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Batteau
The James River Batteau was a tobacco boat used to transport tobacco down
river to Richmond. Each year the event is celebrated in Lynchburg with a
replica sailing down the James River.

Anthony Rucker, Deputy Commissioner of Provisional Law, Amherst County,
1781. A Captain in the Revolution. The diary of Colonel Landon Carter,
Sabin Hall, Richmond County, VA indicates that he sent a letter by
Captain Rucker requesting "victuals to the regiment". Seems as though
they were out of bacon! 1781 - 1867 Absolom Rucker 86 86 Absolem Rucker lived 2 miles south of Sweet Briar College in Amherst
County, VA . Absolem's uncle, Colonel Ambrose Rucker built the first
Episcopal Church in Amherst County located near Sweet Briar College. It
was known as Ruckers and was built of logs. Later called St. Mathews. Nancy 1806 - 1892 Anthony Thomas Burgess Rucker 85 85 James Barber Rucker Jackson Rucker Maria L. Dillard- Jones Living Cheek Agnes Rucker Cochran Rebecca Rucker Wright Amanda Rucker Nimrod B. James Nimrod B. /James/ Susan Rucker Bocock Amelia Rucker D. ~1790 Susannah Living Lyons ~1706 - >1794 Peter Rucker 88 88 Elizabeth Terrell Jemima Crawford ~1714 Reubin Mildred Tinsley ~1727 Sarah Rucker Alexander Marr ~1736 Phoebe Rucker James Morton ~1738 - ~1823 Mildred Rucker 85 85 Living Lyons ~1738 Winifred Rucker John Lee ~1736 - ~1798 Isaac Rucker 62 62 Plunkett Benjamin Hawkins Benjamin /Hawkins/ Sarah Willis D. 1758 John Plunkett Stephen Hamm ~1760 James Ham Elizabeth Goff Elizabeth /Goff/ Living Peggy Tinsley Nancy Crews Mourning Burford ~1761 John Ham ~1764 Ambrose Ham ~1767 Elizabeth Ham ~1769 Frances Ham ~1771 Bartlett Ham ~1773 Lucy Ham ~1775 William Ham Living Jordan ~1777 Samuel Ham ~1780 Sally Ham ~1782 Polly Ham ~1784 Susannah Ham Rebecca Buxgess John Henry Locke Fanny Winterson William Locke Walter Locke 1809 - 1877 James W. Jones 68 68 Hart Co. Legislator 1871-1872  first Democrat elected after the C. war. He is buried at the Northview cem. in city of Hartwell.  He is buried to the right of Claudius C. Jones (1844-1915) and Mildred McCurry Jones (1856-1934).  His grave is marked with a marble marker which is in fair condition.  There is no evidence of his wife or any other kin in the immediate area.  He married three times always in Elbert co .  ( see Facts)

1860 JONES JAMES Hart County GA 417 Smiths District Federal Population Schedule GA 1860 Federal Census Index GA37077886 1860 JONES JAMES Hart County GA 178 Smith's Dist. Slave schedule GA 1860 Slave Schedule GA12021571 1866 - 1952 William Clayton Rucker 86 86 This is my greatgrand father, the father of my grandmother Ford.  He was
originaly from elbert co. where his family was very successful farmers.
one of his forebarers is said to be Ga. first millionaire. I remember him
as a large gentleman with a handlebar mustache who when i was was very
quite.  He was married to his 2nd wife during the time that i can
remember. Her name was Sallie Robertson or Robinson.  She had an
illegetiment daughter prior to their marriage.  Her reputation in a small
southern town was of course wasted.  She was many yrs younger than
William and i remember her as being a very harsh and outspoken person. Louisa Locke Ellen Locke Agnes Locke Florence Locke Annie Mclean Moffatt James Moffatt Mary Mclean Dunipice James Moffatt Dick Moffatt D. 1840 Delina Foster Jenny Moffatt Frederick Mclean Moffatt Locke 1916 - 1976 Florence Locke 60 60 Anna Lieber Frederick Arthur Locke Malcolm Stuart Locke Phyliss Boynton Kenneth Frederick Locke David Edward Locke 1766 - 1865 James A. Jones 99 99 James Jones married Elizabeth Henderson. His father represented his county in the state senate in 1777,was a member of the Provincial Congress and served as a Captain in the Revolution.


  His mother was descended

from Alston, Hinton and Wallace families of N.C. .
   Their children were:  Joseph Henderson m. Lucy Banks
                                     Mary Louise m. James Patterson
                                    Mildred A.  m. Neal McMullan
                                     Thomas
                                      Priscilla Lee m. James R. Sadler
                                     James W.m. 1st. Delina Foster 2nd. Mildred E. White
                                       3rd. Elizabeth Thronton
                                     Simeon m. Rebecca Banks
                                     Seaborn S. m. 1st. Mary M. Sadler 2nd.  Margaret ?.

From History of Franklin Co.  pp.467-468.

James Jones
Birth:28 April 1764-- , Wake County, NC
Death:25 December 1865 -- Hart County, GA, Usa
Spouse: Elizabeth Henderson
Parents:Edmund Jones, Rachel Alston


James Jones
Birth:28 April 1764-- , Wake County, NC
Death:25 December 1865 -- Hart County, GA, Usa
Spouse: Elizabeth Henderson
Parents:Edward Jones Lisa Anne Locke Dianne Elizabeth Locke Mary Ann Had no children with Frederick Mclean Moffatt Locke. She had children from another marriage. Cheryl Lynn Walters 1915 - 1984 Burl 68 68 Living Pierce Living Mouchet Living Pierce Living Pierce Living Mouchet 1770 - 1858 Elizabeth Henderson 88 88 1832 - 1913 Cornelia F. Jones 81 81 ~1708 Elizabeth Rucker DATE 23 FEB 2001 Hershel Shelnut Hershel /Shelnut/ Living Living Coward Robert Shelnut Living Ridgway Living Reynolds Living Living Living Sara Glenn A. Shelnut Living Griffith Living Griffith Living Griffith Living Griffith Living Ridgway Jerry N. Shelnut Living Ridgway Living Ridgway Living Ridgway Living Ridgway Living McCurdy Living McCurdy Betty Cheek Betty /Cheek/ 1871 - 1914 Ida Chasteen 43 43 Unknown Jones Michael Jones Michael /Jones/ Living Ford Sylvia Jones Sylvia /Jones/ Burl Ridgway John R. Pruitte John R. /Pruitte/ Living Jordan Living Living Pruitte Samuel Hamblette Sarah Wortham 2000 - 2000 Will Will was the older of the twins. 2000 - 2000 Ches Ches was the younger of the twins. Living Pruitte Living Smith Living Ruff Living Sartain Living Sartain Jerry Lamar Gaines Jerry Lamar /Gaines/ Thomas Elijah Duncan Thomas Elijah /Duncan/ Living Duncan Living Kay Virginia Doris Dudley Virginia Doris /Dudley/ Living Cleveland Living Ford Mary King Mary /King/ D. 1855 Reuben J. Morris See Hart well Sun : Dated 9-3-1981
The progenitor of one line of the Morris family was Reuben Johnson Morris
born in Viriginia and died about 1855 in Elbert Co.  Mr. Morris according
to oral family hx. was originally from Ireland.  Prior to moving to
Elbert C. he lived for a time in Terrell Co. where his brother in law
James O. Taylor also resided.  RJM married Frances B. Taylor b. 1804 in
Viriginia and d. in 1889 and was b, in crossroads cem. Hart Co. Ga.Three
children were born to this union. 1804 - 1889 Frances B. Taylor 85 85 Lavinia B. Morris Benjamin B. Morris 1808 - 1880 James Allen 72 72 James represented Hart Co. in the State Legislature from 1868-1870. He first married Mary A. Haynes on 1-7-1837 .  He next married Margaret Estes on 8-1-1858.  Mary A. Allen consort of James Allen is buried at Old Hendry's Church in Goldmine Community. Nine children were born to the union of James and Mary A. 1-Sarah L.E. Allen b.1838  2-M.E. Allen a daughter born 1839  3- Thomas J. Allen b. 1841--Served in war Between the States and never married  4- Martha C. Allen b.1843  Married G.W. Cleveland 5- James Monroe Allen b. July 9, 1846 m. Mary E. Sanders 6- Nancy Caroline Allen b.1848 m. Robert N. Brown 7- Henry C. Allen b. 1850 never married  8- William E. Allen b. 1852 9- Eliza Frances Allen b. June 4,1855 d.Jan. 21,1923 m.1-14-1875 Nathan Sanders b.7-4-1853 d. 2-15-1892.  To James and Margaret Estes were born 10- Francis Marion Allen  and 11- Rebuen Allen.  James married third on Feb. 22,1863, Elizabeth Jane Estes daughter of Moses Estes.  No children from this union. Jack Jason /Dudley/ Edie Dudley Edie /Dudley/ 1936 Billy My father is a private almost reclusive man. He is very sensitive. I remember when I told him that I was going to ask Nicole to marry me, he cried. There must be a genetic link to this as his father was the same, and I am too. He loves to read and  learn. Just last year he studied for and became board certified in pain managment. When the family gets together he is the first to leave and head off for his room. As he gets older he seems to enjoy his family more. He will stay and with us longer. He is always working and provides well for his family.

As a rural family doctor and surgeon he has a very large practice. He has patients that drive from as far away as North Carolina to see him. He is up every day at 5:30-6:00 to head off to the hospital. For most of his career he kept as many patients in Cobb Memorial Hospital as all of the other doctors combined.

[Chet Ford 2001] Charlie Dudley Charlie /Dudley/ Buck John /Dudley/ Mary Dudley Mary /Dudley/ Morton Dudley Morton /Dudley/ Janie Dudley Webb Dudley Webb /Dudley/ Lizzie Dudley Lizzie /Dudley/ Addie Dudley Addie /Dudley/ Ollie Dudley Ollie /Dudley/ Mary Dudley Mary /Dudley/ Living Ford Rosa Dudley Rosa /Dudley/ 1895 - 1967 Yancey Valentine Dudley 72 72 Yancey Valentine , Callie and Claude Lee are buried in the
Concorde Methodist Church cemetery between
Elberton and Hartwell.  Y.V. was a vagabon and thru out his life would
disappear for long periods of time.  He would always return to Aunt
Callie between these  trips and she always took him back .  He had been
missing for two years just before his death when one day Callie returned
home and found him with a significant stroke lying on her porch.  She
carried him in and cared for him ' til his death two yrs. later.  Yancey
is reported to have sev. in the army or marines during WW1.  Once on
guard duty the officer of the day approached Yancey and was not
challenged to halt.  He chewed Yancey out and said when one approached
him Yancey should sing out Halt who goes there.  On the next rounds as
the officer approached Yancey hollered out " Tanka Lanka Tanka Lanka Halt
who goes there".  By history it was not funny to the officer.  At family
gathering he was always the center of attention because of his humor and
his continous flow of stories , true or untrue no one cared.  He was the
original entertainer.  He was also a tall and handsom man and always well
groomed.  In contrast his wife was very sweet and very reserved and
somewhat homely. Grover Carey Dudley Mary Lou Mull Mary Lou /Mull/ Elizabeth Keble Elizabeth /Keble/ 1639 Mary Need Dilly Landers Dilly /Landers/ 1639 - 1703 Edmund Cartledge 64 64 Edmund Cartledge Sr. came with William Penn to America in 1683 on the ship WELCOME  His wife was Mary Notts and they owned a lot in Philadelphia and settled on two hundred acres in Darby Penn.  He was an Indian trader and was appointed canstable in 1685 and a supervisor in 1692.  His tombstone is a part of the wall at  Friends Graveyard at Darby Penn.  His widow married Peter Trey in 1709. Edmund Cartledge Edmund /Cartledge/ Edmund Cartledge Edmund 111 was granted 1240 acres of land in N.C. in 1739 and moved his family there from Maryland  .  He married again after his first wife died , This marriage was in 1743.  He joined the Episcopal church at that time.  He moved to Ga.  in 1762 and settled on Kiokee creek near Augusta.  He and his five sons served in the Revolution. 1824 - 1908 Bert 84 84 1860RUCKERBURTONBanks CountyGA291Webbs Creek P.O.Federal Population ScheduleGA 1860 Federal Census IndexGA370124229
1860RUCKERBURTONBanks CountyGA0623 Militia Dist.Slave scheduleGA 1860 Slave ScheduleGA12034593
1860RUCKERBURTONBanks CountyGA0624 Militia Dist.Slave scheduleGA 1860 Slave ScheduleGA12034594 Nancy Cartledge Thomas House Thomas /House/ Maggie House Maggie /House/ Mintie House Mintie /House/ Cason House Cason /House/ Della House Della /House/ Nora House Nora /House/ Cleveland House Cleveland /House/ Lula House Lula /House/ Harry House Harry /House/ 1833 - 1905 Martha Jane 72 72 James W. Jones son of Joseph A. Jones m. 1st. Delina Foster  2nd. Mildred
E. White 3rd.  Elizabeth Thronton.   Children:
          Cornelia F,  m. Dickson Baker who was killed in War 1864
           Martha Jane m. Bert Rucker
          Jane Eliz m. Allen Turner
          William C. m. Mary Lewis
           John Joe m. Marietta Terrell
           James W. jr. m. Mary E. Brown


