Re: JOHN RIDDLE AND MARY HIGGINS -- Riddle Family Fourm

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Date Posted: 05:35:27 12/25/08 Thu
Author: Charles O'Shields
Subject: Re: JOHN RIDDLE AND MARY HIGGINS
In reply to: Charles O'Shields 's message, "JOHN RIDDLE AND MARY HIGGINS" on 09:59:57 12/24/08 Wed

>John RIDDLE 1775-1855 and he was married to
>Mary Higgins.1780-1861 The first record we have
>of our Riddle ancestry begins with John Riddle
>who was born in 1775. This birthdate is based
>on 1850 census in which he was listed as
>being 75 years old. He was married to Mary
>Higgins' born approximately 1780' according to
>census data. We do not know for certain where
>John came from' but he settled in Laurens
>County' South Carolina. There is a record of
>an older John Riddle also married to a Mary
>in what is now Kewshaw County' S.C. In his
>will of 9/27/1780' he leaves to his loving
>wife Mary' one third of all his estate real
>and personal------until my children come in full
> age of 21 years-----my four children James'
>John' Patrick McFadden and William Twaddle'
>exrs' James made a will in Kershaw [Camden] in
>1826. We find George in York District in 1810.
> We do not know what happened to Patrick and
>can speculate that possibly the same John is
>our John Who came to Laurens County. In 1790'
>the first federal census was taken. At that
>time' there were no Riddles listed in Laurens
>County. The 1800 census' however' list John
>Riddle as head of household with his wife and
>two small sons living in Laurens County. There
>were only seven other Riddle households listed
>in the 1800 census in the entire state of
>South Carolina. in 1804' John purchased 130 acres of land from William Higgins at a cost of twenty--five pounds sterling. The land was on the Beaverdam Creek of Enoree River. Within the deed' it states that John was living on the land already. Since John's wife's maiden name was Higgins' it may be that he and Mary were living on her family's land' but this is only an assumption. In 1806' John purchased 100 acres of land for 1.80 from Joseph Allison. This land was on a branch of Warrior Creek and was part of an original land grant to Lewis Devall in 1793. Bordering Land was owned by William Higgins. This gave John a total of 230 acres. There are no oyher records of land deeds concerning John' so this might be the same 230 acres that was later appraised in his Estate Settlement for 2305 or 10 dollars per acre. his land was increased in value from 1.80 per acre in the 1806 purchase to 10.00 dollars per acre at his death in 1855.

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