Individual Details

Married Ruth Ward, 7 Mar 1779, Chatham Co, NC Ruth was a sister of Hannah Ward who married his brother Thomas. Ruth was born, 29 May 1759 in North Carolina and died Londonderry, Eagle Twp, Ross Co., Ohio, 23 Aug 1805, aged 46y 2m 25d. She is buried beside her husband in the Union Cemetery. John is said to have died of a heart attack.

4 Sep 1779. The Cane Creek MM, Chatham Co NC, disowned John for marring out of unity.
There is no record that John after asked to be reinstated into the Quaker Society

15 Nov 1792 John Jr. bought 113 acres of Cobb Plantaion from his father, John Sr. for £30. The land was on Love's Creek & Blood Run, near Siler City, NC. He bought 244 acres in other tracts before he started selling in preparation to move to Ohio.

John & Ruth Ratcliff with all their children and grandchildren were among a group of some 40 persons, parts of 14 families and their neighbors who left Chatham Co NC on 4 Sep 1804. They brought furniture, two cows and two teams with covered wagons. The party traveled over the mountains to New River and then to what is now Charleston, WV, where the wagons were taken apart and loaded on keel boats and brought to Gallipolis, Ohio, via the Kanawha River. Some of the men and the older boys drove the cows and other livestock overland. At Gallipolis the wagons were reassembled and used for the rest of the journey. Upon reaching Ross County, Ohio, John & Ruth and family camped near Richmondale where some of their North Carolina friends were already located. John was not completely satisfied with that area and took his family on to Salt Creek in Eagle Township in Ross County, now Vinton Co, Ohio [Vinton Co formed 23 Mar 1850].

John entered a quarter section [160 acres] on Salt Creek. This tract was deeded by the heirs of John & Ruth after their deaths to two of their younger sons, Ezekiel & Jesse. Ezekiel sold his share to Jesse who kept the old homestead until 1863 when he moved to Whitley Co, IN.

Birth	18 Jul 1756	North Carolina
Marriage	7 Mar 1779	Chatham County, North Carolina - Ruth Ward
Marriage	18 Jun 1807	Ross County, Ohio - Living
Death	7 Nov 1807	Eagle Township, Ross County, Ohio
Burial		Union Cemetery, Eagle Mills, Vinton County, Ohio

Spouse	Ruth Ward (1759 - 1805)
Child	Alice Ratcliff (1780 - 1846)
Child	John Ward Ratcliff (1781 - 1846)
Child	Ann Ratcliff (1782 - 1852)
Child	Timothy Ratcliff (1785 - 1864)
Child	Susannah Ratcliff (1787 - 1868)
Child	Ruth Ratcliff (1789 - 1863)
Child	Jesse Ratcliff (1791 - 1864)
Child	Rachel Ratcliff (1792 - 1865)
Child	Ezekiel Ratcliff (1795 - 1881)
Child	Simon Ratcliff (1800 - 1855)

Spouse

Living

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	Jesse Ratcliff (1759 - 1787)
Sibling	EDOM Ratcliff (1761 - 1823)
Sibling	Amos Ratcliff (1765 - 1842)
Sibling	Abner Ratcliff (1768 - 1855)
Sibling	Ann Ratcliff (1771 - 1858)