Captain John Ritter b. 9 Jun 1816 d. 2 Nov 1902: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC

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Name	John Ritter
Title	Captain
Born	9 Jun 1816
Gender	Male
Residence	Capt. John Ritter/Sarah Myrick Homeplace, Moore County, NC
Died	2 Nov 1902
Buried	Moore County, NC at Smyrna Methodist Church
Notes	1844, Oct 31 -- 1844-1847 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Moore County, NC Page 79 Henry Yow, Joseph Allen and John Ritter Junr. appointed patrollers in District #8 1850 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 225 1860 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 185-B 1870 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 605 1880 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 361-B 1900 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 74
Person ID	I04046	Moore County Wallaces
Last Modified	30 Jun 2022

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	37 DNA tests are associated with Captain John Ritter
	atDNA	Susan Peurifoy
	atDNA	Caviness
	atDNA	D.S. Hussey
	atDNA	Scott
	atDNA	Deborah Allred
	atDNA	Walton
	atDNA	Jeff Lucas
	atDNA	J.R. Ritter
	atDNA	Kathy Negus
	atDNA	Louis Blackwell
	atDNA	G.R. Garner
	atDNA	L.L. Hussey
	atDNA	Tommie Hussey
	atDNA	K.L. Upchurch
	atDNA	J.L.. Baxter
	atDNA	A.M. Lineberry
	atDNA	A. Garner
	atDNA	J.B. Ritter, Sr.
	atDNA	A. Martindale
	atDNA	B. Smith
	atDNA	M.D. Lewis
	atDNA	S.S. Hiatt
	atDNA	L. Craddock
	atDNA	A.W. Williams		GEDmatch ID = T753117
	atDNA	David Brian Garner
	atDNA	Tony Williamson
	atDNA	Madison Allen
	atDNA	H. Ritter
	atDNA	Anne Ober
	atDNA	D.K. Hussey
	atDNA	M.L. Garner
	atDNA	R.D. Welch
	atDNA	P.A. Seawell
	atDNA	A. Gibson
	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	Thomas Wesley Ritter, b. 28 Mar 1786, d. 17 Jan 1821 (Age 34 years)
Mother	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.]
Family ID	F0079	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sara Ann Myrick, b. 4 Apr 1818, d. 19 Mar 1905 (Age 86 years)

Married Abt 1839

Children

+	1. Francis Marion Ritter, b. 13 Apr 1840, d. 31 Jul 1907 (Age 67 years)
+	2. Thomas Ritter, b. 13 Jun 1841, d. 1 Jul 1915 (Age 74 years)
+	3. Martha Emily Ritter, b. 30 Dec 1842, d. 10 Apr 1915 (Age 72 years)
+	4. John Spinks Ritter, b. 1 Aug 1844, d. 18 Aug 1916 (Age 72 years)
+	5. Mary Ritter, b. 11 Jan 1846, d. 21 Jun 1928 (Age 82 years)
+	6. Judy Ritter, b. 20 May 1847, d. 23 Apr 1921 (Age 73 years)
+	7. Cynthia America Ritter, b. 9 Feb 1850, d. 6 Jan 1938 (Age 87 years)
+	8. Sarah Jane Ritter, b. 15 Mar 1852, d. 4 Jun 1923 (Age 71 years)
+	9. Huldah Ritter, b. 11 Aug 1854, d. 30 May 1923 (Age 68 years)
+	10. Jack Ritter, b. Mar 1857, d. 4 Jul 1903 (Age ~ 46 years)
+	11. Joseph Ritter, b. 02 Dec 1857, Moore County, NC , d. 19 Feb 1936, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC (Age 78 years)
+	12. Julia Ann Ritter, b. 15 Apr 1861, d. 4 Jun 1926 (Age 65 years)
+	13. Exir Louise Ritter, b. 30 Jun 1862, d. 21 Jan 1925 (Age 62 years)
+	14. Elizabeth Adelaide "Bettie" Ritter, b. 11 Oct 1865, d. 27 Jan 1938 (Age 72 years)

Family ID F1354 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Residence - - Capt. John Ritter/Sarah Myrick Homeplace, Moore County, NC
	Buried - - Moore County, NC at Smyrna Methodist Church

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Documents		1838 Land Grant, Moore County, NC #3127 - William Ritter
Documents		1848 Land Grant, Moore County, NC #3509 - Lewis Garner

Headstones

John Ritter

Histories » Slide Show		1845 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
		1847 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
		1847 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 9 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
		1849 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
		Wallace DNA Project The results of numerous Wallace and Ritter DNA tests
		1851 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Courtesy of the NC Archives.
		1843 Petition, Moore County, NC 1843, Jan 20 -- Petition, Nov 1842-Jan 1843 General Assembly Session Records The following citizens of Moore County petitioned the General Assembly for relief from debts due to economic hardship. They requested the General Assembly pass a law preventing creditors from buying defaulted property unless the debtors was allowed 2/3 the value of the land: J.J. Alston, Carroll Brady, Bradley Brady, Jesse Hedgepeth, W.D. Tyson, John Warner, Pitate Ivey, N.S. Marley, Neill Peterson, John Oats, Duncan McIver, William Underwood, E.Q. Sowell, Thos. Fry, John D. McDonald, John Patterson, D.M.R. McIntosh (Cpt.), John McIver (Cpt.), Eli R. Sowe;l, Jesse Stafford, Aaron A.F. Sowell, Lewis Lawhon, George Hunsucker, Hugh McKenzie, Jacob Stutts, Daniel Muse, Alexd. Camerson, Wm. Wadsworth, Peter Black, George D. Ritter, J.H. Muse, Mathew Williams, Jesse Sanders, Jno. McDonald, W.K. Benjamin, J. Thomas, D.M. McIntosh, Joab Cheek, Corn, Shields, Fannin Moore, Bryan Boroughs, George Stutts, Henry Stutts, William Sears, Robt. L. Purvis, Stephen Beryman, Benj. Shields, Neill McNeill, Danl. McRae, Hugh Mathis, A. Munroe, A. Stutts, Neill Mathis, Brinkly Phillips, Thomas Muse, Thomas J. Pervis, Daniel McNeill, John Tyson, Balaam Stewart, Henry Stutts Jr., Levi Wright, John Ritter, John Dunlap, J.J. Phillips, Dempsey Sowell, Joseph Upton, John Oliver, Neill McQueen, Angus McCaskill, William B. Williamson, A. Harper, Jesse B. Caddell, Angus McCaskill, James B. Muse, M. McLeod, Green B. Fields, Martin Hunsucker, Newton R. Bryan, Peter Cornelison, Benjamin Phillips, Charles Brady, Elijah Y. Rice [?], Norman D. McDuffie, Wm. Brewer, Martin Shefield, Patrick Shields, William Dannelly, Eli Phillips and L.W. Lawhon. [Editor's Note: Petition rejected by the NC House]