Some confusion in Notes. Martha Jane b.12-19-1833 or 1-19-1833
           d.5- 2-1905 or 5-1-1905 .... Lee McCurdy Lee /McCurdy/ Lon Lon was the mayor of Athens for 12 yrs. Mindy Bragg Sarah Dudley Zilla Dudley Zilla /Dudley/ Nellie Dudley Thomas Dudley Thomas /Dudley/ Toombs Dudley Toombs /Dudley/ Molly Bragg Dora Dudley 1785 - 1856 Barden Rucker 71 71 Henry Dudley Eula Dudley Reba Pruitte Living Ford Living Ford Hilda Frances Ayers Hilda Frances /Ayers/ Living Ford Living Ford Living Ford William Herring Frances Alexander Living Lewis Living Living Ridgway Living Ward Flippie Locke Living Living 1795 - 1846 Samuel Cartledge 50 50 Samuel and Agnes are buried at the New Hope Presbyterian Church in Paoli community in Madison Co, Ga. I have visted the graves .  Both need repairs. 1792 - 1854 Agnes Weakly Groves 62 62 Other Groves buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cem.  Paoli community
Madison  Co. Ga.        Groves:  Samuel  b8-24-1776  m.Rachel  b7-20-1786

    d
8-2-1855                     d11-4-1874
                     Cicero   b1816  d1889 m.Mary Strickland

               b1826 d1917
             Josie    b1863  d1890
                                                   Emma  b1860  d1952


            Other Associated  family  Groves Hoyt Cartledge  10-1-1890  d
9-9-1919  son of J.G. Cartledge and Agnes Alice Cartledge.  There is also
an un-named infant son of the same pair.

                     J. G. Cartledge  b 2-15-1755 d 2-8-1824   Married to
Agnes Alice Cartledge  b 3-5-1862  d  not listed but grave is present.
                        Mrs. C. A. Cartledge b 10-1-1825

              d  1-17-1883
                        Elizabeth Weakly Cartledge   daughter of Samuel
and Agnes Weakly Groves Cartledge                         b10-13-1812

                          d 12-23-1860  This lady remained unmarried..
          W. M. Cartledge      b 1-29-1824

d 5-6-1893           m . to Elizabeth J. Cartledge        b 12-26-1823

                           d 8-5-1893
                                                 All of these Ancestors
are buried at New Hope Presbyterian  Church. 1812 - 1860 Elizabeth Weakly Cartledge 48 48 1744 - 1835 William Rucker 90 90 1889 - 1952 Joel Grover Ford 62 62 (Reflections of Grover Ford by William C. Ford, Sr. Grover's Grandson) Grover Ford was a farmer in the Goldmine Community of Hart Co. and raised a family of seven children.  He was a very high tempered man and was prone to episodes of "ranting and cussing ".  He had little patience for sorriness and could not tolerate a lazy mule..  He had a strong affinity for the cards and would play Rook with several men from the community till daylight.  He also loved to hunt and to shoot Pool.   He also fished a good deal and always had a gun and rod and reel with his pool cue in his car for instant action.  His greatest peculiarity was that if anything happened he always passed the blame to someone else.  On one occasion he left the house to drive to Royston and drove off into a ditch .  He walked home and  said "Lois look what you made me do"   . She answered" what could I've made you do Grover I have been here at the house."      He replied "If you had not fussed at me before I left the House I would not have run into the ditch".  She always accepted the blame and would continue with her cooking and humming.            On many occasions I would see him in Royston and would always say hello grandpa. I don't believe that he ever recognized me any time we were not at his home.  His favorite grandchild was always Eddie and I guess rightly so . Eddie was born with a cleft lip and pallet and was seriously ill a lot as a child. 1820 - 1899 Grove Harrison Cartledge 79 79 Groves Harrison Cartledge Ordained 9-23-1849  Pastor of Hebron and Homer Presbyterian church for over 47 yrs.
   Groves was a 6th. generation American .  He shared Ist. Honors at Oglethorpe University, Midway , Ga. in 1845.  He organized many Presbyterian Churches He was a member of the Board of  visitors, University of GA. . He served as a Chaplain to the Confederate army in Virginia in 1864. 1824 - 1893 William M. Cartledge 69 69 1826 Stephen Groves Cartledge 1846 Samuel Cartledge 1834 Joseph Cartledge Joseph Cartledge 1830 - 1890 Willis J . Dudley 60 60 1853 - 1923 Claricy Elizabeth Tyner 69 69 1827 - 1904 John Harris Tyner 77 77 D. 1866 Susan A. Dickerson Trevener Elizabeth /Barden/ Tollison Tyner Jane Totman Grover Denny Roy Denny Mattie Denny Willie Denny Clifford Denny Lettie V. Denny Jones Denny Lizzie James Lizzie /James/ >1693 - >1794 William Rucker 101 101 Hoyt Dudley Wordie Dudley Wordie /Dudley/ Inez Dudley Groves Dudley 1823 - 1893 Elizabeth J. 69 69 1880 - Unknown Robert Hamlet Ridgway Juanita Prather Juanita /Prather/ 1911 - 1981 Miles Worley 69 69 Hugh Thomas Prather Hugh Thomas /Prather/ Plummer Ford Plummer /Ford/ Hannah 1824 - 1901 Annie Maria Lane 77 77 1859 Sarah Agnes Cartledge Died at 5 days of age and is buried at Hebron Presb. Church. 1866 Robert Lee Cartledge Died at 9 yrs. 9mos and 5days of age.  Buried at Hebron Pre
sb. Church
beside Parents.  b. 1866 d. 1875 1851 - 1929 Joseph 78 78 Died and buried Hebron Presb. church 1930.  May or maynot be son. Betty A. Young 1848 George Rockinham Cartledge 1849 Charles W. Cartledge 1853 John Hampton Cartledge 1855 Annie Dora Cartledge 1857 - 1938 Luther Howard Cartledge 81 81 Luther was a Medical Doctor. 1661 - ~1743 Peter Rucker 82 82 Some sources claim that Peter was a french huguenot who emmigrated about
1690, while other sources claim that is country of origin was Germany.
The name Rucker does seem to be of German or Dutch origins. Peter immigrated
before his father did, coming to America aboard a ship called The Rising Son (a
French ship taken by the British during the war was one of four ships sailing from
Gravesend, England with 700 passengers for America) that wrecked off the Virginia coasts outside of Jamestown near the mouth of the James River, Peter and a few others were able to swim to shore, and was naturalized along wirth a number of Frenchmen on April 24, 1704.

One source lists his fathers name as John while another lists it as
Ambrose.

Peter Rucker, wife of Elizabeth Fielding, of German birth, was issued naturalization papers April 24, 1704, House of Burgess records of Virginia.

Peter & Elizabeth both were members of St. Marks Parish which was est.
1730 in Spotsylvania County and eventually included Orange and Culpeper County.
Orange County, Virginia was formed from Spotsylvania County in 1734.

The first Coat of Arms of the Rucker name was used by Johan Von Rucker, of
Vienna, a crusader A.D. 1096. In the records, he is called "Sir Knight Crusader."
The name then branches off to Livonia, Bavaria, Holland, France, England, and
America. From the beginning of the 17th century, the Ruckers were famous for
making exquisite hapsichords, decorated by such artists as Rubens. The first
Rucker was said by tradition to have swam the ocean with a bag of gold.
We do know they were fabulously wealthy.

Peter was named as an executor in Timothy Crosthwait's will (dated 15 June 1756,
and appears on page 229 of Orange County Will Book 2.)

His will is dated 1-18-1743 (Will Book Ledger, p. 299). The estate was settled in
1752 (Deed book 1, p.400, 2-21-1752, Culpepper Co., VA). A copy of his will found
in The Rucker Family Genealogy by Sudie Rucker Wood. He married Elizabeth Fielding in Germany, she died in 1752.
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Will of Peter Rucker (Immigrant) dated 18 Jan 1743
Orange County, Virginia
Will Book 1, p. 299
Probated Feb. 23, 1743

In the name of God amen I Peter Rucker of Saint Marks Parish in the County of
Orange planter being weak in body but of pursued mind and memory knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner following: Imprimis I do order that all my Just Debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied.

Item I lend unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Rucker all my Estate both real and Personal During her natural life and after her Decease to be Devided in the following manner.

Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Margaret Tinsley and my Son In-law Isaac Tinsley a negro boy named yerkshire to them and their heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Ephraim Rucker a negro Girl named Phillis to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Ann Cook and my son in law
Shem Cook a negro girl named Jeney to her and her increase to them and their
heirs forever.

Item I do Desire that all the Remainder of my Estate both real and personal after
my wifes Decease as aforesaid to be sold by my Exr. hereafter named at public
auction to the highest bidder on six months credit for Current Money the Buyer
giving Good Security and the money arising by Sale to be Equally Devided amongst my beloved Children by name as followeth Thomas Rucker, Elizabeth Pierce, William Rucker, Mary Offell, James Rucker, Ephraim Rucker and Ann Cook and to their heirs forever, and lastly I do Constitute and appoint my beloved Sons James Rucker and Ephraim Rucker to be my Whole and sole Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and Disannuling all other Testaments and wills by me made Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 18 day of January 1743.
Signed sealed. Published in the presence of
Wm. Jackson
his
Wm. Offell
Peter X Rucker
Mich. Holt
mark

