Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameObedience WOODLIEF 
Birth Date1743
Death Date1838 Age: 95
Spouses
Birth DateDec 1756125
Birth PlaceAmherst County, Virginia
Death Date1836 Age: 79
Death PlaceJackson, Butts County, Georgia
OccupationRevolutionary War Soldier
FatherJohn Robert RYAN , 160 (1731-1785)
MotherUnity D. TONEY , 161 (1731-1767)
Family ID2478
ChildrenAngelica (?-)
Notes for Philip (Spouse 1)
RYAN: Irish: simplified form of Mulryan. Irish: reduced form of O’Ryan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Rian’; Ó Maoilriain ‘descendant of Maoilriaghain’, or Ó Ruaidhín ‘descendant of the little red one’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland; there has been considerable confusion with Regan. KaM Americanized spelling of German Rein. EG Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
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John Ryan’s Will
Will: 1785, Amherst Co., VA -- ("More Ryan Roots"). Power of Attorney: (Courtesy of S. Ladd) Recorded in Wilkes Co., GA Deed Book XX, P. 60 Paraphrased:
......we, John Ryan, Philip Ryan, Ann Ryan, Elizabeth Ryan, Unity Parrack (formerly Unity Ryan), Mildred Ryan of the county of Amherst and State of VA Representatives of John Ryan decd do appoint Chas Ryan of the County of Bedford our Lawful Attorney to collect all moneys Bonds.....due the Estate of John Ryan decd and to bring suit for any Debts due the Estate....to recover a Negro man by name Daniel now in Georgia.......ratify all such actings of said Charles Ryan.....we set our hands and seals this 15th day of September 1806. Estate Disposition: (Courtesy of S. Ladd) Paraphrased -- In 1786, William Bibb (Administrator of John Ryan's Estate) and George Gillespie (attorney for John Ryan, Jr.) were appointed " to sell & dispose of all personal and Royal Estate that my father, John Ryan dec'd, has left in the aforesaid county of Amherst also to collect and receive all Sums of Money and Tobacco AC that be due and owing to me in the State of Virginia, or may hereafter become due and owing to me or my Father deceased Estate".
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Nelson Co., Va. Oct. 22, 1832 RYAN, PHILIP, Born Amherst Co. 1756
He was drafted our of his division on three tours: Under Capt William Harris, Lt John Martin, @ Albamarle Barracks. After 1 month service his limbs began to swell and lose color and he was furloughed. On recovering, he served 2 mos. in the same company; then 6 months in Capt Richard Ballinger's Company. A fellow soldier, Edward Demaster, testified that during the War a certain John Morrison raised a volunteer company for 6 mos. service in Amherst Co., Va. and that deponent & Harris Ryan (brother) were privates in said company, that they marched to Petersburg where said Philip Ryan was taken sick and brought home to Amherst in a wagon. This claim was definitely allowed.
Source: Amherst County Historical dept. "VIRGINIA IN THE REVOLUTION"
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John Ryan’s Will
Will: 1785, Amherst Co., VA -- ("More Ryan Roots"). Power of Attorney: (Courtesy of S. Ladd) Recorded in Wilkes Co., GA Deed Book XX, P. 60 Paraphrased:
......we, John Ryan, Philip Ryan, Ann Ryan, Elizabeth Ryan, Unity Parrack (formerly Unity Ryan), Mildred Ryan of the county of Amherst and State of VA Representatives of John Ryan decd do appoint Chas Ryan of the County of Bedford our Lawful Attorney to collect all moneys Bonds.....due the Estate of John Ryan decd and to bring suit for any Debts due the Estate....to recover a Negro man by name Daniel now in Georgia.......ratify all such actings of said Charles Ryan.....we set our hands and seals this 15th day of September 1806. Estate Disposition: (Courtesy of S. Ladd) Paraphrased -- In 1786, William Bibb (Administrator of John Ryan's Estate) and George Gillespie (attorney for John Ryan, Jr.) were appointed " to sell & dispose of all personal and Royal Estate that my father, John Ryan dec'd, has left in the aforesaid county of Amherst also to collect and receive all Sums of Money and Tobacco AC that be due and owing to me in the State of Virginia, or may hereafter become due and owing to me or my Father deceased Estate".
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Nelson Co., Va. Oct. 22, 1832 RYAN, PHILIP, Born Amherst Co. 1756
He was drafted our of his division on three tours: Under Capt William Harris, Lt John Martin, @ Albamarle Barracks. After 1 month service his limbs began to swell and lose color and he was furloughed. On recovering, he served 2 mos. in the same company; then 6 months in Capt Richard Ballinger's Company. A fellow soldier, Edward Demaster, testified that during the War a certain John Morrison raised a volunteer company for 6 mos. service in Amherst Co., Va. and that deponent & Harris Ryan (brother) were privates in said company, that they marched to Petersburg where said Philip Ryan was taken sick and brought home to Amherst in a wagon. This claim was definitely allowed.
Source: Amherst County Historical dept. "VIRGINIA IN THE REVOLUTION"
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