His great grandmother’s name is Lou Anna Ridge. His cousin said she is listed in the Trail of Tears but they couldn’t find a number for her. Lou Anna Ridge’s grandmother is full blooded Cherokee Indian. Lou Anna’s parents names are Godfrey and Martha Ridge. Godfrey Ridge’s father was John Ridge, born around 1782 in Randolph Co. N.C. (wife unknown).. This is all the information we have about them.
My grandson is doing a report about the Cherokee Indians because he has indian blood in him. We were just trying to see if we could find some information about them.
Christina Berry, Have you found out anything about my husband’s family yet? My grandson’s report is due in 2 weeks & I was just checking to see if you knew anything.
There is a lot of misinformation about various Ridge lineages. Some are attributing false birth years and parentage to certain individuals. This most likely comes from the fact that Ridge was a known Cherokee family and surnames were often recycled over many generations. In any event, this particular Godfrey Ridge was married a couple times and was born in SC anywhere from 1815 to 1822. His second wife, Nealy/Mary Ann, was the mother of Lou Anna, not his first wife (Martha). These families moved into Ponotoc County, Mississippi, sometime after Removal Era (late 1830s), and show up on 1850 Census.
Lou Anna Ridge Sanders grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114310277&ref=acom
These individuals were not Indians. And the Cherokee Trail of Tears was a specific thing: it occurred from 1838-9, and involved a roundup of Cherokees and an emigration all the way to Indian Territory. It has nothing to do with White families from SC who moved into Northern Mississippi to take up ceded Indian land in the 1840s.
MS Marriage record:
Name A. R. Sanders
Spouse Lou Ann Ridge
Marriage Date 16 Oct 1893
County Pontotoc
This Ridge line is traced back quite far here:
“John and Margaret Ridge were the apparent parents of Godfrey Ridge (born c1822) later of Pontotoc County, Mississippi. In his application for a Civil War pension, Godfrey stated he was from Lawrence [sic] County, South Carolina. John and Margaret were also the likely parents of Thomas Ridge (born c1810) of Laurens County, South Carolina.” http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/cody/ridge/godfrey2.htm
Can you tell us a bit about your husband’s family tree?
His great grandmother’s name is Lou Anna Ridge. His cousin said she is listed in the Trail of Tears but they couldn’t find a number for her. Lou Anna Ridge’s grandmother is full blooded Cherokee Indian. Lou Anna’s parents names are Godfrey and Martha Ridge. Godfrey Ridge’s father was John Ridge, born around 1782 in Randolph Co. N.C. (wife unknown).. This is all the information we have about them.
My grandson is doing a report about the Cherokee Indians because he has indian blood in him. We were just trying to see if we could find some information about them.
Christina Berry, Have you found out anything about my husband’s family yet? My grandson’s report is due in 2 weeks & I was just checking to see if you knew anything.
There is a lot of misinformation about various Ridge lineages. Some are attributing false birth years and parentage to certain individuals. This most likely comes from the fact that Ridge was a known Cherokee family and surnames were often recycled over many generations. In any event, this particular Godfrey Ridge was married a couple times and was born in SC anywhere from 1815 to 1822. His second wife, Nealy/Mary Ann, was the mother of Lou Anna, not his first wife (Martha). These families moved into Ponotoc County, Mississippi, sometime after Removal Era (late 1830s), and show up on 1850 Census.
Lou Anna Ridge Sanders grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114310277&ref=acom
Godfrey Ridge grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=RI&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSsr=5041&GRid=53765990&
Nealy Mary Ann (Cobb?) Ridge grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=RI&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSsr=5041&GRid=53765990&
These individuals were not Indians. And the Cherokee Trail of Tears was a specific thing: it occurred from 1838-9, and involved a roundup of Cherokees and an emigration all the way to Indian Territory. It has nothing to do with White families from SC who moved into Northern Mississippi to take up ceded Indian land in the 1840s.
MS Marriage record:
Name A. R. Sanders
Spouse Lou Ann Ridge
Marriage Date 16 Oct 1893
County Pontotoc
This Ridge line is traced back quite far here:
“John and Margaret Ridge were the apparent parents of Godfrey Ridge (born c1822) later of Pontotoc County, Mississippi. In his application for a Civil War pension, Godfrey stated he was from Lawrence [sic] County, South Carolina. John and Margaret were also the likely parents of Thomas Ridge (born c1810) of Laurens County, South Carolina.”
http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/cody/ridge/godfrey2.htm
i was told 2 mayfield married to cherokee girls