Please post when you do!!!!! This sounds interesting..... -----Original Message----- From: Mary Hill <mevhill@burgoyne.com> To: RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [RIDDLE-L] WILLIAM THOMAS RIDDLE >Hi Bev, > >Good grief, where did you get your information??? I have researched this >family INTENSELY since 1991, and wrote a 150 page book last year on William >Riddle, his possible ancestry, and six of his sons and daughter Happy Jr. >who married Henry Fisher. > >I have long suspected that there was a seventh son - Moses - who was the >oldest. In the Draper Manuscripts there are accounts that he was also hung >with his father. > >I have suspected that the fatehr of William Riddle was Moses Riddle, who >can be found in Orange Co., NC and in 1767 on a tax list in Pittsylvania >Co., VA. He is listed on the list as "Moses Ridel (Indian)." Moses Riddle >died in Henry Co., VA after 1785, when he is on the tax list of Henry Co, VA. > >I am dying to know where you got your information! > >Mary Hill > >At 01:36 PM 9/9/1999 -0600, you wrote: >>Dear List, >> >>This is the first time that I have posted to this site. >> >>My connection to the Riddle family starts with Harriet Happy Riddle, >>b:1777 Goochland Co, Va, d:1862 Hancock Co, Tn, m:7 Feb 1799 Russell Co, >>Va, to spouse:Heinrich Henry Fisher. Happys parents: William Thomas >>Riddle, b:@1745, and Harriet Happy Roberts, b:@1749. Happys siblings >>were: Moses b:@1766, Jmaes b:@1767, Thomas b:@1769, John b:1773, Joseph >>b:@1775, Isaac B:@1775, and William b:@1777. >> >>Now, Happy Riddle and Heinrich Fisher had a daughter, Catherine, who, it >>has been written, was 1/2 to full blood Cherokee indian and stood about >>7' tall, quite an imposing stature. Her grave was 8-9' foot long. The >>Fisher line is of German ancestry. Happy Riddles father, William Thomas >>Riddle, was a Captain in the British Army and was hanged by Americans at >>Riddle's Knob. Harriet Happy Roberts father, James Roberts, was also a >>Captain in the British army. >> >>I am looking for the ancestry of Harriet, William and Moses, and I am >>especially interested in knowing about Moses' indian ancestry? Is it >>documented? Your help is appreciated. >> >>Thank you, >> >>Bev Clark >> >> >>==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >>---------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List----------------- >> Want to contact the ListMom?! >> E-mail Rebecca at; >> rebecca@collector.org >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >----------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List-------------- > We have new subscribers since you last posted your RIDDLE Query... > What if they hold the key to unlock YOUR research quandaries? > You'll never know unless you post again! > RIDDLE-L@RootsWeb.com > > >