Everett Solomon Ritter

Husband: Everett Solomon RITTER 1-22
Birthdate: 1810
Birth place: in Moore, North Carolina, USA13-15, 22, 34-38
Death date: 04 Dec 1873
Place of death: in Van Zandt, Texas, USA13-14, 19, 22, 41
Burial:
Father: Jesse Barry RITTER Jr 23-29
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Carthage RICHARDSON 30-33
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 20 May 1828
Marriage place: in Hardeman, Tennessee, USA11, 39-40

Wife: Anna GOODWIN 5, 42-43
Birthdate: 1810
Birth place: in Tennessee, USA43, 50
Death date: 1866
Place of death: in Texas, USA51
Burial:
Father: Henry GOODWIN 44-49
Mother: Sarah Jane KENNEDY
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Martha Jane RITTER 52
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1830
Birth place: in Texas
Death date: Abt 1856
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Unknown Latham

Child No. 2: William A. RITTER 53-54, 57-60
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1833
Birth place: in Tennessee, USA53-54
Death date: 08 Apr 1864
Place of death: in DeSoto, Louisiana, USA55
Burial: Gary, Panola County, Texas, USA; Mount Bethel Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place: San Augustine County, Texas56
Spouses' names: Mary Tabitha Sample42, 61-65

Child No. 3: Elizabeth A. RITTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1834
Birth place: in Texas, USA66
Death date: Abt 1866
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Joel Golden67

Child No. 4: Benjamin Franklin RITTER 68, 72-80
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 Jun 1834
Birth place: in Tennessee, USA68-69
Death date: 03 Nov 1902
Place of death: in Gary, Panola, Texas, USA68
Burial: 04 Nov 1902 in Panola, Texas, USA68
Marriage date: 14 Jan 1858
Marriage place: in Panola, Texas, USA70-72
Spouses' names: Margaret Ann Ball74, 81-83

Child No. 5: Sarah E. RITTER 50, 84-85
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1841
Birth place: in Texas, USA
Death date: 21 Aug 1899
Place of death:
Burial: Gary, Panola County, Texas
Marriage date: , [2] 1883, [3] 12 Apr 1868
Marriage place: , [2] in Panola County, Texas, [3] in Panola Co., Tx.
Spouses' names: [1] Hiram Adams86-87, [2] Laborn Augustus Barnett Sr.[88], [3] Joseph Franklin Tidwell Sr.[89-91]

Child No. 6: James Henry RITTER 52, 76, 95-99, 103, 105-123
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 Nov 1842
Birth place: in Texas, USA92-99
Death date: 24 Jan 1915
Place of death: in Gary, Panola, Texas, USA94-95, 99, 104-107
Burial: 25 Jan 1915 in Ragley, Panola,Texas,USA95, 99, 106
Marriage date: [1] 01 Jan 1868 [2] 03 Mar 1870
Marriage place: [1] in Panola, Texas, USA100-103 [2] in Panola, Texas, USA
Spouses' names: [1] Sarah Ball53, 103, 117, [2] MARY F. BALL [123-125]

Child No. 7: Mary F. RITTER 128
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1847
Birth place:
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 24 Dec 1867
Marriage place: in Panola, Texas, USA126-127
Spouses' names: B. Talten Branch

Child No. 8: Everett Solomon RITTER 130-132
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct 1848
Birth place: in Texas129
Death date: Aft. 1900
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: Abt 1870
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Mary J. Williams133-134

Child No. 9: Susan Caroline RITTER 135-136, 141-145
Sex: F
Birthdate: Dec 1854
Birth place: in , , Texas, USA129, 135-136
Death date: 1924
Place of death: in Henderson, Rusk, Texas, USA135-136
Burial: Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Gary, Panola County, Texas136, 140
Marriage date: 13 Oct 1869
Marriage place: in Panola, Texas, USA100, 135, 137-139
Spouses' names: Ruben R. Sessum135-136, 139, 146-153

