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RICKS/TERRY

Stephanie Pounds 19 January 1998

Alfred Thomas RICKS, b 19 Mar 1844 in Zanesville, Logan Co., Ohio. Served in the Civil War in Co. E of the 17th Ohio Infantry. Married Mary Jane TERRY, 13 Dec 1868. Lived in Indiana, Michigan, Kansas, and finally in Oklahoma. Died 9 May 1918; buried in Grant Co., OK. Children: Harry Ward RICKS, William Elbert RICKS, Warren Delbert RICKS, Owen Earl RICKS, James Dow RICKS, Maud May RICKS, John Elmer Sylvanus RICKS. I am looking for any information on Alfred's parents or siblings. Family stories say they originally came from Virginia.

RICKS/HENDERSON/KERSEY

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

RICKS, Elizabeth, born 11 June 1783; m. Jesse HENDERSON in Greensboro, N.C., 30 Nov. 1809. William Henderson was the bondsman. Elizabeth was the d. of Jonas RICKS, of Guliford Co., N.C. Elizabeths siblings were Edward, Hannah, Nancy, John, Thomas, Jonas, and Gwin RICKS. Known child: Hannah3 Henderson, born _____; married Jasper Wilson Kersey, son of Ezra Kersey and Mary Odell, 14 October 1836; witnesses were Henry Kersey and M. Mendenhall.

RICKS/BALDWIN

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Hannah RICKS, born 23 February 1771; married Thomas BALDWIN, John Walter and Rob. Johnson bondsmen. Springfield MM abstracts record a Hannah Baldwin (former Ricks) condemned for her marriage out of unity 2 January 1796, and with a certificate granted to Westfield MM 2 September 1797. These records are the only known clues to the possible movement of this Baldwin family. Several Guilford County families are found in Westfield MM records during this period, and while there is a Baldwin among them, there was no mention of a Baldwin with wife named Hannah. Daughter of Jonas Ricks.

RICKS/HAYWORTH/HAWORTH

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Ann RICKS, born 5 January 1773; married George Hayworth 11 July 1798. Joseph Hoggatt was the bondsman, and John Hamilton was the witness. Information on George Hayworth and family. Daughter of Jonas Ricks, of Guilford County.

RICKS/KERSEY

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Asenath RICKS, born 28 February 1809; married Moses Kersey in Guilford County, N.C., 24 October 1833. Asenith was the daughter of Edward Ricks, of Guilford County. Moses was the son of Eleazer KERSEY.

RICKS/LANE

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Lydia RICKS, born ______; married Annuel LANE. Their family appears on page 75 of the 1840 Preble County, Ohio, census, living next to Lydia Ricks, of Guilford Co. In her family census, there was 1 male child under 5, 1 male 20-29 (Annuel); 1 female under 5, one female 5-9, and 1 female 20-29 (Lydia). This family moved to Henry Co., Ind., before 1850.

RICKS/POTTER

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Hannah RICKS, born about 1800; married Daniel POTTER 18 May 1818, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Jessee Scott bondsman. No further info.

RICKS/COOPER

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Absalom RICKS, born about 1815; married Susannah COOPER 2 January 1839 in Randolph County, N. C. Son of John Berry RICKS, of Randolph and Guilford County. Absalom's widow lived in Adams County, Ill., in 1850. Evidently, Absalom had died by that year. There were male children.

RICKS/WILKERSON/ADAMS/COOK

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

John RICKS, of Sussex Co., Va. Deed: 26 Nov. 1763....Joshua Poythress and wife, Mary Poythress, to William Wilkerson and wife, Elizabeth [Ricks] Wilkerson, John Adams and wife, Mary [Ricks] Adams [formerly Cook] (said Elizabeth and Mary are sisters of and coheirs of John Ricks, decd., late of Sussex Co.) for 400 pounds-595 acres on Monkonneck Creek (less land deeded to Abraham Parham in 1763) and bounded by Abraham Parham, Charles Leath, Sr., Sir William Skipwith and the county line. [signed] Joshua Poythress, Mary Poythress, Wit.: William Gilliam, Francis Hattan, John Poythress Jr., and William Hamlin. Rec.: 19 Jan. 1764. Request info on John Ricks and his siblings.