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At a Court held for Orange County on Thursday ye 23 Day of Febry. 1743. The
Last Will and Testament of Peter Rucker Dec'd. being presented into Court by
James Rucker and Ephraim Rucker Exrs. Therein named and proved by the oaths
of Wm. Jackson and Mich. Holt two of the Witnesses Thereto who also made Oath
that they saw William Offell sign the same as an Evidence and the sd Exrs.
having severally Taken the Oath of an Exr. and having Entered into bond with
Mic. Holt, George Holt and Richard Mauldin Junr., Their Securities, before their
due Execution thereof, Probate is Granted them and the said will together with
the Bond was admitted to record. Tallulah Lee Carson Tallulah Lee /Carson/ 1862 Thomas Davison Cartledge Died in 1926  1st. wife Laura Forbes  2nd. Ada Forbes 1864 Samuel Jackson Cartledge Died in1940  1st. married Laura Louise Burns  2nd. Rebecca Lamar Poullain. 1819 - 1872 John B. Chasteen 53 53 1815 Elizabeth Margret Chasteen Margret /Chasteen/ 1846 F. Garvin Chasteen 1851 Francis Elizabeth Chasteen 1856 Josaua B. Chasteen 1858 Steve >1695 Mary Rucker Born Between 1695 - 1715
Notes for MARY RUCKER:
In 1733/34 John Rucker of St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvannia Co., VA. wrote:
"to my sister Mary Rucker and her husband William Offal, 100 acres for
love and affection" 1861 Martha Jane Elizabeth Chasteen b. Anderson Co. S.C.  d.10-11-1920 1881 - 1951 Bertie Morris 69 69 1887 - 1977 Lon M. Lankford 90 90 Loyd Lankford Loyd /Lankford/ Ralph Lankford Ralph /Lankford/ Morris Lankford Morris /Lankford/ Troyce Lankford Troyce /Lankford/ Alice Lankford Alice /Lankford/ Gussie Mouchet Gussie /Mouchet/ Living Lankford Living Ridgway Living Ridgway 1902 - 1982 Callie Ray 80 80 1923 - 1946 Claude Lee Dudley 23 23 1790 Chastain 1795 Elizabeth James Chastain James was a confederate soldier. William Chastain William was a contederate soldier Allen Chastain Bershela Chastain Married Henry Hoes Minnie Morris Joe Rucker Tugalo Phillips Tugalo /Phillips/ Ida Phillips Ida /Phillips/ Ola Phillips Ola /Phillips/ Harper Phillips Harper /Phillips/ Sula Phillips Sula /Phillips/ 1640 - 1716 Thomas S Tinsley 76 76 or 1645 Rappahannock Co., VA DATE 14 MAR 2001 ~1665 - >1744 Sarah Jackson 79 79 DATE 14 MAR 2001 ~1630 - Bef Mar 1699-1600 Isaac Jackson DATE 7 MAR 2001 ~1645 Jane Gullocke DATE 31 MAY 2001 1618 - 1702 Thomas S Tinsley 84 84 DATE 14 MAR 2001 1620 - <1702 Elizabeth Randolph 82 82 DATE 7 MAR 2001 ~1595 John Randolph DATE 15 FEB 2001 ~1646 Alice Tinsley DATE 14 FEB 2001 ~1652 Ann Tinsley DATE 14 FEB 2001 ~1650 Mary Tinsley DATE 14 FEB 2001 ~1648 Sicily Tinsley DATE 14 FEB 2001 ~1660 Edward Tinsley DATE 27 MAR 2001 ~1642 Richard Tinsley DATE 14 FEB 2001 Seward DATE 14 FEB 2001 Robert Payne DATE 14 FEB 2001 Unknown Jennings DATE 14 FEB 2001 ~1688 - 1801 David Tinsley 113 113 DATE 14 FEB 2001 ~1692 - 1774 Phillip Tinsley 82 82 DATE 7 MAR 2001 1685 - 1764 Thomas S Tinsley 79 79 or1704 DATE 31 MAY 2001 1697 - 1741 Margaret Vawter 44 44 DATE 8 MAR 2001 Johanna James Taylor DATE 14 FEB 2001 Grace Phillips Grace /Phillips/ ~1742 - 1816 William Wyatt Tinsley 74 74 DATE 27 FEB 2001 ~1734 Harriett Tinsley DATE 15 MAR 2001 1722 - 1825 Sarah Tinsley 103 103 DATE 15 MAR 2001 1727 - 1783 Elizabeth Tinsley 56 56 DATE 15 MAR 2001 Joseph Johns DATE 14 MAR 2001 1717 - 1801 Richard Vernon 84 84 DATE 27 FEB 2001 1730 - 1798 Edward Tinsley 68 68 DATE 27 MAR 2001 1738 - 1814 Isaac Tinsley 76 76 DATE 15 MAR 2001 1750 - 1822 Joshua Tinsley 72 72 DATE 15 MAR 2001 Jane Lee DATE 14 FEB 2001 1742 Elizabeth Beauford Ellen Phillips Ellen /Phillips/ Britton Jessie Phillips Britton Jessie /Phillips/ Meric Morris Thomas Cleveland 1855 - 1927 Mollie 72 72 ~1670 Thomas Jackson DATE 7 MAR 2001 ~1672 Andrew Jackson DATE 7 MAR 2001 Eddie Cleveland D. >1822 Elizabeth Harrison DATE 6 MAR 2001 1708 Jack Ernsley DATE 27 FEB 2001 1642 - 1666 Elizabeth Ann Beauchamp 24 24 1607 - 1661 Johann Georg Rucker 54 54 DATE 15 FEB 2001 1610 - 1666 Isabella 56 56 1577 William Conrad Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1579 Catherine 1549 Hans Conrad Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1551 Hilda Maria Pepersach DATE 27 FEB 2001 1517 Conrad Heinz Levi Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1520 Margaret Elizabeth Kuri DATE 27 FEB 2001 1488 William Georg Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1489 Victoria Weindl DATE 15 FEB 2001 1456 Richard Conrad Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1459 Isabella Marie 1423 Richard Levi Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1426 Elizabeth Maria Malschuer DATE 15 FEB 2001 1400 Albert Henry Levi Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1405 Elizabeth 1365 Albert Levi Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1360 Catherine 1340 Helschmeltz Heintz Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1368 Helschmeltz Ambrose Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 1302 Friederick Schmeltz Rucker DATE 15 FEB 2001 Lois Cleveland Lois /Cleveland/ Texie Cleveland Texie /Cleveland/ Brook Cleveland George Cleveland Tincy Morris Tincy /Morris/ Edward White Bert White Claude White Lula Morris Lula /Morris/ 1818 - 1885 Serepta Rucker 67 67 John Vickery Horace Vickery Susannah Coghill Margaret Margaret Vawter DATE 27 FEB 2001 ~1720 - ~1792 Shem Cook 72 72 DATE 27 FEB 2001 Beatrice Vickery Willie Vickery Catherine William Phillips DATE 27 FEB 2001 Susaanah Lloyd DATE 27 FEB 2001 1642 Elizabeth Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1643 Peter Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1645 Isabella Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1647 Johann Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1662 Johann Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1663 Thomas Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1665 Ambrose Levi Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1666 Elizabeth Isabella Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1551 Maria Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1553 George Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 Margaret Blasins 1579 Victoria Marie Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1608 Conrad Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1610 William Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1611 Mary Margaret Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 1612 Gretchen Louise Rucker DATE 27 FEB 2001 William Vickery Dora Morris Lucian Lawton Lucian /Lawton/ Bell Lawton Bell /Lawton/ Emma Lawton Emma /Lawton/ Denver Lawton Denver /Lawton/ 1823 - 1899 Sarah Ann Rucker 76 76 1889 - 1970 Lois Rucker 80 80 Junior Lawton Junior /Lawton/ Dewey Lawton Dewey /Lawton/ Vera Lawton Vera /Lawton/ Howard Lawton Howard /Lawton/ Cora Lawton Cora /Lawton/ Twin Lawton 1884 - 1967 William Lon Morris 83 83 Beulah Elrod Beulah /Elrod/ Blanch Morris Hubert Morris Hubert /Morris/ Francis E. Rucker Gladys Morris Gladys /Morris/ Sara Morris Sara /Morris/ Guy Morris Guy /Morris/ Elizabeth Morris 1978 - 1978 David Winn Kay b 6-20-1978  d 6-20-1978 Anencephalic del at Cobb Memorial by C-Sec.
David is buried in the Kay family lot at Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, Ga, with his grandparents, Toombs Hodges Kay, Sr. and Mamie Viola Winn Kay. My dad, Toombs Hodges Kay, Sr., designed, ordered and paid for the monument to David that is in the burial lot.

[Gary Winn Kay, April 1995] 1830 Jordan R. Ford 1830 Barbary Smith 1852 - 1906 John D. Ford 53 53 1856 Sarah J.C.D. Ford 1858 William R. Ford D. 1862 William Barden Rucker William was a Con. Sol. and d. 8-1-1862, Richmond Vir.

1860 RUCKER WILLIAM B. Elbert County GA 852 Elbert District Federal Population Schedule GA 1860 Federal Census Index GA370124252

