01/17/98 Hello to Linda Tucker and other researchers! I just joined this mailing list and Linda's message below was the very first message that I received. Linda gave the dates for these marriages, but she did not state where these folks were when they got married. I think that it would be easier for other researchers to identify these folks if they knew in which states the marriage occurred. Is there a particular format that is typically used to give or to request information from other researchers on this distribution list? I am looking for information about a William RATLIFF who lived in Kentucky during the early 1800s. This William RATLIFF died around 1817 in Kentucky and was a minister. He had a son, James RATLIFF, who was a Primitive Baptist minister. This James RATLIFF was born in Barren County, KY, on 01/19/1798 and died in Missouri on 04/16/1860. James RATLIFF married Martha (Patsey) HIND in Barren County, KY on 03/18/1817. Martha (Patsey) HIND was born in KY on 06/29/1799 and died in Macon County, MO on 06/05/1880. James and Patsey RATLIFF moved westward to Missouri around 1817 or 1818. James RATLIFF established several Primitive Baptist Churches in Randolph County and Macon County, MO. Do any of these folks sound familiar??? Any information you have regarding these folks or their ancestors would be greatly appreciated. Norma J. Hermocillo ([email protected]) On Sat, 17 Jan 1998 12:08:13 EST LTucker972 <[email protected]> writes: >My family is >William Harvey Myers married Lovenia McNarky Ratliff >John William Myers married Sarah Nosler >Adam Myers married Margaret Clyburn--------1833 >Sarah Atkins Carr married James Monroe Carter-------1894 >Samuel Carr married Francis Deborah Ratliff----------1853 >Peter landers married Rachel Carson-------1829 >John Floyd Ratliff married Sarah J. Adams------1798 >Thomas Landers married Nancy Biggs--------1796 >John Carson married Nancy????????-------- >John Myers married Catherine Niday-------1805 >David Niday married ???????-------------- >Lemuel Clyburn married Nancy Brooks---1809 >Any help at all would be great. Linda > >

My family is William Harvey Myers married Lovenia McNarky Ratliff John William Myers married Sarah Nosler Adam Myers married Margaret Clyburn--------1833 Sarah Atkins Carr married James Monroe Carter-------1894 Samuel Carr married Francis Deborah Ratliff----------1853 Peter landers married Rachel Carson-------1829 John Floyd Ratliff married Sarah J. Adams------1798 Thomas Landers married Nancy Biggs--------1796 John Carson married Nancy????????-------- John Myers married Catherine Niday-------1805 David Niday married ???????-------------- Lemuel Clyburn married Nancy Brooks---1809 Any help at all would be great. Linda

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Does anyone happen to have any information on the parents or ancestors of Mary A. "Polly" CAMERON who married Lewis/Louis B. RATLIFF? One source states her mother's given name was Jane. Lewis was born about 1816 probably in VA and accordingly, it is estimated that Mary was born about 1815-1825. Their son, John A.P. RATLIFF was born Sep 1852. Any and all help will be most appreciated. Emme Ratcliff Leslie

I have a Summer Ratliff married Nancy Arnold his father---------Ralph born 1851 his father---------Ruben marries frances his father Silas his father Robert in the Tazewell or Floyd Co. Va I need to know if the order is right? spouses?? Children???? Thanks Linda

I just received a copy of the obituary for my paternal grandmother that I would like to share in case something clicks in someone's mind about the related names. She was orginally married to my grandfather Ernest William Ratcliff. They divorced and she remarried numeorus times. Charlie Jones was her last husband. Her maiden name was Lena DeWitt. I would appreciate any information on her or her siblings. Thanks. Pat Ratcliff, Camp Zama, Japan A tribute published in the pages of Southwest Times Record. Fort Smith, Ark. Feb 24, 1977. Mrs. Lena Jones. Mrs. Lena Jones, 78 of 2601 Johnson, died Wednesday afternoon in a Fort Smith hospital. Survivors include her (last) husband Charles; one daughter Mrs. Helen Doshier of Wichita, Kansas; two sons, Bobby Ratcliff of Echo, Ark, and Roy Ratcliff of Davenport, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Wilda Stover of Artis, W. Va. , 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral Arrangements are incomplete at Edward Funeral Home.

