James Rippy to Moses Gaines, $182, tract being part of tract granted to James Powers, Decd, begining on Caney fork of Drakes Creek of Barren River, thence on James Moore east boundary line, being 109 acres.

Witness: William Durham, Mary Rippy.

Sixth February Eighteen hundred and thirty. Return of money in my hands belonging to Anderson & Thomas Rippy heirs of Edward Rippy, Dec’d. To Thomas Rippy one hundred and seventy five dollars forty three & three fourth cents. To Anderson Rippy one cent.

Robert Dorris, Guardian for said heirs.

To Anderson Rippy, $106.36 and note on John Rippy for $15.75 due 20 March next which owes to him by the death of Isaac Rippy.

To Thomas Rippy $160.00 and note on John Rippey for $15.75 due him by the death of Isaac Rippy. To Anderson Rippy $186.50. To Thomas $159.75 ¾ cents. To heirs of John Dorris, dec’d, $28.71.

Robert Dorris, 16 February 1829

Robert Dorris was gaurdian to Anderson & Thomas Rippy, minor heirs of Edward Rippy.

Robert Dorris gaurdian to minor heirs, received $187.50 cash 3 October 1842.

Settlement with court for expenses (taxes, etc.) by Robert Dorris.

Inventory of Estate by Elizabeth Rippy, Executrix. Among notes held by Josiah Rippy were the following:

Bequeathed tract of land on which he resided before his second marriage to his first children by his first wife Margaret Rippy.

To his second (present) wife the balance of his estate.

Appoints his present wife Elizabeth as executrix.

All property consisting of 455 acres and 6 negroes namely Sam, Ann, Margaret, Jo, John and Mary to be sold.

Estate to be equally divided among:

Meredith Hodges executor.

Proved May term 1861

Second Monday in August, 1828.

26 April 1828

This day came into open Court Robert Dorris together with Abram Bradley and James Flemming his securities and pledge his hand as Guardian of James B., Polly A., Martha J., Sarah E., Nancy and Samuel L. Rippy in the sum of four hundred dollars as the ....... which is accepted of and attested by the Court and .....

Will of Josiah Rippy proved in open court as subscribed by James Rippy and Elvis Rippy

Robert Dorris appointed Gaurdian to Martha J. Rippy, Sarah Rippy, Nancy Rippy and Samuel L. Rippy minor orphans. Together with James Rippy and Abram Bradley his securities to pledge bond of $400.

Elizabeth Rippy appointed Guardian of James B. Rippy and Polly Rippy, both over 14 years old who asked for her as guardian. Together with James Rippy and Wyllie Rippy.

70 years old, Widowed, born in North Carolina, Farmer, died in February, cause Dropsey, Franklin County.

70 years old, Married, born in South Carolina, died in October, cause Dropsey, Sumner County.

60 years old, Widowed, born in North Carolina, father born in North Carolina, mother born in North Carolina, died in October, cause Consumption.

Sumner County-260-6; Pvt A Co TN Cav; 64 to 65 (11 mos); Pondville PO; Conf.

Robertson County-219-1; Pvt 20^th TN Reg; Nov 64 to Mar 65; Orlinda PO; Conf.

The petition of James B. Rippy, Mary A. Witham and husband Wm. Witham, Martha J. Rippy and husband Andrew Rippy, Sarah Brewer and husband A. H. Brewer, Nancy Witham and husband F. M. Witham, and S. L. Rippy, filed in the county court of Sumner county against Susan Rippy and husband Thomas Rippy, R. J. Brown, John W. Brown and Geo. W. Brown, minors who have for their guardian M. D. Anglea and Edward Duffer, Administrator of Elizabeth Mayberry deceased, all citizens of Sumner County.

Petitioners would respectfully show unto your honor that Josiah Rippy departed this life in the county of Sumner in the year 1845 and that at the November term 1845 of the county court of Sumner a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Josiah Rippy deceased, was admitted to probate in common form at the instance of Elizabeth Rippy who is married as executor in said will.

Petitioners would show your honor that they are children of said Josiah Rippy, deceased, by a former wife and were aged at the time of his death and probate of said will respectfully as follows: J. B. Rippy about fifteen years, Mary A. Witham about thirteen years, Martha J. Rippy about eleven years, Sarah Brewer about nine years, Nancy Witham about seven years, and S. L. Rippy about two years, all of whom as your honor will observe were minors and the most of them very young.

Petitioners would show your honor that Elizabeth Brown, the widow of the said Josiah Rippy and Executrix named in the said paper writing has since dec’d, leaving us his only heirs and distributors the defendant Susan Rippy who was the only child of the said Josiah Rippy by the Elizabeth who has since intermarried with Thomas Rippy and Mary E. who intermarried with Wm. M. Rippy, Sydney M. Brown, R. J. Brown, Jno. W. Brown and Geo. W. Brown, grandchildren of the said Elizabeth, being children of her deceased son, Robert S. Brown, the four last of whom are minors and have for their regular guardian the said M. L. Anglea as his only heirs and distributors of law. The said Edward Duffer administrator of the said Elizabeth Mayberry who had previous to her death intermarried with Philip Mayberry.

