Hi Sandy. I for one am glad it didn't go directly to Bill as you had planned. I'm sure there's a number of us out here who are interested in any line that connects to the Dodson/Dotson and Mallicoat lines. It just adds another piece to the puzzle. Elaine Dodson Thomas erthomas@nm.net Sandy wrote: > 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 > > > >