817), Thomas (b.1813), John W. (b.1818-1821), Elizabeth (b.1816), Lucinda (b.1815-1820), Mary "Polly" (b.1815-1820), Margaret (b.1820-1825), Mahalia (b.1820-1825), and William James. I would particularly be interested in any neighboring families of William, who were members of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church, who later migrated to Pendleton or Anderson Districts. Shadrack lived in Union District, South Carolina from his birth in 1785 until just before 1820. It is possible that Shadrack and his first wife migrated from Union District to Pendleton District, South Carolina as early as 1811/1812. He owned land along Six and Twenty Creek. In 1826 the portion of Pendleton District that Shadrack lived in became Anderson District. Remember, it was sometime in the 1820s that Shadrack lost his first wife and married Jane as his second wife. These events could have taken place in Pendleton/Anderson, unless Shadrack met Jane on a trip back to Union. Shadrack Wilbanks was a licensed minister when he represented the Hopewell Baptist Church in Anderson County on various occasions from 1829 through 1858. In about 1859 Shadrack took his family to Sand Mountain, in Marshall and Dekalb Counties, Alabama. Shadrack lived in Marshall County, right on the line with Dekalb County, where his sons James and John lived. Shadrack's family were very active members of the "Old" Macedonia Baptist Church in Dekalb County. Jane died between 1860 and 1870 and was buried in this church's cemetery, as were Shadrack and several others of his children and grandchildren. Shadrack died in early 1879. Again, I am desperate to identify who these women were that Shadrack married. In more than 50 years of extensive research of the Wil(l)banks family, including the last 25 years by me, and a number of other individuals, no records clearly identify Shadrack's wives. The clue may appear in records of his neighbors and associates. You may be a descendant of these neighbors and associates and so may have some helpful information. I will greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thank you, Robert M. Wilbanks IV Scottsdale, Arizona