Posted on: York County, VA -- Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/York?read=390 Surname: ------------------------- Hello, Thanks for your mail. Unfortunately, I do not know the ancestry to my GARDNERS. I just know they were connected to my WILLIAMSONS, who received a land grant in old Craven Co., Prince Fredericks Parish, S.C., in Kingstree. This was in the 1730s. They later lived in the Darlington and Florence area of S.C., and then moved on to other areas southwest and west. I know there were GARDNERS that lived in the Anson Co., area, but the families that lived along the PeeDee River lived and migrated all up and down the river. In the early days they were able to take barges and paddle-wheel boats up and down the river. This gave the families a chance to move to what they felt was a better location. I do know that the area in the lowlands of S.C. was not very healthy, and the some of the families moved up the river, and more inland. I wish that I could help you more. Bobbie