>From: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:35:50 -0600 (MDT) >To: [email protected] (Den&Mari) >Subject: Re: "lost" postings? > >1. From my earliest known ancestor (ca1790) to the present time in this >country, I have seen my surname spelled only as RATLIFF. This has made >me wonder whether the name was altered before immigration. Does anyone >know of any particular shires in England (or other UK >countries) where the name RATLIFF (spelled without the 'c" or the "dc') >was in use in the 18th or prior centuries? > >2. In 1782, a petition in Randolph County, NC, >was signed by Samuel and by Amos RATLIFF. >Does anyone know of the origins of Samuel or Amos or of the direction of >any migration of >either (or of their children) subsequent to 1782? > >3. It is a matter of public record that in 1750 in Queen Anne's County, >MD, a Richard RATLIFF >married Mary Newton. Does anyone know of >the parents, siblings, or children of either Mary >or Richard? Whether they might have migrated >to NC within the next several decades? Has anyone researched this >Richard?