Greetings! I am researching ancestors who were enslaved in Edgefield and Abbeville Counties in SC. 1. Maria __?__ was born in 1810 in Edgefield Co, SC?. She was identified in will inventories in 1826 & 1832 in Edgefield Co, SC. She was bequeathed to Maria E. Simkins in 1832 in Edgefield Co, SC. I am not sure if all of her children would have selected the SIMPKINS surname at emancipation as I'm not sure who might have owned all of them between 1832 and emancipation. Some, including my great-grandfather, Edmond, her youngest known son, was on the Millwood Plantation of James Edward Calhoun in Abbeville Co, SC after he and Maria Simkins married in 1839. So, we're talking possibly unscalable brick walls. BUT, I'm always hoping for more information on the period of enslavement and especially hoping to link with lost relatives. Maria had the following children: 2 i. Paul __?__ was born about 1825 in Edgefield Co, SC?. 3 ii. Mitchell __?__ was born about 1827 in Edgefield Co, SC?. +4 iii. Emmeline __?__ b. ca. 1831. She had a daughter Sally / Sarah. She later m. Henry GARY and they had a son, Alex b. ca 1865. 5 iv. Susan __?__ was born before 1832. (She was crossed out on the inventory. Did she die? Was she sold?) +6 v. William Simpkins b. ca 1833 m. Leah __?__. 2 Daughters: Lucia m. Brown BRYANT and Julie or Mariah. 7 vi. George Simpkins was born about 1835 in Edgefield Co, SC?. +8 vii. Edmond Simpkins b. ca 1838 had children with 1) Elloise __?__; 2) Clore IRVIN (my line) and 3) married Frances McBRIDE. Please drop a line if you have any possible connections or information! Thanks Sonia in sunny Buffalo, NY (85 today, never at 100 in the summer, & only 4th in NYS snow two years in a row :-) http://members.aol.com/scabbegen/family/index.html Unknown Co SCGenWeb Page: http://members.aol.com/scgenunk/index.html