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Sterling Clack Ruffin
b.Abt 1767
Facts and Events
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clopton/ruffin.htm
41. Sterling Clack7 Ruffin, of "Sweet Hall" (Robert6, John5, Robert4, Robert3, William2 Ruthven, William1) was born Abt. 1767, and died April 17, 1822. He married Alice Roane Bef. 1787, daughter of Thomas Roane.
Children of Sterling Ruffin and Alice Roane are:
63 i. Thomas Carter8 Ruffin, born November 17, 1787. He married Anne Kirkland
64 ii. Catherine Ruffin.
65 iii. Minerva Ruffin, born July 24, 1789. She married Edward Dillard
66 iv. William F. Ruffin, born 1807; died September 15, 1824 in University of North Carolina.
67 v. James Hipkins Ruffin, born December 1798; died February 1888. He married Susan A. Williamson
68 vi. Mary Ruffin, born September 26, 1795; died June 24, 1837. She married (1) William Henderson She married (2) William Caine II
http://apdew.com/cemetery/orng/cem066.htm
Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries
066 ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CEMETERY (CA. 1824)
Ruffin, Alice (b. 1 Mar 1816 - d. 24 Mar 1873)
Footstone: A.R.
Ruffin, Allen Jones (b. 27 Dec 1857 - d. 8 Jan 1911)
'Not Slothful In Business'
Ruffin, Anne M Kirkland (b. 21 May 1794 - d. 28 Oct 1875)
Married To Thomas Ruffin Dec. 7, 1809 'Her Life Was One Long Well-Spent Day' Footstone: A.M.R.
Ruffin, Annie Kirkland (b. Jul 1848 - d. Aug 1860)
Footstone: A.K.R.
Ruffin, Cadwallader Jones (b. Aug 1854 - d. Jun 1870)
Footstone: C.J.R.
Ruffin, David Tayloe (b. 21 Jan 1864 - d. 19 Oct 1928)
Eldest Son Of John Kirkland & Sarah Elizabeth Tayloe Ruffin
Ruffin, George M (b. 11 Oct 1828 - d. 11 Aug 1853)
Son Of James H & Susan Ruffin
Ruffin, George Mendenhall (b. 12 Sep 1876 - d. 29 May 1937)
Son Of John K & Sarah E Ruffin
Ruffin, James Hipkins (b. 21 May 1859 - d. 4 Dec 1916)
Eldest Son Of Thomas & Mary Cain Ruffin
Ruffin, Jane M (b. 18 Aug 1829 - d. 22 Sep 1893)
Wife Of Edmund Ruffin Of Virginia Footstone: J.M.R.
Ruffin, Jennie (b. - d.)
(No Inscribed Stone)
Ruffin, Jennie L (b. 10 Oct 1843 - d. 14 Mar 1934)
Wife Of Sterling Ruffin
Ruffin, John Kirkland (b. 6 Mar 1834 - d. 22 May 1903)
Physician Son Of Thomas & Anne M Ruffin Asst. Surg. 5th Regt. N.C. Vols. C.S.A.
Ruffin, Martha P (b. 1831 - d. 1896)
Footstone: M.P.R.
Ruffin, Mary (b. 5 Sep 1870 - d. 13 Sep 1897)
Dau Of John K & Sarah E Ruffin
Ruffin, Mary Clack Cain (b. 12 Feb 1827 - d. 12 May 1908)
Wife Of Thomas Ruffin The Younger Dau Of William & Mary Cain
Ruffin, Mary Rebecca (b. - d. 20 Dec 1878)
Wife Of P B Ruffin Aged 56 Yrs.
Ruffin, Nina Watson (b. 8 Mar 1835 - d. 12 May 1891)
Wife Of John K Ruffin Dau Of Henry John Gray & Mary Tartt Ruffin Footstone: N.W.R.
Ruffin, Peter Browne (b. 26 Jan 1821 - d. 5 Aug 1900)
Ruffin, Sally A (b. 3 Jun 1860 - d. 21 Jan 1935)
Dau Of John K & Sally E Ruffin
Ruffin, Sally Jones (b. 1 Feb 1856 - d. 25 Apr 1859)
Footstone: S.J.R.