Documentation:
1 1860 Texas Census, Beat 8, Post Office: Carthage August 29, 1860 Page 392.
2 1830 West Tennessee Census, Shows Ritter, Everight Pg. 200.
3 Founders and Patriots of The Republic of Texas, Pg. 437. Lineages of the Daughters of The Republic of Texas.
4 Taxpayers of the Republic of Texas by Beth and Emily Dorman, Pg. 216 Shelby County.
5 The University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, Residents of Texas, 1782-1836 (Library of Congress Card No. 84-080376, ISBN:0-911317-33-3),
ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/TXresidents/1835ten.txt.
6 Selected Tax Rolls of Shelby Co., Texas 1837, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, Everet Ritter (1837) E. S. Ritter 2 and 6.
7 Texas Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas.
8 Texas Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas, 153. #1714 Ritter, Everett [E[ English San Augustine 18 August 1835. Certifiy Everett Ritter is a citizen of the Municipality of San Augustine, a native of Tennessee and emigrated in 1831...Nathan Davis Comer [Note] Unfinished title.
9 Texas Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas, 218. #2852 San Augustine Aug. 18, 1835 No. 100 Everett Ritter native TN. emigrated 1831, married with family of five persons...EVERETT [X[ (mark) RITTER.
10 East Texas Family Records, Vol. 11 No. 3 Fall 1987 Pg. 35 "Schemes of Matt Moorman in Regulator-Moderator War, 1841-1844" by Leila B. LaGrone, Carthage, Texas.
11 Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008), Ancestry.com.
12 Ancestry.com, Texas, Land Title Abstracts,1700-2008 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
13 Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
14 Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
15 Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Van Zandt, Texas; Roll: M593_1607; Page: 230A; Image: 464; Family History Library Film: 553106.
16 Ancestry.com, U.S., Compiled Military Service Records for American Volunteer Soldiers, Mexican War, 1845-1848 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
17 Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, 1830; Census Place: Fayette, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 176; Page: 21; Family History Library Film: 0024534. Record for Everight Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1830usfedcenancestry&h=700527&indiv=try.
18 Ancestry.com, Texas, Index Card Collections, 1800-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Everett S Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TXIndexCardsVarious&h=196364&indiv=try.
19 Ancestry.com, Texas, Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Probate Records, 1848-1934; Author: Texas, Probate Court (Van Zandt County); Probate Place: Van Zandt, Texas.
20 LaGrone, Leila B., Schemes of Watt Moorman in Regulator-Moderator War 1841-1844 (East Texas Family Records, ), The Old Jail, Carthage, Panola County, Texas.
21 Ashcroft, Dr. Levi, History Of The Moderators And Regulators, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Box 2 Q 404.
22 Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Everett Solomon Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=-1362261734&indiv=try.
23 1820 United States Federal Census, 209.
24 Marion County Families 1811-1900 (Historic Genealogy Society of Marion County Arkansas), C. C. Public Library, Corpus Christi Nueces County Texas, Page 366. Jesse Ritter, Sr. family history.
25 Direct Data Capture, comp, U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Jesse Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1812muster&h=147455&indiv=try.
26 Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1810; Census Place: Moore, North Carolina; Roll: 41; Page: 598; Image: 00109; Family History Library Film: 0337914. Record for Jesse Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=387931&indiv=try.
27 The History of Marion County, Earl Berry.
28 Ancestry.com, U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Ancestry.com.
29 Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication -Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Source number: 2729.098; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Record for Jesse Ritter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=1024786&indiv=try.
30 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Ozark County, Dist. 45 Family 210.
