| Notes |
- 1 NAME Werritt /Richards/
2 SOUR S005716
3 PAGE 3
2 SOUR S005956
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: 27 Mar 2006
[merrifield.FTW]
Kizza Richards, wife of John Fortney, was first remembered by Edward Everett Easley, when I asked him in the 1950s, has having been named Kizza Haddock. Now he knew her--lived on a farm just up the road until she died, when he was nearly grown. When I documented that her name was in fact Richards rather than Haddock, I had trouble finding an explanation. Finally, I realized that it was because all of her relatives, apparently, were Haddocks. Her mother was Nancy Haddock, and some Haddocks had made the move from Pitt Co., N.C., through Knox Co., Ky., to Boone Co., Mo. She had a Haddock "connection" that remained clear in his mind.
Finding exactly how she is related to the Richards family has been more difficult. She and her mother, Nancy Haddock, appear in the records associated with a Wharyot (however spelled) Richards. The following data is what I have gathered.
The deed records of Pitt Co., N.C., indicate that there were families in the county named Richards/Whichard and Wheary/Wherry, but do not indicate any specific connection of the following man to either of them. By 1800, William Wherry of Po., N.C., had moved to Sumner Co., Tenn.
Judith DuPree Ellison, compiler. Index and Abstracts of Deeds of Record of Pitt County, North Carolina. Miami Beach, FL., Old South Historical Research and Atlantic Printers and
Lithographers, Inc., 1968.
Volume I (1761-1785): Mentions: Ralph Richards; Solomon Richards; Thomas Richards; Anthony Whichard; Jamima Whichard; Jemima Whichard; John Whichard; Philip Whichard; Solomon Whichard; Solomon Whitchard; Anthony Whitchard.
Volume II (1782-1801): Mentions: Ralph Richards; Thomas Richards; William Wheary; Anthony Wherry; William Wherry; Wm. Wherry; Anthony Whichard; John Whichard; Philip Whichard; Solomon Whichard.
Volume III (1801-1817): Mentions: Anna Richards; Wm. Wherry; Philip Whichard; Solomon Whichard.
Volume IV (1817-1832): Mentions: Anna Richards; Martha Richards; Mathew Richards; Roling Richards; William Richards; Rroling Ritchard; Anthony Whichard; John Whichard; Solomon Whichard; John Whitchard; Rubin Whitchard; Solomon Whitchard;ughby Whitchard.
U.S. Census, 1790, Pitt Co., N.C.
Richards, Solomon. 1 male over 16, 3 females.
Whichard, Anthony. 1 male over 16, 3 females.
Whicherel [sic], John. 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 3 females.
(NOTE BY VED: This may seem odd, but the Pitt Co., N.C. deed books indicate that these families spelled the name "Whichard" and "Richards" quite as a matter of indifference. I suspect that the name printed as "Whicherel" may be "Whiche manuscript copy.
Wherry, William. 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 4 females, 12 slaves.
There were also other Richards in the Boone Co./Callaway Co., Mo. area, including a Joseph Richards and a Reason Richards. The estate of Joseph Richards in Callaway Co., Mo., named two brothers, including Reason. There is no indication they were connections of Warreat Richards.
RELATIONSHIP TO KIZZA (RICHARDS) FORTNEY:
Letter from Mildred Kemper, 1399 S. Victoria Ave., Columbia, MO 65201, dated 10 April 1990:
I also was fortunate enough to get the very OLD CERTIFICATE from Anna before she died, it is copied word for word, just as it was written. In the middle of page one.
Certificate
John Fordney was born in the State of Virginia, Wythe County. In the Year of the Lord May the 17th 1794. His Father was Jonas Fordney, his mutter name was Christina. Kizza Fordney, was born in North Carolina, Pitt County, In the year of our Lord August 16th 1795, her Fathers name was Warrait, her mothers name was Nancy.
NOTE BY VIRGINIA DeMARCE: This certificate is in a very primitive Fraktur style. I wrote back to Mildred asking if she knew who had written this certificate, where it came from, and if I could get a xerox copy. There is one as the frontispiece of her book.
