Stodgill, Ruth
| Birth Name |
Ruth Stodgill 1 |
| Gender |
female |
Events
| Birth |
Jan 9, 1758 |
| Death |
1822 |
Narrative
Ruth Sturgill and Thomas Hash were married about 1776 in Montgomery Co. VA (area now Grayson Co) They probably made their first home along the New River in Grayson Co. VA west of Independence VA and it is believed that all of their children were born in VA. About 1798 Thomas and his brother John moved their families to Green Co. KY. In 1821 they sold their farm in Green Co. to move to the southwestern part of KY but found they did not like it there and about a year later they started the return to Green Co. Ruth died on the way but it is not known where she was buried. Thomas then made his home with his son Philip who moved on to Illinois where he remained until about 1836 when he moved to Lawrence Co. MO. Thomas died in 1848 and was buried in the old Taylor Family cemetery near Mt. Vernon MO.-p. 37
As very few firm birth dates [of the children] have been found most of those shown above have been estimated from marriage dates and birth dates of the grandchildren of Thomas and Ruth. As the order of birth is not known this has also been estimated and it is possible that the last two children were born in Green Co. TN and not in VA. A thorough search of the 1850 census records can establish some of these dates more firmly. -p. 37
