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- Arrettia and her descendants were contributed by Carole Lannom whose husband is a descendant of Arrettia Stafford. Carole Lannom's sources were cousin Thelma Ramsey and Carole Brown.
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Arrettia fits to be the daughter under 10 yrs. age in William Staffords's HouseHold in 1800.
1800 Caswell Co., NC census indicates William Stafford has 2 sons under 10 yrs. and 1 daughter under 10 yrs.
Pulaski Co., KY Marriage Record, Book 1, page 24
Ritty Stafford to Abijah Kelly, 4 Nov 1806, Surety Abner Lee made oath the bride free to act for herself, her parents not in State. (Was Ritty a runaway, or was this an arranged marriage?)
After the death of Abijah's father abt 1808 in Pulaski Co., KY, the family moved to Jackson Co., Tenn. where Arrettia's Stafford family had settled.
1820 Jackson Co. census: Kelly, Ebijah 100010 - 22010
(They have 1 son under 10; 2 daughters under 10; and 2 daughters age 10 to 16.)
1830 Jackson Co. census: Kelly, Obigah 1100001 - 111011
(They have 1 son under 5 and 1 son age 5 to 10; and 1 daughter under 5, 1 daughter age 5 to 10, and 1 daughter age 10 to 15, and 1 daughter age 20 to 30.)
Abijah Kelly died about 1835.
She married secondly Thomas Gaw (28 April 1840)
1850 Jackson Co., Tennessee census, entry 320/320
Thomas Gaw age 72, born SC
Ritter age 58, born NC
Elizabeth Kelly age 20, born Tenn.
Martha Hawkins age 13, born Tenn.
1860 Jackson Co., Tenn. census, entry 664/664
Thomas Gaw age 82, born SC
Rittar Gaw age 62, born NC
Sally Davidson age 42
Mary age 13
David K. Flatt age 40
1870 Jackson Co., Tenn. census, entry 28/28
Gaw, Ritta age 78, born NC
Davidson, Sally age 53, born Tenn.
Hawkins, Noah age 22, born Tenn.
Hawkins, Mary age 23, born Tenn.
Davidson, Helen age 26, born Tenn.
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