I receive your mail alot and constantly read for any connection to my line. Ronald, so far yours seems the closest I have found. My family line moved in the same pattern as yours. I don't see JWG Rudd in my files but the earliest Rudd I find is Arthur Rudd born abt 1803 in S. Carolina. His wife was Rachel Spears born about 1803 in S. Carolina. They had 8 children: Ramen Robert Rudd, Jesse L. Rudd, Julia Ann Rudd, Joseph George Rudd, Rebecca A. Rudd, Mary Alice Rudd, George A. Rudd and William A. Rudd. I hope this helps someone and if anyone can help take me a little further I would appreciate it. Thanks, Robert Allen Rudd rrudd@surfsouth.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ronald Presley <ronpres@yahoo.com> To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:20 AM Subject: Extra, Uncounted RUDDS > Someone recently said that all us unknown RUDD > family members should speak up again, since there > are new members to the list. In that light, I > come out of the woodwork. > > My earliest known RUDD is really rather recent, > as compared to the rest of you. He is: > > J.(James)W.G.RUDD, born in North Carolina, about > 1813. > His first known wife, according to 1850 Ga. > census is SINDY M., born 1820, in North Carolina. > A possible 2nd wife according to 1860 GA. census, > MALINDA, born 1816, NC. These could of course, be > the same person. On the 1900 Alabama census, the > oldest son of this family stated that his mother > was born in Virginia, with no other information. > > The following are the known children of JWG RUDD. > son...Henry Clay Rudd, b. 1839-40, GA. > girl...Cloy A. Rudd, b. 1841, GA. > son...(?)Terisey P. Rudd, b. 1843, GA. > James E. Rudd, b. 1844, GA. > son...Francis, b. 1845, GA. > son...L.H.Rudd, b 1849, GA. > Son...(?)Cebron Rudd, b. 1852, Ga. > Girl...Missa Rudd, b. 1855, GA. > Girl...Molly Rudd, b. 1858, GA. > > This family was in Cherokee County GA. apparently > when the first son was born, until 1860, when > they moved to Alabama. The last known record of > JWG RUDD was in 1876 when he took part in a > wedding there. Then gone to ? > > Apparently there was some beginnings in Virginia, > because in 1880 some RUDDS came to Jefferson Co., > AL., and worked in coal mines which may have been > owned by one or more of JWG's sons. And there was > the reference of HENRY CLAY RUDD about HIS mother > being born in VA. > > My RUDD must be one of the many independant RUDD > families who came to America independent of any > others. No one to date has found him in their > lines. There is a line of RUDDS with some of the > fathers named BURLINGHAM RUDD, and others, and > there is a JAMES RUDD in one (some)of their lines > on which there is no other record other than his > birth year, and place, whichseems to fit my > JAMES, but they say he is not. One researcher > says there was not a JAMES in that line anyway. > > I have hunted for anything at all on this man for > about 20 years, with no luck. I hope one of you > new people will claim my lonesome line. > > With apologies for a long letter, I am... > > > Ronald Presley > ronpres@yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com > >