1860 RUCKER WILLIAM B. Elbert County GA 416 Elbert Dist. Slave schedule GA 1860 Slave Schedule GA12034614

RUCKER, William Nr Elberton GA 35 Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.3, p. —Serial: 10000; Volume: 2 1860 Josa P. Ford 1787 - 1839 John Ford 51 51 Still Living. 1790 - 1863 Jinsev 72 72 Marriages 1806 - 1850 Elbert County, GA
ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA MARRIAGES 1806-1809
Shows the marriage as:
Ford, John and Jinsev Head Jan. 1, 1808 on pg 133
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/elbert/vitals/marriages/elbrmarr.txt 1796 - 1892 Joseph Henderson Jones 96 96 1806 - 1847 Lucy Banks 41 41 1800 - 1863 Polly 63 63 1786 - 1853 James Patterson 66 66 John Foster John /Foster/ Mildred A. Jones Mildred A. /Jones/ Neal McMullan 1851 - 1940 J.L. Chasteen 89 89 James Lazuras Chasteen was born in 1853 according to family records in S.C. But  tombstone indicates a b, date of 1850. Thomas Jones Thomas /Jones/ 1806 - 1857 Priscilla Lee Jones 51 51 1799 - 1874 James Robertson Sadler 75 75 D. 1825 Simeon Jones Rebecca Banks Rebecca /Banks/ 1814 - 1889 Seaborn Solomon Jones 74 74 1821 - 1880 Mary Malinda Sadler 58 58 Wm. Bratton Sadler Jane Erwin Jane /Erwin/ 1830 - 1864 Dickson L. Baker 34 34 1849 - 1914 Mary Garrison 65 65 ~1639 - 1748 John Tinsley 109 109 DATE 7 MAR 2001 1854 John Foster Baker 1855 Laura A. Baker 1860 Mary Deliniah Baker ~1644 - <1748 Cornelius Tinsley 104 104 DATE 7 MAR 2001 Eliza Mary Davis DATE 7 MAR 2001 1860 Ester Jane Baker 1864 Dickson Allen Crayton Baker ~1687 Ann Tinsley DATE 7 MAR 2001 D. 1762 John Goff 1855 - 1939 Fletcher Llewalphine Brown 84 84 1881 - 1952 Stewart Dixon Brown 71 71 1896 - 1977 Lula Mae Conwell 81 81 Record of marrige gives dates 4-6-1916 and 6-1-1916 Correct date not
avail. 1747 - 1828 David Tinsley 81 81 OCCU PLAC lynchburg np DATE 15 MAR 2001 Mary Stewart Brown Mary Stewart /Brown/ Stewart Dixon Brown Living Ford Sara Frances Brown 1750 - <1818 Sarah McDaniel 68 68 DATE 15 MAR 2001 1749 - >1824 Nancy McDaniel 75 75 DATE 15 MAR 2001 Roberta Moore 1689 - 1762 John Tinsley 73 73 OCCU PLAC Halifax Co., Antrim Twp DATE 31 MAY 2001 Living Brown ~1705 - 1770 Susannah Chiles 65 65 1827 - 1890 Francis Marion Brown 62 62 ~1702 Mary Tinsley DATE 31 MAY 2001 1720 - 1780 John William Pendelton 60 60 DATE 15 MAR 2001 1691 - 1776 John Pendelton 85 85 1833 - 1915 Rena Drucilla Roberts 81 81 1789 - 1845 Dozier Tabor Brown 56 56 Benjamin Brown Nancy 1792 - 1871 Mary Gaines Herndon 79 79 Edward Herndon Living Ford Nancy Ann Rucker 1868 - 1944 James Edgar Conwell 75 75 1870 - 1933 Augusta Franklin Fortson 62 62 Frances Bickley Gleen Conwell Gleen /Conwell/ Edwin Boyd Conwell Edwin Boyd /Conwell/ Caroline Addington Walter Robert Conwell Walter Robert /Conwell/ Helen Williford Louise Conwell Flowers Louise Conwell /Flowers/ Flowers  /Flowers/ Living 1779 Mary Wingfield DATE 14 MAR 2001 Helen Conwell Helen /Conwell/ Mason 1st. Name not known. ~1760 - 1818 James Marr 58 58 1798 - 1836 William Francis Wells 37 37 Cora Dudley Had a Great deal of information on Wells and traveled  to Texas on several occasions to meet with family members who had moved to Texas from Hart and Franklin Co. Grandmother Morris was the only family member to remain in Georgia.  Her reason for staying was her family .   WWsr. was by history a ferry attendent for some time and worked on the Arkansas river.  It was there were he first met Jim Bowie and started to move about. This was several years prior to his death at the Alamo. On September 19 in 1827Jim Bowie was acting as second in a duel between Wells and Maddox.  THIS DUEL WAS FOUGHT ON A SANDBAR IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN NATCHEZ MISS. AND VIDALIA, LOUISANA and is documented in the local press. There is a fairly larg library in Vidalia.  WWsr was an apparent friend of Dr. John Sutherland who loaned him money to purchase a Yeager rifle.  Sutherland did not die at the Alamo.  He was a courier at the time and was out of the fort when the attack began. Wells arrived at the Alamo apparently in the company of Captain Patton. 1818 William Francis Wells Eight children were born to William and Amy . Only seven names are avail.
at this time.  See 1850 census  Hart Co. Ga. Kelton My original information had this grandparent listed as Amy Nickols .  The
Alamo material list her as Jane Nichols. 1832 - 1903 Amy A. Roe 70 70 1849 Mary F. Wells 1851 John F. Wells 1857 Samuel J. Wells Living Ford 1857 Amanda J . Wells 1860 Andrew J. Wells 1869 Reuben J. Wells Samuel Roe Levina Ann Glover Margaret Estes Margaret /Estes/ 1860 Reuben E. Allen Margaret McDaniel DATE 14 MAR 2001 1762 - 1833 Joseph Allen 71 71 Joseph Allen lived in Elbert C. Ga. and served in the American Revolution.  Record of his military service has been accepted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Agnes Patterson Agnes /Patterson/ 1900 Clipsy Ann Ford Living Bab Barbara /Ford/ Emma Ford Parham Emma Ford /Parham/ John Patterson John /Patterson/ Rebecca Joseph J. Allen Joseph J. /Allen/ Charlotte Hendry William Allen William /Allen/ John Allen John /Allen/ Rhoda Allen Rhoda /Allen/ Willian B. Cox 1891 - 1957 Johnny Luther Dudley 65 65 Luther Dudley was the son of a baptist minister and was somewhat
typical.     He worked at several occupations including carpenter,game
warden , farmer,
and gambler.  He was a heavy drinker and smoker(primarily hand rolled
Prince Albert) and probably died prematurily as a result of those
habits.  His  death was due to Pancreatic Cancer and his last year of
life was horrible he existed on morphine shots and lost from 185# down to
around 50#.  A drinking buddy of his related to me on his death bed that
Luther had murderd a man at the Smith McGee bridge in Hart Co.  Mr Jude
Isom who related the story to me state that the gentleman was killed with
a small hatchet and that Luther always carried one especially when he was
drinking and gambling.  According to Isom they were that night returning
form a night of same plus drinking .  He stated that he did not see the
fatal blow but that he heard a thud and a splash when the body hit the
water. Mr Isom denied all  personal involvement and gave full credit to
Dudley as the perfomer of the murder most foul as it was reported in the
local paper.  Dudley did have a foul temper when he had a hangover .  I
can personally attest to that(WCF_ grandson).  Dudley was an avid reader
of the Holy Bible and never washed his hair.  He would always brush his
hair for 100 strokes and
I never saw him with his hair dirty.  On sunday he would read the bible
for hours and simutaneously brush his hair while smoking.  My brother and
I lived with our grandparents while our father was in service (WW11) and
our mother  worked in a sewing plant in Hartwell.  Our greatgrand father
Marion Allen also lived in the house during and after that time until his
death.  Dudleys children give various accounts of his meaness and/or
generosity.
   His mother left the family and moved away from my greatgrand father
because of jealousy.  He was a Baptist minister and " women were
attracted to him" .  Willie Pulliam from Elberton who knew the family
said there was some cause for her jealousy!  She moved in with he son
Yancey Valentine Dudley who appeared to be her favorite.  Willie is the
niece of Yancey by marriage and knows a good deal about the situation.
  Of all the peoble that I saw my grandfather interact with he seemed to
dislike my uncle Haley Allen the most.  Haley was a little slow (family
hx. says this was due to being struck by lightning )  but I suspect there
was little wrong with Haley except terminal lazyiness.  We had a battery
powered radio and each night Haley would show up to listen.  He clunked
on the bridge just outside the yard and we were always forewarned of his
eminent arrival.  Once there he would knock at the door and ask " is he
on" and my grandfather would always ask "who Hale" , Haley would always
answer "Mr. District Attorney" . Neither would talk until the show was
over and Haley without Comment would get up and clobber on home to Lois.
Luther would always
grunt "Damn" as uncle left.    When I was ab



out 8 yrs. old my grandfather was away from home under the influence of
"demon rum" and it was time to plow the garden . As a result the job fell
on me . with neophyte hands I Caught the mule and placed the collar and
stymes on he and hooked the trace to the sled , loaded the plow, and
yelled in an authoritative voice" get up" .  My only problem was that I
did not fasten the lines to the bit .  The mule lurched forward and the
trace hit him on the leg and frightned him .  He immediately ran and the
more he ran the harder the trace hit him .  Parts of the plow were found
between our home and Elbert Co. where the mule finally freed himself of
all encumbering equipment and stopped to rest.  He was eventually
recovered by a very unhappy grandpa.  Fortunately he saw humor in the
situiation and I was not clobbered. Grandpa always looked for reasons to
leave the field and on one hot day Kenneth and I were in the field with
him.  Kenneth got a grain of sand in his pants and screamed" I've been
spider bit".  Luther immediately unhitched the mule and throwing Kenneth
on his back we hauled ass to the house never to return to the field that
day.  Once home Kenneth didn't die and we all watched him as he made a
full recovery in about five minutes.  Both Kenneth and I after that were
frequently bit by various spiders and snakes and rushed home for a full
day of observation.
For some reason the doctor was never called. 1910 - 1998 Fannie Ida Ford 88 88 1799 Elizabeth Allen James B. Head Harriett Plety /Allen/ William P. Reed William P. /Reed/ Nancy Allen Nancy /Allen/ Elijah W. Couch Sarah Allen Sarah /Allen/ William Kelly William /Kelly/ Polly Allen Polly /Allen/ Blair 1897 - 1985 Cora Amelia Allen 88 88 Cora Dudley was an extremely active women in the Clubs of the community
including the Home Demonstration club and all church related clubs.  She
however never learned to cook in her entire life and most food presented
to the table was edible but barely.  She would always make a concoction
known as raisin pie which consisted of clabbered carnation milk and
raisins with an amount of sugar added .  This was a horrible dish.  She
was a great believer in the Sears catalog and she often ordered wall
paper from them . The house did not  have walls within the frame
structure so we would first cover the studs with corrugated box sections
then we wall papered that.  Our grandest posession when I lived with them
was a kerosene stove on wich she could burn the food.  She was a totally
non violent person and would never spank us and would rarely if ever
scold us.  She however was totally opposed to my  grandfathers drinking
and would search high and low for his bottle hiding place.  Most always
it was in and under the plants in the front yard or in the trunk or under
the seat of his 36 Ford coupe.  Judd Isom was always of the opinion that
Cora poisioned  Luther to keep him from drinking and that she ultimately
caused his death by cancer.  Again Judd was just trying to be helpful in
clarifing a family situation for me.  Cora did not learn to drive until
she was in her late sixties.  Her son Steve bought for her several cars
over the years with more and more powerful Motors .  On a trip to the
hospital one day a green flash passed me and it was Granny doing about 80
mi. per hr. I latter found out from the distraught passenger in the car
that a truck driver had pissed her off and she had "left him in the
dust".  Troyce Griffin the passenger vowed to never ride with her again.
To avoid rape and other crimes against womanhood Cora always wore a mans
hat to fool the would be attacker.  Recently a daughter who has now
reached 80 was met by me in her car ,the auto was well across the center
line and everyone had to drive aside to miss  her .  My mother was in the
car and I asked her why the were riding over the line.  The explanatioin
was simple "they were driving the speed limit and no one needed to go any
faster".  This proves that Genes are thicker than water.  After the death
of Luther D. ,Cora became a world traveler she went to England to visit
with my uncle Calvin and his wife Joyce and traveled extensively in the
U.S.A. . On one of her quest to Texas she attempted to establish our
family with William Wells who died at the Alamo.  Because of his death
there his family was granted a section of land .  Wells property was
never claimed so to her we became the obvious heirs.  She was not
successful in her claim so I believe I'll try it in my old age.  We could
own downtown San Antonio.  She also visited the west coast in 1957 and
there was some question as to whether she would get back for my wedding.
I have a letter given to me by Troyce and I will make the contents a part
of her story.

