RESEARCH NOTES, 2000

NOTES2000.DOC

These are the headings and subject titles of my research notes and e-mail messages. Direct questions via email to: Donald M. Ricks

NOTJAN00.DOC.......... 6

HALIFAX COUNTY, NC  Whitaker's Chapel - Cemetery..........6
Emmett and Sam Ricks ..........7
Old Letter (was Isaac Walter Ricks family, TN) ..........7
Additional Documentation on the Children of Philip Reekes (Mecklenburg County Va WB 5 ) [extensive information on Thomas and Philip Reeks]..........8

  • A SAMPLE PAGE OF THE MILITARY RECORDS. COLUMN HEADING AS FOLLOWS:.......... 10
  • "MORNING REPORT OF CAPT [Thomas] REEKES COMPANY ATTACHED TO THE 6TH REGIMENT COMMANDED BY LT COL WILLIAM SHARP." ..........10
  • DATED DEC 1-6, 1813. ..........10
  • Mecklenburg County Virginia Grantor Book 25 page 514.......... 12

John Ricks family page 113 [son of Thomas (Henry Franklin RIcks)].......... 17
Ricks Book.......... 17
Ricks/Waller.......... 18
Nathan Ricks.......... 19
Re: REEKS/REEKES in VA, PART II
Christopher Ricks (Chester, PA ).......... 22
Sarah A. Ricks (Tuscaloosa Co. AL).......... 22
Elizabeth Booth.......... 23
Crocket Ricks family.......... 24
Mary Ann REEKS, daughter of James Ricks.......... 24
Ricks Family Genealogy (Crockett Ricks).......... 25

NOTFEB00.DOC.......... 26

Corrections page, 1999.......... 26
Re: Crockett Ricks Family Genealoggy.......... 29
Indian Slaves of VA Ricks.......... 30
Re: Indian Slaves of VA Ricks.......... 30

NOTMAR00.DOC.......... 32

Marilyn's whereabouts.......... 32
Christopher Ricks family tree (Pennsylvania German Pioneers).......... 32
John W. Ricks (Howard County, Indiana), wife Mary Ann Johnson.......... 33
Boothe Family (Nansemond County, Virginia).......... 35
Charles Evan Ricks (John Paul Ricks family, Mississippi).......... 36
Wilkinson Family of Sussex County, VA [extensive discussion].......... 36-38
Hopkins Bible Records (Ricks records)[George Washington Hopkins, Brussels, MO]:.......... 40
Furtrell-Ricks.......... 41
Greene County, Ala. Marriages.......... 41
Grant County, Indiana Land Records.......... 42
Grant County Howe Cemetery (Ricks).......... 42
Laurens Co., Ga., census 1850 (Ricks Hamton).......... 43
Applicants from Smith County in the Confederate Application Files, Texas State Archives (Rix, Henry James).......... 43
1850 Census - Orleans County, NY (Town of Ridgeway) [RIX, GUY C.].......... 43
Origins of Jonas Ricks {interesting letter follows, in context).......... 44

"Origins of Jonas Ricks
Tue, 11 Apr 2000

From: "Donald M. Ricks"
To: Surry & James City

Hello, Eve Gregory:

The answer to where Jonas might have originated remains far, far at the end of any tunnel I've looked down. Most of the history books that address migration patterns of early Guilford County settlers conclude that many were of German origin, Scots and Englishmen from the northeast of North Carolina, and Quakers from Pennsylvania.

There is an old gentleman named Flythe, who I met in Raleigh, who believes (without a source) that Jonas was the son of one John Ricks, an undocumented son of Isaac Ricks Jr of Isle of Wight County. He believes this John moved into North Carolina about 1750 and soon died. There is no record of him there, and the listing of children from Quaker records (on file at a Boston repository) of this Isaac is torn three children down the list.

