Associated Claims & Citations

1. unverified

   On 8 June 1821 he agreed to give up "peaceable possession on the place whereon I now live" by the first of January, and signed it with his mark.

   Wayne County Loose Court Papers, Courthouse Attic, Installment 47: "I Michael Waldrip doth agree to give up pecible possession... signed Michael (his mark) Waldrip"; not opened; the project's research on this man

2. unverified

   He made the mark again in March 1827, on an occupancy agreement witnessed by his son Abel, and again in February 1832, selling seventy acres on Shoal Creek for six hundred dollars.

   Lawrence County Deed Book C, pp. 183 to 184 (recorded 20 July 1829); Lawrence County Deed Book D, p. 194 (recorded April term 1832), "signed Michael (His Mark) Waldrip"; neither opened

3. inferred

   His name was Michael. The forename "Richard" that the tree gives him appears in no record made while he was alive.

   from every deed, bond, roll and census 1810 to 1851 across Maury, Lawrence and Wayne counties, and the estate deeds his widow and heirs signed; the forename entered family sheets through a researcher's reading of the 1816 court docket and a neighbour, Richard Harrison Waldrop of Giles County; the project's research on this man

4. inferred

   He was born between 1770 and 1774, in South Carolina.

   from two census age brackets, 1820 Wayne County (45 and over) and 1830 Lawrence County (50 to 59), and the Laurens County deeds of 1806 to 1807; no birth record of any kind survives

5. unverified

   On 28 January 1807 he and John Waldrop sold 154 acres on Tweedy's Creek of the Little River to William Clark for $462, and left South Carolina.

   Laurens County, SC, Deed Book K, p. 359, No. 109, recorded 17 November 1815, "John Waldrop and MICHAEL WALDROP JR. to Wm. Clark"; not opened

6. sourced

   By June 1809 he was in Maury County, Tennessee, one of twenty hands ordered to keep the Fountain Creek road open from the Hurricane to Lindsays.

   WikiTree Waldrop-470 (the profile of James Waldrip), opened 2026-09-08: "In Jun 1809 he and Richard Michael Waldrip were among '20 hands to keep open that part of Fountain Creek Rd from the Hurricane to Lindsays' in Maury Co."; the county minute itself not opened; the project's verification notes

7. unverified

   On 8 January 1810 he gave bond to marry Rebecca Brown. Absalom Brown stood bondsman.

   Maury County, TN, Marriage Records, vol. 1 (1808 to 1838), County Clerk's Office, Columbia; FamilySearch film 2,281,745: "Know all men, that we Michael Waldrip & Absalom Brown of the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound"; not opened

8. unverified

   From 24 September 1813 to 18 May 1814 he rode in Captain McKinney's company of cavalry under Colonel Dyer, in the Creek War.

   Jill Garrett, War of 1812 Soldiers of Maury Co., TN, p. 196, from National Archives RG 94: "Michael Waldrop served in Capt. A. McKinney's company, cavalry, Col. R. H. Dyer"; not opened

9. unverified

   In May 1816 he and an older Michael were before the Maury County court over an affray with the Pillow family. A jury found the younger man not guilty; the case against the elder was dropped.

   Maury County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minute Book 2A and 3, pp. 199, 202 (Carol Wells abstract): "State vs. Michael Waldrup, Junior... upon oath do say that the defendant is not guilty" and "State vs. Michael Waldrup Sr.... nolle prosequi"; not opened. The older Michael is the best candidate for his father, and nothing on paper says so.

10. unverified

    On 1 March 1833 he bought eighty acres on Indian Creek in Wayne County from Samuel Haggard. By the 1836 tax list his widow Rebecca is assessed for it and he is gone.

    Wayne County Deed abstracts (James A. Gray, Deed Book 1, 1820 to 1838); 1836 Wayne County Tax List, Civil District 8: "WALDRIP, Rebecca: 80 acres"; neither opened

11. inferred

    He died on that land between March 1833 and December 1839, intestate. The tree's 1835 is a reasonable guess with nothing behind it.

    from the 1833 purchase, the 1836 assessment of the widow, and the heirs' first deed of 10 December 1839 conveying land "that Michael Waldrip died possessed of"; no death record, no stone found

12. unverified

    On 5 November 1842 three of his children, living in Mississippi by then, sold their share of his eighty acres to John White for "two second rate cows and a calf".

    Tippah County, MS deed, recorded Wayne County, TN, Deed Book G, pp. 115 to 117: "We, Able Wallrip and Anderson Wallrip and Carline Wallrip have this day bargained and Sold... all our interest in an 80 acre tract that Michael Wallrip died possessed of... consideration of two second reate cows and calf"; not opened. Anderson is the boy in chapter II.

13. unverified

    A 1806 survey and the January 1807 deed on Tweedy's Creek.

    SC Dept of Archives and History, State Plat Books S213192, vol. 41, p. 115; Laurens County Deed Book K, p. 359; not opened

14. sourced

    1820 Wayne County census: two boys under ten, two of ten to sixteen, one man over forty-five, four girls under ten, and three older females including Rebecca.

    1820 U.S. Census, Wayne County, TN, p. 325B, NARA M33 Reel 122, image opened 2026-09-08: "Michael Waldrop 220001/41110". The project had cited Roll 125, which is Robertson, Smith and Williamson. · https://archive.org/details/populationsc18200122unit