Rachel Montuori wrote: > > I have traced my family tree back to my ggg-grandfather, Willis Ragan. > In an 1850 AL Census for Cherokee County he is listed as age 32, > occupattion: sawyer and born in SC. This was make his birth year about > 1818. He is listed with his wife, Martha, age 28 and children: > Wesley(believed to be John Wesley & fought in Civil War) age 12, Nancy > age 10 and William age 8. I find him again in the 1880 TN Census for > Cheatham County at the age of 69 with wife, Mary age 43 and children: > Angeline age 22, Willis age 18, Martha age 16, Benjamin age 8, Ella Jane > age 5 and Jahannas(girl) age 2. The children, beginning with Benjamin > are born in TN. The older three are born in AL. His son Alberry Clark > Ragan(on census as Clark and married in 1880) is my gg-grandfather. He > is the first child of Willis and second wife, Mary. > > I do not know anything more about Willis accept that he worked at the > McElrath Mill on Terrapin Creek in Cherokee County, AL at some time. > The mill was owned by Dr. William McElrath. > > I would like to know birth and death information and his parents names. > Also, his second wife, Mary Ragan, I have no information on her as well. > One of their children's death certificate's lists Ragan as her maiden > name. > > The information I have on some of his children show they are buried in > Ashland City(Cheatham County), TN. I have looked in Cheatham County > records at the Archives in Nashville, TN and as of yet cannot find him. > > I'm hoping someone out there can help me! > > Thank you. > > Rachel