Several things I know about Jonas, as stated in chapter 2 of my book: Apparently he did not read or write, he was not visible in records, and he was a person who did not make waves in the community. So, he was not colorful, a person who enjoyed privacy, and one who stayed where he first settled. There might be some clues in his profile, but for the life of me I cannot translate them into useful tools to locate him. He was a blacksmith, cooper, and a farmer. Surprisingly, many Rickses made a living with those first two skills. I recently learned that the man who compiled the first Ricks book was (in 1850) an artificer; his father was a blacksmith, and his brother was a tool maker. This family lived in Orleans County, New York, which is located between Niagra Falls and Rochester. Their surname was spelled Rix. Jonas first appeared in records as Jonas Rix, but that doesn't mean much in later records.

My computer is full of research reports and inquiries about the Ricks/Rix family. Very early I began to keep my messages and reports in a monthly file, and as I close out a monthly file I would link it to a yearly file, a master document. I have these since 1992. If I want to look for a particular record or event in my research, I merely use the search feature in Word to locate the object of my interest. I also used standard heading levels for (subject) messages and titles of reports, so if I want to check the subject I call up the master document and look at only heading levels i and 2. My yearly files are a diary, of sorts. So, yes, I am interested in colonial and English records pertaining to my surname.

We will be in the Grand Canyon area this time next month. I look forward to getting away.

Happy Easter, --

Donald M. Ricks"
NOTAPR00.DOC.......... 47

Origins of Jonas Ricks.......... 47
Mary Hill Ricks (John Northington).......... 47
Polly H. Ricks.......... 48
Thomas Ricks.......... 48
Mary Ricks, daughter of Captain Thomas Ricks.......... 48
Mary Ricks.......... 49
Edward Ricks, Antietam battlefield survey.......... 49
James Wiley Ricks.......... 50
Jason Ricks of Northampton Co., NC?.......... 51
David Elder-Nancy RICKS.......... 51
Your Ricks Book (Morris Ricks and Eady Ballard of Colquitt County, GA).......... 54
James Halpin's descendant.......... 54

NOTMAY00.DOC.......... 54

John Goode, Lunenburg Co., Va. ..........54
Cullen Thomas Ricks family.......... 55
Ricks Family Book.......... 57
(Arkansas) Ricks family genealogy.......... 57
Ricks Family, Bunker Hill, Ala........... 58

NOTJUN00.DOC.......... 60

German Ricks Family.......... 60
Sarah Ann Ricks David T. Waller.......... 61
Rix/Petty/Mitchell.......... 61
Adams's shown on the 1787 Sussex County, Va., Tax List.......... 61
Nathan D. Ricks Family, Tarrant Co., Texas.......... 62
Nathan's son.......... 62
Fwd: Nathan's son.......... 63

NOTJUL00.DOC.......... 64

Charity Ricks (Wright/Wallling line in Texas).......... 65
Elizabeth Reekes/Ricks.......... 66
Bolen.......... 66
Re: Bolen.......... 66
Ricks Book.......... 67
Adams/Freeman genealogy.......... 67
Levi Ricks researcher.......... 67
Sarah Ann Ricks.......... 68
Ricks Book (Charity Ricks descendant).......... 68
The Robert Blain Ricks Jr. Family.......... 69
Letter from Minnie Morgan (Adams).......... 69
Will of Charles Knight.......... 70
HOPEWELL ADAMS BIBLE.......... 73

NOTAUG00.DOC.......... 74

Autauga Co. Ricks.......... 74
Hasket/RICKS.......... 74
Ricks Book.......... 74
"Geoff Reijonen" [Nathan D. Ricks].......... 75
Ricks Book.......... 75
Elizabeth Ricks Collier.......... 75
Rix family, Genesse Co., Mi. ..........76
RE: Rix family, Genessee Co., Mi. ..........78

NOTSEP00.DOC.......... 82

Josiah Ricks, Ky.-Thomas Ricks, Daviess Co., Ind. ..........82
Josiah Ricks, Ky.-son Thomas Ricks, Daviess Co., Ind. ..........82
NOTES1999.DOC (99PP).......... 83
Thomas Ricks, of Knightstown.......... 84
John Christopher Ricks, Chester Co., Pa. ..........85
Wilkinson from VA.......... 85
Thomas Reeks d 1803.......... 86
Re: NOTES1999.DOC (99PP).......... 86
Re: John Christopher Ricks.......... 87
RIX in New York.......... 88
Re: Rider.......... 89
Re: NOTES1999.DOC (99PP).......... 89
Documentation/sources ..........90
James Arthur Ricks.......... 91