                                   July 17, 1957
                                               Dear  Troyce,

               Read your letter sure was glad to hear from you.  Glad you
had a nice trip too,and to Ala!  Well if i could be met by any of them on
a main bus  route  was kinda figuring on stopping over a day or 2 there
myself , , Could be Texas again tho,  had written Ruby,and your letter
explains no answer from her  Also can't hear from Blanche had sent a
letter to Sib to hand to Hubert for her.  Guess shes not home.Well! just
wish you could be along with me too. Yes Grace did go to Texas,think it
was fine for them to go along together, I knew she would never start
alone.  She has not written anything about it but the Texas people have
written me such nice news and how much they enjoyed our Ga. people
visiting Glad you saw Bitian Ida and Jessie I Think of them a lots
especially Ida, was she like you expected her to be?  Well Uncle Francis
Dan Ella in Dallas is another unique person tho I loved being with them
all.  Homecoming at Damascus in 4th Sun most certainly would like to be
there They have a wonderful Pastor and family.  I had sent enlargement of
GG, mother and they have it in the study of the church.  Was putting up
uncle  Francis  one soon and I persuaded ELLA to offer them a beautiful
antique frame(once his own) to put it in. dont know if I told you that
the Gfather Wells was at the Arkansas ferry,he and Davy Crockett spent
the night there at the ferry and went along together to join Sam Houston
in the fight for Texas Freedom.  hope sometimes to to go to the Alamo.
My boys say he was the only Georgian on the Bronze plaque in the Alamo.
Massaqud by mexicans.  I think I saw in the oldest Bible (at
Corrines)from her dads belongings Birth dates from 1775 of the
Ancestors.  The Roe (  or Rae :my note wcf) family meritiorus in
letters.  How I would like to have copies of these things,Idon' know why,
but I adore such old relics and records from early Ancestors     Must be
they wanted the younger generations to apreciate their great effort and
sacrifices oh yes the old peoples class is named The Joanna Sister of
Francis and uncle Andrew.  I urged on of the older relatives to tell my
why?    were all but our own grandmother there in Texas one big family.
He said grandmother Amelia already had her home in Ga. and the others
came to Texas to take up the inheritance.  I think we were about to
forget any kin in Texas.  That's the biggest naution here while -_The
West just drifts along with the majority. they'er afraid to hurt the
negro's fellings and do nothing about segregation.  I ran into all this
negro pushing time I got to El paso and it continues in the west, you
know its a vast Country west of the mississippi (spelled missippi in
original letter) and big.  I see more oil refriners and wells than in
Texas people let their wealth come before anything else in sections I've
seen churches are neglected and Sabbath days are used for clean up and
workdays, makes me appreciate our nice churches and priveleges we have in
our worship.  Plenty of missions needed in our own Western U.S.A. its
been plenty hot most of the time Very pleasant in early A.M.  sure
enjoying hearing from you Call Lola tell her Im thinking of her too as I
write.  I know you are glad of Dixon living near as Atlanta Ill go to
Chicago inOct, Steve and Helen expecting a baby there Why my plans back
thru Texas ,probably Ala. too  Oh yes Blanche in  Summer School Sh's a
busy gal Love always Cora      P S probably start homeward by 1st wk in
Aug. and prepare to attend Billy's wedding have made an allover lace
bright dress to wear (if I like it then)
Letter was mailed from Long Beach, Calif. Mattie Rose Allen Rose /Allen/ Jessie Allen Jessie /Allen/ Marion Allen Marion /Allen/ William Allen William /Allen/ Paris Allen Paris /Allen/ Daniel Allen Dollie Allen Lillian Allen Lillian /Allen/ Thronton Allen Thronton /Allen/ Ruby Dudley Ruby /Dudley/ Agnes Allen John Patterson John /Patterson/ Robert Brooks Living Satterfield Living Ford 1846 - 1927 Samuel James Ridgway 81 81 1850 Mary Elizabeth Cook 1870 Rinder Ridgway 1871 Mollie Ridgway 1873 Noah J. Ridgway Willis Grover Dudley Willis Grover /Dudley/ 1876 Will T. Ridgway 1878 John Ridgway 1881 Minnie Ridgway 1883 Emmar Ridgway 1886 Ethel Ridgway 1888 - 1971 Lemuel M. Ridgway 82 82 Lee N. Ridgway Lee N. /Ridgway/ Guy Ridgway Guy /Ridgway/ Blanche Brown Johnny Luther Dudley Johnny Luther /Dudley/ 1812 - 1866 Lemuel Thomas Ridgway 54 54 There is a Lemuel T. Ridgway list on the 1841 and 1845 Mississippi Census. Choctaw County. 1822 - 1859 Elizabeth Hamblette 37 37 1840 Sarah A Ridgway Found 1870 US Census no husband son Lemuel age 3. Had $200 in real estate and $100 in personal estate 1850 J. Henry Ridgway 1853 - 1914 Nancy Ann Ridgway 60 60 1856 Margaret Ridgway 1858 Martha C. Ridgway Frances Ridgway 1770 - 1840 James Ridgway 70 70 1774 - 1860 Elizabeth Tennison 86 86 Steve Dudley Steve /Dudley/ John Tennison Elizabeth D. 1801 Thomas Ridgway Lucy Christian 1774 Robert Ridgway 1776 John Thomas Ridgway 1778 Sallie 1780 Lemuel Ridgway 1780 Drury Ridgway Mary Ridgway Calvin Chester Dudley Calvin Chester /Dudley/ Samuel Ridgway Hope Ridgway a signer of the Dec of Independence from S.C. may have been
his son and there may be one add. Child for a total of eight. D. 1739 Elizabeth Woodson Mary Bellomy Phebe Seay Sallie Robertson Sallie /Robertson/ Blanche Rucker Sue Rucker 1918 William C. Rucker 1862 Babria S. Ford 1866 Mary E. Ford D. 1950 Francis Marion Allen Francis Allen was a small virgous man who walked where ever he went.
Almost every day until his death he walked from crossroads to Hartwell
and back . He spent long periods gossiping with his cronies at the
courthouse .
His favorite past time in my memory was pestering our dog who learned to
climb trees to get away from him .Blacky was the dog and was the proud
posession of Steve Skelton Dudley a Grandson.
see note sheet : EllenMorris Allen.  Gramps as he was affectionately know
  had a palsy in his hand and when he tried to drink coffee in the A.M.
he would pour into his saucer an amount to cool .  The fun would then
start as he attemped to reach his mouth with the saucer and coordinate
his hand and head movements.  He also had to make it through a big handle
bar mustache before he made the mouth.  I would always get tickled when I
watched and would then be whacked on the dome of my head by my hung over
grandfather J.Luther Dudley.  See:_ Johnny Luther Dudley and Cora Amelia
Dudley 1868 A. P. Ford 1869 Addy E. Ford 1869 K.V. Ford 1872 Marcus D. Ford 1854 Isaac Ford Thenea Emanaline Ford Thenea Emanaline /Ford/ Addieline Ford Addieline /Ford/ Reuben Estes Reuben /Estes/ 1818 - 1858 Mary A. Haynes 39 39 1838 Sarah L.E. Allen 1866 - 1937 Ellen Amy Marie Morris 71 71 Husband Francis Marion Allen said to have provided home next door for a
lady known to his children and grandchildren as Vicey. Mrs. Allen was for
years in a declining state of health brought on by multiple pregnancies.
Vicey was said to assist Mrs. Allen with the children and also To aid and
comfort Gramps.  Mr. Allen died at Home on 7-4-1950 of a stroke. The year
of his death he walked from our home in crossroads to Anderson S,C. in
one day and spent the night with one of his children then left the next
A.M. and walked on to Greenville S.C. he remained there overnight and
then reversed the trip over the next two days . The total walked miles
exceeded 120 mi.
     At the present little is known about the parents of FMA. Further
research is   in progress in Elbert Co. 1839 M. E. Allen 1841 Thomas J. Allen Served in Confederate Army and is buried at Old Hendrys Church .  His grave has a confederate marker .  He served in Co B. 24 th Ga. Inf. CSA 1843 Martha C. Allen George Washington Cleveland 1846 - 1921 James Monroe Allen 75 75 1850 - 1938 Mary Elizabeth Frances Sanders 87 87 1848 Nancy Caroline Allen Robert N. Brown 1850 Henry C. Allen Never Married: 1852 William E. Allen 1897 - 1897 Dora Allen 1855 - 1923 Eliza Frances Allen 67 67 Nathan Sanders Elizabeth Jane Estes Elizabeth Jane /Estes/ 1740 - 1823 James Ridgway 83 83 D. 1781 John Ridgway 1746 - 1816 William Ridgway 70 70 D. 1804 Richard Ridgway Rosamond Ridgway Mary Garnett Charity Elvie A. Eskew Allen Elvie A. Eskew /Allen/ William Clayton Ford William Clayton /Ford/ Elizabeth Chizenhall Peggy 1793 - 1854 Nelson Ridgway 61 61 Anna Jackson 1794 - 1850 Burel Ridgway 56 56 Moved to Green Co. Ala. in 1835 Rachel Winn Fortson 1795 Tagitha Ridgway John Woods 1799 Bazel Ridgway Catherine Halton Grace A. Parten Allen Grace A. Parten /Allen/ 1800 Samuel Ridgway Charlotte Browner Mahala D. Morris 1803 - 1885 Nancy Tennison Ridgway 81 81 Wm. Thomas Oliver Cook 1807 Mary Ridgway Was Apparently Infirmed and never Married. 1809 - 1887 James Irwin Ridgway 78 78 Sarah E. Sappington 1810 - 1893 John T. Ridgway 82 82 Sarah Lenore Colvard John Sibley Allen John Sibley /Allen/ 1814 - 1894 Robert C. Ridgway 80 80 Josephine 1816 - 1893 Addi 77 77 In the 1880 US Census there is a servant listed in the home. The name was Oliver Daniel he was a 21 year old black male. He was from Georgia as well as his mother and father.

Live in Webbsboro, Elbert, GA in 1880 as a farmer. ~1825 Mary C. Stinchcomb 1874 - 1968 Gordon G. Ridgway 93 93 1885 - 1973 Bessie Cunningham 88 88 Clara Sue Ridgway Clara Sue /Ridgway/ Buryl Ridgway Buryl /Ridgway/ Rudolph Ridgway Rudolph /Ridgway/ 1873 - 1939 Lemuel Harrison Ridgway 66 66 Henry Grady Allen Henry Grady /Allen/ 1879 - 1951 Myra Duncan 72 72 Polly Ridgway Polly /Ridgway/ 1905 Fred A Ridgway Still Living. Bessie Robert Ridgway Robert /Ridgway/ Ruth Ridgway Ruth /Ridgway/ 1885 - 1958 Paul J. Ridgway 72 72 Postmaster In Toccoa - Poss. Buried In Toccoa
Poss. Had Son Named "P. J., Plus Others Jessie Amelia Van Goldsysnovan Hazel Ridgway Hazel /Ridgway/ Paul J. Ridgway Paul J. /Ridgway/ Thomas Watson Allen Thomas Watson /Allen/ 1883 - 1957 Bessie M. Ridgway 73 73 O. E. Bennett 1876 - 1908 Fannie M. Ridgway 32 32 1870 - 1940 David Alfred Starr 70 70 Blanche Ridgway Blanche /Ridgway/ Reeves Smith 1875 - 1899 Susie L. Ridgway 24 24 Rad Bowers Polly Lamar Harber Living Ridgway Haley Allen Haley /Allen/ Living Ridgway 1902 - 1963 Jane Lofton 61 61 Tommy Thomas Walter /Ridgway/ Patricia Ann Ridgway Patricia Ann /Ridgway/ Douglas N. McCurdy Douglas N. /McCurdy/ Living Habermann 1844 - 1938 W.D. Jack Allen 94 94 Both W.D. Jack Allen And wife Nancy Ann Ridgway Allen are buried in the Allen Family Cem. Rob Allen Rob /Allen/ Mack Allen Mack /Allen/ 1889 - 1921 Mamie Allen Whitfield 31 31 Ruben Allen Ruben /Allen/ 1906 Carlton Whitfield Carlton died at 3 yrs of age on 6-10-1909. William Rucker Tavener Rucker Lemuel Rucker Frances Rucker Elizabeth Rucker John Childs Standley Jones Standley /Jones/ William Alexander John Telford Morris Allen Morris /Allen/ Claudie Telford George H. Telford Fredrick Rucker Telford Zaidee E. Telford Joseph C. Telford Lillian B. Telford Fannie L. Telford John Ross Telford Robert B. Telford William Pemperton Maxwell William Pemperton /Maxwell/ Jeanie Allen Jeanie /Allen/ 1811 - 1899 Andrew Jackson Brown 88 88 A. Nelms A. /Nelms/ Sallie >1685 - Unknown Peter Rucker ~1710 Gideon Rucker ~1716 Joshua Rucker Andrew Brown Margaret Adams Living Lankford 1862 - 1923 Willis Groves Dudley 61 61 Living Lankford Living Nunnally Living Ham Gus Augusta /Mouchet/ Callie Adams Charlie Jones Mouchet Charlie Jones /Mouchet/ Mary Phillips 1860 - 1939 Martha Moore 79 79 1915 - 1958 Joe Rucker Ford 43 43 (Reflections of Joe Ford by William C. Ford, Sr. Joe's son) Joe was a plumber and electrician and also a machinist. He died as a result of a short in an electric water pump at Ginns swimming pool.  At the time of his death he was the Gas Superintendent for the City of Royston.  He was a WW11 vet and served overseas in Italy in or about Naples.  His rank was Staff Sergeant .  He also worked in Toccoa at the Letourneau plant later to become Letourneau-Westinghouse. His first job was with Boyd Dilworth in Royston as a grocery clerk.  He also farmed with his father Joel Grover Ford and brothers William and Henry. He was very tender hearted and would often cry at things I fear I have that same personality which were not particularity sad . I fear I have the same personality trait. Joshua Ford Joshua /Ford/ Margarett Black John Ford John /Ford/ Mary Moss Mary /Moss/ 1869 - 1943 James Henry Edward Allen 74 74 Mary Lula Owens Mary Lula /Owens/ Perlie Mae Allen Perlie Mae /Allen/ James Roscoe Allen James Roscoe /Allen/ Ira Wilson Allen Ira Wilson /Allen/ Bertha Elton Allen 1849 - 1907 Robert Hamlet Ridgway 57 57 George Clark Allen George Clark /Allen/ Calvin Owen Allen Dallas Edward Allen Charles Lee Allen Lois Caroline Allen Lois Caroline /Allen/ 1871 Warren Hardy Allen 1872 Lettie Alice Allen 1874 Ira Anderson Allen 1876 Luther Vernon Allen 1878 Orphia Ellen Allen 1839 - 1900 Martha Cartledge 61 61 1880 Sara Myrtis Allen Mary Edna Allen Mary Edna /Allen/ Evie Caroline Allen Evie Caroline /Allen/ 1886 Charlie Harrison Allen Ernest Christian Allen Ernest Christian /Allen/ Willie Waymond Allen Willie Waymond /Allen/ Ida Mae Allen Ida Mae /Allen/ Thomas J. Haynes Lettie Duncan Lettie /Duncan/ Moses Haynes Living Sarah E. Scales 1899 - 1965 William Noah Prather 65 65 Living Worley Living Worley Living Worley Living Worley Living Worley Living Worley Living Worley Henry Freeman Worley Henry Freeman /Worley/ Living James Ada Tinsley Gaines Ada Tinsley /Gaines/ Connie Deloris Milford Elizabeth Ann McGee Living Saxton Living McConnell Living Ledford Living Price Living Fisher Isom Massey Leona Massey Leona /Massey/ 1908 - 1989 Robert Edwin Ridgway 80 80 It is possible that his initial Christian name was Edwin Robert Ridgway. However, he was known as Edwin Ridgway, and he eventually--and possibly always--used the full name of Robert Edwin Ridgway. He was a medical doctor in Royston, GA most of his life. He was known as "Dr. Ed" by many people.