Dear Emme: My name is Pat Ratcliff-Milanese and my ancestry may be found on my web site as follows: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/2994 1)Click on "Ancestry of Our Children" 2)Click on "Surnames" 3)Click on "Ratcliff" 4)Click on (Arely) Patricia Ratcliff (me) and follow it back. Just curious where you got your sources for the parentage of Ruben and Frances? Ratcliff?????? Both my cousin, Emmitt Nelson Ratliff (his web site is linked via my homepage) and I are trying to locate more on our family. Where do you fit in to this puzzle??? Hope we have made another "cousin" connection! Please write back! Best regards, Pat [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > RATLIFF-D Digest Volume 97 : Issue 38 > > Today's Topics: > #1 RATLIFF Genealogy [[email protected]] > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RATLIFF Genealogy > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:47:07 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Following is my convoluted RATCLIFF/RATLIFF line. Can anyone out there > make a connection at any point? I welcome all changes, additions, or > corrections and I look forward to hearing from you. > > I am particularly interested to know: > > (1) If Robert RATLIFF was the immigrant and, if so, where did he come > from? > > (2) Strong family tradition indicates that we have a CHEROKEE Indian > connection. It would appear that it may have come from Mary TOUCHSTONE > or the several wives listed below of whom I don’t have surnames. Can > anyone clear this up? > > 1-Robert RATLIFF b. abt 1690 d. abt 1738 > m. Mary TOUCHSTONE > 2-Silas RATLIFF b. abt 1730 d. 1811 in Patrick County, VA > m. Elizabeth ______ > 3-Francis “Fanny” RATLIFF b. abt 1755 d. in Tazewell County, VA > 2-Ruben RATLIFF b. abt 1732 > m. Frances ______ > 3-Richard RATLIFF b. abt 1751 in Augusta County, VA > #3 Frances “Fanny” RATLIFF m. #3 Richard RATLIFF > 4-Benjamin RATLIFF b. abt 1777 > m. Rebecca ______ > 5-Lewis B. RATLIFF b. abt 1816 > m. Mary A. “Polly” CAMERON > 6-John A.T. RATLIFF b. Sep 1852 > m. 28 Sep 1873 in Tazewell, VA to Martha Jane STUMP b. 9 Sep 1857 > in Tazewell, VA > 7-George Washington RATLIFF b. 1 Jan 1881 in Tazewell County, VA > d. 15 Aug 1931 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA > 5-Ennis RATCLIFFE b. abt 1814 in Tazewell County, Virginia d. Dec > 1849 > m. Oct 1834 in Tazewell, VA to Anny McMEAN(e)S b. 1819 in Lee > County, VA > 6-John RATCLIFFE b. 23 Sep 1843, d. 6 Jun 1931 in either Wythe > County, VA or Glade Spring, Washington County, VA > m. 13 Oct 1868 in either Tazewell County, VA or Pearisburg, Giles > County, VA Martha Elizabeth BROYLES b. 15 Aug 1850 d. 23 Oct 1924 in > Glade Spring, Washington County, VA > 7-Nannie Mae RATCLIFFE b. 12 Aug 1879 in Tazewell County, VA d. 11 > Aug 1944 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA > #7 George Washington RATLIFF m. #7 Nannie Mae RATCLIFFE > 8-Albert Talmadge RATCLIFF b. 31 Jan 1906 in Glade Spring, > Washington County, VA d. 14 Aug 1977 in Damascus, Washington County, VA > m. 20 Jul 1932 in Bristol, TN Hazel Marie TRENT b. 1 May 1913 in > Wideners Valley, Washington County, VA d. 1 May 1993 in Kingsport, TN > 9-Me > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > > > Emme Ratcliff Leslie

