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My Family started out In North Carolina
between 1790-1800 my ggreatgrandfather
was one Thomas Etheridge born fork’s of
the Yadkin Between 1790-1800 I have been
trying to find out who his parents are.
He was married to Elizabeth Kemp or Camp
Rowan County May 8, 1824
marriage bond:
ETHERIDGE, Thomas
CEMP, Elizabeth
May 8, 1824
Rowan County
Bondsman: Joseph M. Hauser
Witness: E. Brock, Justice of the Peace
Thomas & Elizabeth
Children:
Wiley S. Etheridge 25 Jul 1827 Rowan county N.C.
Rebecca Jane Etheridge 1828 Weakley Co Tn
Mary C. Etheridge 01 Dec 1834 Weakley Co Tn
Cordella Belle Etheridge 25 Dec 1835 Weakley Co TN
William Riley Etheridge 27 May 1838 Weakley Co Tn (My greatgrand-father)
Emily Elvira Etheridge 1840 Weakley Co TN
Francis (Franklin) Marion Etheridge 1842 Weakley Co Tn
Nelson Etheridge 1844 Weakley Co Tn
and I’m not sure if they didn’t have another Daughter by the name of Eliza
born 1826 Rowan County NC.
I have been told of Cherokee in my bloodlines from my Grandfather
& Grandmothers side.
Welcome Spiritwalker,
Put Etheridge in the search located on the toolbar…there are a few posts that have the name and may be of some help:) .
Thanks have already done that. True there are quite a few Ethridge’s there but just not sure which one would be of any help. Thanks again.
You might also try searching (here in Saponitown, and elsewhere) spellings that begin with D. I think the Deatherage and Etheridge families, to some extent and in some places, toggle back and forth. The Yadkin River valley, where your folks were, seems to have been one of those places.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Etheridge::deatherage::1101.html
And then you may or may not want to deal with other spellings of both (Etterick, Hettrick, Deaderick, &c.).
Some of the Deatherages are fond of thinking their ancestors were French, especially if they could be Huguenots (because that’s romantic); and there should have been a comma (D’Etherage, or whatever). Another way to get (or lose) the D, that is less romantic, is elision — in combination with marginal literacy, and phonetic spelling. For instance, “David Etheridge” would sound like “Davy Deatherage” to the tax collector, or whomever.
That is not meant to imply that I don’t think Deatherage is French, Belgian or whatever. I have no idea. I only mean to suggest the possibility of elision, a common phonetic process in most languages (and very noticeable in French, of course).
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