hmtl5 Rosannah Ribelin b. 2 Sep 1780 Yadkin Valley, North Carolina d. 29 Sep 1848 Fleming County, Kentucky: Hedges Genealogy
Rosannah Ribelin

Rosannah Ribelin

Female 1780 - 1848  (68 years)

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  • Name Rosannah Ribelin 
    Born 2 Sep 1780  Yadkin Valley, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Sep 1848  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25751032/rosannah-hedges

      Mary Hedges Reiner visited the cemetery in November 1950 when it was known as the Graham Cemetery. Two Flemingsburg High School boys went with her to hunt for headstones and they found them completely covered with earth. She took photographs of the two stones.
    Person ID I341  Hedges
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2023 

    Father William Ribelin,   b. 3 Jul 1759, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1822, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Kiher,   b. 6 May 1759, Yadkin Valley, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1842, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1779  Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • LKH note: North Carolina, index to marriage bonds. William Ribelin and Mary Kiher bond date 29 October 1779, Rowan County, North Carolina. Bondsman: Martin Ribelin. Witness: Jo Brevard. [4]
    Family ID F207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Levi Hedges,   b. 24 Nov 1775, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1847, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1795  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. William R. Hedges,   b. 1796, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1796  (Age 0 years)
     2. William Ribelin Hedges,   b. 14 Mar 1798, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1885, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Mary Ann Hedges,   b. 7 Sep 1800, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1838, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     4. Rosanna Hedges,   b. Abt 1803, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Monroe Hedges,   b. 11 Feb 1803, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1899, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     6. Addison W. Hedges,   b. 27 May 1807, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1875  (Age 67 years)
     7. Jesse Hedges,   b. Abt 1810, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1894, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     8. Sarah Hedges,   b. 3 Sep 1812, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1892, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     9. Levi Hedges,   b. 1814, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. David R. Hedges,   b. Abt 1817, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1878, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     11. Jonathan Kiher Hedges,   b. 31 Jul 1819, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1912, Smoot, Greenbrier County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     12. James Hedges,   b. Abt 1820, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Louvina Jane Hedges,   b. 18 Jul 1823, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1891, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Sep 1780 - Yadkin Valley, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1795 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Sep 1848 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Rosannah Ribelin 1780-1848
    Rosannah Ribelin 1780-1848
    Rosannah Ribelin headstone close up
    Rosannah Ribelin headstone close up

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: Rosannah (Ribelin) Hedges was the neighborhood nurse and midwife. There is a story told of a black servant who came to take her to attend a birth in the home of his master. He rode a horse and led one with a side saddle. The river was in flood, and she was swept out of her saddle in the dark. The servant caught her and held her head above water until the horses swam to the shallow water and they went on. She attended to her duties as midwife and next morning the water was down so she could go home.

      She told fortunes with tea leaves.

      Levi Hedges left Maryland and came to Kentucky probably around 1795. That is also the year that he met and eloped with Rosannah, the oldest daughter of William Ribelin (who had moved his family to Kentucky from Yadkin Valley, North Carolina). Levi was about nineteen and she was not quite fifteen years old. Her father threatened to scratch her name from the family Bible, but he did not do so as Mary Hedges Reiner saw the family Bible of William Ribelin (probably in the 1950's) in the Historical Society in Lexington and Rosannah's name was still there. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S75] Family Bible record of William Ribelin .

    4. [S82] LKH.