Hi Bill, my name is Sandy and I now live in Tucson, AZ (grew up in northern CA, hubby in OH) I sent your email off to one of my far off cuzz who has a Boruff line. One of his married one of my Mallicoats. He now has your email and if something comes up will let you know. Most of my Ancestors came to VA in the mid to late 1600's and then from York, Warwick, Isle of Wight, Pittsylvania and into TN , Washburn Grainger county, my 3rd great Wm Crawley md a Margaret Dotson and they had 10,000 acres on and around Clinch mountain. They are buried at Puchen camp with a lot of other Mallicoat, Acuff, Dyer, Love, Holland, Thacker, Witcher...... as like everyone else I have many that married into my family. One of my great uncles had 13 children because you had to have 12 children in an area to get a school teacher. Here is the only Boruff's I have Descendants of Valitine Boruff 1 [3] Valitine Boruff b: Abt. 1774 Pennsylvania d: 1856 .. +Margaret (Mallicote) Malicoat d: 1842 ...... 2 Anna Boruff b: September 1, 1798 TN d: December 29, 1878 Mercer co., ILL .......... +William Thomas Jackson b: Abt. 1796 NC d: February 12, 1848 Mercer co., ILL .............. 3 [1] Francis Jackson .................. +Charles Willams Knudson .............. *2nd Husband of [1] Francis Jackson: .................. +George A Frick b: May 12, 1826 Columbia co., PA ...................... 4 Harry Norwell Frick ...................... 4 Frederick W. Frick ...................... 4 Albert A. Frick ...................... 4 Warren T. Frick ...................... 4 Alice Frick ...................... 4 Homer Frick .............. 3 William Thomas JR. Jackson b: Abt. 1834 d: Abt. 1910 .................. +Nancy Ewilling Willet b: Abt. 1844 d: Abt. 1921 ...................... 4 William Thomas III Jackson b: Abt. 1867 .......................... +unknown .............................. 5 Richard Jackson .............................. 5 Ruth Jackson .............................. 5 Child Jackson .............................. 5 Hellen Woods Jackson b: Abt. 1907 .................................. +Louis R. Broaddus ...... 2 Samuel Boriff Boruff b: March 25, 1800 Penn or TN d: December 28, 1882 Monroe county, IN .......... +Elizabeth Butcher b: December 28, 1799 Penn or TN d: December 28, 1859 Monroe county, IN .............. 3 [2] Mary Boruff b: September 2, 1819 .................. +Charles Fidgeon .............. *2nd Husband of [2] Mary Boruff: .................. +John P Scisoce .............. 3 Anna Boruff b: September 2, 1819 d: Abt. 1823 4yrs 3 mon 28 days .............. 3 Sarah Boruff b: August 26, 1821 .................. +William K. Rogers *2nd Wife of [3] Valitine Boruff: .. +Susan Sanders Only one Ritter at this time. Descendants of Mary Catherine Ritter 1 Mary Catherine Ritter b: September 15, 1854 d: July 13, 1911 .. +William Perry Harrell b: November 10, 1852 d: July 5, 1918 Father: Jarvis Jackson 'JJ' Harrell Mother: Rutha 'Ruthie' Dotson I hope that James Boruff that i sent your email to makes a connection for you. good luck Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill & Annie Conner <wconn@mindspring.com> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:34 PM Subject: [TNGRAING-L] John Riley Ritter born 1858 > Can anyone help me with: > JOHN RILEY RITTER, b. 1858, Claiborne Co TN (Source: 1860 census, Claiborne Co TN.). John Riley Ritter was the son of John Ritter and Cynthia Hurst. He was my Great Grandfather, John Riley and his 1st wife(I don't know her name) had a daughter called America(Minty) Ritter, then I have been told that John Riley married Mary Boruff, they had 2 daughters, Bertha born 1-3-1896 and died 9-18-1913(my Grandmother) and Eliza Myrtle Ritter born 5-3-1898 and died 1-3-1956. Does anyone know who John Riley's 1st wife was , did she die, were there more children then mentioned here. Also shortly after the birth of Bertha, Mary Boruff disappeared and no one in the family ever heard from her again. Does anyone know what happened to her. Does anyone have a death and burial on John Riley Ritter. I sure would appreciate your help. Bill Conner, Knoxville, Tennessee > wconn@mindspring.com > =20 > wconn@mindspring.com > >