I am looking for any information concerning a William Ratcliff (Ratliff/Radcliff, etc.), who, with wife unknown, had: Nathan, b abt 1762 in Virginia Richard, b abt 1764 in Virginia (my ggg grandfather) James, b abt 1769 in Botetourt Co., Virginia Silas, b March 1777 in Botetourt Co., Virginia Stephen, b 1780 in Botetourt Co., Virginia Martha (Peggy), b abt 1781 in Botetourt Co., Virginia This is an often researched family, but I have seen nothing much in print about William and earlier, except for an obscure reference to a possibility that his parents may have been named Robert Ratcliff and Mary Touchstone. William was born between 1730 and 1740 in Virginia, married about 1760 (possibly to a girl named Susanna ______ ) and he died between 1821 and 1825 in Pike County, Ky. Very vague family tradition says that this Ratcliff branch came from the South Branch of the Potomac, the "Buchannon River settlements" (whatever they were), down the Little Kanawha, and from there into Floyd (later Pike) County, Ky. and through present Wayne County, W.Va., into Lawrence County, Ohio. I would be particularly interested in any information that can be provided about the Ratcliffs that were from the South Branch (Moorefield?) area. Could this William possibly be the same William that was the brother of John, both of whom moved from the South Branch settlements to become hunters for the Pringle brothers group in the Hacker's Creek area? My William would have been roughly the right age, and if he indeed came from the South Branch, he would have been in the right area, as well. If anyone has any information on any William Ratcliff (or Ratliff, Radcliff, etc.) at all, in any part of the Virginias in the mid 1700's, please let me hear from you. (I would also be especially interested in any instances of early William Ratcliff marriages in Virginia, or possibly even Maryland!) Thanks. -- God Bless You, Michael A. Radcliff 2009 Olive Court Milton, W.Va. 25541 [email protected]