Can someone please help me? I am trying to learn the identity of the parents 
(and grandparents if possible) of JAMES NATHANIEL DENT of Richland County, SC.
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Name:   James Nathaniel DENT
Birth:  1832    Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  Dec 13, 1905
Burial:     Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Father: Hezekiah DENT (???)
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN (DENT)
Marriage:   bef 1846
Spouse: Christina W. HORNSBY
Birth:  ca 1830
Father: Nathaniel (Daniel) HORNSBY (ca1810-<1850)
Mother: Rebecca UNKNOWN (HORNSBY) (ca1813-)

Children:
1 F:    Alice Amanda DENT
Birth:  Sep 25, 1858    Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  Apr 3, 1929
Spouse: Benjamin Mordecai HARRISON (my gg uncle)
Marriage:   Oct 9, 1879 South Carolina

2 M:    James Edward ("Jimmy") DENT
Birth:  Mar 21, 1861    Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  Feb 19, 1930    Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Spouse: Georgianna DEMATES
Marriage:   Sep 9, 1881

3 M:    William Wesley ("Billy") DENT
Birth:  ca 1864 Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  Nov 14, 1886    Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

4 M:    Richard Franklin DENT
Birth:  Jan 8, 1868 Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  1937    Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Spouse: Charlotte Carolyn McCONNELL

5 M:    Harper Augustus ("Gus") DENT
Birth:  Jun 24, 1875    Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  Dec 16, 1938    Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Spouse: Narcissus HARRISON

6 M:    John Henry ("Johnny") DENT
Birth:  Mar 20, 1877    Richland County, South Carolina
Death:  Apr 1, 1941
Spouse: Maggie WILSON


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Researching: Porter, McCants, Cobb, Martin, Rawlinson, Gill, Higgins, Scott, 
Harrison, Fetner; and Bryant, McDade, Dillard, Tolleson, Wells, Baxter, 
Eaves; and Kinard, Wise, Thaxton, Vickers, Patton, Hubbard, Wilkins, 
Long/Lang, Latta (Branch 28), Mauldin, Dismukes.
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