[Gary Winn Kay, April 1995]

After leaving Royston he studied at Richmond Academy in Augusta Ga.  From
there he went to the Medical College of Ga.  After finishing there he
interned at St. Barnabus Hospital  in New Jersey and took additional work in
Infectious diseases.  He met his wife at that hospital where she was a
nursing student.
  He was an excellent tennis player and won the Augusta city singles
championship while at Richmond Academy.

[William C. Ford, Sr., M.D.] Robert Royston Robert /Royston/ Marion Massey Marion /Massey/ ~1696 Alice Tinsley DATE 31 MAY 2001 ~1698 Sicily Tinsley DATE 31 MAY 2001 ~1705 Cornelius Tinsley DATE 31 MAY 2001 Unknown Caldwell Unknown /Caldwell/ Twin Lawton Robert Kelton Robert /Kelton/ Cleveland Massey Cleveland /Massey/ Evans  /Evans/ Albert Maurice Ruff Albert Maurice /Ruff/ Caroleen Seymour Caroleen Seymour // Living Andrews Living Andrews James Franklin Andrews James Franklin /Andrews/ Marilyn Eliose Williams Marilyn Eliose /Williams/ 1922 - 1984 Arthur Pope Smith 61 61 (Medical):Cause of death was lung related. He was a smoker, and may have had lung cancer. 1926 - 1998 Mildred King 71 71 1853 - 1883 Richard C. Smith 30 30 1858 - 1894 Lady Blanch Jennings 36 36 1771 - 1818 Fielding Dillard 47 47 1706 - 1774 Thomas Dillard 68 68 D. 1779 Sarah Mason Patsey Martha Beadles Patsey Martha /Beadles/ 1803 Joseph Beadles Dillard 1804 Susan Dillard ~1805 Mary Dillard 1806 Sarah Ann Dillard 1808 - 1875 Richard Dillard 66 66 1804 Elizabeth Dillard 1810 - 1844 Harriet Dillard 34 34 1813 Lucinda 1814 Martha Custis Dillard 1815 Fieldin Dillard D. 1837 Cornelius Furcron Felix Hardeman Felix /Hardeman/ 1831 - 1832 Virginia Sarah Hanah Furcron 1 1 1833 Juriah H. Myhafy Furcron 1834 Neath 1837 - >1880 Susan T. 43 43 1832 - >1880 Thomas C. Jennings 48 48 Received a medical dischare from the Confederate Army  16 Spet., 1861 1859 Jessie Jennings 1862 Maude Jennings 1864 Mary Bell Jennings 1867 Peter Henery Jennings 1870 Thomas J. Jennings 1874 Laura S. Jennings 1876 Solomon P. Jennings 1879 - 1949 Ernest Miles Smith 70 70 1879 - 1946 Jessie Viola Smith 66 66 1897 John Richard Smith 1898 - 1979 James Ernest Smith 80 80 1900 Ozzie Claude Smith 1901 - 1976 Goerge Joseph Smith 74 74 1903 Fannie Lou Smith 1905 - 1978 Samuel Smith 73 73 Farmer 1908 - 1992 Henry Jackson Smith 83 83 1910 - 1965 Loyd Smith 55 55 1912 Garland Marion Smith 1914 - 1914 Little Daughter Smith 1915 - 1995 Lucy Mae Smith 79 79 1919 Blanche Ophelia Smith Sarah Jones A.Y. Jones A.Y. /Jones/ Linnie Tiller Linnie /Tiller/ Loula Palmer Loula /Palmer/ ~1911 Molly Saxon Still Living. Julia Tiller Julia /Tiller/ Sarah Tiller Sarah /Tiller/ J.C. Saxon J.C. /Saxon/ Edward Gunter Edward /Gunter/ Marettia Andrews Marettia /Andrews/ 1889 George Clarence King Margie Portifield Margie /Portifield/ Thelma King Thelma /King/ Living King Living King Living King Living King Living King Living King Living King 1860 Josephine Dudley 1857 W.A. King 1879 Cora V. King 1881 Ida Mary King 1883 Treseig B. King 1885 James G. King 1887 Sanford King 1892 Louney Pitman King 1894 Clara King 1897 Lorina Bella King 1899 Bertha King 1901 Euni Zero King 1901 William Marvin King Alex Kidd Alex /Kidd/ Ella Kidd Ella /Kidd/ Lillie Kidd Lillie /Kidd/ Roy Kidd Roy /Kidd/ Robert Massey Robert /Massey/ Ruby Kidd Ruby /Kidd/ Lavonia Kidd Lavonia /Kidd/ Alton Kidd Alton /Kidd/ Ralph Kidd Ralph /Kidd/ William Alex Kidd William Alex /Kidd/ Dave Brown Howard Brown Gordon Brown Annie Mae Brown Nettie Sue Brown Mattana Brown Hershel Brown Gene Mccarty Ethel Brown Aubrey King Aubrey /King/ Rufus King Rufus /King/ Hersey King Agnes King Agnes /King/ Emerson King Emerson /King/ Willie Gunter Willie /Gunter/ Coker Sue Parham Sue /Parham/ Eddith King Eddith /King/ Mack Nash Mack /Nash/ Charley King Charley /King/ J.W. King J.W. /King/ Rachel King Rachel /King/ Matt Mackleroy Irene King Irene /King/ Ezra Hall Ezra /Hall/ Runell King Runell /King/ Odell King Odell /King/ Living King Jewel Barton Fred King Fred /King/ Mary Dud Moore Pauline King Pauline /King/ Fred Ashworth Fred /Ashworth/ Louise King Louise /King/ Downs Virginia King Virginia /King/ Moon Rayburn King Rayburn /King/ Living King Living King Walt Pittards Walt /Pittards/ Edgar Pittards Edgar /Pittards/ Hersey Kidd Hersey /Kidd/ Cliff Pittards Cliff /Pittards/ Milt Pittards Milt /Pittards/ Dobbs Dobbs Fred Pittards Fred /Pittards/ Fairy Pittards Fairy /Pittards/ George Pittards George /Pittards/ J.C. Booth Bridges Gib Pittards Gib /Pittards/ E.G. Edgar Gibton /Kidd/ Magalee Kidd Magalee /Kidd/ Allen Reynolds Allen /Reynolds/ Billy Kidd Billy /Kidd/ Mamie Lu Kidd Mamie Lu /Kidd/ Dorsey Kidd Dorsey /Kidd/ McCormick  /McCormick/ Rosser  /Rosser/ Ida Lou Simmons >1937 - >1937 Ridgway This child was never given a name. It was born anencephalic maybe in november when it was 5 months gestation. Mama Beth and Papa never talked about this child. Living Living Ford John Stromatt Head John Stromatt /Head/ ~1855 Mary Ridgway ~1856 Tabitha Ridgway ~1859 Martha Ridgway ~1867 Lemuel Ridgway 1910 Ola Coston Living Smith ~1878 Jessie Herndon Smith Herndon /Smith/ Howard Massey Howard /Massey/ Dave Kittle Dave /Kittle/ 1896 - 1953 Josie Scarborough 56 56 Lillie Mae Ford Lillie Mae /Ford/ A. Woodrow Ford A. Woodrow /Ford/ Lillie Cheek Lillie /Cheek/ 1913 - 1993 Beth Ellen Locke 80 80 1919 - 1985 James Thomas Ford 65 65 Living Ford Living Ford Living Ford Luke Rucker Kelton 1773 - 1836 Charles Wells 63 63 Living Ridgway 1775 - 1857 Sally 82 82 1734 - 1782 Samuel Wells 48 48 Ann Farrow 1708 - 1764 Charles Wells 56 56 1708 - 1765 Mary Edwards 57 57 Living Ruff Living Alligood Hiram Wells Hiram wells was the son of William but was after the death of William at
the Alamo he was adopted by his mothers father Robert Kelton and his last name
was changed to Kelton.  Hiram married an Ann Chastain on August 6,1845 and
had a son Elias Kelton who later served time for murder in Alabama and
after his release moved to Texas.  He apparently murdered a employed
worker who was making eyes at  his young wife. Margaret Wells Living Living Ridgway Living James Living Murray Living James Living James Living James 1909 - 1963 Herbert Jackson Murray 53 53 1916 Ella Faye Stevens Living Murray 1881 - 1960 George Floyd Murray 78 78 1890 - 1967 Hester Mae Cox 77 77 Living Maude Murray Maude /Murray/ Oda Murray Oda /Murray/ Walter Murray Walter /Murray/ Mary Ella Murray Mary Ella /Murray/ Robert Murray Robert /Murray/ Roy Murray Roy /Murray/ Ila Ruth Murray Ila Ruth /Murray/ Charles Murray Charles /Murray/ Joe Malcomb Murray Joe Malcomb /Murray/ 1925 - 1991 Clars Sue Gifford 66 66 1871 - 1940 George Thomas Ridgway 68 68 Med Doc. in Royston Ga, for many years also was a reg Pharmacist.
Owned a great deal of farm land but lost a great deal during the
depression.
Wife Katie Toole was asked to testify during the inquest of Amanda Cobb
who  was charged with killing her husband Hershel Cobb father of Ty Cobb
the Ga. Peach.  It has been said that MEMA as she was called was a
character. 1917 - 1973 James Thomas Ford 55 55 Living Murray Living Murray Living Caldwell Living Walter Franklin Mitcham Andrew Jackson Murray Andrew Jackson /Murray/ 1860 - 1887 Sarah Ann Elizabeth Goolsby 26 26 1876 Louisa Rebecca Murray 1879 Rosetta Evangiline Murray John Marshall Murray John Marshall /Murray/ 1880 - 1966 Katie Olivia Toole 86 86 Mary Elizabeth Murray Mary Elizabeth /Murray/ 1881 Lou Ella Brown Andrew Jefferson Murray Andrew Jefferson /Murray/ Henry Marcus Murray Henry Marcus /Murray/ Ruby Willa Murray Ruby Willa /Murray/ Curtis Brown Murray Curtis Brown /Murray/ Roland Arvil Murray Roland Arvil /Murray/ Barnes Hardy Murray Barnes Hardy /Murray/ Ann Chastain Offil Hugh Davis Ridgway 1660 - 1752 Elizabeth Fielding 92 92 >1696 - 1796 Margaret Rucker 100 100 >1700 Ann Rucker ~1705 - 1763 Thomas Rucker 58 58 Thomas migrated to America with his brother John. In about 1700 four
ships carrying seven hundred passangers sailed from Gravesend, ENG. for
America. They landed in Jamestown in that same year. From all indications
and records, Thomas and his brother John were among the leaders of the
passengers. A tradition handed down from the generations by descendants
is that the vessel in which John was sailing was wrecked in the Jamestown
Bay off the coast of VA. and that John floated for 3 days on a piece of
driftwood, being picked up by a passing vessel. Thomas was a land owner
of the early territory. Both Thomas and John took patents of land which
they could not do at the time unless they brought over other settlers or
had done something for the commonwealth. At that time no settlers could
take up over 50 acres unless they had earned the priveledge of taking
more. The brothers must have been naturalized in 1702 by Proclamation, as
the Hugenots were authorized at the time. John had 5850 acres of land in
the heart of the county which waas granted by Earl, King of ENG. Thomas
married in America. His will is on record in the office of the Circuit
Clerk of Culpepper Co., VA. from his will he died in 1763

