Hi Mary, What an interesting story. Do you have the author and publication date of the book? I'm sure whomever connects to this Cornelius will want that information. Thanks for the story. It makes interesting reading. Cathie -----Original Message----- From: Mary Hill <mevhill@burgoyne.com> To: RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [RIDDLE-L] Cornelius Riddle land grant >Hi Cathie, > >I found a reference in "The Over The Mountain Men" to the fact that >Cornelius Riddle was killed by Indians along the Cumberland River. He had >killed some turkeys, hung them in a tree, and gone off hunting. When he >returned to get the turkeys, the Indians were waiting for him and killed him. > >He may have been Cornelius Ruddle, as I saw a few days ago in the Family >Group Record of Isaac Ruddle that his son Cornelius Ruddle died in TN about >that time. > >Mary Hill > >At 10:32 AM 6/19/1999 -0500, you wrote: >>I found this listed in "Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of >>Tennessee as taken from the North Carolina Land Grants". >> >>Cornelius Riddle granted 640 acres in 1783 on South side >>of Cumberland River. >> >>Cathie >> >> >>==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >>-----------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List---------------- >> Want to unsubscribe, and did not save your instructions? >> Visit the RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List webpage to see how! >> http://medgen.iupui.edu/~rebecca/roots/riddle.html >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >----------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List------------------ > Want to unsubscribe, and did not save your instructions? > Visit the RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List webpage to see how! > http://medgen.iupui.edu/~rebecca/roots/riddle.html > >