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Eli 6 Ruffin Family

Born: ? 1788  SC
Married: married Lucy Ann(born ? 1793 NC) 

Died: ?(before 1860)
Parents: Stephen 5 and  ? RUFFIN
Children: Census
Census Records

============1820 Darlington District SC==============
ELI (16-26)   			pg.071
female (26-45)
female (16-26)
a. daughter under 10


1840 Pike County AL

Shep Ruffin  1 male 50-60 (1790?)
1 female slave 26-36

Eli Ruffin
3 males 10-15
1 male 40-50
1 female 15-20 ? Mary
1 female 20-30  ? Elizabeth
1 female 40-50 Lucy

==========1850 Pike Co AL=========
pg. 253  Family #1615
Ruffin, Eli  age 54 farmer born SC
Lucy Ann age 50  born NC
Elizabeth 30  born SC
I(saac) Smith 26   born GA
Mary   age 26  Born SC
S(hep N.) age 23   born Sc

pg. 252
STORY, James  age 60   born SC
Hester   age 44 (1806)   born SC
Nancy  17    GA
Belinda 15
James 12
Anthony  6

=======1860 Pike Co. Troy   AL======
Isaac B. Smith 35  GA
Mary J. Smith 36  SC
Lucy A. Ruffin  55 NC
Martha J. Nixon 11 (1849)  AL
(This must be a granddaughter)

======1870  Bibb Co.  Macon, GA=====
Ruffin, Lucy  73 NC
Isaac Smith 47  GA
Mary J  45   SC
Martha Nixon  20  AL
====================================== State of South Carolina
Pursuant to a warrant from Josiah Courtner commissioner of locations in the District of Darlington dated the 15th of October 1816, I have measured and laid out unto JAMES HOOTEN a Tract of land containing two hundred and seventy (270) acres situated in said District on the North Side of Sparrow Swamp bounded by lines running NE on said HOOTEN SE on the ESTATE OF Thomas HICKSON SW on James Morris NW on JOHN Ruffian and the Estate of STEPHEN RUFFIAN lands and hath such form and marks as the above plat represents.
Surveyed this 4th Day of November Domini 1816
by Daniel Dubous Dep. Surv.
Hooten's wife, is the sister of John KIDD who married Sally Sheppard Ruffin as his second wife.
Mary Ruffin born 1824 in S.C. Married Isaac B. Smith on 4 Apr 1850 in Pike Co, AL. [Jan W. Smart."Index to White Marriages - Brides 1830-1906"]
He was a Grocer in 1860 in Troy, Pike Co, AL.
Shephard Norman was born in 1827 in S.C. He was an attorney between 1850-1860 in Troy, Pike Co. AL. practicing in partnership with James McCaleb Wiley, and B.B. McCraw.
He served in military between 1861 and 1865 in Co. H. 18th Alabama Infantry Reg. Capt Shep Ruffin was promoted to Major and killed in Atlanta, July 22, 1864. He died on 22 Jul 1865 in Battle of Peachtree Creek, Siege of Atlanta.

He married Nancy Catherine Turner Mullins (daughter of Thomas Kenan (Kinion) Mullins and Permelia (Amelia) Howard Brockman on 1 Jan 1856 in Pike Co, AL. (Copied from Family Bible of Thomas K. Mullins) Shep N Ruffin and Nancy C.T. Mullins were married on the 1st day of Jan 1856. (Marriage Book 3 pg 221)
They had the following children:

Mullins Family 

Nancy Catherine Turner Mullins was born 7 Nov 1835 in GA.

=====1870 Census Pike Co AL====
Family #252  Mullins, Thomas K   61 Farmer, $4000 $4000 bn NC

Family #253 Ruffin, Nancy  35 Keep House $1600/$150 born GA
Frank 13, Bn AL, attnd'd school within year
Almira 11, bn AL, attnd'd school within year
Thomas 9, brn AL

Family #254 Talbot, Mary A.  30 Keep House $2200/$300 bn AL
Mary Mullins married Bailey M. Talbot who was also killed in the War. (Pike County History)


Frank born 1855
died 1914
Spouse: Sarah Gardner in Montgomery AL moved to Memphis TN
Children:
Henry Mallard Ruffin
Gardner P Ruffin
Norma W. Tuffin

Allie born 1857
died 1933
Spouse: Charles W. Cotton

Contributed by Marion Moore
Researcher: Diane Christie, 5819 Champions Hill, San Antonio TX 78233


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