[email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/6/98 2:38:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > << Richard RATLIFF b 1799 > Lydia RATLIFF b 1800, >> > ************************************************************ > I have been "lurking" for some time now and haven't posted my single Ratcliffe > ancestor recently. Seeing the mention of Lydia Ratliff, b. 1800, began to > raise my hopes that I might possibly be able to resume my heretofore rather > futile search efforts for this ancestor. One of my maternal gggrandmothers > was named LYDIA RATCLIFFE. She married William Walker on December 31, 1799 in > what is now Barnwell Co., SC. I think her father's name was SAMUEL RATCLIFFE. > This is all I know about her and I am hoping that some of the newer members of > the List might be able to give me some possible clue as to where I might > search for her. I found a Samuel Ratcliffe in the 1790 and 1800 SC censuses > but since the names of females were not listed in those days I have been > unable to learn anything more about her. The SC records of Barnwell District > wills for the period were mostly all burned during the Civil War or possibly > Lydia's father didn't leave a will. Any and all leads will be most gratefully > received. Thanks in advance. > > Frank R. Trowbridge > [email protected] > Dum Spiro Spero! > > ==== RATLIFF Mailing List ==== > Problems with Unsubscribing? Did you remember to add > " -request" before the @ symbol? > Contact list owner Mari mailto:[email protected] Let's not forget the motto of the Derwentwater Radcliffes: "Esperare est disperare." To hope is to despair. Probably the most unusual and morbid family motto I have ever read. But how true for that line of Radcliffes. Gary Radcliffe