My 2nd great grandfather was James Shockley Bates born 1810 in Pendelton Dist SC [northwestern part of SC on the GA line]. I don't think there is proof, but many charts list his parents as John Bates and Elizabeth Shockley. The only thing I have found is a deed selling one quarter acre of land on the Savannah River [I think] for a ferry landing. It was sold to Thomas Shockley of Abbeville County SC. The Shockley Ferry was later called Brown's Ferry and next Alford's Bridge. There is an apple named Shockley's Apple which found its name here. Hart County, GA, across the ferry landing is where my ancestor James Shockley Bates married several of his 5 wives and lived for many years. If his mother is Elizabeth Shockley, she would have been born about1790, the year Thomas Shockley started his ferry. I know I am clutching at straws, but can anyone connect with Elizabeth Shockley Bates? Thanks, Jeanne Park