RICKS/CHAPPELL

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Philemon (Phillip) RICKS (Benjamin), was born after 1738; married Elizabeth Chappell, daughter of James Chappell, Sr. of Sussex Co., Va., whose will was probated 17 May 1770. Phillip was a militia officer during the Revolutionary War. He moved to Lunenburg Co., Va., and later settled in Mecklenburg Co. Children: (a) James Ricks, (b) Thomas Ricks, and (c) Benjamin Ricks; perhaps others. Desire contact with descendants who have knowledge of this family.

RICKS/BISHOP/HESTER

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Thomas RICKS (Benjamin3, John2, Richard1), was born probably in Prince George Co., Va., before 1734; was administrator of his fathers nuncaputive will in 1754; married (1) Lucy ?; married (2) Sarah ?; died in Granville Co., N. C., 12 October 1802. Mentioned Elizabeth HESTER in his will. His son, John Ricks, and Phillip Bishop inventoried the estate and reported their findings to the May 1803 Court. Desire contact with descendants who have knowledge of this family.

RICKS/WALKER/WILLIAMS

D. M. RICKS 26 May 1997

The following are children of Nathan2 Ricks and his wife Eliza Williams, of Tishomingo Co., Miss. Nathan lived in Iuka, Miss., and he was a successful steam mill operator. He disappeared from Tishomingo Co. after 1870. One of his descendants reported that he had moved to Texas. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Williams. Nathan was the son of John1 and Rachel Ricks, of Autauga Co., Ala.:

Children of Nathan Ricks and his wife Eliza Williams:
  • i. John F.3 Ricks, born 1851 in Alabama; married Nancy Walker 4 January 1867 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
  • ii. Charles A. Ricks, born 1854 in Mississippi.
  • iii. James M. Ricks, born 1856 in Mississippi.
  • iv. Emma R. Ricks, born 1858 in Mississippi.
  • v. Andrew F. Ricks, born 1859 in Mississippi.
  • vi. Charles? A. Ricks, born 1862 in Mississippi.
  • vii. William L. Ricks, born 1868 in Mississippi.

[Note: Nathan served during the Civil War with the 11th Alabama Calvary, Company I. His brother-in-law John D. Williams served with Company K, same regiment.]. New information: Nathan took his family to Tarrant County, Texas, by 1880. He is later found in Swisher County, Texas.

RICKS/COLEMAN/GOOCH

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Reuben J.4 RICKS (John3, Edward2, Jonas1), was born about 1828 in Alabama, possibly Marion Co.; married (1) Racheal Jane COLEMAN 11 June 1856, born 1835 in Alabama; married (2) Elizabeth GOOCH, 30 Nov 1869, born about 1849 in Mississippi. Ruben first appeared in family records as a witness to the sale of DeKalb Co., Ala., land from his brother Ransom to John Gilliland in 1848. Ruben next appeared on Leah Ricks' marriage bond as the surety guarantor when Leah and Gilbert Bolen married in Tishomingo Co., Miss., 28 January 1858. Reuben enlisted and served in the Civil War, and he lived in Prentiss Co. during the 1870 census. His family does not appear on the 1880 census for Prentiss and Tishomingo Counties.

Children of Reuben4 Ricks and wife Racheal Jane Coleman:
  • i. Rebecca5 Ricks, born about 1857 in Mississippi
  • ii. John Ricks, born about 1859 in Mississippi.
  • iii. Asbury Ricks, born about 1861 in Mississippi.
  • iv. Mary Ricks, born about 1866 in Mississippi.
      • Children of Ruben4 Ricks and his wife Elizabeth Gooch:
    • v. [Male Not Named] Ricks, born May 1870.

Reuben J. Ricks moved his family to Cherokee Nation County, Oklahoma, by 1880.

