John Riley Ross (1778-1854)
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John Riley Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | bef. 1778 |
| Died | bef. 1854 |
| Residence | Durham Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Cecelia Hill (1786-1868) |
| Children | |
| Family | Rosses of Beaufort County |
| Mother | Prudence Redditt (c1747-1819) |
| Father | Benjamin Ross (1736-1823) |
| Public trees (may need correction) | |
| FamilySearch | L4WK-F4M |
John Riley Ross was a landowner of the Durham Creek vicinity of Beaufort County, North Carolina, and a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt. He is a key link in the documented descent used in the 1912 Sons of the American Revolution application of his great-grandson, Lemuel Hiram Ross.
DNA evidence
Y-DNA
No documented direct male-line descendant of John Riley Ross has taken a Y-DNA test as of this writing. See Benjamin Ross for the status of Y-DNA testing within this family generally.
Autosomal DNA
Biography
Early life
John Riley Ross was a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt. He is sometimes called simply "John Ross" in census and land records, and "Riley Ross" appears to have been used within the family both for him and, more commonly, for his son of the same full name (1807–1889); see Common discrepancies below. His birth year is given differently across the sources reviewed for this article: an 1850 census entry gives an implied birth year of 1778, Durham Creek, Beaufort County,[1] while the sworn 1912 Sons of the American Revolution application of his grandson [sic, recte great-grandson] Lemuel Hiram Ross gives a second estimate: John Ross, born 1771, died 1848.[2]
He married Cecelia "Celia" Hill, daughter of Joshua Williams Hill (1757–1833) and Sarah Purcell (1760–1787), in 1806 in Long Acre Township, Beaufort County, North Carolina. He appears in the 1810, 1820, and 1840 United States censuses for Beaufort County,[3][4][5] and, with Celia, in the 1850 census, residing at Durham Creek, Beaufort County.[1]
Ancestors
| Benjamin Ross (1736-1823) | |||||||||
| John Riley Ross (1778-1854) | |||||||||
| William Redditt (1712-1784) | |||||||||
| Prudence Redditt (c1747-1819) | |||||||||
| Susan Reed Cobb (1713-1781) | |||||||||
- John Riley Ross (1778-1854)
John Riley Ross was a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt. See Disputed origins regarding Benjamin's own contested relationship to John Ross the Immigrant.
Marriage and children
John Riley Ross married Cecelia "Celia" Hill (b. 1786, North Carolina; d. March 20, 1868, Edwards, Beaufort County, North Carolina) in 1806. Their children included:
- John Riley Ross, known as "Riley Ross" (b. July 26, 1807, Edward, Beaufort County, North Carolina; d. September 6, 1889, Beaufort County, North Carolina), m. Sydney Mariah White — father of Lemuel Hiram Ross, the 1912 SAR applicant discussed at Benjamin Ross (1736-1823)
- Sarah A. Ross (b. 1820, d. 1880)
- William Riley Ross (b. 1832, d. 1909)
- Sidney Ross (b. April 11, 1832, d. July 25, 1911), buried at Sandy Grove Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Edward, Beaufort County, North Carolina
Occupation
Military
Death & burial
John Riley Ross died in 1848, per the 1912 SAR deposition of his great-grandson Lemuel Hiram Ross.[6]
Timeline
- August 8, 1832 - Deed from Amos Tuten to Riley Ross, per the Beaufort County General Index to Real Estate Conveyances.[7]
- November 1833 - Deed of Gift from Lemuel Ross to Riley Ross, per the Beaufort County General Index to Real Estate Conveyances.[8]
Research notes
Disputed origins
John Riley Ross's identity as a son of Benjamin Ross is recorded in the 1912 SAR deposition of his grandson Riley Ross's own son, Lemuel Hiram Ross, which names him as the "son of said Benjamin Ross who was in the Revolutionary War."[2] This is among the more directly documented parent-child links in this family cluster. See Benjamin Ross for the broader, unresolved question of Benjamin's own place in this family.
Common discrepancies
- His birth year is given as 1771 (1912 SAR deposition) or 1778 (1850 census). See Early life above.
- His death year is documented as 1848 (1912 SAR deposition). The 1854 year used as a disambiguator in this page's title reflects the project's genealogical database records but is not independently corroborated by a primary source located for this article.
- He shares his full name, "John Riley Ross," with his own son (1807–1889), who is more often called "Riley Ross" within the family and is the individual actually named as "the son of Riley Ross" — i.e., the father — in the 1912 SAR deposition of Lemuel Hiram Ross. Care should be taken not to conflate the two men, or with Benjamin's great-grandson Lemuel Hiram Ross, the SAR applicant himself.
- A "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762–2011" index entry for the marriage of Joshua Warren and Edward Warren, October 8, 1867, is filed among the source records for this individual.[9] John Riley Ross died in 1848, nineteen years before this marriage, and neither party's name matches his own; the record more plausibly documents the 1867 marriage of his daughter Sidney Ross to Joshua Hill Warren, and its attachment to this individual's record has not been resolved.
- A "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663–1979" index entry for a John Ross, dated 1869, is likewise filed among the source records for this individual.[10] This is twenty-one years after his documented 1848 death and does not obviously belong to either him or his same-named son "Riley Ross" (d. 1889, sixteen years after the file's date); whether it belongs to this family at all is unresolved.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States, Census, 1850," entry for John Ross, Durham Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B7-38M), listing John Ross and Celia Ross.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 North Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Application for Membership No. 22848, Lemuel Hiram Ross, descendant of Corporal Benjamin Ross, sworn March 18, 1912, reproduced in Brewer, Granddaddy was a Patriot, 14.
- ↑ "United States, Census, 1810," entry for John Ross, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-C2W).
- ↑ "United States, Census, 1820," entry for John Ross, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-NST).
- ↑ "United States, Census, 1840," entry for John Ross, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRR-MYK).
- ↑ Brewer 2022, p. [15].
- ↑ Beaufort Co. bk. 17 p. 258
- ↑ Beaufort Co. bk. 18 p. 120
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-2011," entry for Joshua Warren and Edward Warren, October 8, 1867, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58Q-RCG).
- ↑ "North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," entry for John Ross, 1869, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6F-X7R).
Bibliography
- Brewer, Cathy (2022). Granddaddy was a Patriot. Self-published family history.
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