From: "Dale E. Reddick" Subject: Georgia r320 surname origins - Reddick and Readdick. Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:49:17 -0500 Chatham, Bulloch, Burke, Screven, Camden, and Glynn Counties, Georgia – Reddick & Readdick Surname Research Original file written Dale E. Reddick October 26, 2003 File re-written and expanded by Dale E. Reddick December 18, 2005 PART I - Earliest 1785 records and various Reddick surname spelling variations in Burke and Screven Counties, Georgia. In the early Revolutionary War period of Burke County and post-war Burke and Screven Counties of Georgia there was a quarterly "Court of Conscience" held in the vicinity of Burton's Ferry / Wade Plantation / Millhaven Plantation. Some records of the court proceedings and the participants are preserved in a ledger book that once belonged to a Wilder family. A copy of that ledger book is held at the Georgia State Archives. Some of what follows was collected by and described in older papers prepared by the late Dr. James Reddick. Mrs. Shirley Reddick has also placed some of this information in a series of books concerning Southeast Reddicks which she has been working on for decades. Recently, Dr. Niles Reddick was able to view and record material relating to the Reddicks of early Burke and Screven Counties, Georgia that make up a part of those court records. Four 'presumed' Reddick brothers have been identified in the records of this "Court of Conscience"; from deeds and other recorded papers of the two counties; from newspaper announcements regarding taxes owed; and from other papers and announcements. These four 'presumed' brothers were Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, and Peter Reddick. Three of them (Jacob, Nicholas, and Peter) were granted and purchased lands along Brier Creek, near the millpond of Francis Paris (now the site of the village of Millhaven). Some of us investigating this set of family lineages now suspect that the surname 'Reddick' may simply be a standardized version of an earlier pronunciation and spelling, for we have seen the same individuals having their surname recorded as Radick, Raddick, Readick, Redick, Rettig, and Rettige (plus, perhaps - some other spellings). We can now say with certainty that at least -one- of the four Reddick fellows was present in Burke County by the Spring of 1785. Nicholas Reddick (also recorded as Readick, Redick, & Rettige) was there prior to May 5 of 1785, for a suit against him was brought before the court by Abram Heath on that date. This appears to be our earliest evidence of the presence of any of these four Reddick brothers in that area. The Reddick surname appears in three forms within these court records. Here are all of the Readick / Redick / Reddick entries that we've been able to find in the court records of the Wilder family Ledger, so far. The numerous entries for William and George Redding are not included among the following. The surname spelling of "Readick" appears SEVEN times. The surname spelling of "Redick" appears EIGHT times. The surname spelling of "Reddick" appears only ONE time. ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 23 1785 May 5 Abram Heath vs Laid over to the next court Nicholas Redick ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 24 1786 february 9 2 thursday John Seburn vs Judgement in favour the plaintiff for 5/p cost Jacob Redick (I placed an 'p' above in the phrase "5/p" as I believe the character used was meant to represent a pence.) ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 24 1786 may 11 2 Thursday Jacob Readick vs Judgement conferd for L3-13-6p cost William Christie (I placed an 'L' above in the phrase "L3-13-6p" as I cannot find the Pound Sign for display within my e-mail composer.) ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 26 1787 March 8 Benjamin Warren vs nonsuited as the -SQUIGGLE- Court Nicholas Reddick ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 27 1787 May 25 Jurors --- William Ashley, Michael Burkhalter, Nicholas Readick, John Olliver (This is the third line of the listed jurors - who numbered twelve in all.) ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 28 1788 february 14 Jurors John Roberts, Nicholas Readick, Willis Murphey (This is the fourth line of the listed jurors - who numbered fourteen in all.) ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 28 1788 february 14 Major Hurst vs nonsuited Francis Readick ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 28 1788 may 17 John Adam Nesler vs Judged for Plaintiff L9~"~" paper medium Jacob Readick ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 28 1788 may 17 ________________________________________________________ Jacob Readick Enters an Appeal against Adam Nesler & gave Security this 26 May 1788 ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 29 11 September 1788 Major Hurst vs Laid over Francis Redick ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 29 1789 Major Hurst vs Settled francis Readick ________________________________________________________________ PAGE 30 1789 9th may Jacob Redick vs Dennis Glifson These two Accts tried the Balance in favour Jacob Redick 5/2 p cost Dennis Glifson vs Jacob Redick Dennis Glifson vs Judgmt Conferd Peter Redick Dennis Glifson vs Judgmt Conferd Francis Redick ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Part II - Likely origins of Burke and Screven Co., GA. REDDICK family lines. Recently, I posted a list of the appearance for the Reddick surname in the post-Revolutionary War Court of Conscience that had been an institution in Burke and Screven Counties, Georgia. The four Reddick (Readick, Redick) brothers lived in what is now the Millhaven Plantation area. This area had been a part of Burke Co. until 1793, when Screven Co. was formed (Screven was formed from portions of adjoining Burke and Effingham Counties). The Court of Conscience, which was a community court held on a quarterly basis - started in Revolutionary War Burke Co. and seems to have continued with the appearance of Screven County. The four Reddick brothers (Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, and Peter) appear to have been living along Brier Creek and adjacent to the millpond and mill constructed there by Francis Paris. Francis Paris had acquired land on Brier Creek and built his mill prior to the Revolutionary War (his property played a part in the British campaign that led to the Battle of Brier Creek). The first evidence of any of the Reddick brothers comes in the form of a 1785 court case held in the above-mentioned Court of Conscience. Dr. Niles Reddick, Dr. Ed Mulligan, and I have wondered and considered whether there was some sort of relationship between the four Reddick brothers and their neighbor Francis Paris. We have thought that they may have worked for Francis Paris at his mill. We have no proof of this, but we wondered why they settled immediately adjacent to the Paris mill. Another neighbor of the Reddick brothers and Francis Paris was John Michael Burkhalter. One reader of my recent posting regarding the Reddick appearances in the Court of Conscience is librarian and genealogist Dorothy Hope. Dot responded to my posting with a list of her Burkhalter ancestors and their neighbors in what are modern-day Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Bulloch, Screven, and Burke Counties. Included in her list were five entries for Francis Paris taken from the "Georgia Land Owners' Memorials." And in two of those entries Francis Paris signed (witnessed, perhaps) for an individual whose name is recorded as John Raddick / Radwick. One such signing occured for 100 acres of land in Christ Church Parish (Chatham Co.) in 1764. The second such signing dealt with 300 acres in upper St. Philip's Parish (later Bulloch Co.) in 1767. John Raddick had another 100 acre land acquisition recorded in 1775, with this land lying adjacent to Rudolph Burghalter / Burchalter / Burkhalter. The neighbors of this John Raddick / Radwick included Sylvanus Bird. The locale of the lands along Black Creek of Sylvanus and his brother Israel Bird are known from the Bird cemetery near Macedonia Church, just East of Ellabelle (in Bryan County). Adjacent Mill Creek was named such due to the mill that the Birds built there (it was at one time called "Bird's Mill Creek"). But, the Birds also owned lands further upstream on the Ogeechee River. It turns out that it was the more northwesterly settlement of the Birds and their neighbors that included the lands of John Raddick / Radwick. These lands were on the western bank of the Ogeechee, above and across the river from the mouth of Ogeechee Creek (then, also known as Little Ogeechee River [two other tributaries of the "Great Ogeechee River" are also so named - this has caused some confusion]). So, it seems that John Raddick / Radwick lived on the western bank of the Ogeechee River in what is now Bulloch County. Two of the four Reddick brothers named sons 'John.' Jacob Reddick named a son John Wesley Reddick, along with naming three other sons for himself and two of his three brothers - Jacob John Reddick, Peter Nichols Reddick, and Nicholas Moses Reddick. Nicholas Reddick named his only son 'John.' Niles, Ed, and I have wondered if there was a connection between these four Reddick brothers and the John Raddick / Radwick known to us -separately- from our research of Reddick-like R320 surnames appearing in Colonial Georgia. We strongly suspect that John Raddick / Radwick is John II, son of John (Johann) and Maria Barbara Radick - a German-speaking family that arrived in Georgia circa 1737. John II was the brother of Peter 'Readick' (whose 1778 will is known), Michael 'Readdick' (whose 1792 will is known) and Anna Apollonia Radick. This family lived in the Acton and Vernonburg areas of Chatham County and they also owned a portion of nearby Dutch Island (originally Providence Is., then Liberty Is., and finally known up until the present as Dutch Is.). Note that the surname spelling given for Peter and his family in his 1778 will is "Readick." This is the same version of the surname spelling recorded-seven- times for the four Reddick brothers in the Burke & Screven Co. Court of Conscience during the latter half of the 1780s. Also take note that the Readdick spelling found in the 1792 will of Michael is the spelling found in coastal Camden and Glynn Counties since the early 1800s. We have records indicating that Peter Readick had a family. One of his sons was Jacob Readick, who later farmed sea island cotton on Wilmington Island of Chatham County. Michael 'Readdick' is recorded as having not had any children. There is no available record of the family or children of John II Readick (Raddick / Radwick / Redwick / Redick). Niles, Ed, and I have suspected that the four brothers -might- be the children of this John II. Now, we have two records that demonstrate an association between this John II Readick and Francis Paris. Only twenty years later we have our four Reddick brothers living as neighbors of Francis Paris. We strongly suspect that these four Reddick brothers moved from upper St. Philip's Parish (later Bulloch Co.) to St. George Parish (Burke Co.) along with Francis Paris. One grant for Sylvanus Bird shows him being granted land adjacent to that of John 'Redwick' in St. George Parish (this may have been a recording error on the part of a colonial clerk). It may be -possible- that John II Readick acquired land alongside that of Francis Paris in St. George Parish. We simply don't know whether this is the case or not. We further suspect that there may have been a familial relationship between the Reddicks and Francis Paris. We have no evidence of such a familial association, but it seems possible. The fate of John II's sister Anna Apollonia is unkown to us - perhaps she married Francis Paris. The wife of John II Readick is unknown to us - perhaps she was a relative of Francis Paris. Again, this is -merely- a suspicion on our part. Well, anyhow - we have developed this line of evidence associating the miller Francis Paris with John II Readick (Raddick / Radwick) during the mid-1760s and later placing four Reddick brothers living adjacent to him by 1785. We would like to believe that we have now established a -tentative- linkage between the later Reddick brothers and the earlier John II Readick. This is certainly not proven. But, it seems strongly suggestive of a relationship. I would like to thank Dorothy Hope for providing us with the evidence that provides this -tentative- bridge between John II Readick and his -possible- sons Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, and Peter Reddick. Immediately below is a short list embodying confirmation of what Dot provided us. Dr. Ed Mulligan gathered this information from the University of Georgia Library - duplicating Dot's findings. The original list was more extensive in its coverage of the Burkhalters and other families. If you have any information that you can add to that which has been presented here, then please feel free to contribute to the development of this line of investigation. __________________________________ Weeks, Eve B. and Lowery, Robert S. Georgia Land Owners' Memorials, 1758-1776, ed. Mary Bondurant Warren. Danielsville, GA: Heritage Papers, 1988. {p. 35} 146 FRANCIS PARIS, 100 acres, 2/100, 1-?-1760. Christ Church Parish: Bounded on W by EDMUND TANNATT, E by WILLIAM BRADLEY, N vacant, S by Little Ogeechee River marshes; granted to self 5-1-1759. {p. 85} 386 JOHN RADDICK, 100 acres, 2/100, 12-31-1764. Christ Church Parish: Bounded on N by JOHN HANER, W by --FOX, other sides vacant; granted to self 11-6-1764. Signed FRANCIS PARIS for JOHN RADWICK. {p. 104} 454 FRANS. PARRY, 300 acres, 2/100, 2-14-1767. St. Philip's Parish: Bounded by vacant land; granted to self 1-6-1767. Signed FRANCIS PARIS. {p. 109} 472 SYLVANUS BIRD, 100 acres, 2/100, 5-4-1767. St. George's Parish: Bounded on NW by ISRAEL BIRD, SE by JOHN REDWICK, other sides vacant; granted to self 3-3-1767. Signed SYLVNUS BIRD. {p. 120} 507 JOHN RADWICK, 300 acres, St. Philip's Parish, 2/100, 12-12-1767. Bounded on W by SYLVANUS BIRD, other sides vacant. Granted to self 9-1-1767. Signed FRANK PARIS for JOHN RADWICK. {p. 125} 527 RODOLPH BURGHALTER, 400 acres, St. Philip's