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GLEANINGS AND NOTES.
up in the family of his grandfather, before mentioned, who came to
America, but his place of residence was unknown in 1873. This family
is probably connected with the Riddels of Mill of Cull or Moneymusk,
Aberdeenshire (whose records see in this book), as there were relatives
said to have settled in England.
JEREMIAH RIDDLE enlisted from Randolph County, Va., serving in the
militia from Sept. 13, 1814, to Feb. 13, 1815, at Norfolk, under Capt. Jona-
than Wormsby. He married, in Randolph County, May 11, 1811, to
Margaret Hardman, and died at Cedar Creek, Lawson County, Va., Oct.
17, 1818. His widow was living at Grass Run, Gilmore County, W. Va.,
in May, 1871, aged 81. This man had issue three sons and a daughter
(possibly others), who were living in Virginia in 1878, named as follows:
JOHN B. RIDDLE, Glenville, Gilmore County, W. Va.
GEORGE M. RIDDLE, Newburgh, Ritchie County, W. Va.
REBECCA (RIDDLE) SHORT, Troy, Gilmore County, W. Va.
COL. JAMES RIDDLE, a noted loyalist of Surrey County, N. C., had a son,
Capt. William Riddle, who became a reckless Tory leader. He was cap-
tured, court-martialed, and hung at Wilkesborough, Wilkes County, N. C.,
in 1781. The oak on which this man, and Bill Nichols who married his
sister, were hung, is now standing on a hill adjoining the village. Mrs.
Riddle, who accompanied her husband on his wild marauds, was present,
and witnessed his execntion. There is a locality called "Riddle's Knob"
in Watauga County, which may have derived its name from this family.
I have not found any descendants.
JOHN RIDDLE moved from Pennsylvania to Washington County, Md.,
when twenty-five years of age, and died in 1845, aged nearly ninety-
four. His sister Catherine settled in Maryland at the same time. Parents
and birthplace unknown. Supposed to be of German descent. No
children. Left an adopted daughter named Elizabeth Riddle, now (1878)
living at Funkstown; she has forwarded two old documents, found
amongst the papers of Mr. Riddle, written in German, supposed to be
a baptismal and a marriage certificate.
SAMUEL RIDDLE and his brother DAVID settled in a township in Bed-
ford County, Penn., in 1808, and called it Riddlesburg. They owned
coal-mines, and carried on quite an extensive business, shipping coal to
Havre de Grace. Their coal-banks were near the Susquehanna River, and
this gave them advantage over many dealers. The Riddle brothers left
about 1820, and went to Kentucky or Tennessee. The township is now
owned by a New York firm, known as the "Kemble Coal and Iron Com-
pany."
BRADLEY G. RIDDLE, born in South Carolina in 1800, removed to
Georgia when young, and lived there 16 years. Enlisted in Edgefield
District, S. C., Feb. 4, 1815. Married Mary-Ann Sharp, in Monroe
County, Ga., at the age of twenty-six. Moved to Alabama, and resides at
Clopton, Dale County. Seventy-nine years of age in 1879; wife seventy-
one. Had a brother and two sisters. Mary Riddle died at the age of
sixteen. The others lived in South Carolina. Mr. Riddle is a black-
smith.
WILLIAM RIDDELL, of Hundalee, Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire, Scotland,
is a prominent man in all Border agricultural interests, and a breeder of
