John Riddle was a Blacksmith & farmer and was the first settler in Grass Run,and served in the
"War of 1812." ( John had fourteen children )
John was born in Virginia,not far from the present site of Georgetown,in the District of
Columbia on June 30,1778.The Riddle family moved to the Cheat River in what is now Tucker County,West Virginia
The date of his move from Randolph County,West Virginia,was probably after the "War of 1812."
Moved in 1831 to Grass Run,Ritchie County,West Virginia,on the are that is now the J.C. Rexoad
homestead,the old pioneer cabin having stood a few feet away from the present Rexroad
residence,and only a few rods down from the Fonzo Post Office and Hatfield store.
Later,John Riddle moved to Lewis County,West Virginia,and finally to Roane County,West Virginia,where he is buried with his last wife,Hannah Drake Smith,Smith Cemetery,Reedyville,
Roane County,West Virginia,where he died in 1843.
In spring of 1858,Jacob B. Smith was appointed administrator of the John Riddle estate.
John Riddle was an old man living on Reedy Creek on the Reesce Cain place below ReedyvilleRoane County,West Virginia.John Riddle was a Farmer & a Blacksmith.
John's old papers show him in Ritchie County in 1835/6 and went on to Reedy Creek,Roane County,West Virginia before February 2,1838.
John Riddle came there because his brother Benjamin Riddle had moved there in 1836.
John died in March or April of 1858.
Sale of his property was held on May 1,1858.
1.First wife was Tamar Goff daughter of John Turton Goff & Monica Carrico,daughter of John Carrico & Monica Hagen.
Children of John Riddle and Tamara Goff are:
1.James Riddle
2.Hannah Riddle
3.Nancy Strother Riddle
4.Elizabeth Riddle
5.Eleven Riddle
6.George Riddle
Eli Riddle,Minister who was born on November 11,1804; died October 28, 1896 in Pennsboro Ritchie County,West Virginia.
2.Second wife of John Riddle was Elizabeth Holbert and had :
1.Harrison Holbert Riddle(twin)
2.William Holbert C. Riddle(twin)
3.Tamar Riddle
4.Thomas Riddle
5.Dorcas Riddle
6.John Riddle(twin)
7.Joseph Riddle(twin)
3.Third wife of John Riddle is Hannah Drake who is the widow of Aaron Smith,Jr.,her first husband.
1.John Riddle son of James Clinton Riddle & Anne (Dorcas)Welsh,daughter of Thomas Welsh & Damaris Unknown.
2.James Riddle son of John Riddle,3rd & Elizabeth Linton/Lentall daughter of William Linton & Elizabeth Riddle sister of John Riddle,2nd.

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Posted by Stella Cotrill, September 03, 2003 06:28PM