31 Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Source number: 2729.098; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Record for Sarah C Richardson.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=1017409&indiv=try.
32 Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 45, Ozark, Missouri; Roll: M432_409; Page: 17A; Image: 39. Record for Sarah Rhitter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=3958513&indiv=try.
33 Ancestry.com, Arkansas Census, 1840 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Ritter, Sarah.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cenak184&h=9623&indiv=try.
34 Texas State Archives, Duplicate Bounty Warrant. Original issued 1836 from The Republic of Texas, Shelby County. Duplicate: No. 29/35 for 320 acres issued by the General Land Office 12 Dec. 1871. Certificate No. 593 dated 1 May 1854. Land in Shelbyville. The original Bounty Warrant No. 408 done in Shelbyville on 4th or 9th day of April, 1838.
35 1860 United States Federal Census, Texas, Panola County, Justice Pct. 8 Page 129 Posst Office: Carthage enumerated 29 August 1860. Dwlg. 866 Fam. 866.
36 Gifford White, The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas (The Pemberton Press), C. C. Public Library, Corpus Christi Nueces County Texas, Listed as E. J. Ritter in Shelby County, Texas.
37 Byron Sistler, 1830-1840 Census of the United States, 1830 Census West Tennessee, Fayette County. Shows Everight Ritter, 1 adult female and 1 female child under the age of 5.
38 Find A Grave, www.ancestry.com, Memorial No. 82866721.
39 May 28, 1828 Marriage Date. Have copy of Marriage Bond and License.
40 Hardeman County Clerk, Hardeman County, Tennessee, Have copy of the Marriage Bond and Marriage License.
41 Texas State Archives, Confederate Pension No. 50668. Confederate Pension Application filed in Navarro County, Texas. Filed 29 Mar. 1932.
42 1860 Texas Census.
43 Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 8, Panola, Texas; Page: 392; Family History Library Film: 805302.
44 The Henry Goodwin Family provided by Peggy Goodwin, Peggy Goodwin, P.O. Box 4, Lovelady, Tx. 75851.
45 Christmas-Beattie, Ginger, Wilkes County Marriage Bonds (Wilkes County, NC GenWeb), US GenWeb, 690. Deed Book TT 1802-1803 Pg. 15 24 Dec. 1801, henry Goodwin to Daniel Carrington both of Wilkes Co. for $150, 105 acres in Wilkes Co. on Long Creek Waters, adj. Echols, Todd, Strother, new line between Pleasant Routon. Joseph Adams (signed) Henry Goodwin, Sarah (X) Goodwin, Test: John Callaway, Isaac Callaway, David Kerr. Ack. 24 Dec. 1801 before John Rumbley, J. p. Rec. 13 Oct. 1802.
46 Early Records of Georgia Vol. I & II Wilkes County by Grace Gillam Davidson 1932, Pg. 693. Deed Book TT, 1802-1803 Pg. 43 Green Co., GA. 3 Dec. 1800, John Henderson, of Co. afsd, to Henry Goodwin of Wilkes Co., GA for $200, in Wilkes Co. on Long Creek waters, adj Thomas, Corset, Milligan, Strawther, Jobe Daniel and James Gray (Signed) John Henderson. Wit: John Moore, William (X) Jones, Wilkes Co., GA.; proved by John Moore and William Jones, 3 Jan. 1801, John Rumbley, J. P. Rec. 19 Nov. 1802.
47 The Spanish Archives of the General Land Office of Texas, Pg. 191. Henry Goodwin, Date of Title: Oct. 15, 1835 1 league Colony of Zavala now Newton County, Texas.
48 Angellina County Clerk, Copy of Last Will and Testament of Henry Goodwin received from Herb Goodwin. Original Will given to another of his relatives.
49 Selected Tax Rolls of Shelby Co., Texas 1837, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885.
50 1860 Texas Census, Beat 8 Carthage. Line 21, House No. 866 Family No. 866.
51 Houston Genealogical Society Ancestry Charts Volume IV, Chart G21.
52 1860 Texas Census, Beat 8 Carthage.
53 1860 United States Federal Census, Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Beat 8, Panola, Texas, post office Carthage, roll M653_1302, page 392, image 301.
54 Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 8, Panola, Texas; Roll: M653_1302; Page: 392; Family History Library Film: 805302. Record for Wm Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=35107298&indiv=try.
55 LaGrone, Leila B., Stones In The Wall For Texas (Carthage, Texas, ).
56 Daughter of Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, 1995.
57 History of Panola County, Texas by Panola Co. Hist. Comm., GEN976.4187H673Panola Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas Pg. 74: Panola County's Confederate Heroes:.
58 1860 Texas Census, Beat 8 Carthage Line No 30 House No. 868 Family No. 868.