Parish, 2/100, 4-4-1768. Bounded on E by JOSEPH JOHNSON and vacant land, W by JOHN RADDOCK and vacant land, N by Great Ogechee River, other sides vacant. Granted to self 2-2-1768. Signed RUDOLFF BURCHALTER (in German). {p. 191} Book Two 1. ALEXANDER THOMSON, 300 acres, St. Andrew's Parish, 2/100. Bounded northeasterly by ANTHONY STOKES, southeasterly by JOHN RIDDOCK, southwesterly by the Altamaha River, northeasterly by vacant land. Granted 7-7-1772. Signed 10-20-1772 by ALEXANDER THOMSON. {p. 254} 172 JAMES WILLIAMS, 100 acres, St. George's Parish, 2/100. Bounded northwesterly by Briar Creek, easterly by FRANCIS PARISH, other sides vacant. Granted 11-1-1774. Signed 4-17-1775 by JAMES WILLIAMS "his mark." {p. 266} 200 JOHN RADDICK, 100 acres, St. Philip's Parish; con-purchase, 2/100. Bounded southeasterly by his own land, easterly by RODOLPH BURGHALTER, other sides vacant. Granted to self 2-7-1775. Signed 10-14-1775. "Carried to the Secretary's Office by W.H." (WILLIAM HANDLEY). ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ PART III - Burke & Screven County, Southeast Georgia Reddick lines from 'Radick', German-speaking Palatine immigrants to Savannah in 1737. Not all of what follows is proven, but what is presented seems to come together and helps to explain the likely origins of some Reddick lines. I am a gggg-grandson of Nicholas Reddick, one of the four Reddick 'brothers' who lived on either side of the line separating Burke and Screven Counties of Southeast Georgia during the period between 1785 and 1815. Regarding the origins of these four Reddick 'brothers', I and several others are now concentrating our investigations into their origins on the 'Radick' family, who were German-speaking 'Palatine' immigrants (Palatine Refugees) to the colony of Georgia in 1737. That family was made up of Johann, his wife Maria Barbara, and their four children. Of four 'Radick' children who entered Georgia, we have no knowledge of the single daughter - Anna Apolonia, but for her name. Of the three brothers, Peter 'Readick' had a 1778 will which named his several children - including his sons Jacob and Caspar / Gasper / Jasper. A second brother named Michael 'Readdick' had no children named in his will of 1792. Both of these brothers lived and apparently died in Christ Church Parish, which mostly became modern Chatham County. Michael had owned part of an island that was first known as Providence, then Liberty, and finally Dutch Island. Members of the Readick / Readdick / Reddick family (descendants of the Radicks, and particularly the children of Peter Readick and those of his son Gasper Readick) continued to live on what is now known as Dutch Island well into the 19th century. Jacob Readick farmed on nearby Wilmington Island during the early 1800s. A third son of Johann and Maria Barbara 'Radick' was named for his father - Johann. This Johann II or John had his surname spelled in many different ways on numerous grant applications, records, and plats. We mostly know him as John Radick / Raddick / Readick / Reddick - along with the other, various spellings being noted as they have been found. Either John Radick or his son John Reddick first acquired land grants in Christ Church Parish in the mid-1750s. Then, in 1767 and 1775, John Reddick was awarded adjoining land grants of 300 acres and then 100 acres on the western side of the Ogeechee River, in the upper portion of St. Phillip Parish (mostly now Bryan County, but also a portion of Bulloch, and at one time a part of Effingham County). The precise location that we believe John Reddick settled is now in Bulloch County, across the Ogeechee River from the Screven County town of Oliver and below the old railroad stop at Halcyondale, at a site once known as EATTON'S, EATON'S, or EDEN'S GARDENS. The four known Reddick brothers of Burke & Screven Counties (Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, and Peter - who we first know of from their appearance in 16 court records starting in 1785) all seem to have had children. Both Jacob and Nicholas named sons John Reddick. Further, the earlier John Reddick was represented in the Georgia Land Memorials by Francis Parris, who signed & acknowledged that John Reddick was living on the riverside land he was granted in 1767 (on the West bank of the Ogeechee River in what is now Bulloch County). This Francis Parris moved to a spot on Brier Creek in St. George Parish (now making up all of Burke and portions of Jefferson, Jenkins, and Screven Counties) and built a large mill complex circa 1770. The 'Paris' mill had 400 horsepower available for the cutting of lumber and milling of grains. This spot was called Milltown or 'Paris Mill' for the next three decades. Later, the site and surrounding lands were