RICKS/PALMER

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997<>/p>

Joshua RICKS (probably Jason, Jacob, William, William, Isaac, Isaac), descent is possibly from the William Ricks family of Northampton Co., N.C. He was born about 1815 in Guilford Co., N. C.; married Martha Palmer 21 January 1836. No further info.

RICKS/DEAN

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

William Edward4 Ricks (Zaza3, Edward2, Jonas1. His wife Harriet DEAN, born 30 November 1826, was the daughter of Nathan DEAN and Mary Matilda -?-.

    Children of William Edward4 Ricks and his wife Harriet Dean, all born Guilford County:
  • i. James Martin5 Ricks, born 30 September 1852. [not on 1860 census ?]
  • ii. Nathan Oliver Ricks, born 12 June 1854.
  • iii. Joseph Newton Ricks, born 12 March 1856.
  • iv. Solomon Milton Ricks, born 25 March 1857.
  • v. George Andrew Hoover Ricks, born 20 May 1859.
  • vi. Matilda Jane Ricks, born 21 January 1862; married (1) Mack STEEL; married (2) Robert McDANIEL.

William's widow Harriett moved to Henry Co., Ind. She and her children appear there in 1870 (census).

RICKS/SULLIVAN

D. M. Ricks26 May 1997

James Wilson4 Ricks, (Zaza3, Edward2, Jonas1, born about 1832 in Guilford Co., N. C.; married Mary SULLIVAN, born about 1836 in Guliford Co., dau. of Joseph SULLIVAN. [Jas W. Ricks, age 53, farmer, no res., born North Carolina, son of [Zaza] Ricks & Jane Thornburg, married 22 August 1886 Sarah E. Garner, 42, resident of Henry County, Indiana, daughter of Jas. Boon and Maryan Brown].

Children of James Wilson4 Ricks and his wife Mary Sullivan:
  • i. Charles5 Ricks.
  • ii. Avon Ricks.
  • iii. David Ricks.
  • iv. Orla Ricks.

RICKS/SAMPSON

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

James Alexander4 RICKS, (John Berry3, Jonas2, Jonas1), born 11 Dec 1847 at High Point, N. C.; married 28 December 1873, Emma Wingate SAMPSON, born 15 July 1849, died 13 July 1941. Daughter of William SAMPSON and Elizabeth WINGATE.

Known children of James Alexander4 Ricks and his wife Emma Wingate Sampson:
  • i. Bessie Estella5 Ricks, born 5 October 1874.
  • ii. James Ralph Ricks, born 24 February 1876.
  • iii. Mary Ethel Ricks, born 4 November 1877 in Winfield, Kansas; married Ensley N. BROOKS, 11 June 1927.
  • iv. Blanch Zeigler Ricks, born 24 January 1880 in Winfield; died 30 July 1947; married Richard Allen CLARK 25 May 1898. Child: Harold Allen Clark, born 13 May 1900.
  • v. Gertrude Carol Ricks, born 20 November 1882.
  • vi. Maude [Maudine] Ella Ricks, born 7 October 1887,in Winfield; died 9 February 1935; married Robert A. NELSON. Child: Geraldine Nelson,born 12 December 1922 in Witchita.

RICKS/GREEN

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Sarah L.5 RICKS (Ransom4, John3, Edward2, Jonas1), born about 1846 in Ala., married A. E. Green 10 November 1871, in Prentiss Co., Miss. Their bondsman was William F. Rider, husband of Sarahs sister Martha. A. E. Green also appeared on the marriage bond for his brother-in-law, James E. Ricks, in 1872. A. E. and Sarah later lived in Monroe Co., Miss., where they purchased a 25 acre farm located 5 miles south of Nettleton and six miles west of Amory. They farmed the land for two years and then sold it to Harvey P.5 RICKS. There was not another record of this family in Monroe County after. 6 January 1885. Children of A. E. Green and Sarah L.5 RICKS: Unknown.

RICKS/ROGERS/YOUNG

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Harvey P.5 RICKS (Ransom4, John3, Edward2, Jonas1), was born about 1858 in Tishomingo Co., Miss. He married (1) Leanna ROGERS 23 March 1880 in Monroe Co., Miss., just before the census period. They were the parents of one known son, Carl RICKS, and probably a daughter named Annie May RICKS, who married Needham H. YOUNG in Monroe Co. 26 January 1897. Harvey married (2) Maggie YOUNG 19 November 1888, and lived in Monroe Co.

