Hello, I have seen your posts from a few years ago and I was wondering if anyone figured out, who GW Ruddell's lineage is? He suggests that he arrived, at the Station in 1798 at the age of 8, as best as he can recolect. So his descendents have indicated that, they believe he was born in Sheanadoah, VA. I noticed that Capt. Cornelius Ruddell (1717-1798,) ... would that have been a reason for some Ruddell's to move to Kentucky? (I looked it up, it does not appear that GW was any of Cornelius' grandchildren, although that is not definitive, his grandson George was living in Georgia it seems.) James Ruddell, the son of Archibald Ruddell (1727-1787,) had a son named George, (and a brother named George and several cousins named George, and G.W. Ruddell must have been his cousin, if not his son, which I suppose is unlikely. So the descension from George Ruddell (1740-1806,) the brother of Capt. Isaac Ruddell, via his son William & Athalia (Goare) Ruddell, who were married sometime after 2/27/1787 in Rockingham, VA (according to Karin D. Morey at the Genealogy.com familytreemaker,) * here's that link: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/r/Karin-D-Morey/GENE9-0002... seems like a strong theory, atleast that is where I'm cornering in on while searching, however there are some alternative theories, oh well, that's why I was wondering if anyone else has narrowed it down, thanks. The letter: ______________________________________________________________ "Draper Manuscript Collection 8CC24 Nicholas County, Ky, August 27th 1845 Mr. draper Dear Sir, After my best respects to you I have only to say I have bin sloe in answering yours of the 12th of July last, requesting me to give you some information about the birth, death, and life of Capt. Isaac Ruddell who ware taken prisner and all his family at Ruddell Station and other partukulars, I am glad that I was able to give you such information as well in able you to get the hole history, I am a connection Isaac was a brother to my grandfather, I landed at Isaac Ruddell at 8 years old in the year 1798 as well as I can recolect, then it was that Stephen and Abram Ruddell come home from the indians the had been prisners for 17 years as I always understood and as Stephen and Abraham Ruddell are yet a living and Stephen a preacher of the gospel, and a man of considerable information and in reach of your letter both found the way home by old antoney wane at the time he held his treaty at greenville in the state of Ohio where Harrison held his with the Indians, they both ware in the late war - Abraham was taken in Winchesters defeat and Stephen was interpertor for the Shawnees, Tecumseh and the proffet ware there adopted brothers, Stephen saved one half of the Shawnees from going with Tecumseh; to join the British. Stephen lives in Adams county, on the Mississippi river about 8 mills above yuncy, if the county is not devid or changed in the state of Illinois and Abraham lives on white river Arkansas. If you should not be fertunate enough to hear from Steph Ruddell who I think will be able to give you a true history of all; you wish to no; I think Capt. Hinkston was in the station at the time Byrd took it, Hinkston was a great Indian warer and was taken prisner and some of his relatives live in or near cynthiana, Harrison county, Ky; if you should fail as I stated wright back to me I will get the history of all about them as I think I can get by a little time and trouble yours and c. G.W. Ruddell" http://www.shawhan.com/ruddell.html __________________________________________________________ Google Search for George W. Ruddell http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22george+w+ruddell%22&btnG=... __________________________________________________________ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/RUDDELL/1998-01/0884830825 RUDDELL ,George W. b. 1791 VA, m. Margaret ? b. 1796 PA, Children:William F., Polly Ann PORTER, Sally WASSON, Rosannah LOGAN, George W. Jr., Hannah M. CARTER. They were in the 1840 Nicholas Co., KY census and I believe before that in Fayette Co., KY. George W. RUDDELL, Jr., b. OCT l826, m. Sarah ? b.1827, Children: Laura F., George W. III, Jno. Wm.,Isadora, Jannes Ada, Thomas, Fletcher G., and Wade . They were in Nicholas Co., KY census 1850 and 1860. George W. RUDDELL, III, b. 30JAN1851, Nicholas Co., KY. m. Lydia F. SHULSE, b. 28OCT1855, Children: Emma F. LOCKARD (My great-grandmother), Nora L. O'DEA, Daisy WEST, Jesse, Hadie REEDE, Harvey and Harry. George III and Lydia moved to Butler, Bates Co., Mo., around 1878 and stayed until their deaths. I need help with George W. RUDDELL's parents and his wife Margaret's maiden name. Also, George RUDDELL Jr.'s wife Sarah's maiden name. Hope someone can connect with this line. Chris Rhoades. ___________________________________________________________ misc. "1800 - Dec. 2 - Deed of Sale at New Madrid, Upper Louisiana: George Ruddell to Benjamin Harrison. Two large tracts with buildings, Spanish grants to Ruddell. (New Madrid Archives #926)" http://www.shawhan.com/benharrison.html ___________________________________________________________ looking at the information that he was a grandson of one of Isaac's brothers I think I have a good guess - Isaac's brother George married Magdelena Byrd, they had a son William. who married Athabia Goare - two of his brothers also married Goares. (George to Amelia Goare, Andrew to Eleanor Goare) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/RUDDLESFORT/2000-05/0957212784 (the ruddlesfort archive) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/RUDDLESFORT ___________________________________________________________ Sincerely, Charles J. Margolis http://www.ruddelltree.com