I don't think the Richard Ratliff that helped Andrew Jackson fought in the Revolution. In fact some of Jackson's people including Crockett thought him to be a Tory and took away all his goods. Jackson got furious at this and made them give them back. One son "Whooping Boy", was a hero and was wounded. Neither died. Many of the Ratliff clan survived the "Trail of Tears" and made it to NE Oklahoma. You will find their names on the various lists prepared for the journey. My gggg grand father was Jeremiah Ratliff from NC who eventually settled in Blount Co. I have no record of him serving in the Revolution. He traveled throughout the south with the Holt family. The head of that family did serve and was rewarded a pension later.