consolidated into Millhaven Plantation by Augusta attorney Seaborn Jones, and those lands retain that name to present times. It is as neighbors of Francis Parris that we find the four Reddick brothers - Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, and Peter - during the 1780s and '90s. Further, by 1767 John Reddick had additionally acquired land in St. George Parish, adjacent to brothers Sylvanus and Israel Bird (possibly, unless this is a clerical error). This is interesting in that these two Bird brothers were also neighbors of John Reddick on his Ogeechee River lands, having been granted lands immediately adjacent to his. Another neighbor of John Reddick was Rudolph Burkhalter, on whose land was located Burkhalter Crossing & Ferry on the Ogeechee River. These four neighbors had settled on and adjacent to what had been known as EATTON'S, EATON'S, or EDEN'S GARDENS - a landmark along the Ogeechee River in the 1760s. In 1791 John Michael Burkhalter (apparent son of Rudolph) sold land that was adjacent to the land of Nicholas Reddick (which lay alongside Brier Creek and bordered the millpond of Francis Parris). Francis Reddick witnessed the deed by which John Michael Burkhalter sold his land. In 1792 two plats recorded in Plat Book A of Effingham County (pages 463 & 479) show that land formerly owned by John Reddick (in what is now Bulloch County) was adjacent to the lands of Israel Bird and John Michael Burkhalter, with J.M.B. being the then present owner of those lands previously owned by John Reddick. The plat of page 463 even refers to the locale as being part of "EDEN'S GARDENS." It would seem that between his last land grant of 1775 and the recording of these 1792 plats those lands belonging to John Reddick had been transferred to John Michael Burkhalter. Presumably, John Reddick passed away sometime during this period and either Rudolph or John Michael purchased the land of their neighbor from his heirs. During the period of the Revolutionary War this area was overrun by warring bands of Patriots and Tories, followed in the post-war period by banditry that had to be suppressed by forces led by the Reverend (and Revolutioniary War soldier) William Cone. At present we have no way of knowing how John Michael Burkhalter came to own the land that had been granted to John Reddick. But, if the heirs of John Reddick sold that land at Eatton's Gardens, then perhaps they moved to their father's land in St. George Parish (and subsequent Burke County of 1777 through 1793) - which may have been located near the mill of Francis Parris. Since Francis Parris had acted as an agent for John Reddick in the Georgia Land Memorials, then it is possible that the family of John Reddick was aided by Francis Parris and this explains why we find the four Reddick brothers living near him - starting with the first records we have of them, from 1785. We now have established a likely scenario in which the previously known four Reddick brothers appear to have had a father in this John Radick / Raddick / Readick / Reddick. This is not proven, but it seems likely given the association of Francis Paris with the earlier, likely father and the four, later brothers; and with additional associations by both John and the brothers with the Bird and Burkhalter families, location-wise. This would seem to establish that the Reddicks who descend from the four Reddick brothers (of Burke & Screven Counties, Georgia) are not of Scottish descent, as has been thought. Further, some lines among the descendants of brothers Caspar / Gasper and Jacob Readick also have used the 'standard' Reddick surname spelling. Still others continued with Readick and Readdick, apparently. These latter surname spellings have been associated with people from coastal Chatham and Camden Counties of Georgia. People demonstrably related to one another will have the surnames spelled as Reddick versus Readdick. It is now reasonably clear that many or all of these coastal Georgia R320 Reddick-sounding folks are descended from the 'Radick' family that came into Savannah in 1737. DNA testing has proven this to be true. But then, there was also a William Reddock and family that came down from North Carolina and settled in Camden County during circa 1784. Some descendants of that Reddock family intermittently had their surname later spelled as Readdick, Readock, or Reddick - muddying the waters and adding some un-related, confusing family lines to those descended from the 'Radick' family. But, we do have a perfect DNA analysis match between a Glynn County Readdick and myself. It is now a matter of certainty that these two clusters of Georgia r320s are genetically related. