I am still trying to locate information on a James Riddle and his wife, Eliza A. Riddle. According to the 1850 census records for Hawkins Co., TN, James would have been born in 1812 and Eliza in 1817. Both of them are shown as having been born in North Carolina. This same census lists three children; Jane, age 4, born in VA; Ann (my great-grandmother), age 2, born in VA; and James, age 7 months, born in TN. The 1840 census records for Wilkes County, North Carolina, lists a family headed by a James Riddle which contains "Free White Persons" as follows: one male aged 20-30; one female aged 20-30; and two children, one male and one female, both less than 5 years old. Also in the 1840 NC census in Moore County, there is another family listed as being headed by a James Riddle which included the following: one male aged 20-30; one male aged 15-20; one male aged 5-10; and one female aged 30-40. Since my James Riddle would have been 28 in 1840, either of these families might be the one that I am looking for. Does anyone have any information on either of these two NC families that, if nothing else, will allow me to eliminate them from my searching? Some brick walls are awfully tough to get past! Thanks, Warren Ridley Morristown, TN

Hello Warren, Sorry the only James Riddle I find living in 1870 b. in North Carolina and between 51-60 years old is James Riddle mw 59 farmer b. N. C. Martha A. 43 b. Tenn. Mary E. 17 b. Oh. William R. 12 b. Oh. George W. 10 b. Oh. next door James Riddle mw 20 farm labor b. Oh. Isabelle 22 b. Oh You mention a son James b. 1840 b. Tenn. There is a James Riddle age 30 b. Tenn. farm labor and single, living in the household of Lawrence Lee and wife Mary. They have 4 other farm hands and a domestic servant and his farm is worth $15,000. This is in Gainesville Post Office, Cooke County, Texas. ********** If you think of any other way to look for him in 1870 I'll be glad to. Marie -----Original Message----- From: Daniel W. Ridley [mailto:warren58@lcs.net] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:58 AM To: RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RIDDLE] James Riddle, North Carolina I am still trying to locate information on a James Riddle and his wife, Eliza A. Riddle. According to the 1850 census records for Hawkins Co., TN, James would have been born in 1812 and Eliza in 1817. Both of them are shown as having been born in North Carolina. This same census lists three children; Jane, age 4, born in VA; Ann (my great-grandmother), age 2, born in VA; and James, age 7 months, born in TN. The 1840 census records for Wilkes County, North Carolina, lists a family headed by a James Riddle which contains "Free White Persons" as follows: one male aged 20-30; one female aged 20-30; and two children, one male and one female, both less than 5 years old. Also in the 1840 NC census in Moore County, there is another family listed as being headed by a James Riddle which included the following: one male aged 20-30; one male aged 15-20; one male aged 5-10; and one female aged 30-40. Since my James Riddle would have been 28 in 1840, either of these families might be the one that I am looking for. Does anyone have any information on either of these two NC families that, if nothing else, will allow me to eliminate them from my searching? Some brick walls are awfully tough to get past! Thanks, Warren Ridley Morristown, TN ==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, please send the command "unsubscribe" in an email to: RIDDLE-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or RIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode) ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237