Children of Harvey P.5 Ricks and his wife Leander ROGERS, perhaps others:
  • i. Annie May6 Ricks, married Needham H. Young.
  • ii. Carl Ricks, born September 1884.
      • Children of Harvey P. Ricks and his wife Maggie YOUNG:
    • i. Eulok Ricks, born February 1890 in Mississippi.
    • ii. Lillian Ricks, born April 1891.
    • iii. Rebecca Ricks, born April 1894.

[Harvey P. Ricks lived in Annaheim, California in 1928. His son, Carl, lived in Muscogee Co., Okla., in 1913. Carl later lived in Annaheim, too.]. Harvey and his wife died in Berryville, Arkansas after 1900.

RICKS/BEAVER

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

James Ralph5 RICKS (James Alexander4, John Berry3, Jonas2, Jonas1), born 24 February 1876, in Morristown, Indiana; married Mary Kate BEAVER 2 March 1897 in Hackney, Kansas, daughter of David Edward BEAVER and Hannah ANDERSON. James died 19 December 1943, and Mary Kate died 13 June 1953, both in Oklahoma City, Ok.

Known children of James Ralph Ricks and his wife Mary Kate Beaver:
  • i. James Westley6 Ricks, born 27 June 1898 in Long Lake Minn.; died 6 October 1918.
  • ii. Chester Ralph Ricks, born 12 August 1901 in Long Lake; died 7 July 1902.
  • iii. Gertrude Marguerite Ricks, born 11 February 1903 in Sumpter, Oklahoma; married J. Ross WILDMAN 20 March 1927.
  • iv. Francis Maurice Ricks, born 3 August 1905 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma; married Alta Merle McMAHAN 27 Nov. 1927. They had one known child: Jerry McMahan Ricks, born 28 March 1932 in Oklahoma City.
  • v. Ralph Marion Ricks, born 6 February 1912 in Tonkawa; died 8 February 1912.
  • vi. James Ralph Ricks, born 13 June 1914 in Tonkawa;married (1) Evelyn DITTO; children (a) James Ralph Ricks, born 29 December 1939 in Oklahoma City; and(b) Phillip Ralph Ricks, born 20 November 1948.

James married (2) Charlene Phillips OWNBEY and adopted her two children Kent and  Linda Ray Ownbey.

RICKS/JURDAN

D. M. Ricks 26 May 1997

Joseph Newton5 RICKS (William Edward4, Zaza3, Edward2, Jonas1), born 12 March 1856 in Guilford Co.; married Alice JURDAN, born 1860. Lived in Henry Co., Ind.

Children of Joseph Newton5 Ricks and his wife Alice Jurdan:
  • i. Cora6 Ricks, born 1884.
  • ii. Elmer Ricks, born 1886.
  • iii. James William Ricks, born 14 June 1887.
  • iv. Earnest Ricks, born 1896.
  • v. Laura Ricks, born 1902.

RICKS/SORRELS

Marie (Ricks) Becker 17 May 1998

James Wiley Ricks, b. 22 March 1830, in Tenn.; married 18 Oct. 1871, Mary Ann Sorrells; (James) died at Red Rock, Texas, in 1902. Mary Ann died at Ganado, Texas.

Their children were:
  • i. Mary E.Ricks , 27 Sept. 1872.
  • ii. Nathan Jones Ricks ,26 May 1874.
  • iii. Forrest William Ricks, 22 Nov. 1878 (my grandfather).
  • iv. E. Maud Ricks.
  • v. James Mack [McNairy?] Ricks, 26 Dec. 1884.
  • vi. Violet Braxton Ricks, 11 Aug. 1890.

So far, I've found nothing earlier than these names.  I do know that James Wiley Ricks was a Mason in Red Rock, Texas, lodge number 310. Can you help locate ancestors of this Ricks family?

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