FWI wrote: > My great great grandmother was Sarah Jane Gilmore. My records > indicate that > she was born on Dec. 11, 1816, in Washington Co GA. > > She married Emaual Ritch who was born in NC, probably Mecklenberg Co. > They > had a 10 known children who lived into middle age and all but one of > them > are buried in the Ritch Cemetery on the Ft Benning Army Reservation in > > Muscogee Co GA. Three of their sons had children, but one did not. > None of > their six daughters ever married. > > I have photos of Sarah Jane Gilmore and her old maid sister. I also > have > visited the Ritch Cemetery and seen all of the ornate tombstones. It > is > very interesting. Especially interesting is how the six daughters are > > arranged and what kind of Tombstones they have. > > My great grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Ritch, married Julia Amanda > Harris > and they are buried in Atlanta GA. His nickname was "Old Ship" This > is > short for old ship of Zion. He was reported to have been very fervent > in > his religious beliefs and quick to insist that someone repent and get > right > with God right away. > > I have correspondence dating to 1890 between granddaughters of Sarah > Jane > Gilmore Ritch. In fact one of Sarah Jane's descendants has quite a > bit of > material but neither he nor I know much of anything about Sarah Jane's > > family except for her old maid sister. > > Would like to here more about this family. Particularly interested in > her > ancestors and her descendants who went to TX. I assume that Sarah > Jane's > grand children who went to TX followed other relatives there. > > Yours, Franklin Ingram, Raleigh, NC Frank, Our Gilmores came from Moore Co., N.C. into Wilkes, Washingtomn and Wilkinson Co., Ga.. Many went to Pike CO., Ala. befroe scattering. Have two books of researcch and will share with you. How might I help. JoAnn