Richard Franklin Giddens b. 4 Dec 1798 , Wilkes, NC, USA d. 20 Nov 1870 Clarkesville, Red River Co, TX, USA: Strutton Family Connections

1798 - 1870

Birth 4 Dec 1798 , Wilkes, NC, USA

Gender Male

Buried Nov 1870 Giddens-Concord Cemetery, Red River, TX, USA [1]

Died 20 Nov 1870 Clarkesville, Red River Co, TX, USA [2]

Person ID I2404 All Family Connections

Last Modified 10 Sep 2008

Father Reuben Giddens, b. 1776, , Wilkes, NC, USA , d. 1854, , Red River, TX, USA

Mother Nancy Strutton, b. 1776, , , VA, USA , d. Aft 1840, , , IL, USA

Married 4 Nov 1797 , Wilkes, NC, USA

Family ID F923 Group Sheet

Family 1 Jane Walker, b. 4 Apr 1799, , , VA, USA , d. 15 Jul 1866, , Red River, TX, USA

Married 28 Dec 1818 , Floyd, KY, USA

Marriage consented to by Sarah Stratton, Jane's mother. After William Walker died, Sarah married Solomon Stratton. Her maiden name is unknown.
Marriage performed by Rev. William Salisbury, husband of Jane's sister, Elizabeth.

Children

	1. Wiley W. Giddens, b. 29 Oct 1819, , Floyd, KY, USA , d. 7 Jan 1897, , Red River, TX, USA
	2. Nancy Giddens, b. Abt 1820, d. Bef 1854
	3. Malinda Giddens, b. 1822, , Floyd, KY, USA , d. Aft 1880, , , TX, USA
	4. James Richard Giddens, b. 21 Feb 1829, , Vermilion, IL, USA , d. 18 Jan 1865, , , TX, USA
	5. Sarah Giddens, b. 1831, Vermilion, , IL, USA , d. Aft 1870, , , KS, USA
	6. John Giddens, b. 18 May 1834, , Red River, TX, USA , d. 11 Jul 1862, Aberdeen, Monroe, MS, USA
	7. Francis Marion Giddens, b. 2 Feb 1839, , Red River, TX, USA , d. 24 Oct 1906, , Red River, TX, USA
	8. George Giddens, b. Abt 1840, , Red River, TX, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Junetta Jane Giddens, b. 1844, , Floyd, KY, USA , d. Bef 1882, , , TX, USA

Last Modified 06 Nov 2006

Family ID F1084 Group Sheet

Family 2 Elizabeth Hariet Jacobs, b. Abt 1800, d. Yes, date unknown

Married 31 Oct 1867 , Red River, TX, USA

Last Modified 06 Nov 2006

Family ID F1981 Group Sheet

Notes	Came to Red River County in 1833; received land on a Spanish Land Grant. Appears on the Red River Co., - Republic of Texas Tax List of 1838 http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv/1838tax.html Need to check out: On the 1860 Federal Census - Slave Schedules Red River Co., TX, R. F. Giddens is listed as owning 15 slaves, ranging in age from 3 to 65 both male and female. On the 1860 Federal Census Red River Co., TX, R. F. Gideons [Giddens] is listed with Personal Property valued at $20,850, which has fallen on the 1870 Census to $2,000. This would seem to indicate the loss of the slaves owned by Richard Giddens following the Civil War. Also note that on the 1870 Federal Census Red River Co., TX, Richard Giddings [Giddens] is listed on the same page with, 2 farms away from, two families named Giddings whose members are Black or Mulatto. Knowing that freed slaves often took the last name of their former owners, it is interesting to speculate if these black Giddings families are former slaves of Richard F. Giddens. Also note that four of the children in one of the black Giddings families are listed as Mulatto, not Black. Could they possibly be children of Richard F. Giddens?

[S149] Giddens-Concord Cemetery, Red River Co., TX, (Inventoried by James (Jim) Marion Giddens).
Giddens, Richard Franklin
1798 -- Nov. 16, 1870
[husband of Jane]
[S36] Obituary Notice.

Obituary from Concord Baptist Church
Richard F. Gittens was born in North Carolina, December 4, 1798, moved to Kentucky when young from there to Illinois where he United with the Baptist Church about the year 1827. He immigrated to Texas in 1833 and settled in Red River County.
Was one of the Charter members that organized the Concord Baptrist Church in 1844. He was elected and ordained a Deacon. Brother Giddens was an humble Christian and always ready to aid in His worthy cause at all times up to his death, which occured November 20, 1870. He leaves a wife, two sons and three daughters to mourn his loss. Their loss is His gain. Signed N.B. Hutchmoon
Source: Ancestry World Tree Project: Salisbury Family Genealogy; last updated 3 January 2002 by Karen L. Salisbury
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ksalisbury&id=I01126