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ PART IV - DNA / Genetic Genealogical studies and interface with traditional genealogical investigatory results. The following decribes the likely relationship between the ancestors of two lines of Georgia r320s (Readdicks & Reddicks). This is given as an example of where we have gone with our DNA studies - and what we can do by using the results of genetic genealogical studies to point us to further traditional genealogical research efforts. Genetic Genealogy - so where can it take us? This question may seem mundane, but I hope someone can see the value of the following. Consider this scenario. We had a Georgia r320 Y-DNA surname project participant's paper trail brick-walled at 6 or so generations back about 1800. If a 37/37 marker match with the same surname (or with a surname spelled slightly differently - e.g., Readdick versus Reddick) is found, but with no interconnecting traditional paper trail, what are the chances they are related? Then if the found match has a traditional paper trail further back in time, which predates the Y-DNA participant's brickwall, how confident can this participant be in assuming that paper trail as his own? In other words, can genetic genealogy allow us to skip a generation, and pick it up again with any calculable certainty that it is the same family? How can that probability be calculated, if at all? Well - here's a pertinent question. Is there a pattern of given name usage in the two lines that appear to be similar? As an example - we have a Coastal Georgia Readdick line that was brick-walled back circa 1800. Then, we have the line of inland Georgia Reddicks clearly appearing in paper records starting in 1785. There is no evidentiary connection between the two lines. Except, we have a perfect match of 37 for 37 genetic markers for T. L. Readdick and D. E. Reddick. And then, there's the pattern of given name usage. In the brick-walled line we find two boys born circa 1800 and named Peter & Francis. It just so happens that the inland Reddick line of 1785 has those same two given names used by two of four brothers. The bunch of us who are working on these Georgia r320s lines haven't yet proven the connection. But we are depending upon that perfect 37 marker matchup and those shared given names as pointers to a familial connection. Somebody got married, fathered two sons circa 1800 & 1802, and then he died. Then, in 1805 his widow (with orphaned children) participated in the Georgia Land Lottery. Several of us suspect that we think that we know who the deceased father of the two orphaned Readdick boys was - we just haven't proven it, yet. So, this is really the interface between Genetic Genealogy and traditional genealogy. Until T. L. Readdick and D. E. Reddick were both tested at twelve markers and got a match at that level, then it was only a matter of speculation and curiosity that T. L. Readdick's ancestor born circa 1800 was named Peter (Readdick, Reddick, Reddock - recorded all three ways) and that he appeared to have a brother named Francis. Once we got that matchup, then we started looking around for more paper evidence. Well, we expanded the testing out to 37 markers and the perfect match held up. That's when D. E. Reddick travelled down to Woodbine, Georgia (Camden Co.) and started digging into local files at the courthouse and historical museum. He discovered nieghbors and the two brothers helping each other with surveying their lands circa 1830. Then, things clicked - we found that an Elizabeth Reddick had participated in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery in Glynn County (adjacent to Camden Co.). To participate, a woman had to be a widow with children. She lost on both of her draws in that lottery. In the 1820 census we find a 40-something Elizabeth "Ready" living with two twenty-ish males. In the 1830 census Peter Readdick has a household with another male of similar age and an older female of approximately 50 years age. Several of the neighbors of Elizabeth "Ready" of 1820 are the same folks recorded in the 1830 census page containing Peter Readdick's record. In 1832 Elizabeth Reddick of Camden County had a win in the Georgia Gold Lottery. So, she was still there. Now, let's flip back to 1785 Burke County, Georgia. This is along the Savannah River and in the fork of Brier Creek - between Augusta and Savannah. Beginning in May of 1785 four Reddick brothers are recorded in court records. They show up on sixteen occasions as litigants and jurors. Amongst them is Francis Reddick (mostly spelled as Readick & Redick). Francis continues to appear in Burke and adjacent Screven County records up until the mid-1790s. Then, he seems to disappear. Coincidentally, the miller Francis Paris died in 1795 and his son sold their milling operation in '96. The four Reddick brothers had lived around the