Husband: George GALPHIN
Birthdate: 1709
Birthplace: Antrim, North Ireland
Death date: Dec. 1, 1780
Place of death: South Carolina
Burial: Silver Bluff, SC
Father: Thomas Galphin
Mother: Barbara RANKIN

Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown

Wife: Mulatto ROSE (slave)
Birthdate: 1744
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: After 1820
Place of death: Georgia
Burial: unknown
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Barbara Rankin GALPHIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1760
Birthplace: Silver Bluff, SC
Death date: About 1830
Place of death: Barnwell County SC
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: about 1779
Marriage place: Silver Bluff SC
Spouse's name: William Holmes
 

Documentation:
* Will and estate papers of George Galphin,
* Deed list,
* SCDAH,
* Law suit concerning inheritance rights of freed mulattos,
* McMullen book at SC Law Research Library,
* many deeds, suits, at Barnwell County Courthouse,
* estate papers of Barbara from the Probate/Equity court at Barnwell SC.
* Proof of legal marriage papers, from Barnwell Courthouse, Barnwell SC.

Notes:
* Barbara married white Irishman William Holmes who worked as the head accountant for her father at Silver Bluff. He was a Lieutenant in the SC militia during the Revolutionary War. Barbara was widowed as a young woman and raised her family of four children at her inherited estate near Silver Bluff in old Barnwell County. She was reputed to be very intelligent and well-educated by the school with tutors provided by her father.