SOURCES:
"History of the Rucker Family" 1927 by Eydith Johns Rucker Whitley >1680 - 1742 John Rucker 62 62 >1706 - ~1804 James Rucker 98 98 ~1688 - 1796 Ephraim Rucker 108 108 ~1714 James Rucker ~1718 Mordicia Rucker 1900 - 1957 George Horace Ridgway 57 57 ~1720 Elisha Rucker ~1740 - ~1779 Sarah Rucker 39 39 D. F. John /Wingo/ D. 1778 James Pierce 1640 - 1681 John 41 41 DATE 15 FEB 2001 James Rucker He sold all his land in Culpepper County before 1770. In 1782 he appears
on George Pooges' list of "Heads of Families of Bath County". James
Rucker Sr., James Rucker, Jr. and Wyatt Rucker were living in Green brier
River Section. James Rucker, Sr. patented and bought land in Augusta and
Bath (later Greenbrier) on the Middle Fork of the Greenbrier River, some
of which he deeded to his sons. To the east of the river near the SW
corner of Bath County is a pass called "Rucker Pass" through the
Alleghany Mountains into Greenbrier County. James Rucker, Sr. deeded land
to his sons James Jr. and Berryman. James Rucker Berryman Rucker Margaret ~1733 - ~1808 Thomas Rucker 75 75 1881 - 1957 Fredrick Authur Locke 75 75 The following information came from Beth Ellen Locke Ridgway, given to Gary Winn Kay, her son-in-law, who took notes as she spoke:

Frederick Arthur Locke was born either in Bath, England or Melksham, England. His father died when Fred was 29 years old. Fred's brothers were William (Will) and Walter. His sisters were Ellen; Florence; Agnes; and Louisa. None of the sisters married. According to Mama Beth, they were "beautiful girls, but they waited too long."

The Locke's were Quakers. William came to the U. S. soon after Fred came. Fred worked his way over as a steward on a boat.

Fred and Walter went to Cape Town, South Africa, where Fred worked as a bartender. When General Smut came into the bar, Fred would talk to him and wait on him. Fred was about age 17 at the time. He me Annie McLean in Cape Town, South Africa and married her there. He took Annie back to England, where Frederick McLain Moffatt Locke was born. Annie's father, Beth's grandfather, died in South Africa. He was an engineer for the British Government. He built bridges. Annie lived in various places around the world, including Kuala Lumpar, Indonesia, as a child. She had no formal education. She had governeses. Beth's grandmother, Annie's mother,  settled in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her name was Mary Moffatt, and she had a large goiter. Annie said she never saw her mother lie down to go to bed (apparently due to the goiter).

In England, Annie lived with her mother-in-law, Fannie Winterson Locke, and Fred worked as a steward on a Cunard liner from New York to London, saving money to move to the states. (Note: Papa Locke wrote that he worked for American Lines, so Mama Beth could have been wrong - GWK). He moved from England to Arlington, NJ  around 1912. Their baby was about five years old then. Fred got a job with DuPont. Annie brought the baby, Frederick McLean Moffatt Locke, aka "Mac", over by herself, and she got very seasick on the voyage over.

Beth was born in 1913 at the Lying In Hospital, Manhattan, NY. She and her family went to the Quaker Church in New York every Sunday. Florence (Flippie), her sister, was born in 1916 at Kearny, New Jersey at Hudson Hospital. Annie's bed was put on concrete blocks at the time of Flippie's birth to control bleeding. The bed fell, and she got a prolapse of the uterus, for which she never had surgery.

Fred worked at DuPont until the depression hit. The Arlington, NJ plant closed. DuPont wanted Fred to move to Italy or Massachusetts. He went to Massachusetts and considered moving to Italy, but Annie didn't want to go. (Note: Mama Beth may have been wrong when she said Massachusetts, because the family actually moved to Hartford, Connecticutt - GWK). Fred  bought a filling station in Irvington, NJ, and he and Mac tried to run it.

Mac graduated from Kearny High School and Bucknell University in the arts. He meant to go into the theater in the business part. He participated in school plays, such as "Taming of the Shrew", and he worked at Roxie's Theater in the summer time as an usher. Fred went to work for Fuller Brush Company. (Fuller Brush apparently came after the filling station business failed - GWK). Mac married Anna (Ann) Lieber while in college. He managed the Buckneell football team for four years. He went to work for DuPont after the filling station business failed. He worked in public relations. He and Ann lived with her parents. They had two boys, Frederick Arthur Locke II and Malcolm Stuart Locke. Mac died in 1959, six months after his father had died. Both are buried in the Arlington, NJ cemetery.

Beth graduated from Kearney High School in 1932. She finished her first year of nursing school in February 1933 and went to Presbyterian Hospital, East Orange, NJ in September 1933 in nursing training, where she met her future husband, Dr. Robert Edwin Ridgway from Royston, GA.

Walter Locke had a daughter in South Africa. Will came to the states with a wife 20 years younger than him, and they had two children. Will's wife was named Nellie, and their children were John Henry and William Henry. William Henry died with meningitis at age nine. John Henry Locke lives in Ft. Pierce, FL. He went to Florida with his dad, Will, when Will retired. He married in Ft. Pierce. His wife left him with a baby boy, and he remarried. He and his second wife had triplets that died.

Some of the Locke sisters came to the states, also. Florence first worked for Prudential. She died in 1917 during the flu epidemic, and only Fred attended her funeral. Ellen, known as Nell, and Louisa (Louise?) came to the states when Will came over. They lived with him in East Orange, NJ. All of the girls who came to the states are buried in East Orange, NJ with Will's nine-year old son. Will and Nellie are buried in Ft. Pierce, FL. John Henry (Johnny) still lives in Ft. Pierce, FL. Agnes was the only sister to stay in England. Fred went back to see her and stayed with her only one night.

Beth's mother died in November 1943 at home in West Hartford, CT of a possible heart attack. She is buried in New Jersey. Flippie was in Georgia, and Fred called for her to come home when the mother, Annie, known as "Nan" by Fred, got sick. He called Flippie back about 30 minutes later to tell her Annie had died.

Annie Moffatt was supposed to be named "Ann", but the officials put Annie on her birth certificate. They called her "Nan". She died in West Hartford, CT, where Fred had moved with the Fuller Brush Company. Flippie was still at home then, working for Prudential Insurance Company. (Note - Mama Beth may have been confused when she said Fred called Flippie in Georgia; he must have called her--Beth - GWK).

James, aka Jim, was in South Africa, as was Dick, both brothers of Annie. Beth has no further information on them. Their sister, Jenny, died in South Africa. She married a man named Hewitt, and they had no children.

After Annie died, Beth stayed with Fred for about two weeks. He moved to Georgia shortly thereafter. Flippie came with him. He sold out everything. His son, Mac, stayed behind in New Jersey. Mac died in 1959 and is buried in New Jersey. Annie stayed with Beth for eight months after Beth's daughter, Susan, was born in Georgia.

Frederick Arthur Locke, aka Freddy, is divorced and is retired from the U. S. Marines, where he was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He lives in Colorado now. He graduated from Bucknell University. He has four children.

Malcolm Locke graduated from the University of Georgia. He is a chemist and lives in Union, New Jersey. He has two sons.


Note: the notes above were typed from notes I took as Mama Beth spoke, but I do not recall when she provided this information. The notes that allude to events above were taken many years ago - Gary Winn Kay, April 1995. Wyatt Rucker ~1706 - 1776 William Isaac Tinsley 70 70 ~1722 Phillip Tinsley ~1724 James Tinsley ~1728 Thomas Tinsley ~1730 Isaac Tinsley 1749 David Tinsley Elizabeth Golding Elizabeth /Golding/ 1690 - 1788 Tinsley 98 98 ~1735 - 1775 Peter Rucker 40 40 Living Kay ~1737 Mary Rucker ~1740 - 1794 John Rucker 54 54 ~1742 Elizabeth Rucker ~1744 Martha Rucker <1744 William Rucker ~1748 - Unknown Maudlin Rucker <1754 Isaac Rucker <1726 - 1779 Estha 53 53 <1754 Frankey Rucker ~1753 - >1815 George Rucker 62 62 Military service: Rev. War
Religion: Protestant
Will Probated: November 06, 1815, Franklin Co., GA. Living <1735 Cornelius Rucker Elizabeth Wisdom Elizabeth /Wisdom/ Mary White Sarah Wisdom May have also been married to a Mr. Cowherd before this marriage. John Wisdom Ann Collins 1760 - 1852 Colby Rucker 91 91 ~1762 Catherine Rucker John Trumball Living Ford ~1764 Jonathan Rucker Ann Perry Ann /Perry/ ~1766 William Rucker 1767 Susannah Rucker John Bisland Mary Burton Mary /Burton/ Susan Pope Susan /Pope/ Zachariah Rucker Elizabeth Smith ~1744 Ambrose Rucker 1844 - 1916 Rebuen Johnson Morris 72 72 Founding member  Crossroads Bapt.Church. Buried in crossroads  church
cemetery . From to the right of F.M. and Ellen and in front of J.L.
Dudley Cora Dudley and Skipper Dudley.
As in fact section he was a Confederate soldier with the rank of private
he entered service at seventeen yrs of age on 5 -10-1862 and was 18 on
5-13 -1862.
Grave at this time not marked with confed. marker. 1754 - 1842 Lemeul Rucker 87 87 ~1754 William Rucker ~1756 Barden Rucker ~1758 Tavner Rucker ~1760 Frances Rucker ~1762 Elizabeth Rucker Ann Booten Ann /Booten/ Cassie Catherine /Erhart/ 1780 - 1853 George Rucker 72 72 Lucy Lavelle Lucy /Lavelle/ 1844 - 1897 Amialie Levinia Wells 53 53 Amelia L. Wells Morris  Kin.  William Wells who died at the Alamo with
Jim Bowie , Travis ,Crockett Etc Could have been one of the six who
survived
and was killed by order of Santa Anna after flag of truce. Possible at
the time
Davy Crockett was Pleading for his life.  All men were then piled onto a
burning fire and all remains destroyed and all ashe burried in common
grave.
  William Wells would be the grandfather of Amialie.  SEE  Cora Dudley
:          All of our next generation of Wells kinfolk would be found in
Texas according to Cora Dudley's letter.  Amelia is buried at Cross Roads
Bapt. Church beside her husband and is one of the founding members of
that church .  See church conerstone. 1798 - 1881 Simeon Bluford Rucker 83 83 <1800 Indy Rucker ~1720 - 1810 Benjamin Rucker 90 90 Benjamin and his brother Anthony were the inventors of the James River
Batteau.
The James River Batteau was a tobacco boat used to transport tobacco down
river to Richmond. Each year the event is celebrated in Lynchburg with a
replica sailing down the James River. Betsy 1763 Lucy Rucker 1766 Millie Mildred Rucker 1807 Sophia Rucker ~1758 - 1819 James Rucker 61 61 1760 - 1848 Thomas Rucker 88 88 1770 - >1834 Bennett Rucker 64 64 1855 - 1942 George Thomas Ford 87 87 George Thomas Ford was a slight man who lived for many yrs. in Madison
Co. Ga.  He was by hx a farmer and was probably somewhat successful since
he was able to raise a considerable number of children.  As of this time
I don't have all the childrern listed but I should soon have a list of
the entire Ford oofsprings from his marriage with Susie Brown.  He liked
alcohol and one of my earilest memories of him is that he would have
Spells.  He would fall slowly to the ground and hollower out " Sukie
Sukie a little toddy"  Grand Ma Susie who was teribble stooped always had
a tablespoon in her long apron pocket with a bottle of Homebrew.  She
would rush forward and drizzle a Spoonful into his mouth .  He would then
get up and hobble around the yard until the next "spell Hit him".  In
their old age they lived around among their children and Grand children.
Both to the best of my recollection were very quite and kind and seemed
to enjoy their children and their offspring.
  He lived to be 87yrs. old and Sukie lived to be 92 .  A reward for
always having the whiskey handy. Cornelia Elizabeth Ford Cornelia Elizabeth /Ford/ 1793 Gideon Rucker ~1777 - >1850 Ransom Rucker 73 73 John Macdaniel Zachary Dawson Brown Phillip Joseph Burruss Nancy Ann Reed Nancy Ann /Reed/ Euphan Tate Sallie Reed Sallie /Reed/ Joanna Reed Joanna /Reed/ 1860 - 1952 Susan 92 92 Listed as Susan L. on marriage lic. and Susie E. on grave stone Date of marriage makes son William Thomas Ford born out of wedlock. Joyce Reed Joyce /Reed/ D. 1864 William Jasper Rucker ~1720 - 1780 John Rucker 60 60 Eleanor Mildred Warren 1747 James Rucker 1750 Sarah Rucker 1752 John Rucker 1754 George Rucker 1756 William Rucker 1758 Ellen Rucker Norse Ford Norse /Ford/ 1760 Isaac Rucker ~1762 Licy Rucker 1763 Pasty Rucker 1765 Susan Rucker Susannah Ann Morton Susannah Ann /Morton/ Virginia Ann Morton Virginia Ann /Morton/ James Pendelton James /Pendelton/ Patsy Sally Martha Tucker 1898 - 1965 Tempie Ann Missouri Ford 66 66 Sarah North Sarah /North/ James Morton James /Morton/ Minty Ogden Minty /Ogden/ Stephen Hamm Stephen /Hamm/ David North David /North/ ~1720 - <1801 Margaret Rucker 81 81 Isaac Smith William Smith Elizabeth Downing 1757 - 1826 Downing Rucker Smith 69 69 1882 - 1947 William Thomas Ford 64 64 Boehm Catherine /Beam/ 1735 - 1807 Ambrose Rucker 72 72 Believed to have served in the Rev. War. Military service: Colonel in
Rev. War Have also found him listed with the same children but different
wife- Mary Clifton Headley, b. abt. 1730. believe she is the wife of his
son Reubin. And another source shows that he married 2 - Mary Wingfield.