59 Daughter of Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album, Pg. 244. Pub. by Turner Pub. Co. C. C. Public Library GEN 929.3764.
60 Leila B. LaGrone, Carthage, Texas, Stones In The Wall For Texas, The Red River Campaign of 1864 was a fierce effort made by the Union Troopes to occupy Louisiana and Texas. In April of that yhear the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, caused considerable excitement in northeast Texas. Citizens living in Carthage, thirty miles away as the crow flies, could hear the distant roat fo the artillery. General Richard Taylor, a native of Louisiana, was in command of the Rebles; and though the Union Forces had occupied New Orleans, Taylor had been successful in preventing federal occupation of the central and northern parts of the state. ...William Ritter, of Co. F., 10th Texas Cavalry, was killed. Have copy of article.
61 Marriage Records of Panola County, Texas 1846-1890 by Oma Dee Phillips, Pg. 19. Clayton Library, Houston, Texas GEN476.4187P562 PANOLA.
62 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1880 Texas Census Panola County, Pg. 290 A Line 29. Dwl. 17 Fam. 153 SD 1 ED 65 Dist. 65 June 19, 1880. by W. A. Smith.
63 Daughters of The Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album (Turner Publishing Company Paducah, Kentucky), Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, Pg. 244. John B. Sample b. ca 1785 in Indiana, was son of James Sample and Jane of Frederick County, VA. James died 1790 in Virginia. Son John B. Sample married Sarah Davis in Warren County, KY, daugter of Henry and Agnes Davis. Two daughters of Sarah married in Texas. Sarah Jane born 1827 married David Shoemaker Aug. 29, 1845; and Margret married John Haynes June 12, 1841; Mary T. (Tabatha) born 1836 in New Madrid, MO., married Wm. Ritter at St. Augustine, TX. John B. Sample came to Texas in 1836, Land Patent No. 87, Headright (in 1829) to 640 acres on Sabine River. John wa Justice of the Peace in New Madrid, MO. Two of John's sons were sheriffs in Shelby CCounty, TXD. James Sample, born 1825, and Marth Brach had seven sons and two daughters: John Bedford, born July 21, 1854; William Robert, born Nov. 13, 1856; James Aaron, born Jan. 27, 1859; Nathaniel Walker, born July 4, 1961; Samuel Joseph, born Aug. 22, 1868; Stephen Austin, born May 22, 1866; and Anice Caroline, born Aug. 29, 1874. Submitted by Edith Estelle Ellis Love 013171. **Note..DOB for Nathaniel Walker probably is a typographical error and should be 1861** Have copy of article.
64 1870 Federal Census for Texas Panola County, Pg. 333B. Dwlg. 1813 Family 1813.
65 Kathryn Hooper Davis, 1860 Panola County Census, Old County Jail, Carthage, Panola County, Texas, Pg. 79 Dwl 868 Fam 868.
66 Morgan Jackson and Mallie Wallace, The Wallaces of Moore County, NC (Raleigh, North Carolina, Morgan Jackkson, 2020), Personal copy, Pg. 570.
67 J. B. Sanders, Sanders, J. B. , "Our Dead" of Shelby County, Texas, Lib. of Congress Cat. # 66-27869 1966, Page 193. Joel Golding,, Texas f. Susan Jane Nail.
68 Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Benjamin Franklin Ritter.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=82161719&indiv=try.
69 1900 U. S. Federal Census.
70 Compiled by Oma Dee Phillips, Marriage Records Panola County, Texas 1846-1890, C. C. Public Library, Corpus Christi Nueces County Texas, Pg. 40. J. W. Hudson and Nancy Carrico Dec. 25 1889.
71 Panola County Clerk, Book B, Page 24.
72 Ancestry.com, Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
73 1900 U. S. Federal Census, Hill County, Texas. Shows her as Ada. Also shows she has had 4 children with 2 living.
74 1880 Panola County Census, Pg. 21 Dwlg. 278 Fam. 294.
75 1870 Panola County Census, Dwl. 126 Fam. 126 Pg. 10.
76 Kathryn Hooper Davis, Carol Reeves Ericson & Linda Ericson Devereaux, Panola County, Texas in the Civil War (Ericson Books, Nacogdoches, Texas), Kurth Library, Lufkin, Texas, 150. Born June 1834 TN. Married Margaret A. Ball Jan. 14, 1858. Indigent list 4 depe4ndents.
77 1890 Tax Record Abstract, Panola County, Texas, Pg. 58.
78 Panola County Voter Registration of 1867/1870, Page 8. Pct. 8 In Tx. 21 yrs. In Co. 12 yr. In Pct. 1 yr. Native: TN Race: W.
79 1890 Tax Record Abstract Panola County, Texas (East Texas Genealogical Society), Pg. 55 Owner: Ritter, B. F. Original Grantee: E.Morris 380 Acres; Owner: Ritter, B. F. Original Grantee, M. parker, Acres: 122.
80 Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Side served: Confederacy; State served: Texas.
