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From: Dale E Reddick <>
Subject: Likely origins of Burke and Screven Co., GA. REDDICK family lines.
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:55:48 -0400


Hello All,

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 was 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,
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 St.
Philip's Parish (Bryan Co.) in 1767. John Raddick had another 100 acre
land acquisition recorded in 1775, with this land lying adjacent to
Rudolph Burghalter / Burchalter.

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. Adjacent Mill Creek was named such due to the mill
that the Birds built there. So, it seems that John Raddick / Radwick
lived along or near Black Creek in what is today Bryan County.

Two of the four Reddick brothers named sons 'John.' Jacob Reddick named
a son John Wesley Reddick, along with naming four other sons for himself
and his three brothers - Jacob John Reddick, Peter Nichols Reddick,
Nicholas Moses Reddick, and Frank 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 Barbara Radick - a German-speaking
family that arrived in Georgia circa 1737. John II was the brother of
Peter (whose 1778 will is known), Michael Readick, and Anna Apollonia
Readick. This family lived in the Acton and Vernonburg areas of Chatham
County and they also owned a portion of nearby Dutch Island. 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.

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 Readick 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 St.
Philip's Parish (Bryan 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. 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.

Sincerely,

Dale E. Reddick

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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).






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