William Riddle

Brenda,

Do you have this already? If not, let me know and I’ll copy the complete texts to you.

“At a Court Continued and held for Montgomery County November 8th, 1780……. On hearing the Petition of James ROBERTS, Jesse MEEKS, and William RIDDLE it is the opinion of the court that the sd. Petitioners be received as members of the Community so long as they behave as gooD Citizens, but the Court does not believe itself properly authorized to grant pardon for Offences……”.

(from Summers’ “Annals of Southwest Virginia”, p.742)

“At a Court held and cond. for Montgomery County May 8th 1782…….. Ordered that John RIDDLE an Orphan of William RIDDLE of seven years old be bound until he arives to the age of twenty one years to James NEWELL……

James RIDDLE orphan of Wm. RIDDLE to James McCORKLE unpon same terms as NEWELL.”

(from Summers’ “Annals of Southwest Virginia”, p.772 )

There are also 9 references to Isaac Riddle and one reference to Hoppe Riddle (widow).

Bill

Brenda, you do very good research. Thanks you for posting again.

I saw a couple of interesting things. My Waylands have never been called “Melungeons” and we do not have a family tradition of it that I know of. But we do have the family tradition that these people – Richey, Wayland, Woods, Dickson –were somehow mixed blood Indian, and we do not know which families were white and when they married the Indian side of the family that went back to Virginia. Unfortunately, the more we learn the more confused I get . . . 🙂 And much of it is circumstantial, living in the right place at the right time . . . with surnames that maybe . . .

I am interested in Joel Gibson, and a Humphrey Gibson, and a Thomas Gibson, and possibly others. Humphrey Gibson (Jr) is found in Arkansas later and is near one of my Waylands. Thomas Gibson in his will, mentioned a daughter “Cussiah” Gibson. These Gibson’s are in Pittslevania County, I believe. I am thinking that “Cussiah” Gibson might be Nevil Wayland’s wife. James Gibson was his neighbor in Lower Russell County and John Gibson lived on 15 acres in the middle of their land, and is mentioed being there after Nevil died in 1806. Later Francis Wayland pays land taxes (if i understand the legal talk correctly, and I might not be understanding it) for this same John Gibson.

Also you mention Blevins and Sexton. After the revolutionary War Nevil Wayland got land on the Tyger river in South Carolina. There was a Sexton family also on the Tyger River. Also “Thomas Gibson” — I was told the same one mentioned above in Pittsylvania County, Va — was on the Tyger River too. I think Nevil Wayland was probably closer to Spartabsburg than Thomas Gibson was but I am not sure of his exact location. Joel and Humphrey Gibson (Sr and Jr) were near the Oconee River in the extreme NW corner of SC. This would have been in the later 1780s.

I don’t know how James and John Gibson (and there was another one somehow related to James and John named George I think) might be connected to Humphrey, and Joel and Thomas, or even if they are, they just seem to be. There was a Humphrey Gibson, Sr and Jr, and the Jr.would be the right age to be the one in Arkansas in 1830. Kezziah is still alive and between 70 and 80 in Arkansas, and Humphrey Gibson is about ten years younger (I was told these things, I haven’t found this myself). It might be that Kezziah is only listed as female living with a son, and her name might not be listed. If this is the case, it might not be Kezziah but someone else.

vance

Thanks Brenda —

my monitored died on me, and I can’t get mail from my “www.pacer.com” mailbox — so I am really behind on e-mail. I’ll look at it.

vance

These are my Greens (indirect); Meeks (have a lot on them – one changed their name to Childs, his grandmother’s name); also have a Roberts (direct) and my Wilburn line is related to the Bunch.

As “Childs”, a dau of the Meeks-Childs guy, marr’d one of my Law/s, also. The Meeks left Ky early & went to Southeastern Indiana (Jennings Co).

To all; There are a group of families that are referred to as the “Longhunters.” Many are listed on the 1758 Militia Roster of Halifax County, Va.

I have seen them referred to as being mixed blood Saponi on the “New River Valley Historical Notes” website.

The families are Rice, Blevins, Lee, Wallen/Walden/Walling/Wollin, Cox, GREEN, and possibly others.

By 1767 they are listed on the Pittsylvania Co. Va. Tithable List (in present Henry Co. Va.) where they have been joined by Moses Ridle/Riddle, the Roberts family, the Skaggs and others.

By 1772 they are listed on the Botetourt Co. Va. Tithables List and are joined by other families such as the Baker, Jones, and Rogers families. This is the area in present Grayson Co. Va. on Elk Creek, a tributary of the New River.

Most of these families start out as Tories with some of them switching to the Continental side later on.

By 1786 these families are living on the Clinch River on the present Hawkins and Hancock county line. Their neighbors are known as the Melungeons of the Collins, Bowlin, Bunch, Mullins, and Blevins families.

Do any of you know about these Longhunters. I think I might be descended from Elisha Walling, William Blevins, and John and Issac Rice in my Green family.

Dan.

The Longknives were often a thorn in the side of the Shawnee, Cherokee and others. I too read some of them might have been mixed blood Indian.

Thanks Dan. You said these people started out as Tories and changed sides? That is interesting — that’s what Christopher Gist did. He is believed by many to have been Sequoyah’s father. He switched sides in 1777. Do you know when these people you speak of switched sides? What documentation do you have for this?

again thanks —

vance