Following is my convoluted RATCLIFF/RATLIFF line. Can anyone out there make a connection at any point? I welcome all changes, additions, or corrections and I look forward to hearing from you. I am particularly interested to know: (1) If Robert RATLIFF was the immigrant and, if so, where did he come from? (2) Strong family tradition indicates that we have a CHEROKEE Indian connection. It would appear that it may have come from Mary TOUCHSTONE or the several wives listed below of whom I don’t have surnames. Can anyone clear this up? 1-Robert RATLIFF b. abt 1690 d. abt 1738 m. Mary TOUCHSTONE 2-Silas RATLIFF b. abt 1730 d. 1811 in Patrick County, VA m. Elizabeth ______ 3-Francis “Fanny” RATLIFF b. abt 1755 d. in Tazewell County, VA 2-Ruben RATLIFF b. abt 1732 m. Frances ______ 3-Richard RATLIFF b. abt 1751 in Augusta County, VA #3 Frances “Fanny” RATLIFF m. #3 Richard RATLIFF 4-Benjamin RATLIFF b. abt 1777 m. Rebecca ______ 5-Lewis B. RATLIFF b. abt 1816 m. Mary A. “Polly” CAMERON 6-John A.T. RATLIFF b. Sep 1852 m. 28 Sep 1873 in Tazewell, VA to Martha Jane STUMP b. 9 Sep 1857 in Tazewell, VA 7-George Washington RATLIFF b. 1 Jan 1881 in Tazewell County, VA d. 15 Aug 1931 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA 5-Ennis RATCLIFFE b. abt 1814 in Tazewell County, Virginia d. Dec 1849 m. Oct 1834 in Tazewell, VA to Anny McMEAN(e)S b. 1819 in Lee County, VA 6-John RATCLIFFE b. 23 Sep 1843, d. 6 Jun 1931 in either Wythe County, VA or Glade Spring, Washington County, VA m. 13 Oct 1868 in either Tazewell County, VA or Pearisburg, Giles County, VA Martha Elizabeth BROYLES b. 15 Aug 1850 d. 23 Oct 1924 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA 7-Nannie Mae RATCLIFFE b. 12 Aug 1879 in Tazewell County, VA d. 11 Aug 1944 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA #7 George Washington RATLIFF m. #7 Nannie Mae RATCLIFFE 8-Albert Talmadge RATCLIFF b. 31 Jan 1906 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA d. 14 Aug 1977 in Damascus, Washington County, VA m. 20 Jul 1932 in Bristol, TN Hazel Marie TRENT b. 1 May 1913 in Wideners Valley, Washington County, VA d. 1 May 1993 in Kingsport, TN 9-Me Thank you in advance for your help. Emme Ratcliff Leslie

Does anyone out there have any information on the ancestry of my gggrandfather, John RATLIFF, who married Martha Jane STUMP (b. 9 Sep 1857 in Tazewell, VA) on 28 Sep 1875 in Tazewell, VA? Martha was the daughter of David STUMP b. 27 May 1834 in Tazewell, VA and Nancy E. REYNOLDS b. abt 1837 in Tazewell, VA. I've run into a brick wall and any and all information will be welcomed. Emme Ratcliff Leslie

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Does anyone know of John W(Ward) Ratcliff (Ratliff)? He seems to be coming from Ohio and married at least twice. Once to an Elizabeth and once to a Jane--may have been married early is life prior to Elizabeth. He was born about 1812 and died in the 1880s in Collin Co. TX. Many children were born to him, I am told. Two daughters were mentioned in the probate that were underage. The others were adults by the time of his death. If anyone has any information at all about this line, please let me know.

Hello everyone, I have been reading the messages on the list for awhile and thought I should put a query in myself. Although, I do notice that most of the queries seem to concern the United States, rather than England. My husband's g-g-g-grandparents were Samuel Ratcliff, bc1780 and Sarah Ratcliff (ne Hammond or Josselyn), bc 1780. Samuel was a farmer in Toppesfield, Essex. Sarah's parents were Hugh Josselyn and Mary Hammond. Their children (all born in Toppesfield, Essex, England) were: Charlotte Marian Ratcliff, b January 1804 Samuel Ratcliff, b 10 April 1805 John Josselyn Ratcliff, b 08 December 1806 James Ratcliff, b 06 November 1808 Laura Ratcliff, b 23 June 1810 (This was my husband's g-g-grandmother, who married Henry Boyden Croyden) John Ratcliff, b 01 April 1814 Thomas Ratcliff, b 16 June 1817 I would be interested in making contact with anyone who is also researching this RATCLIFF family. I do not know whether any of them emigrated to either the U.S., Canada, or Australia but it could be possible. Louise Croyden Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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Currently, I am researching the Ratcliff/Ratcliffe/Radcliff/Ratliff line and am having difficulty going beyond the early 1800s in southwest Virginia. Further complicating the problem is the fact that the surnames appear to be almost interchangeable and a number of marriages between couples with the same or similar version of the surname. Family tradition indicates that my Ratcliffs were indentured servants from England who entered America in Virginia and, somewhere along the line, they brought Cherokee blood into the family. I am extremely interested when that took place and who it was. At the moment I am at a brick wall with two of the “clan”; a John Ratliff and an Ennis Ratcliffe. I have established that John married Martha Jane Stump on 28 Sep 1875 in Tazewell County, VA. I have records that show him to be John “P.” and John “A. T.” Ratliff. I have nothing further on him but I do have some on Martha if you would be interested. Their son was George Washington Ratliff b. 1 Jan 1881 in Tazewell County, VA d. 15 Aug 1931 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA. Ennis/Enis/Enice Ratcliffe, b. early 1800s in Tazewell County, VA, married an Anny/Annie McMeans in Oct 1834 in Tazewell County, VA. I have other records which show that he married an Anna McGlothlin/McGlothland. I don’t know if these are the same person or not. Ennis had a son, John Ratcliffe b. 23 Sep 1843, d. 6 Jun 1931 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA. I have nothing more on Ennis. One respondent wrote me that he believes the parents were Benjamin Ratliff and Rebecca. Apparently, Benjamin was born in Montgomery County and ran away to Tazewell to avoid the military. To date, there is no proof of this theory. I will appreciate anything you may happen to have which might help in my research whether it be from official records, family history/tradition, or family bibles (or even good rumors). Thank you in advance for your help and I hope that we can make a connection. Emme Ratcliff Leslie