I have read the entire probate file from Cole Co., Mo., and am sure there is no mention of Kizza (Richards) Fortney or her children. However, I am not sure that this is completely dispositive of the case. It is possible that she had received her share earlier--or even that she was forgotten and omitted from the list by her stepmother.
NAME VARIATIONS:
There is a cliche which goes, "That's a fair enough statement." In general, this means that the statement gets at the gist of the matter, although it may not be entirely comprehensive.
It is safe to say that Kizza (Richards) Fortney passed the name of the man under discussion here down to her descendents, among whom the form became pretty much stabilized as "Wary." It is also safe to say that this stabilization came afte fact. Over the years, I have found this man's name spelled the same way in only two records. I have located:
Warrait (Fraktur certificate)
Wharyot Richards
Warreat Richards
Warriet Richards
Wariot Richards
Warriott Richards
Wherry Richards (three times)
Werry/Werrey Richards (same record, different transcriptions)
Worry Richards
Werritt Richards (mis-read in an index as Merritt)
Weary Richards
Wariat/Warial Richards (same record, different transcriptions)
Wayreat Richards
Werriot Richardes (tombstone)
BUT NOT
Wary Richards.
Well, it WAS a rather unusual name!
Documentary record:
1796, April 23, Pitt Co., N.C., Book N, p. 418. John Mills (pat. 1767) to John Haddock. Mention: John Haddock Sr., father of John Haddock, grantee. Wit.: Wharyot Richards, Nancy Richards. 300 acres.
1799, August 12, Pitt Co., N.C., Book (, p. 397. John Haddock (pat 1772) to Kizzah Richards. 100 acres, 20 lbs. Men.: Nancy Richards, mother of Kizzah Richards. Wit.: Henry Smith, Charles Hadduck. "Part of a tract of land granted to said John Haddock bearing date July 1, 1772, reserving the use of the land to the father and mother of said Kizzah Richards if they will live but not be sold nor rented . . . and after our death to her Ears and asines forever and if she never has Ears to my Ears . . . .
NOTE: per an 1826 deed in Pitt Co. "adj. Kizy Richard," this land had apparently not yet been sold.
1800 U.S. Census, Pitt Co., N.C.: Wherry Richards, 1 male 16-26, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45.
1810 U.S. Census, Pitt Co., N.C.: Wherry Richards. 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 15-26, 1 female 15-26, 1 female over 45.
1815, not yet on Knox Co., Ky., Tax List.
1816 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., (Microfilm Series V20, American Genealogical Lending Library, Bountiful, Utah, Reel 230): Warriet Richards 909 acres in Knox Co. on Stinking Creek, entered by J. Bledsoe, 1 white male, 3 horses.
1817 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., Wariot Richards, 900 acres in Knox Co. on Stinking Creek, entered by J. Bledsoe, 1 white male, 2 horses, value 10 cents per acre, total value $125.
1818 Tax List, Knox Co., Ky., Wherry Richards, 909 acres in Knox Co. on Stinking Creek, entered by Bledsoe, value $175.
1819, no longer on Knox Co., Ky., Tax List.
1819 September 10. Knox Co., Ky., Deed Book C, p. 191: Wherry Richards to Micajah Jackson, both of Knox Co., Ky. $200. 909 acres on the waters of Stinking Creek entered in the name of J. Bledsoe. Patent in the name of Thomas P. Chilton, bounded as follows, beginning at a sycamore on the north bank of Stinking Creek, opposite the mouth of the middle fork, thence N45 East crossing the creek at the start 785 poles to the upper line of the Survey to a Stake, thence North 45 West binding on the said line to the corner to a Spanish Oak, thence South 45 West 155 poles to a maple and dogwood, thence North 45 West 640 Poles to two beaches and hickory, thence South 45 East 200 poles to the Beginning. Wherry his X mark Richards
Teste
Wm Baker, John Lynch, John Wyatt
Recorded 6 Aug 1820 R. Ballinger Clk
NOTE BY VED: Same tract of land, Knox Co. Ky., Deed Book C, p. 240, 27 May 1821, sold by James Stewart to Micajah Jackson for $125. Stewart not liable for title claims. Wit. Wm. Baker. Acknowledged 4 June 1821.
