Howdy Folks..... In case I left the impression that my own line may have included DEMOSTHENES and CICERO RUDD, and maybe a few others, it does not. My only RUDD ancestor who came into Alabama as far as my knowledge goes, is JAMES W.G.RUDD. It is not my intention to re-write anyone else's family tree by adding my own mess. R.Presley --- Rudd <nrudd@coosavalley.net> wrote: > Ron , I called my s-i-l and we put our notes > together and I found out some > stuff on William Millard Rudd. He died in 1911 > at the age of 50. That would > put him born in 1860. When he married Jane > Wester, he was living in > Leesburg, Al in Cherokee Co. The Alabama 1870 > census listed a J. Rudd > maybe James?) age 55 born in Tenn. married to > Martha Rudd, age 52, born in > Tenn. They were living in Leesburg at that > time.. Children were; Sara > (Sarah) age 24, born in Tenn. Melville age 20, > born in Ala. Harriet F. age > 18 born in ala. Susan J. age 14 born in Ala. > and W.M. Rudd age 9 born in > Tenn. listed as a nephew. Could this W.M. be > my William Millard??? The age > and place is right..Could Sara be his mother??? > That would have made her 15 > when W.M. was born..They could have sent her > back to Tenn. to have the child > and bring it home as a nephew...This would mean > that Noel's grandfather was > illegitment.. Could that be why we are having > such a hard time of finding > out anything??? Let me know what ya'll > think..Hey this is getting juicy > !!!!!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ronald Presley <ronpres@yahoo.com> > To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 4:27 PM > Subject: Re: [RUDD] RUDD of SC > > > > Linda and Kay..... > > > > I made a bad boo-boo! In making the bold > > statement that most of those RUDDS came from > > Georgia, that I was aware of.....the name of > > JOSIAH RUDD in Dekalb Co., AL., his name was > not > > JOSIAH, but was ISAH(or ISAIAH), and he was > born > > about 1815 in Tennessee. Shows how smart I > am. > > But he still was in Alabama for a number of > > years, not too far north of the Gadsden area. > > > > Sorry about my sloppiness there. > > > > Ron Presley > > > > > > --- LRudd71847@aol.com wrote: > > > I'm sorry Kay, I don't recognize any of > those > > > names. I see that Ron has > > > responded to you, he might be your best bet > if > > > y'all can connect something. > > > And I do know that there were some Rudd > head of > > > households in 1850 AL that > > > stated they were from TN, and that's up > towards > > > your area. > > > > > > I think they are probably a part of our > Rudd > > > lines way back, but I've not > > > been able to look into that as of yet. I > think > > > Ron has looked at every Rudd > > > in GA and AL. It sure would be great if you > can > > > help each other. > > > > > > Linda Rudd > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at > great prices > > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/