R-21. Virginia Historical Marker: RUCKER'S CHAPEL
Nearby stood Rucker's Chapel, one of the first Anglican (present-day
Episcopal) churches in Amherst County. Also known as Harris Creek Church
and later as St. Matthew's, the church was founded by Col. Ambrose Rucker
before 1751. It stood on part of a 5,850 acre tract his father, John
Rucker, patented in 1745. The church served its congregation until 1817,
when the members moved to Ascension Church, in Amherst. Logs from the
chapel were later used to construct a corncrib at Sweet Briar College,
two miles north.

some sources claim he was married to Mary Clifton Headley

Researching the pioneer settlers of Osage County has led to the
identification of the following Revolutionary War ancestors. Descendants
of these individuals able to document this relationship and service would
be able to apply for membership in the Daughters or Sons of the American
Revolution:

Named as a witness in the will of William III Pendleton. Will Book I p.
507 records of Culpeper Co. Va. (1761-1780).

OCCU PLAC Isaac Rucker, exr DATE 14 MAR 2001 D. <1750 Mary Clifton Headley 1739 - 1806 Mary Tinsley 67 67 1704 - 1782 Edward Tinsley 78 78 1705 - <1782 Margaret Talliaferro 77 77 1753 - 1782 Ruben Rucker 28 28 ~1755 - 1791 Winifred Rucker 36 36 ~1758 - <1823 Molly 65 65 ~1761 Frances Franky Rucker Jessie Cleveland Ford Jessie Cleveland /Ford/ 1763 - 1827 Ambrose Rucker 63 63 ~1756 - <1807 Margaret Peggy Rucker 51 51 ~1782 Sarah Sallie Rucker ~1770 - 1838 Isaac Rucker 68 68 ~1772 - 1810 Caroline Rucker 38 38 She was married with the consent of her father Col. Ambrose Rucker. Isaac
Rucker, security. Believe she died in childbirth with 8th child or
shortly after, about Oct. 1810 as indicated in Chancery File 16, 1841

SOURCES:
World Family Tree cd 705 vol.5- 3102
Dolores Hansford Swift of Hot Springs, AR.
'The Hansard/Hansford Family History' by Winnie Garrett.
http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/5948/dat2.htm#3
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/a/n/Sandra-L-Sanchez/COL1-0031.html

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/v/Maynard-C-Davis/COL1-0025.html
http://www.ovnet.com/userpages/feenerty/tinsley/amb-ruck.htm
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/v/Maynard-C-Davis/COL1-0025.html ~1772 Sophia Rucker ~1775 Matilda Rucker ~1778 Charlotte Rucker ~1778 Sally Rucker ~1779 Peggy Rucker Johnnie Ford Johnnie /Ford/ ~1781 - 1810 Benjamin Rucker 29 29 It looks like he may have been married again to another Sallie Harris. ~1771 - ~1819 Betty 48 48 1750 - 1796 Benjamin Plunkett 46 46 John Marr Paschal T Robert Jennings Alexander Marr Sallie Harris Sarah Roberts Sarah /Roberts/ 1785 - 1855 Elizabeth Rucker 70 70 1902 - 1988 Ella Cornelia Ford 86 86 Obit . of Ella Ford Shelnut:
    Monroe-Ella Ford Shelnut died 9-29.  A native of Walton Co. Mrs.
Shelnut was a retired spinner of the Monroe cotton mill.  She was the
daughter of the late George and Susie Brown Ford.  She was the widow of
Hershel B. Shelnut.     Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2p.m.
in the chapel of Arthur Bowick Funeral Home, Monroe with the Revs. Bill
Shelnut a




nd J.D. Smith officiating.  Burial will be in Union Christian Church
Cemetery, Oconee Co.
  Survivors include three son Robert G. Shelnut , Conyers,
Glenn A. Shelnut , Johnson City Tenn., and Jerry N. Shelnut, Snellville;
eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grand children. ~1787 Jane Rucker 1789 William Rucker 1791 Sarah Rucker 1794 Nancy Rucker 1796 Delphia Rucker 1798 John Rucker 1787 - 1860 Marguerite Rucker 73 73 John Coffee John /Coffee/ 1808 - 1867 Benjamin Coffee 59 59 Polly Nancy /Hayes/ Addie Ford Addie /Ford/ >1799 George Coffee >1799 Jesse T. Coffee >1799 Sarah Lucinda Coffee William Last name has been listed as Coffee in some files. Could be her first cousin.

[W.C. Ford, Jr. 2001] 1805 - 1876 Ashburn Osborn Coffee 71 71 Matilda Dalton Matilda /Dalton/ 1806 - 1888 Colby Coffee 81 81 Mary Ann Polly Adams George Grady Saxon George Grady /Saxon/ 1810 Elizabeth Coffee Pompey George /Hayes/ 1811 Nancy Coffee 1812 - 1877 John Jackson Coffee 65 65 Alicia Nash Alicia /Nash/ 1822 Margaret E. Peggy Coffee Isaac Bullen 1828 William Coffee Ellen Nash Ellen /Nash/ 1834 Catherine Coffee Living Saxon 1923 - 1947 Mary Frances Ford 24 24 Frances died at an early age of Brights disease.  She had no children.
Husband William Isom Herring remarried Margie Daniels Daughter of " POP"
Daniels.  William was a Funeral director with Pruitt Funeral Home and
latter had an unsucessful funeral business of his own. George Coffee George /Coffee/ 1815 Delphia Coffee Timothy Dalton Jane Barnwell Jane /Barnwell/ 1819 George Elsie Rucker Emily T. 1820 - 1903 William Derrell Rucker 83 83 1822 Nancy Rucker 1823 Joel Rucker Miriam Elizabeth Rainwater Miriam Elizabeth /Rainwater/ Living Saxon 1825 Julia Rucker Tom M. Rainwater Tom M. /Rainwater/ 1830 Mary Rucker 1835 - 1915 Simeon Rucker 79 79 1837 Russell J. Rucker 1842 John Rucker Sarah Hembree Jamerson Charlotte Manning Charlotte /Manning/ ~1817 Ransom Rucker 1819 - 1879 Calvin Joseph Rucker 59 59 Living Saxon Talitha Ann Aspley Talitha Ann /Aspley/ ~1824 - >1860 Eliha Rucker 36 36 1825 - 1875 Newman Rucker 50 50 1832 - ~1870 Sarah L. Rucker 38 38 John Edward Palmer John Edward /Palmer/ ~1834 - >1835 Eli Rucker 1 1 1757 - 1798 Margaret McDaniel 41 41 1777 - 1839 Ambrose Rucker 62 62 1779 Rosamond M. Rucker 1781 - 1781 Lucy Rucker Living Saxon 1765 - 1811 William James Burford 46 46 Sarah Burford Joel Thacker Ambrose Burford Nancy Tinsley Sylvester L. Burford Susan Cox Martha A. Burford Amanda Burford Gustavus A. Burford Living Johnson Lucy L. Dawson Mary A. Burford Charles Washington Tinsley Charles Washington /Tinsley/ Mary ~1721 - 1816 John Jonathan Tinsley 95 95 DATE 26 MAR 2001 Thermuthis Burford Delila Burford Gilleann Burford Catherine Burford Clementina Burford Living Saxon James Burford William Burford Margaret Miller Betsy Burford Mary Tinsley Burford Robert Scott McAlpin James Burford McAlpin 1765 - 1833 Lee 68 68 Tinsley Lea Tinsley /Lea/ Rucker Lea Rucker /Lea/ Living Saxon 1770 - 1823 Elizabeth Lucas 53 53 Thomas Lucas Martha Frances Rucker Mary F. Rucker Sophia Rucker Tinsley L. Rucker 1789 - 1860 Thomas C. Rucker 71 71 1790 - 1858 Anthony Rucker 68 68 1791 - 1831 Garland Rucker 40 40 Living Saxon Sally Parks Burks Sally Parks /Burks/ 1794 Nancy L. Rucker 1800 Elizabeth S. Rucker ~1801 - 1832 Ambrose L. Rucker 31 31 1751 - 1837 John McDaniel 86 86 George McDaniel Margaret Goff 1786 - 1823 George McDaniel 37 37 Frances Higginbotham Ambrose Rucker McDaniel Living Olive Sandidge Mary McDaniel Richard Jones Judith McDaniel Elizabeth McDaniel Francis A. Kemper Davies Elizabeth Margaret Davies David Tinsley Emily Davies Martin D. Tinsley Living Alligood Margaret McDaniel John Ware 1821 John Ware 1825 Ludwell Ware 1827 Alexander Ware 1830 Edward Ware 1834 Frances Ware 1774 William McDaniel Elizabeth Pendelton 1802 - 1827 Sally Rucker McDaniel 25 25 Living Alligood Grover Henry Ford Grover Henry /Ford/ Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.