81 1870 Panola County Census, Pg. 10 Dwl 126 Fam 126.
82 Ancestry.com, Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret A. Ball.
83 Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 11, Carroll, Georgia; Roll: M432_63; Page: 83B; Image: 172. Record for Margarett Ball.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18520324&indiv=try.
84 Shelby County Historical Commission, 1988, History of Shelby County, Texas Vol. 1, Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas, 339 F72. Barnett Family.
85 Ancestry.com, Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Record for Sarah E Ritter. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61383&h=900944948&indiv=try.
86 Shelby County Historical Commission, 1988, History of Shelby County, Texas Vol. 1, Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas, 339 F73.
87 Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry.com, Database online. Record for Hiram Adams.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=36243789084&indiv=try.
88 Shelby County Historical Commission, 1988, History of Shelby County, Texas Vol. 1, Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas, 339 F72.
89 Texas Marriages Early to 1850 by Liabona Reseach, inc., James R. Goodwin to Nancy G. Mosely.
90 Ingmire; Frances Terry, Panola County, Texas Marriage Records 1846-1889 (Mountain Press), Cheryl A. Daubs, Pg. 20.....shows Sarah E. Ritter.
91 Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Shows spouse as Joseph Tedwell.
92 1880 United States Federal Census, Panola County, Texas Pct. 8 Dist. 67 Dwlg. 137 Fam. 145 Line 11. Shows to be living with his parents as a Laborer. He attended school within the last year but cannot write.
93 1850 U. S. Federal Census, The men in Company F made up of 154 men, original Co. F of the 10th Texas Cavalry. Only four returned in a body at the end of the war. Source: "A History of Texdas and Texans" by Frank Johnson. J. H. Ritter is on this lisst.
94 Texas Birth Index 1903 -1997, 1930-0005.
95 Ancestry.com, Find A Grave Index (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Memorial No.:22358339.
96 Ancestry.com, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA11561; Roll #: 16; Roll Description: Pension File Nos 11561 to 11601, Application Years 1899 to 1950.
97 Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001), Ancestry.com.
98 Ancestry.com, Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com.
99 Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Benjamin Franklin Ritter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=50079466&indiv=try.
100 1860 US Federal Census, Moore Conty New Hanover County Pg. 111 Mary A. Moore 23 in household.
101 Compiled by Oma Dee Phillips, Marriage Records Panola County, Texas 1846-1890, Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, Pg. 18 Corpus Christi Public Library REF 929.3764187PHI. James H. Ritter Sarah Ball Jan. 1, 1868.
102 Panola County Clerk, Book B Page 315.
103 Ancestry.com, Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Record for James H Retter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61383&h=944926&indiv=try.
104 Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (State of Texas), Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
105 Ancestry.com, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
106 Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (State of Texas), Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas, Texas Deaths 1890-1976. Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
107 Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001), Ancestry.com.
108 Index to Texas CSA Pension Files, Transcribed by Virgil D. White The Nat'l. Hist. Pub. Co. 1989 Pg. 388. Ritter, James H. A-11600-Panola Co. (have copy).
109 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1880 Texas Census Panola County, Pg. 309. Precinct No. 8 taken June 18, 1880.
110 1890 Tax Record Abstract, Panola County, Texas, Pg. 58. East Texas Genealogical Society Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. GEN976.4187U56PANOLA.
111 1850 U. S. Federal Census.
112 comp by Marilyn Davis Hahn 1983, Alabama Mortality Schedule 1850, Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
113 Frank Johnson, A history of Texas and Texans by Frank Johnson.
114 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1900 Panola County, Texas Census, Pg. 275 Dwlg. 14 am. 14. In the Carl L. Carico househole.
115 1870 Panola County Census, Pg. 12 Dwl 152 Fam 152.