Petitioners charge that said instrument or paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Josiah Rippy deceased is not his will because he was as four petitioners are informed and believe not possessed of sufficient mind and memory to make and execute the same and that he was improperly influenced to make and publish the same at the time it purports to have been executed, petitioners therefore pray that the said Susan Rippy and husband Thomas Rippy, Mary E. Rippy and husband Wm. M. Rippy, Sydney M. Brown, R. J. D. Brown, Jno. W. Brown, Geo. W. Brown, minors and their guardian M. L. Anglea and the said Edward Duffer administrator of said Elizabeth Mayberry the executrix named in said will be summoned and appear before your honor to answer this petition that said probate of said paper writing be set aside and the paper writing purporting to be a will be transferred for reprobate to the Circuit Court of Sumner County where your petitioners may contest its validity on open of (divisions vel non) (?) to be made up for that purpose that petition such and general relief as the nature of the application demands.

W. S. Monday

Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. From Sumner Co. Furnished horse. Shown on roll through Dec. 1862.

Horse - $190.

Listed on a roster of this company in McMurray’s History of the 20^th Tennessee Infantry. No service record at Archives in Nashville.

Horse - $120. Wounded and captured at Lee and Gordon’s Mill, near Chickamauga, Georgia, Sept. 12, 1863. Horse killed. Musket ball through calf of leg. In U.S. hospital at Chattanooga.

Enlisted June 1, 1861 for 2 years. From Bethpage.

9^th Tenn. Calvary Co. E

Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. From Fountainhead. 4^th Sgt. Furnished horse. In Battle of Greasy Creek near Somerset, Kentucky, June 9, 1863. Wounded in left hand. Left sick with chronic diarrhea on Indian Creek in Wilson Co., Tennessee, when the Ohio raid was made. Escaped capture at Buffington’s Island and came home. Oath at Gallatin in August, 1863.

Enlisted March 1, 1863. From Sumner County. Furnished horse. At Greenville, Tennessee, Sept. 4, 1864, General Morgan’s command was surprised, defeated and badly scattered. General Morgan was killed. Made his way home although sick. Was 6 weeks getting home. Never served again. From Bethpage.

Enlisted May 9, 1861.

9^th Tenn. Calvary Co. E

Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. From Sumner Co. Furnished horse. In battles at Hartsville, Lavergne, and Murfreesboro. Detailed with Thos. G. McQuirter, Calvin B. Holmes and William Simpson to care for the sick at Cookeville. Deserted Sept. 9, 1863. Captured as a deserter near Chattanooga, Sept. 11, 1863. Oath. To be released at Gallatin.

Discharged on disability, overage, July 16, 1862, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. From Pondville, Sumner County, Tennessee.

9^th Tenn. Calvary Co. F

Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Paroled on oath at Gallatin, Sept. 27, 1863.

Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862. In battles at Hartsville and Lebanon, Tennessee. Escaped across the Ohio River at Buffington’s Island, O., July 19, 1863. From Bethpage.

Enlisted June 1, 1861, at Camp Trousdale. Sgt. March 11, 1863. In battles at Wildcat, Kentucky; Fishing Creek, Kentucky; Shiloh, Tennessee; Beech Grove (Hoover’s Gap), Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi. Left thumb shot off at Shiloh. While the army was camped at Tyner’s Station, near Chattanooga, was given a furlough home. Captured by U.S. forces. Sent to City Point, Virginia. Eschanged. Rejoined regiment at Chattanooga. Captured again on Atlanta Campaign. Paroled on oath.

Sept. 1, 1862. 2^nd Sgt. Furnished horse. In battles at Hartsville and Cainsville. Thrown from horse at Battle of Hartsville and ruptured. Sent home by his captain. Shown on roll through Dec. 1862. From Witham.

Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. 3^rd Corp. From Nubia. Furnished horse. In battles at Salmon, Kentucky; Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Hartsville, Tennessee and Greasy Creek, Kentuck. Deserted July 8, 1863.

Enlisted June 1, 1861. Deserted at Murfreesboro Dec. 14, 1862.

9^th Tenn. Calvary Co. E

Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Captured at Cheshire, Ohio, July 20, 1863. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, then to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he died of pneumonia, April 1, 1865. Grave no. 124, block 3, Chicago City Cemetery. A brother in prison with him states that he froze to death. Practically no bedding, a cold climte and in a weakened condition.

Enlisted June 1, 1861. Discharged on disability from throat and lungs at Murfreesboro, Oct. 20, 1862. (Pension records) Army records show deserted at Murfreesboro, Dec. 14, 1862. From Westmoreland.