NOTOCT00.DOC.......... 93

N. D. Ricks Letter ..........93

Swisher, Texas, 1898

Miss Mary Ella Carver
Tuscaloosa Ala

Dear Neice this to Acknoledge my Surprise from you. I had not the least idier of a Relative in that direction. when I red your letter I Said or rather Saw the name, I Said that wont do her name is Pairlee, but I Soon foun it was Some one else. I was so glad to get it & hear from you all. I had lost Sight of you. I must tel you that I am not well nor have not bin in two months. I have bin Suffering with nearsighted and catarack in my hed. I cant hold my Self Still my hand trimbles, So I make a bad out writing. maby you by repeated trials can read it. I am deficient in my rite arm caused from Scarlet fever when I was a boy. I guess your grandma ricks alects (?) it you wanted me to tel you about my children.

We raised Seven to be grown 6 boys & one girl in 1877. we moved to Texas in 1887. My wife Second Son & Daughter all died with in two months left me & five boys. John Tommus the oldes boy was married So was the Second & also our daughter. The rest was Single. Since that time thay have all married. The oldest Staid in Texas A few years & went back to Miss.

now I herd he had come back to Texas but I dont Know what Part. James Nathan is the third son. he is out here with me & 4th one Andrew Franklin. he is at Miss Natchez. the fifth one is out here clost to me. the sixth one is in Foard County Texas. his Name is William Lee. the four that I know where is is getting along very will.

the 3th boy has 3 boys & one girl. 4th boy has two girls. his wife died last February was a year. 5th B has Lige three of each. 6th B has 2 girls I am living with my Second wife we was married 1883. She has never nurst any children. I have bin blest With two good wives.

The last is nine years younger than myself & She is good & kind to Every thing a round her. I tel your grand Ma if She cant write to dictate a letter for you to write to me & tel your ma to write me a long letter. I had not herd of your Pa Death. in Fact I don't reckolect of hearing from him in thirty years. I must tel you Something about the Stake Planes where I liv. it is one of the Prettyest cuntrys I have ever seen. it is a Nice rowling Prairie, with fine meskete grass & good ritch Soil & good water like Ala.

It is the best stock farming country I ever Saw & now, my Sweet Girl, I want to here from you again & tel me a bout Tuscaloosa. I staid (?) now there Some Time at the close of ? War & the war fever is now there. I would be so glad to see you all & if we never meet on this Earth let us try to live So we can meet in heaven. I will have to close for this time.

Give my love to all of those loved ones of mine & those that chance to Enquire about me . I Remain your uncle. As Ever N. D. Ricks " [some punctuation and paragraphing added for clarity]

Harriet Ricks and Roderick Ransom Fortson.......... 93
Guilford Ricks.......... 96
[James Gideon Ricks Bible, Camp Hill, Ala., Clanton, Mo.].......... 98
James Arthur Ricks.......... 100
Isaac Walter Ricks, of Ala. and Tenn. ..........102
Jonas-like names or other possibilities in early Penn. records.......... 103
James Halpin Deed from Manley Brown, Cherokee Co., Ga. ..........104
Rueben James Rix.......... 105
Reuben James Ricks genealogy.......... 105
Shook Obituary.......... 106
Ricks-Smith.......... 106

NOTNOV00.DOC.......... 107

James Buchanan Ricks.......... 107
Land Patents, Bureau of Land Management (web site results).........108

  • The First Massacre On Powell's River

John B. Ricks (Wyoming).....109
Ellis page (Tn, AL).......... 115

NOTDEC00.DOC.......... 116

Silas Ricks.......... 116
David Lewis Ricks (Henry, Newton, Rockdale Co., Ga.).......... 117
Joel Ricks.......... 117
Jordan Rix.......... 117

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