116 State of Texas Vital Statistics, Page 21336. Texas Deaths 1903 - 1940 Reeves - Robertson. Death Certificate No. 1841.
117 Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 (Liahona Research), Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
118 Kathryn Hooper Davis, Carol Reeves Ericson & Linda Ericson Devereaux, Panola County, Texas in the Civil War (Ericson Books, Nacogdoches, Texas), Kurth Library, Lufkin, Texas, 150. Pension No. 11600 Company F 10th Regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry Hull's Company. Enliswted Sept. 16, 1861 to May 8, 1865. In the county 51 years.
119 Kathryn Hooper Davis, Carol Reeves Ericson & Linda Ericson Devereaux, Panola County, Texas in the Civil War (Ericson Books, Nacogdoches, Texas), Kurth Library, Lufkin, Texas, Pg. 150 Pension No. 11600 Co. F, 10th Regiment Texas Dismoountd Cavalry, Hull's Company, enlisted 16 September 1861 to 8 May 1865. In county 51 years.
120 1900 U. S. Federal Census, Texas Panola County Justice Precinct 8 District 73 Supr. Dist. 7 Enum. Dist. 73 Sheet 3B Dwlg. 47 Fam. 47.
121 National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
122 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
123 Ancestry.com, Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Record for J H Ritter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61383&h=945107&indiv=try.
124 Panola County Clerk, Book C, Page 74.
125 Marriage Index of Texas 1851-1900, Library of Congress.
126 Compiled by Oma Dee Phillips, Marriage Records Panola County, Texas 1846-1890, Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, Pg. 18. B. L. Branch Mary Ritter Dec. 24, 1867.
127 Panola County Clerk, Book B. Page 314.
128 Houston Genealogical Society Ancestry Charts Volume IV, Vol. IV Chart G21.
129 [no source-citation information].
130 1900 Federal Census Texas by Kathryn Hooper Davis, Pg. 277 Dwlg. 31 Fam. 31.
131 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1880 Texas Census Panola County, Pg. 127. by Kathryn Hooper Davis.
132 1890 Tax Record Abstract, Panola County, Texas, Pg. 58. by Matilda Underwood.
133 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1900 Panola County, Texas Census, Pg. 277 Dwlg. 31 Fam. 31.Sources: (cont.)
134 1880 Panola County Census, Pg. 127.
135 Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Susan Caroline Callie Ritter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=1016828822&indiv=try.
136 Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Callie Sessums.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=101552962&indiv=try.
137 Compiled by Oma Dee Phillips, Marriage Records Panola County, Texas 1846-1890, Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, Pg. 20 Corpus Christi Public Library REF929.3764187PHI. Reubin Sessum Caroline Ritter Oct. 13, 1869.
138 Panola County Clerk, Book C, Page 53.
139 Ancestry.com, Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com.
140 Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Gary,Panola County, Texas.
141 1860 Texas Census, Beat 8 Carthage.
142 1880 Panola County Census, Pg. 21 Dwlg. 277 Fam. 293.
143 1870 Panola County Census, Pg. 32 Dwl 419 Fam 419.
144 Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Ancestry.com, Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA. Record for Callie Ritter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2272&h=751519359&indiv=try.
145 Ancestry.com, Texas, County Marriages, 1817-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Record for Caroline Riter.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61383&h=900945064&indiv=try.
146 1845 Tax List, Pg. 6 Shelby County. Shows Redden Sessums, Jacob Sussums also.
147 1870 Federal Census for Texas Panola County, Pg. 32. by Kathryn Hooper Davis (have copy).
148 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1880 Texas Census Panola County, Pg. 21.
149 Katherine Hooper Davis, 1900 Panola County, Texas Census, Pg. 265. Also shows Harrison Shires a Servant W M b. Jul 1881 TX as a Farmer.
150 Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Shelby, Texas; Roll: T624_1588; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1375601.
151 Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 1, Panola, Texas; Roll: M593_1601; Page: 254B; Image: 54; Family History Library Film: 553100.
152 Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Panola, Texas; Roll: M432_913; Page: 154A; Image: 309.
153 Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.