Il avait une relation avec Nancy Minerva Fewell.
Enfant(s):
R1B2 is WRC R161
RATCHFORDS . . . I RECKON
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161 William Ratchford, born June 1811, died before 9 Nov 1842, buried probably in York County, South Carolina. married Nancy Minerva Fewell. Born 1814. Died unknown, daughter of William and Parthenia Hogue Fewell. Their children are 1611 James Wylie Ratchford and 1612 Margaret Jane Ratchford.
Some family records I (WRC) saw say that William's will was probated in Madison, Georgia However, no record of a will could be found in Madison, Georgia or the county of Madison and county seat, Danielsville. Rather, in Case 5, File [page 328, “Ratchfords...I Reckon”, Wilma Ratchford Craig, Gateway Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1971, ©1971, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 75-180719.] 226, York County Courthouse, York, South Carolina there are documents showing that William died intestate (without a will) and the petition of R. W. (163) Ratchford to take care of the "small personal & real estate & a widow & two minor children" which William had left. By 20 Aug 1846 William's widow had married John W. Jones according to other documents in the same file at York Co. Other records pertaining to the William Ratchford estate are in Case 71. File 3503. York Co. South Carolina The file contains the items sold. the persons to whom sold. and the amount charged in the sale held 24 Nov 1842. The names of the buyers are quite interesting. The Widow bought about 60 items, William Fewel 11, G. R. Ratchford 10, George Ratchford 3, and these others bought 1, 2, or 3 items: William C. Beaty, John Chambers, W. J. Clawson. Wilson Garner. H. A. Hill. A. S. Hutchison. Daniel James. John Jones. Daniel McElmoyle. William McKerr, Doct Wm Moore, J. E. Davis, Joshua E. Davis, Mrs. E. Fortner, E. W. Smith, Thomas W. or H. Smith, John Steedman, William Tomlinson, and A. S. Wallis.
Minerva Fewell Ratchford by 20 Aug 1846 had married John W. Jones and had these children: William Jones married Mattie Lynn. Dudley Jones married Laura Jones married Richard Lynn (brother of Mattie Lynn who married William Jones), and Mary Jones married Duff. From the paper written by 116117 Fannie Ratchford: "William and Mattie Lynn Jones came to Texas and settled at Montell, near Uvalde, where they reared two sons: Clarence and Lynn, and five daughters: Fannie and Ellen, twins, Lela, Marie, and Irene. Bishop Evertt Holland Jones of San Antonio is the son of Clarence".
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"William RatchfordBirth: 1725Death: Nov. 13, 1804The exact date of birth for William Ratchford is not known but it does appear that the man with family and probably parents, emigrated from Ireland or possibly England by lore of one possibly his sister's son), most probably the north of Ireland, into Pennsylvania decades prior to the start of the American Revolution. It is thought, but has not been documented, that William, and young wife Mary Carroll Ratchford, along with that of at least one sibling traveled south into the southern North Carolina and northern South Carolina piedmont area. It would seem most likely that several of Mary Carroll's siblings and their spouses joined on the journey to the newly opened lands in what was then south-central North Carolina, but firm documentation of this is still mainly lacking.It likewise appears since the known potential sibling was a sister that William and wife Mary Carroll Ratchford are the name sources for the vast majority of the Ratchfords in North Carolina as well as for many others from branches that settled in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and throughout the South and the Southwest.William married Mary Carroll, the daughter of recent emigrants also from the north of Ireland, in 1750 or shortly thereafter in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The couple, it is believed prior to the birth of the first child, came to the Carolinas by the Great Wagon Road, a frontier turnpike extending from eastern Pennsylvania, with a few branches, to and through the central portions of much of the Carolinas. There are twelve childrens known to have been born from this union, six sons and six daughters.William Ratchford and wife Mary Carroll Ratchford and many descendants are all buried at Bethel, although the grave marker for Mary Carroll Ratchford is missing and has been replaced with a memorial marker in its stead.Note: NC Ratchford PatriarchBurial:Bethel Presbyterian CemeteryCloverYork CountySouth Carolina, USARecord added: Jan 30 2007"