Person:Gideon Ritchey (1)

The Tennessee Nephew Gideon Blackburn

• "Gideon Ritchey who deeded land to her husband Robert Blackburn in the mid-1700's in Frederick Co. VA. before the Blackburns moved down to what is now Washington Co. TN"

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.riching/2/mb.ashx

• Originally in Washington Co, NC became Greene Co in 1783. Gideon Ritchey was an assessor for the 2nd district:

http://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/greene1_county_nc.html

• on the 1783 Greene Co, TN Tax List with Thomas Richey (nephew)

http://www.genealogyforyou.com/usa/tennessee/greene/tax001.htm

http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/counties/greene/1783.html

• Gideon Ritchey in Greene Co, TN 1786:

http://www.tngenweb.org/records/greene/land/nc_grants_greene.html

(note includes Abednego Inman and Robert Blackburn)

• "Gideon Blackburn had a maternal uncle called Gideon Ritchey, who, seeing the poverty of his parents and the aptitude of their son, determined to educate him, though he himself lived by manual labor."

http://books.google.com/books?id=7VpT4OY81_IC&pg=PA87

• Moved to Dandridge with Gideon Blackburn in 1790:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Jeff-Willhelm-Spring-Hill/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0865.html

where "he secured a military grant on the Nolichucky River"

Source: "The Benjamin Blackburn Family" by W.A. Challacombe on ancestry.com

1.   Tennessee Genealogical Society. Ansearchin' News. (Memphis, Tennessee: Tennessee Genealogical Society)
   Vol. 35, No. 2, 1988.

   Page 51
   p. 2 The will of Josias MARTIN, Territory South of the River Ohio, Knox County, 22 May l795 ...to wife, Agness Martin, 20 acres of clear land on my Nine Mile place where I now live... a good comfortable home to be built by John COWAN for her to live in; to son James Martin, that part of my Nine Mile plantation lying west of the spring branch and at his death to his children and heirs; to son Joseph Martin, and my son-in-law John Cowan, the other part of my Nine Mile plantation lying east of
   the spring branch; to grandson, Joseph's son, "Josiah Martain, if he continues in a helpless condition"; to son Richard, bond on Thomas HART, decd, payable by Joseph Hart, for 200 A of land on Clinch River...son, Samuel Martin, decd...land on Limestone next to grandson, Josiah HUTTON..."Mr. Gideon Ritchey informed me he had obtained judgement of Court for 39 pounds Pennsylvania money & paid me $31 in part at that time, & I allow the said debt of Richey & the sum of money which James MONTGOMERY borrowed of me, which was lodged in the hands of William Hutton, equally divided amongst all my children...I also allow my granddaughter, Abigal Martin, her
   flax Ground and her Bording free Yearly of that part of the Land left to John Cowan."
   Page 52
   p. 8 The perishable estate of George [sic], decd, to be sold after legal publication &also part of the sawmill on Nails Creek. A Bill of Sale from James MARTIN to Revd
   Gideon Blackburn was proved by Robert HOUSTON, a subscribing witness.
   James McNUTT was allowed to build a pub1ick grist and sawmill on his own land
   on Pistol Creek. A Bill of Sale from John ERVIN to William Ervin was proved by James BERRY, a witness. Matthew WALLACE proved an account against James COCHRAN.
   Matthew HOUSTON proved an account against the estate of John LYLE, decd.
   John HOUSTON proved an account against estate of John LYLE, decd, "$13.15
   specia also 1212 dollars old currency." Matthew WALLACE was allowed to build a public mill on his own land on Baker's Creek.
   Note About the County Formations Blount County, Greene County, Territory South of the River Ohio. Knox County was formed from Greene and Hawkins in 1792, and in 1795 Blount County was created from Knox.
   
   Source Url: http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1988-2.pdf

2.   Alderman, Pat. The overmountain men : early Tennessee History, 1760-1795. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978).

   Extracted by C. Hammett from "1783 Greene County, TN Tax List" by Mrs. Louise Wilson Reynolds, published April 1919, D.A.R. Magazine, reprinted in The Overmountain Men by Pat Alderman, Overmountain Press, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1970, pp. 239 and 242. All [bracketed] words are additions by C. Hammett at the Free Website Source URL http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/counties/greene/1783.html
   Samuel's name appears here
   Gideon's name appears here