364 RIDDLES OF CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
children, three sons and one daughter. He was a merchant and planter.
Died Oct. 13, 1841, aged 37 years. His widow and daughter now (1884)
reside at Knoxville, Greene County, Ala.
Allen Riddle³ (1), a son of Richard² (1), was born in Chatham Coun-
ty, N. C., in 1789; married April 2, 1814, Arcenia Ellington, and had issue
seven children, of whom hereafter. He served from Nov. 28, 1814, to Feb.
2, 1815, in the war of 1812, under Captain Evan in the North Carolina
militia, Fourth Regiment, Colonel Atkinson commanding. Discharged at
Norfolk, Va. Farmer in Chatham County; died Aug. 25, 1864, aged 75
years; his widow died June 14, 1874, aged 75 years.
Anderson Riddle³ (1), a son of Richard² (1), was born in Chatham
County, N. C., and removed to the West.
Wiley Riddles (1), a son of Richard² (1), was born in Chatham Coun-
ty, N. C., and removed to the West.
Barney Riddles (1), a son of Richard² (1), was born in Chatham Coun-
ty, N. C.; married Nancy Ellington, and had issue seven children, of whom
hereafter. He died in his native County about six years ago (1880).
Nancy Riddle³ (1), a daughter of Richard' (1), was born in Chatham
County, N. C.; married to Allen Temple, and died in her native County
twenty years ago.
Peggy Riddle³ (1), a daughter of Richard (1), was born in Chatham
County, N. C.; was married to Scroble, and died some twenty years.
ago (1880).
Mary Riddles (1), a daughter of Richard² (1), was born in Chatham
County, N. C.; was married to Terry Poe, and is now (1880) living in her
native County. Her husband was in the war of 1812. She has children
living in Chatham County. This family is related to the well-known poet,
Edgar-Allan Poe.
Dicy Riddles (1), eldest daughter of Cato² (1), was born in Chatham.
County, N. C., Feb. 1, 1780, and married to Aaron Brantley, of Georgia.
John Riddle (3), eldest son of Cato² (1), was born in Chatham Coun-
ty, N. C., Aug. 29, 1782; married Lydia Nale, and had issue two children,
of whom hereafter. He was assassinated about the year 1814, somewhere
in the State of Georgia.
Anderson Riddle³ (1), second son of Cato² (1), was born in Chatham
County, N. C., Feb. 28, 1788; married Lydia Burns, of North Carolina,
who died, and he married, secondly, Jane Jordan, of Georgia. Mr. Rid-
dle was a farmer; had issue. Deceased at the home of his only son, in
his seventy-ninth year. He was tall, weighed two hundred and fifty
pounds, and considered a fine-looking man. "Riddlesville," Washington
County, Ga., founded twenty-seven years ago, has (1884) a population
of about five hundred. The land on which the village is laid out was
given by Anderson Riddle, son of Capt. Cato Riddle, with the restric-
tion that no whiskey should ever be sold there. It is six miles from a
railroad.
Sarah Riddle (2), second daughter of Cato² (1), was born in Chatham
County, N. C., May 8, 1792; was married to Asa Sinquefield, of Georgia,
farmer.
*She was the daughter of Dr. Pope, a prominent physician of Greene County,
Ala., and her mother's maiden-name was Hobson.
