Merle, I checked censuses and found several Ritters in Shelby with large families, and one in Spencer in 1840. The census page was cropped on the left for a couple of Ritters, with no first name available. Others were George (2), Michael, and John G in Spencer only. In 1830 Conrad, John, and Michael were in SE District, Shelby. In 1820 and before several Ritter families were in Barren and Jessamine Cos. Spencer Co KY marriage records start in 1824, but Shelby was formed earlier than that. I found a Henry Ritten to Mary Taylor in 1840 in Spencer Co. I I don't have Shelby Co marriages. Sharon M -------------- Original message -------------- From: Merle C Rummel <cliff@rtkonline.com> > > > > > Have you found any evidence that the Ritter family of Mt Eden, Spencer/Shelby > Cos KY, was Brethren? > > > > > No - I had not yet caught that there were Ritters at Mt Eden - - now > I've another name to investigate - unless you can give me data on them - > > I do suspect that they would have been Brethren - > > from what one local man told me - there were a lot of connected families > there at Mt Eden -he named so many, so fast, that I did not get them all > written down (he's dead now -) > > > Merle > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message