border of the Paris' Mill millpond. Of the four brothers, only Francis has no record of having owned land. He is not recorded as having purchased or sold land. He did witness a deed for a land sale involving Francis Paris. Several of us think that maybe, just -perhaps- Francis Reddick was an employee of Francis Paris at the mill. And once the Paris family sold the mill, then Francis Reddick had to move on. (There is earlier paper documentation of an association between Francis Paris and members of the Readick / Reddick family starting from 1764 and going up through the 1780s. Some of us think there was an intermarriage involved - we suspect that Francis Paris may have been the uncle to Francis Reddick). Anyhow, Francis Reddick disappears in the mid to late 1790s. Two boys named Peter and Francis Readdick are born circa 1800 & 1802. And in 1805 Elizabeth Reddick makes that appearance in the land lottery as a widow with children. T. L. Readdick is a direct lineal descendant of Peter Readdick and has a 37 / 37 matchup with D. E. Reddick. And D. E. Reddick is a direct lineal descendant of Nicholas Reddick, who was the brother of Francis Reddick. There is a general suspicion about what happened. The several of us who are co-investigators simply haven't found the closing proof for it. BUT - none of us would think that we'd ever be looking at this without those perfect marker matchups resulting from the DNA testing. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ PART V – DNA study results. Georgia R320s – Reddicks and Readdick of German origin. DNA markers. B. D. Reddick --14.25.14.10.14.15.12.12.13.13.13.29 G. E. Reddick -- 14.24.14.10.14.15.12.12.12.13.13.29 D. Reddick ----- 14.24.14.10.14.15.12.12.12.13.13.29 N. M. Reddick - 14.24.14.10.14.15.12.12.13.13.13.29 J. H. Reddick -- 14.24.14.10.14.15.12.12.13.13.13.29.19.10.10.11.11.25.15.20.29.15.15.17.17 D. E. Reddick -- 14.24.14.10.14.15.12.12.13.13.13.29.19.10.10.11.11.25.15.20.29.15.15.17.17.11.11.19.23.16.15.18.16.38.38.12.12 T. L. Readdick - 14.24.14.10.14.15.12.12.13.13.13.29.19.10.10.11.11.25.15.20.29.15.15.17.17.11.11.19.23.16.15.18.16.38.38.12.12 Four of the above Reddicks are descended from Jacob and Nancy Wiggins Reddick of Burke and Screven Counties. Those four match up with the other three participants in this DNA study. For a complete view of Reddick / r320 DNA studies go to the following. Reddick / r320 DNA Surname Project http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Reddick%2Dr320/ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ PART VI - Readdick surname origins. The modern, known Readdick surname has its origins with Peter Readdick of Camden County, Georgia. His presence is known from various public records of Camden County and the relatively large family that he and his wife Allie Agnes Wright began in the late 1820s. I recently examined two different census records from 1820 and 1830. One was a census record for an Elizabeth 'Ready' of St. Mary's in Camden County. The Ancestry.com database for the 1820 census has her entered as Elizabeth Rady. I have come to the conclusion that she was actually Elizabeth Readdick, and that she was the mother of Peter Readdick and his brother Francis Readdick. The rest of what follows is a synopsis of much of what we know about Elizabeth, Francis, and Peter Readdick up to the time when Elizabeth 'Reddick' had a win in the 1832 Cherokee County Gold Lottery. ---------- 1) In the 1805 land lottery, Elizabeth Reddick of Glynn County drew two blank tickets (BB). By the rules of the Georgia Land Lottery Elizabeth Reddick must have been a widow with children under the age of 21 to have participated in that lottery. 2) The reconstructed 1810 census of Camden County (recreated from records found between 1806 and 1815) includes the following two residents: a) Francis Reddy b) Peter Reddy 3) Then, the 1820 census records Elizabeth Ready as the head of the household, who was a female aged 26-45, and with two males in the age bracket of 18-25 (really the 16 to 26 bracket, but there is no one recorded in the separate 16 to 18 bracket). If we accept later census records that show Peter Readdick as aged 50 in 1850 and Francis Readdick as aged 48 in 1850, then they were born in 1800 and 1802 - and so would have been recorded in that 18 to 25 year old age bracket for males during that 1820 census. These ages match up rather well with this 1820 census record for Elizabeth Ready's two male co-residents. These co-residents might just be her sons. Database: 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Elizabeth Rady Township: St Marys County: Camden State: Georgia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_8 Page: 60 Image Number: 59 4) In the 1820 land lottery, Peter Readick of Camden county drew land lot #519 in the 6th district of Irwin county. 