Thomas Wesley Ritter

1786 - 1821  (34 years)

• Name	Thomas Wesley Ritter
  Birth	28 Mar 1786
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jan 1821
  Burial	Moore County, NC at Davis/Ritter Cemetery #227   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Heinrich Ritter,   b. Germany d. 1739, PA   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Sally  (Grandmother)
  Notes	1819, Jan 15 -- Deed Book 22 Page 297-298, Moore County, NC James Garner deeded Thomas Ritter Jr. 47 acres located south of Deep River adjoining Moore and heirs of Lewis Garner Dec'd. J.A. Garner was a witness. 1820 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 306 Thomas Ritter (26-45) 1M 1F (0-10) 1M 3F Slaves (26-45) 1F (0-14) 1F 1821/1822 (undated estimate) -- Record of Estates Book B Page 44, 66 Moore County, NC Estate of Thomas Ritter, Dec'd. (includes only listing of property). Lewis Garner only name listed as purchasing an item. 1824, Aug 17 -- 1823-1831 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Moore County, NC Page 45 Ordered that William Waddell, James Gains and Hiram Kennedy settle with Isham Richardson and Dorothy Ritter, Administrators of Thomas Ritter Dec'd.
  Person ID	I00305	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2021

  
  

  DNA Tests	34 DNA tests are associated with Thomas Wesley Ritter
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	Malinda Kaye Singletary
  	atDNA	Susan Peurifoy
  	atDNA	Maness
  	atDNA	Caviness
  	atDNA	Scott
  	atDNA	Deborah Allred
  	atDNA	Walton
  	atDNA	Maness
  	atDNA	J.R. Ritter
  	atDNA	Kathy Negus
  	atDNA	Louis Blackwell
  	atDNA	Yvette Hill
  	atDNA	L.L. Hussey
  	atDNA	Grace Cockman
  	atDNA	K.L. Upchurch
  	atDNA	J.L. Baxter
  	atDNA	A.M. Lineberry
  	atDNA	J.B. Ritter, Sr.
  	atDNA	M.D. Lewis
  	atDNA	S.S. Hiatt
  	atDNA	P.L. Britt, Jr.
  	atDNA	T.W. Ritter
  	atDNA	A.W. Williams		GEDmatch ID = T753117
  	atDNA	A.W. Williams		GEDmatch ID = T753117
  	atDNA	Lois Jeanette Hussey
  	atDNA	Darrell Horner		GEDmatch ID = T381482
  	atDNA	H. Ritter
  	atDNA	Anne Ober
  	atDNA	D.K. Hussey
  	atDNA	M.L. Garner
  	atDNA	R.D. Welch
  	atDNA	K. Burgess
  	Y-DNA-111	Eli Gilmer Ritter, Jr.	R-Z253	Most distant ancestor: Jesse Ritter,   b. 1735, VA d. c1810, Moore County, NC
  	Y-DNA-700	J.R. Ritter	R-BY20619	Most distant ancestor: Jesse Ritter,   b. 1735, VA d. c1810, Moore County, NC

  
  

  Father	John Ritter,   b. 6 Aug 1760   d. 13 Jul 1828 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth H. Richardson,   b. 14 Feb 1760   d. Mar 1841 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1787	Moore County, NC   [2]
  Histories		Ritter Family of Moore County, NC - Miscellaneous Records The enclosed is a timeline and accounting of early Ritter references in Moore County and Cumberland County.
  		1785-1787 Marriage Register, Moore County, NC.pdf Located on Page 382 of Will Book A, Moore County, NC
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dolly Garner,   b. Abt 1790   d. Bef 31 May 1848 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Notes	1848, May 31 -- Deed Book 10 Page 539-541, Moore County, NC John Garner and wife Judith, Elias Maness and wife Elizabeth, Asa Maness and wife Ann, Eliza Ritter and John Ritter deeded Lewis Garner 134 acres located on Deep River adjoining Lewis Garner and John Ritter. Jas. L. Garner was a witness. [Editor's Note -- heirs of Dolly Garner Ritter Dec'd.]
  Children	+   1. Captain John Ritter,   b. 9 Jun 1816   d. 2 Nov 1902 (Age 86 years) ▻ Sara Ann Myrick  (Age 86 years)  m. Abt 1839 +   2. Judith Ritter,   b. Jun 1820   d. 26 Oct 1900 (Age ~ 80 years) ▻ John Harrison Garner  (Age 79 years)  m. Jun 1839 +   3. Elizabeth Ritter,   b. 1822   d. Apr 1880, Moore County, NC (Age 58 years) ▻ Elias Maness  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F0079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Moore County, NC at Davis/Ritter Cemetery #227  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Thomas Wesley Ritter Husband of Dolly Garner and son of John Ritter and Elizabeth Richardson

  
  

  Histories

  Wallace DNA Project The results of numerous Wallace and Ritter DNA tests

  
  

• Sources

  [S1119] Anthony E. Parker, A Guide to Moore County Cemeteries, (1976, Moore County Historical Association, Southern Pines, NC). [S1113] James Vann Comer, Old Moore County, NC Vital Statistics 1784-1890, (1999, James Vann Comer, PO Box 2681, Sanford, NC 27331 ).