Individual Details

1786, 3m 15d, Edom was married at the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting to Rachel Cashatt, daughter of John & Margaret Casatt.

1790 & 1800 Censuses. Edom is a head of household in Chatham Co, NC He also appears on a state census, 1807, in Highland Co Ohio. He is thought to have settled on Turtle Creek in the fall of 1804.

31 Dec 1803 Edom Ratcliff sold 259 acres on Blood Run in Chatham Co, NC to John Piggott for £300.
8 Sep 1809 Edom Ratcliff of Highland Co, Ohio sold 25 acres on Blood Run & Brush Creek to John Piggott for $66.

History of Ross & Highland Co, Ohio states
"Amos Ratcliff, Thomas Ratcliff, Edom Ratcliff & Abner Ratcliff came from North Carolina and made extensive purchases on Turtle Creek, in the northern part of Union Twp, Highland County, and were among the most desirable citizens of the Northwet Region, and like most of the settlers from NC, were Quakers"

1809, 10m, 7d. The Cane Creek MM in Chatham NC granted a certificate of transfer for Edom and his family to the Fairfield MM in Highland Co, OH.

The following does not fit Edom's family too well.
1820 Census. Union Twp, Fayette, OH
Edom Ratcliff: 1m under 10, 1m 10-16, 1m 16-26, 1m over 45. 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45, 1f over 45.
also in Union Twp, Fayette, OH - probably his son
Edom Ratcliff: 1m under 10, 1m 26-45; 2f under 10, 1f 16-26

Edom died in Highland Co, Ohio and was buried at Turtle Creek Friends Meeting House, later renamed the Greenbury Meeting. The burial grounds later called Britton Cemetery and then Fetterling Cemetery. His date of death is seen as both 9 Sep and 9 Oct of 1823, but recorded as September in the Quaker records.

Birth	24 Oct 1761	Dobbs County, North Carolina
Marriage	15 Mar 1786	Chatham County, North Carolina - RACHEL Cashatt
Death	9 Sep 1823	Union Township, Highland County, Ohio

Spouse	RACHEL Cashatt (1767 - 1851)
Child	Sarah Ratcliff (1786 - 1836)
Child	Edom Ratcliff (1788 - 1865)
Child	ELIZABETH Ratcliff (1789 - 1876)
Child	Jacob Ratcliff (1793 - 1863)
Child	John Ratcliff (1795 - 1829)
Child	Rachel Ratcliff (1796 - 1884)
Child	Joel Ratcliff (1800 - 1870)
Child	Thomas E. Ratcliff (1803 - 1890)
Child	Margaret Ratcliff (1805 - 1891)
Child	Jesse Ratcliff (1807 - 1875)
Child	Ann Ratcliff (1811 - )

Father	JOHN Ratcliff (1725 - 1803)
Mother	ANN Farmer (1728 - 1822)
Sibling	Sarah Ratcliff (1749 - 1828)
Sibling	Thomas Ratcliff (1750 - 1787)
Sibling	Elizabeth Ratcliff (1754 - )
Sibling	John Ratcliff (1756 - 1807)
Sibling	Jesse Ratcliff (1759 - 1787)
Sibling	Amos Ratcliff (1765 - 1842)
Sibling	Abner Ratcliff (1768 - 1855)
Sibling	Ann Ratcliff (1771 - 1858)