5) Elizabeth Reddick of Camden county drew land lot #370 in the 9th district of Irwin county. 6) In the 1821 land lottery, Francis Readdick of Camden county drew land lot #239 in the 12th district of Dooly county. 7) For the October, 1822 term of court for Camden County "The following persons were drawn to Serve as Petit Jurors (viz)": 15 Peter Reddick 34 Francis Reddick The 1830 census record for the household headed by Peter F. 'Reddick' has recorded in its margin the phrase "White Oak & Red Capp Settlements." This is informative relative to the fact that when Peter Readdick has his parcel of 450 acres surveyed in 1831 it is found along White Oak Creek. Database: 1830 United States Federal Census Personal Information Name: Reddick, Peter F. Township: White Oak and Red Capp County: Camden State: Georgia Year: 1830 Roll: M19_16 Page: 190 Image: 351 8) The neighbors of the 1820 Elizabeth 'Ready' and of the 1830 Peter F. 'Reddick' appear to be the same people in some instances. a-i) Elizabeth 'Ready' in 1820 has a next door neighbor named Henry Bell. a-ii) Peter F. 'Reddick' in 1830 has a next door neighbor named Henry Bell. b-i) John Goodbread in 1820 was a near neighbor to Elizabeth 'Ready'. b-ii) John S. Goodbread in 1830 was a near neighbor to Peter F. 'Reddick'. 9) Also - on May 6, 1831 John S. Goodbread had his 500 acre tract of land surveyed. This land adjoins that of Francis Readdick (spelled exactly that way). Peter Readdick and Henry Miller were the Chain Carriers for that survey. Francis Readdick also had his 200 acre tract of land surveyed that day. Peter Readdick and Henry Miller were once again the Chain Carriers for that survey. And Peter Readdick had his tract surveyed on that same day, with Francis Readdick and Henry Miller acting as the Chain Carriers. That survey plat for Peter Readdick's land showed that White Oak Creek fronted his 450 acre tract. And this creek is part of the name used in the 1830 census to describe the area as "White Oak & Red Capp Settlements." Note that Henry Miller also appears in the 1830 census as a neighbor to Peter F. 'Reddick'. 10) In the 1830 census there are two men aged 20 to 30 in the household of Peter F. 'Reddick'. These are most likely Peter and Francis. There are also two women in the same age bracket. One would be Peter's wife Allie Agnes Wright (they were married in 1827, I believe). The other young woman is likely to have been Francis' wife. And then there was a woman aged 50 to 60, who would have been Elizabeth (who was still alive in 1832, when she had a win in the Cherokee County Gold Lottery). There are three young boys under the age of 5 and these are most likely the children of Peter and Allie. There is also a boy aged 10 to 15. I don't know who he might have been. Perhaps he was a younger brother of one of the two Readdick wives. 11) Peter Readdick had his new parcel of 450 acres along White Oak Creek surveyed on May 6, 1831 - based on a land grant warrant dated February 1, 1830. 12) Francis Readdick had his 200 acres surveyed that same day, with Peter acting as a chain carrier for that survey of Francis' land and vice versa - based on a warrant dated February 1, 1830. 13) In the 1832 Cherokee county Gold lottery, Elizabeth Reddick of Camden county drew land lot #493 in the 17th district of the 3rd section of Cherokee county. ---------- I think that these census records demonstrate that Elizabeth 'Ready' of the 1820 census was really and actually Elizabeth Readdick - mother of Peter F. and Francis M. Readdick. This establishes one generation greater depth for the Readdicks of Camden County. From the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery for Glynn County we can see that there was an Elizabeth Reddick resident in Glynn Reddick in 1805. We may hope to find some record of her or her deceased husband amongst the earliest records of Glynn County. Dr. Niles Reddick and Dr. Ed Mulligan can be credited with finding portions of this information. Other information had already been abstracted by geneologists working in Camden County. The Bryan-Lang Library in Woodbine contains records which were examined to provide part of what was presented here. I would like to express my thanks to Darren Harper of the Bryan-Lang Library for his able and very great assistance while I examined records in his care. ---------- I hope that this information assists someone in their own quest for information regarding their Reddick and / or Readdick origins. This information and postulated origin for some of the Southeast Georgia Reddick and coastal Georgia Readdick & Reddick lines is still not wholly proven. Dale E. Reddick * Georgia r320 surname origins - Reddick and Readdick. by "Dale E. Reddick"