Genealogy Wylie » William Franklin Ratchford [RC 712] (± 1867-1943)

Personal data William Franklin Ratchford [RC 712] 


Household of William Franklin Ratchford [RC 712]

He is married to Maud Mosella Aclin.

They got married about 1889.


Child(ren):

  1. Mamie E. Ratchford  ± 1894-????
  2. William Odis Ratchford  1897-1963 
  3. Bertie Arrilie Ratchford  ± 1899-????
  6. Vivian Ratchford  ± 1906-
  7. Lillie Ratchford  ± 1908-
  8. Onesta Ratchford  ± 1911-


Notes about William Franklin Ratchford [RC 712]

1910
RATCHFORD, WILLIAM F (1910 U.S. Census) OKLAHOMA , JOHNSTON, 1-WD MILL CRKAge: 42, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: ARSeries: T624 Roll: 1254 Page: 214

1920
RATCHFORD, W F (1920 U.S. Census) OKLAHOMA , JOHNSTON, HARRISAge: 53, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: ARSeries: T625 Roll: 1464 Page: 162
Farmer general farm

Friday, December 08, 2006

The Ratchford Family
The Ratchford family falls under my wife's side of the tree. Pearl Cornelius Ratchford was born on January 29, 1905 in Oklahoma, possibly within the Chickasaw Nation. More on that in a minute. Pearl is my wife's Great Grandmother. She married a man by the name of Hindmon Herbert Harris and they had 5 children, including my wife's Great Aunt Johnnie as well as my wife's Grandfather, Hindmon Cedell Harris.When I first started looking into the Ratchford's, I only had the names of Pearl and her parents and that was about it. Through my recent searches on the internet, I was able to trace Pearl's family back to 1724 in Clover, South Carolina.What I found interesting was that even though I knew that Pearl had married into the Chickasaw Nation by marrying Hindmon Herbert, I just found out that she was quite possibly of Chickasaw descent herself. It appears that Pearl's grandfather James Ratchford moved his family to Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation sometime before 1895. Pearl's Aunt Emma Ratchford (father's sister) married Augustus Aclin on October 2, 1898 within the Chickasaw Nation.Now, here is where it gets a little wierd. You know, inter-marriages and such. The Augustus Aclin I just mentioned who married Pearl's Aunt Emma Ratchford? Augustus Aclin was living in the Chickasaw Nation with his family when he met Aunt Emma Ratchford. Augustus Aclin had a sister who was also living with the Tribe. Her name was Maude M. Aclin. Maude married William Franklin Ratchford and there you have Pearl's parents!!!!I have sent an e-mail to the Chickasaw Nation asking about the Ratchford and Aclin families and am awaiting a response on the Dawes Roll #'s for each member of the family.For those of you who don't know what the Dawes Rolls were, they were Tribal Rolls of every member of the five civilized tribes (Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole) that were removed from their original lands by the Federal Government and sent to live on lands approved of by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.Most of the Ratchfords were farmers, although a handful were Presbyterian Ministers and the majority of them stayed on the East Coast through out the years. Some however, did manage to make their way to California, but their number is small. Like most white families of their time they also owned their fair share of slaves. Most of the "Slave schedules" listed on Ancestry.com list plenty of Ratchfords as owners of slaves.Other families that married into the Ratchfords and thereby became grandparents in one generation or another to my wife were Aclin, Freeman, Davis, Campbell and Carroll.Here are Pearl's Ratchford ancestors:Her parents were William Franklin Ratchford (born 1868 in Caroline Township, North Carolina) and his wife Maude M. Aclin (born in 1872 in Arkansas)Grandparents: James G. Ratchford (born 1838 in Walton, Georgia) and his wife Margaret F. Davis (born in Tennessee in 1847).Great Grandparents: William Ratchford (born in North Carolina in 1788) and his wife Mary who was born in 1812 in North Carolina.Great Great Grandparents: Moses Ratchford (born January 15, 1755 in Clover, South Carolina) and his wife Mary Campbell, who was born on November 9, 1760 in South Carolina.Great Great Great Grandparents: William Ratchford (born in 1724) and his wife Mary Carroll who was born in 1725.

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Day of death May 21, 1943

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