Rebecca (Tatum) Riddle (abt. 1807 - bef. 1856)

Born about 1807 in Madison County, North Carolina, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before Sep 1856 before about age 49 in Madison County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Rebecca’s birth family name was Tatum. ^[1]

She was born about 1807 in either North Carolina or South Carolina. (1850 census cited below says NC; 1900 Census says James Riddle's mother was born SC).

According to family tradition, Rebecca married Nathaniel Riddle (abt.1805-aft.1870) on 1 August 1828 at Stocksville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. (In the 1870 census for the “Cainey River” area of Yancey County, Rebecca’s older daughter Nancy Riddle Halcomb was age 44, indicating her birth about 1826. Nathan Riddle, age 63, was present and described as “insane”^[2])

In 1850 Rebecca Tatum Riddle was with her husband and family in Buncombe County, when the census was listed on 26 September. ^[3] Nathaniel “Nat” Riddle was 45 and farming. Rebecca Tatum Riddle was 43. Children at home were John W., a laborer age 21; Hiram, a laborer age 19; Julia A., 16; James, 14; Mary, 12; Matilda, 6; and Emma, 3.

(Note: In 1851, part of Buncombe County was combined with part of Yancey County to form the new Madison County. The 1860 census shows the Riddle family in Madison County. Were they at the same home as in 1850 but now part of the new county, or had they moved to a different area? Unfortunately, the census records do not include a specific township or community name in either year, and the names of nearby families do not appear to be the same.)

By the 1860 U.S. Census, Rebecca was no longer found in Buncombe, Yancey, or Madison Counties, North Carolina. Without further record of Rebecca after that date, we assume that she died before Nathaniel's second marriage to Elizabeth Edwards on 4 September 1856. ^[4] (See an image of the marriage register manuscript page at Nathaniel Riddle’s profile.)

Sources

1. ↑ Violet Marshbanks Cook, “John Wesley and Matilda Riddle Shepherd”, The Heritage of Old Buncombe County North Carolina, Volume II, page 335; Doris Cline Ward, Editor; Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society and Hunter Publishing Company, 1987.
2. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Cainey River, Yancey, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1166; Page: 772B; Family History Library Film: 552665. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: 622; Page: 300B. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.