Nathan Ratliff 1762 and Martha Polly Farmer
Nathan Ratliff (Ratcliffe) b 1762, Montgomery
Co VA d 1835, Montgomery
Co VA about age 73 s/o William Ratcliffe (Ratliff) and Wife Unknown.
Nathan Ratliff m. 1781 to 1st Martha "Polly" Farmer, d/o Jeremiah Farmer. Children of Nathan Ratliff
and 1st Martha "Polly" Farmer;
William "Bigger" Ratliff
b 1782 VA d 24 Nov 1857 Pike
Co KY, buried Venters, KY m. about 1808 to 1st Martha "Patsy" Thornsbury.
William "Bigger Ratliff m. 1847 to 2nd Francis Moore. William "Bigger" Ratliff
was a farmer.
Jeremiah Ratliff b 1784 Montgomery Co VA m. 6 Sept 1803 Montgomery Co VA to
Sarah "Sally" Nestor. Child; Martha Ratliff.
Rebecca Ratliff
b 1789 Montgomery Co VA m. 1806 Montgomery Co VA to John Akers.
John Ratliff b 1790 Montgomery Co VA d
25 Jul 1857 Pike Co KY m. about 1810 Montgomery Co VA to
Nancy Nester b about 1790
Montgomery Co VA; d about 1860 Pike Co KY d/o Johann Jacob Nester and Catherine
Goad.
Sally Ratliff
b 1792 Montgomery Co VA d 1851 Montgomery Co VA m. 1819 to Jonas Altizer.
Thompson Ratliff
b 1802 Montgomery Co VA d 13 Jan 1879 Wayne Co VA at age 76 m. about 1822 KY to Nancy Bromley. Child; William Ratliff
b 1829 Pike Co KY.
Nathan Ratliff and Patty Farmer
Nathan Ratliff (Ratcliffe) b 1762, Montgomery Co VA d 1835,
Montgomery Co VA about age 73 s/o William Ratcliffe (Ratliff) and Wife Unknown. Nathan Ratliff m. 1803 to 2nd Patty Farmer. Children of Nathan Ratliff 1762 and 2nd Patty Farmer;
Mary Ratliff.
Martha Ratliff
More About Nathan Ratliff (Ratcliffe)
Nathan Ratliff made a will on July 23, 1834 which was probated on 5 January,
1835. Nathan Ratliff was a farmer. Nathan Ratliff was a private in the Revolutionary War in which he entered
service on 1 June 1778, at age 16.
He served one month against the Indians
under Captain Joshua Wilson and Lieutenant William Hungate. Nathan Ratliff went out under
Captain Abraham Trigg on 1 July 1780. They marched to the Yadkin River in North
Carolina and defeated the Tories in a skirmish.
Nathan Ratliff served eight months in all and
received a Pension in 1834 for his services. Nathan Ratliff was appointed on 7 February 1797 as overseer of the road
leading from the mouth of Indian Creek in Montgomery County, Virginia to where
the same joins the main road leading from New River.

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