Fifth Generation

36. John RATCLIFF¹ was born on 18 July 1756 in North Carolina. He died on 7 November 1807 at the age of 51 in Eagle Township, Ross County, Ohio. He was buried at Union Cemetery in Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio.

Married Ruth Ward, 7 Mar 1779, Chatham Co, NC Ruth was a sister of Hannah Ward who married his brother Thomas. Ruth was born, 29 May 1759 in North Carolina and died Londonderry, Eagle Twp, Ross Co., Ohio, 23 Aug 1805, aged 46y 2m 25d. She is buried beside her husband in the Union Cemetery. John is said to have died of a heart attack.

4 Sep 1779. The Cane Creek MM, Chatham Co NC, disowned John for marring out of unity.
There is no record that John after asked to be reinstated into the Quaker Society

15 Nov 1792 John Jr. bought 113 acres of Cobb Plantaion from his father, John Sr. for £30. The land was on Love's Creek & Blood Run, near Siler City, NC. He bought 244 acres in other tracts before he started selling in preparation to move to Ohio.

John & Ruth Ratcliff with all their children and grandchildren were among a group of some 40 persons, parts of 14 families and their neighbors who left Chatham Co NC on 4 Sep 1804. They brought furniture, two cows and two teams with covered wagons. The party traveled over the mountains to New River and then to what is now Charleston, WV, where the wagons were taken apart and loaded on keel boats and brought to Gallipolis, Ohio, via the Kanawha River. Some of the men and the older boys drove the cows and other livestock overland. At Gallipolis the wagons were reassembled and used for the rest of the journey. Upon reaching Ross County, Ohio, John & Ruth and family camped near Richmondale where some of their North Carolina friends were already located. John was not completely satisfied with that area and took his family on to Salt Creek in Eagle Township in Ross County, now Vinton Co, Ohio [Vinton Co formed 23 Mar 1850].

John entered a quarter section [160 acres] on Salt Creek. This tract was deeded by the heirs of John & Ruth after their deaths to two of their younger sons, Ezekiel & Jesse. Ezekiel sold his share to Jesse who kept the old homestead until 1863 when he moved to Whitley Co, IN.

John RATCLIFF and Ruth WARD were married on 7 March 1779 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Ruth WARD was born on 29 May 1759 in North Carolina. She died on 23 August 1805 at the age of 46 in Eagle Township, Ross County, Ohio. She was buried at Union Cemetery in Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio.

John RATCLIFF and Ruth WARD had the following children:

+68	i.	Alice RATCLIFF.
+69	ii.	John Ward RATCLIFF.
70	iii.	Ann RATCLIFF was born about 1782 in Chatham County, North Carolina. She died on 9 September 1852 at the age of 70 in Ross County, Ohio. Married Joseph Dixon, 8 Jan 1807, Ross County, OH. Her name is indexed as "Padliff and Rasliff" in the Ohio County Marriages database at FamilySearch.org. Buried Peecher Cemetery, Londonderry, Ross Co, OH Died "in the 70th year of her age"
71	iv.	Timothy RATCLIFF was born on 24 January 1785 in North Carolina. He died on 1 March 1864 at the age of 79 in Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio. He was buried at Union Cemetery in Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio. Married Eleanor Dixon, 12 Oct 1810, Ross Co, OH. Find A Grave Memorial# 59809578. Buried same cemetery as parents. According to a family Bible, Timothy and Eleanor were married September 10, 1812. The marriage record - the minister's return - says he married them this 12th day of October, 1810. Signed by John Greave, JP. In this case, I would think the Bible was in error.
72	v.	Susannah RATCLIFF was born on 11 February 1787 in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. She died on 13 July 1868 at the age of 81 in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri. Married Eli Vanderford (E. Vanderford on her gravemarker). Ross Co OH marriages - Susannah Ratcliff to Eli Vanderford, 12 Feb 1807. There appears to have been two ladies of that name living in Ross Co OH. There is a marriage for Susannah Ratcliff to John Branson, 10 Mar 1810, Ross County. It cannot be the same person since this Susannah is buried as Vanderford. Susannah is buried Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Dallas Co, MO
73	vi.	Ruth RATCLIFF was born on 22 January 1789 in Chatham County, North Carolina. She died on 18 February 1863 at the age of 74 in Benton County, Ohio. Ruth married Joseph Wilkinson, 30 Aug 1810, Ross Co, Ohio. They are buried Oxford West Cemetery, Oxford, Benton Co, Indiana.
74	vii.	Jesse RATCLIFF was born on 27 January 1791 in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. He died on 17 April 1864 at the age of 73 in Whitley County, Indiana. Ross Co Ohio Marriages: Jesse Ratcliff to Rachel Teague, 12 Jul 1813. Buried Richland Center Cemetery, Larwill, Whitley Co, IN
+75	viii.	Rachel RATCLIFF.
76	ix.	Ezekiel RATCLIFF was born on 14 September 1795 in North Carolina. He died on 27 July 1881 at the age of 85 in Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio. Find A Grave Memorial# 89186611. Buried Union Cemetery, Eagle Mills along with parents and brother. Ezekiel married "Polly" Hammer on 3 Oct 1816, Highland Co, Ohio - she was born 3 Oct 1799, died 19 Aug 1823, and is buried next to Ezekiel. She is buried as Dorothy and I suspect the marriage transcript is in error and was actually "Dolly" which would have been a nickname for the young Dorothy. Married Nancy White, 23 Sep 1824, Hocking Co, Ohio. She died 20 Nov 1825, likely in childbirth. Married Charity Francis, 5 Oct 1826, Hocking Co, Ohio.
77	x.	Simon RATCLIFF was born on 23 August 1800 in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina. He died on 1 October 1855 at the age of 55 in Ross County, Ohio. Married Rachel Dixon, 2 Sep 1820, Ross Co, Ohio. Simon and Rachael (Dixon) Ratcliff, were both natives of Chatham county, N. C. They came to Ross county in 1804, and Simon Ratcliff became a man of prominence, and the owner of 600 acres of land. He was one of the county commissioners when the Chillicothe courthouse was built, and was remunerated, according to the scale of public expenditure of those days, with a salary of $35 a year. Buried Londonderry Cemetery, Ross Co, OH

Susanna PORE (private).