Same tract of land, Knox Co. Ky., Deed Book C, p. 240-241, sold 2 June 1821 by Micajah Jackson to Nasby Mills. $222. Micajah his X mark Jackson. Wit Wm Baker. Recorded 10 September 1821.
Same tract of land, Knox Co. Ky., Deed Book C, p. 332-333, 18 August 1823, Nasby Mills to Micajah Jackson. Valuable consideration to him in hand paid. Nasby his X mark Mills. Test Lyne Kemingham, John Crawford, Bryce Baker. Recorded 29mber 1823.
1820, he does not appear on the AIS SEARCH index of the census anywhere. Possibly, he may have been in transit from Kentucky to Missouri and the census taker missed him--or he could have been living in someone else's household, but he was not living with John and Kizza Fortney. I searched under both Richard and Richards.
1821, Nadine Hodges and Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, Missouri Pioneers. County and Genealogical Records, Volume XI, 1971. "Boone County - 1821 Tax List," pp. 51-54. Lists: Werrey Richards (and Charles Haddick).
NOTE: In this list, unmarried men between the ages of 21 and 50 were supposed to have asterisks. He did not have an asterisk.
1821 and 1825 combined Land and Property Tax Lists, Boone Co., Mo. by Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson, and Maryhelen Wilson, Missouri Taxpayers 1819-1826, Decorah, Iowa, Privately Printed 1979.
Werry Richards, Warial Richards [should probably have crossed the t]
1826, deed in Pitt Co., N.C. Land sold "adj. Kizy Richards."
[Check final disposition of this land.]
1826, October 19. Marriage Record, Boone Co., Mo. Werritt Richard to Dicy Paine. By R. H. McBride. Misread as Merritt Richard in one published index.
1827, May 22. Deed from John and Keziah Fortney to Warreat Richards, Boone Co., Mo., Book B, p. 250. Filed 3 July 1827. $97.00. East 1/2 of Section 6, Twp. 47, Range 12. 80 acres.
#426. 28 October 1828. William G. Mc Pheeters.. request for dam on Little Bonne Femme Creek.. July 1828.. the following viewed lands Jesse Blackburn, Werret Richards, Gaven Head, Jeremiah String, John Douglass, William Easley, N. Glasgow, Addison Mc Pheeters, Wm. Slavin, Mason Moss, John C. Mc Pheeters, Thos. S. Tuttle.. granted (Bartels, Boone County Circuit Court 182-1831).
1830 United States Census, Boone Co., Mo. Weary Richards: 2 males 0-5, 1 male 5-10; 1 male 50-60; 2 females under 5, 1 female 15-20; 1 female 30-40.
1837, March 18. Warreat Richards to deed Edward Easley, Boone Co., Mo. Book H, p. 126.
1840 United States Census, Cole Co., Mo. (NARS Microfilm Series M704, Reel 222). p. 97, Clark Twp., Division allotted to William N. Miller. Wayreat Richards: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 60-70; 1 female under 5, 2 females 10-15; 1 female 40-50. Total 8 persons, of whom 5 are engaged in agriculture.
1850 United States Census, Cole Co., Mo. (NARS Microfilm Series M432, Reel 397), p. 048.
Family #703: Dicy Richards, 50, F, $200 property, b. Va.; Sarah, 19, F, Mo.; Pleasant M., 16, F, Mo.; Benjamin F., 12, M, Mo.
Family #704: Geo. M. Curnutt, 23, M, farmer, b. Tenn.; Mary E., 20, F, Mo.; Mmrie [??], 4/12, M, Mo.
Sone, Guy McClure and Ruth Wells Sone. Marriage Records of Cole County, Missouri 1821-1900. Compiled from Original Certificates and Licenses with Notes on Genealogy. Jefferson City, Mo., 1964.
