Kelly, The Richard Ratliff mentioned in "Jackson's White Plumes" came to Ala. shortly after the Revolution. He is mentioned by a Gov. surveyor in the 1790s as saying he had lived here several years. Davy Crocket found him living in what is now Etowa County near the Blount County line. He was married to an Indian lady and had a large family. He went west on "The Trail of Tears" with his family I think in the 1830s. There are a number of Ratliffs still in Ok. The John Ratliff mentioned in the book may be my ggg grandfather, John A. Ratliff. John is listed in the Blount Co. census of 1830. His father was Jeremiah Ratliff who was listed in the St. Clare census of 1820 and the Jefferson Co. census of 1830. I have not been able to relate John and Richard. Dean Ratliff