About One Web Many Names Ruffin~Ruthven~Harris Family
With each step we move further back in time to a world where our ancestors once dwelled in uncertainty of their families’ lives. I can only imagine “uncontrollable tears flowing like a river down their cheeks as fading memories of their babies’ stolen smiles flood their minds”, and they survived the sorrow and pain they had to endure physically and mentally. With the use of different research techniques, such as DNA, family member collaboration and a wide range of resources,One Web Many Names Ruffin~Ruthven~Harris website was created for the Ruffin and Harris descendants.
The main focus of this website is Henry John Gray Ruffin who lived in North Carolina,his son Samuel Ruffin who moved to Alabama and Isaac Harris who migrated from Virginia to Alabama. Henry parents moved with their children to Green County from Edgecombe County North Carolina and he eventually moved to Franklin County in 1825. Henry purchased a tract of land from Green Hill and Alexander McKnight and built his home overlooking the Tar River about two miles west of Louisburg,North Carolina. Prior to moving to Franklin County, he was a colonel in the State Militia. In 1813 he was a member of the House of Representatives and later became a State Senator from Franklin County. Although most of his children were born in Greene County, they moved with the family and later married into families in Franklin and Wake Counties. He was born May 9, 1782 in Edgecombe County North Carolina died March 8, 1854. His personal property and real estate was divided among his wife and surviving children, excluding Samuel whom already received his inheritances. Henry John Gray owned a large number of slaves in several different counties in North Carolina.
Samuel Ruffin was the owner of the Ruffin Plantation located in Pushmataha, Choctaw County, Alabama. He had purchased 7,200 acres of land in the Pushmataha area and this land was south of Highway 10, across from Gilfield Church toward Riderwood and West of Cyril. In 1850 he owned 86 slaves and real estate valued at $6,500. By 1860 there were 148 slaves and real estate of $50,000 and personal property of $200,000, thus becoming the largest slave owner in the county. Samuel may have inherited part of his brothers Lamon Ruffin, Etheldred Ruffin, Doctor George W. Ruffin and Thomas Ruffin estates which would have increased his wealth and slave holdings. His brothers died in the Confederate States war and they were unmarried.A list of Samuel’s slaves appeared in the Rehoboth Baptist Church Member record book of 1853 & 1854.
The Rehoboth Baptist Church Members church record book 1853 & 1854 listed the names of Samuel Ruffin slaves and they were; Abraney/Alvany?, Albinia, Alfred, Aline (u), Arabella, Beckie – 1864, Ben – 1864, Betsy – 1864, Bill, Calvin – 1864, Charity, Cherry, Clary, Creacy (u), Cready, Edmund – 1864, Eliza – 1864, Ellen, Esther, Old Esther, Fanny, George, Haywood, Harriet, Harry, Henry, Henderson – 1864, Hilliard (u), Isaac – 1864, Isabella (u), Jack, Jacob – 1864, Jinny (u), Job, John, Julia – 1864, Lee, Lettis, Lewis – 1864, Lucinda, Lucy, Mandy, Big Mandy, Little Maria (u), Marsa, Martha, Mary – 1864, Moses, Oliver – 1864, Peter, Perry, Pheriby?, Polly (u), Rachel – 1864, Richard, Riddick, Reddick?, Rozena, Sally, Sarah – 1864, Spencer – 1864, Tom, Tracy – 1864, Westley, Wiley, William – 1864, Young. This list was compiled in 1864 by the church. Most of these slaves migrated with Samuel Ruffin around 1830 from North Carolina by land to Pushmataha, Choctaw County, Alabama.Note: This may not be all of his slaves during this time frame.
This website also include the Harris family whom migrated from Virginia eventually settling in Alabama. Isaac and Polly Harris are the oldest known relatives of the Harris descendants. Isaac and Polly were born in Virginia and sold to slave owners in North Carolina, South Carolina (James Joyner Smith Old Fort Plantation) and SP Harris a planter in Halsel, Alabama. By 1870 Isaac and several of his sons were able to purchase land in the state of Alabama.
The website also includes supporting documents which are; United States Federal Census records, Wills, Land Grants, Letters, Slave Bill of Sales, Birth and Death records, Church records, Plantation records, Inventory records, marriage certificates, pictures, Ship manifestos, immigrant records, Tax Assessor records, Freedmen’s Bureau records, personal stories, family chatter, oral history interviews, DNA connections, poems and links to helpful websites.
Family members have the opportunity to participate by inputting their direct line of descent information such as; names, birth dates, death dates and pictures. The information provided may help other family members who don’t know exactly where they fit in connect to one of our Ruffin ancestors. So! Let’s take this journey together to learn, document and share the our Ruffin~Ruthven~Harris history.
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