Richards, Benjamin F., and Ann Ambrose, 20 September 1857. Book B, p. 142.
Richards, J. M. F., and Elizabeth Buckner, 20 October 1873. Book D, p. 54.
Richards, James W., and Armilda Reavis, 18 August 1850, Book A, p. 297.
Richards, Pleasant M., and Eliza J. Karr, 8 September 1858, Book B, p. 159.
Richards, Rufus and Cordelia E. Foster, 18 November 1857, Book B, p. 151.
Richards, Ann m. Henry S. Hollis, 9 November 1863, Book B, p. 276.
Richards, Catharine, m. William Baylor, 13 July 1857.
Richards, Mary m. John Brennan, 16 April 1868, Book C, p. 243.
Richards, Mary Elizabeth, m. George Curnutt, 1 April 1849, Book A, 0. 275.
Tombstone:
27 April 1993, Yvonne Fortney Jones informed me that in a book on Cemeteries in Cole Co., Mo., as Recorded in the 1930's, published by Capital City Family Research, 1986, Bethel Cemetery (NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 10, Twp., 42, Range 13),entioned on p. 76, 76, and 172 as containing the tombstone of:
Werriot Richardes
d. Jan. 1847, age 80
In Memory of Werriot Richards who departed this
life 1847 age 80 yrs.
As I have seen neither the book nor the tombstone, and took this information over the phone, the above may not be precise.
NOTE BY VED: The Deputy Clerk, Cole County Courthouse, Jefferson City, Missouri, sent me the probate file on Warriot Richards on 21 April 1988:
State of Missouri, County of Cole) I Dicey Richards administratris of the Estate of Wariat Richards deceased do swear to the best of my Knowledge and belief that I am the Widow of said deceased and that James Wariat Richards, Elizabeth Mary Richards, Sarah Wellinger/Dellinger? Richards, Pleasant Manin/Manor? Richards and Benjamin Franklin Richards are the children of the Said deceased, all residents of Cole County Mo. that the deciased died intestate and that I will make a perfect Inventory of and account for and pay all debts as far as the assets will Extend and the Law directs, and do all things that is required of me according to Law or the order of any Court having Jurisdiction thereof So help me God.
her
Dicey X Richards
mark
Sword and Subscribed to
before me the undersigned
Clerk of the County Court of Cole County Mo this 26th
day of Feby 1848.
G A Parsons Ck
By Rsaky? A D,C
Inventory -- in three parts includes: one promissory note on Van S. Grayum dated 19th March 1840 for $5.00--accumulated interest of $2.25; two cows and calves, three cows without calves, one three year old heifer, two heifers two years old, one steer two years old past, one steer one year old past, three yearling cowbearts, one sorrel mare 6 years old, one sorrel horse 5 years old, one sorrel mare 3 years old, one sorrel mare 12 years old, 26 head of sheep, 21 head of hogs, one waggon and two pair of gears, one drawen knife, one saw, 4 chizels, one awgur, one handsaw, one frow, one grendstone, 2 blevises, 2 plows, 3 hoes, one grubbing hoe, one shot gun, 20 head of geese, one side saddle, on lot of Books (12 in number), one wheet sieve, six Chairs, and one cow hide; real estate to wit sixty seven and --/100 acres of land being the West half of the North West qr of Section two Township forty-two Range thirteen (by deed from Hiram Revis). Sworn by Dicy Richard 18 March 1848.
Appraisement -- the personal property was appraised at $236.37. Done by John Hunley, George T. Boy, Wm B. Ragsdale.
A list of names following the sentence fragment "of Dicy Richards administratrix of the estate"
Controny? Contrary?
Matilda Russell .50
A. J. Basey 7.00
John A. Mahan .75
Samuel Burton 5.30
Shadrick Collier 10.00
Nathan L. Bachman 3.52
Lewis Bolton 6.00
W. F. Fowler 1.55
$34.62
|
Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
Abt 1767 - 1847 (~ 80 years)
[1]