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Asa Elisha Ridley
was born in July, 1809 or 1812, supposedly in Kentucky. His parentage is of some dispute; certain sources report that, based on circumstantial evidence he is the son of William Ridley II and Ann Mary Smith of Rutherford County, North Carolina. William Ridley II is the son of William Ridley I, who was born in England around 1739 and came to America prior to the American Revolution. However, other sources report that Asa Elisha Ridley is descended from Captain Nathaniel Ridley and Elizabeth Day of the Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Photographs of descendants of Captain Nathaniel Ridley bear a remarkable resemblance to those of descendants of Asa Elisha Ridley, so there is a good possibility that these lines are indeed related.
Asa Elisha's parents died while he was young, and the Ridley brothers were reportedly "bonded out" until they became of age. When the brothers reached the age of majority, they were reported provided with a horse and saddle by their bonder, whose identity remains unknown at this time.
Arriving in Tennessee
Asa Elisha came down the Tennessee River with his brothers Ales Price Ridley and Charles Martin Ridley in the mid 1830s bringing a herd of horses; Asa settled in Marion County, Tennessee, while his brothers settled in Heard County, Georgia. One source reports that there was a fourth brother, name unknown, who also came with them. It is unknown whether they owned the horses they were herding, or were hired by someone else to bring them to the Tennessee Valley.
[Editor's comment: Asa Ridley's parentage is in question, but note how alternate parents can be listed in the left-side column]
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