Ruffin, Sarah Elizabeth (b. 21 Nov 1837 - d. 14 Aug 1883)
Wife Of John Kirkland Ruffin Dau Of Joshua & Sally A Tayloe (Maiden Name Taylor)
Ruffin, Sterling (1) (b. 19 Nov 1817 - d. 18 Feb 1907)
Ruffin, Sterling (2) (b. 27 Dec 1857 - d. 6 Apr 1932)
Son Of Peter Browne & Mary R Ruffin
Ruffin, Sterling (3) (b. 20 Jul 1866 - d. 1 Jun 1949)
Physician-Educator Son Of Sarah Elizabeth Tayloe & John Kirkland Ruffin Footstone: S.R.
Ruffin, Susan Brodnax (b. 25 Nov 1852 - d. 12 Dec 1852)
Ruffin, Thomas (1) (b. 16 Nov 1787 - d. 15 Jan 1870)
(The Elder) First Born Of Sterling Ruffin & Alice Roane At Newington, King & Queen Co., Va. Grad. Nassau Hall, Princeton, N.j., 1805. Adm. To N.C. Bar, 1808. Intermarried With Anne M Kirkland, 7 Dec 1809. Mem. State Legislature; Speaker, House Of Commons; Trustee Of Univ.; Twice Judge Of Superior Court; 1829 Justice Of Supreme Court For 19 Yrs. Chief Justice. D. 15 Jan 1870 At Hillsboro, Orange Co., N.c., In 83rd Yr. 'Labor Ipse Est Voluptas.'
Ruffin, Thomas (2) (b. 21 Sep 1824 - d. 23 May 1889)
The Younger Col. In The Confederate States' Army Justice Of N.C. Supreme Court Liet. Col. 13th Regt. N.c. Vols. C.S.A.
Ruffin, Thomas (3) (b. Nov 1852 - d. Oct 1922)
Footstone: T.R.
Ruffin, Thomas (4) (b. 1 Oct 1862 - d. 6 Sep 1900)
Second Son Of Thomas & Mary Cain Ruffin
Ruffin, William Kirkland (b. 30 Jul 1812 - d. 5 Mar 1880)
'Strong In Intellect... A Lawyer And Teacher' Footstone: W.K.R.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/brunswick/deeds/db14-end.txt
THE COMMONWEALTH of Virginia to John Rone, James Ruffin and David Parnel Gent. of King William County Greeting
whereas Sterling Ruffin Esq. & Alice his wife of the County of King William by their certain Indenture of Bargain and Sale
bearing date the 19th Day of May 1789 have sold and conveyed unto Thomas Saunders of Brunswick County the fee simple
estate of one hundred and ninety two acres of land with the appurtenances lying and being in the said County of Brunswick
and whereas the said Alice Ruffin cannot conveniently travel to our Court . . . to make acknowledgment of the said
conveyance . . . therefore we do give unto you or any two or more of you full power to receive the acknowledgment which
the said Alice Ruffin shall be willing to make before you of the conveyance aforesaid . . . and we do therefore command you
that you do personally go to the said Alice Ruffin and receive her acknowledgment of the same and examine her privitely and
apart from the said Sterling her husband . . . the 20th of October 1789. KING WILLIAM Pursuant to the within commission
to us and others directed went to the house of Sterling Ruffin within mentioned and separate and apart from the said Sterling
examined the within named Alice his wife touching her relinquishment of her right of dower in the land contained in the deed
and whether she is willing the same should be recorded for answer she saith that she does release the same freely and
voluntarily without the threats or persuasions of the said Sterling her husband and is willing that the same shall be recorded
given under hands & seals this 5th Day of February 1790. Signed by John Roane and James Ruffin. Brunswick County Court
May the 24th 1790. This Commission was returned together with the Certificate of the Execution thereof is ordered to be
recorded. Deed Book 14, page 602.
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