Person:Orange Riddle (1)

Parentage

Parents are NOT Cornelius Riddle and Jane Mulherrin, since they were married in the "Spring of 1780" according to multiple sources.

1. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).

   Name: Orange P Riddle
   Gender: Male
   Birth Place: NC
   Birth Year: 1769
   Marriage State: of TN
   Number Pages: 1

2.   United States. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815.

   Name: Orange Riddle
   Company: 2 REG'T MOUNTED GUNMEN (CANNON'S), WEST TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
   Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
   Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
   Roll Box: 175
   Microfilm Publication: M602

3.   United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

   Name: Orange Riddle
   Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Pope, Illinois
   Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 [b. bet. 1771-1780]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [b. bet. 1781-1790]
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
   Total Free White Persons: 9
   Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

4.   United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   Name: Orange Meddle
   [Orange Riddle]
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Johnson, Illinois
   Age: Free White Persons-Male- 60 thru 69: 1* [b. bet. 1771-1780]
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 3
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
   
   * There is a smudge on the Census image in the age 60-69 column that appears to have a 1 that may have been obscured. Obviously since Orange Riddle is listed as head of household, his age would have been also listed.

5.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   Name: Orange Riddle
   Age: 90
   Birth Year: abt 1770
   Gender: Male
   Birth Place: North Carolina
   Home in 1860: Township 12 S Range 4 E, Johnson, Illinois
   Post Office: Vienna
   Dwelling Number: 1115
   Family Number: 1035
   Occupation: Far
   Personal Estate Value: 50
   Cannot Read, Write: Y
   Household Members Age
   Orange Riddle 90
   Elizabeth Riddle 69

6.   United States. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).

   Name: Brange Riddle [Orange Riddle]
   Gender: Male
   Marital Status: Married
   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1769
   Birth Place: North Carolina, USA
   Age: 90
   Death Date: Jul 1859
   Cause of Death: Affliction of the Heart
   Census year: 1860
   Census Place: Townships 11, 12 and 13, Johnson, Illinois, USA
   Line: 8