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Currently, I am researching the Ratcliff/Ratcliffe/Radcliff/Ratliff line and am having difficulty going beyond the early 1800s in southwest Virginia. Further complicating the problem is the fact that the surnames appear to be almost interchangeable and a number of marriages between couples with the same or similar version of the surname. Family tradition indicates that my Ratcliffs were indentured servants from England who entered America in Virginia and, somewhere along the line, they brought Cherokee blood into the family. I am extremely interested when that took place and who it was. At the moment I am at a brick wall with two of the “clan”; a John Ratliff and an Ennis Ratcliffe. I have established that John married Martha Jane Stump on 28 Sep 1875 in Tazewell County, VA. I have records that show him to be John “P.” and John “A. T.” Ratliff. I have nothing further on him but I do have some on Martha if you would be interested. Their son was George Washington Ratliff b. 1 Jan 1881 in Tazewell County, VA d. 15 Aug 1931 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA. Ennis/Enis/Enice Ratcliffe, b. early 1800s in Tazewell County, VA, married an Anny/Annie McMeans in Oct 1834 in Tazewell County, VA. I have other records which show that he married an Anna McGlothlin/McGlothland. I don’t know if these are the same person or not. Ennis had a son, John Ratcliffe b. 23 Sep 1843, d. 6 Jun 1931 in Glade Spring, Washington County, VA. I have nothing more on Ennis. One respondent wrote me that he believes the parents were Benjamin Ratliff and Rebecca. Apparently, Benjamin was born in Montgomery County and ran away to Tazewell to avoid the military. To date, there is no proof of this theory. I will appreciate anything you may happen to have which might help in my research whether it be from official records, family history/tradition, or family bibles (or even good rumors). Thank you in advance for your help and I hope that we can make a connection. Emme Ratcliff Leslie

1.. Joseph RATLIFF m. Mary ___ d. 1737 2..Joseph RATLIFF d. sept 1778 m. Anna ______ 3...Zephaniah RATLIFF b. 1753 MD, d. 1831 KY m. 1780 VA to Philadelphia STONE b. 1755 VA d. 1824 KY 4...Mary Ann (Polly) RATLIFF b. 1781 m. 1798 KY to Joseph RINGO 1763-1852 does this look familiar to anyone? TIA Val

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Am seeking information on any Ratliff/Ratcliff/Radcliff line that is known to have intermarried with Native Americans from any tribe before about 1850, or so. I know they are supposed to have married into the Cherokee and the Choctaw tribes. My family came from Virginia and Kentucky in the era of about 1740 - 1840. Even if the information you have is only family tradition, rumor, or hearsay and has not been substantiated, I would be interested in hearing your story. It is only a rumor in my family as well, but you never know when you may find a clue in someone else's information. Also, if anyone has any sources of information concerning this from the family Bible, letters, diaries, copies of court procedings, etc., I would be most appreciative if you would get in touch. -- God Bless You, Michael A. Radcliff 2009 Olive Court Milton, W.Va. 25541 [email protected]