Evidence Index

A Michael Wardrope was a tithable of York County, Virginia, in 1672.

WikiTree Waldrop Name Study, citing York County levies; the page sits behind a bot challenge and was not read; the project's surname research

"Micha. Wardrope" was one of eleven persons whose transportation earned William and Thomas Claiborne a patent for 545 acres at the fork of the Chickahominy, 20 April 1682.

Virginia Patent Book 7, p. 154, abstracted in Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, p. 236; three independent transcriptions (WikiTree Waldrop-1015, the genealogy.com Waldrop forum, acvancestors.com) agree on the acreage, the fork and the eleven names; opened 2026-09-08; the patent book itself not opened; the research draft's page 154 corrected to 236 · https://archive.org/details/cavalierspioneer0000nuge

He did not hold that land, he was refused it. In June 1699 ninety acres in Pamunkey Neck were assigned to "Mich: Wardrope" by Fuller and Johnson. In September 1701 the House of Burgesses resolved that no patent should issue to anyone claiming inside the bounds of the Pamunkey Indians, and named him among them. Its index records the outcome in one word: rejected. A patent was obtained anyway, and in 1713 the Council ordered the Attorney General to vacate it as surreptitiously got. That is the last trace of the name in this record.

Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1695 to 1702, p. 283, index: "Wardrop, Michael, claim of, for land in Pamunkey Neck, rejected, 283"; Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, vol. 3, p. 360; Louis des Cognets, English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 62. Read 2026-09-08 by two passes independently · https://archive.org/details/executivejournal_c03virg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

A third-class headright for 320 acres in Smith County, Abstract 1058. It was patented on 25 July 1855 to E. H. Barber, as assignee: Anderson earned the certificate and sold it before it issued.

Texas General Land Office land grant 44970, opened 2026-09-08: "Original Grantee: Waldrip, Anderson M · Patentee: Barber, E H · Patent Date: 25 Jul 1855 · Patent Number: 1001 · Patent Volume: 9 · Acres: 320" · https://www.glo.texas.gov/archives-heritage/search-our-collections/land-grant-search/land-grant/44970

When McCulloch County was organised in 1876 the site was part of Waldrip's Ranch, and a post office opened as Waldrip in 1879. The Handbook names no individual, so which Waldrip the place is named for is an inference from the census and land records, not something the entry says.

Handbook of Texas Online, "Waldrip, TX", opened 2026-09-08: "The site was part of Waldrip's Ranch when the county was organized in 1876. A post office opened in 1879." Anderson appears as storekeeper and postmaster in the Texas post office directory printed in Freie Presse fur Texas, 18 September 1885. · https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/waldrip-tx

The sheep suit was D. N. Lee against Yandell, Gray and Waldrip on a promissory note. An attachment was levied on Waldrip's flock, he pleaded in reconvention, and the jury found for the defendants and gave him damages. The appeal reversed and remanded.

Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 4 November 1887, page 3, reporting the Commission of Appeals; also Portal to Texas History. Reported at 69 Tex. 34. The two transcriptions differ on the damages figure, one reading $750 and the other $570, so the amount is not asserted here. · https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86064205/1887-11-04/ed-1/?sp=3

The tree gives a burial about 12 March 1897 at Robert Lee. No stone is attested: the complete 1990 survey of that cemetery lists no Waldrip and no Graham at all.

Coke County Cemeteries Epitaphs and Dates, Copeland and Smith, 1990, read A to Y on 2026-09-08; Find a Grave 42913868 carries a portrait, not a gravestone. The death on 10 March 1897 at his daughter Kate's is corroborated; the inscription this page used to quote is not.

The seated man is Anderson Marion Waldrip.

family caption, MyHeritage export, file possibly-anderson-waldrip_2094481718; nothing written on the print; the family's photographs, supplied 2026-09-08 (private); restoration parameters and source checksums held with them

The clothing and the man's age argue against it. Anderson was sixty in 1887. The sitter reads as thirty; the suit and hat read 1890s. A likelier reading is George Thomas, born 1858, with his son John Franklin, born 1882, at about twelve: around 1894.

from the print itself against the tree's dates; the project's note on the photographs. Writing on the back of the original, or the studio imprint on the mount, would settle it.

Restored without a model: contrast stretch, denoise, dust inpaint of a few hundred pixels, sharpen. Nothing was invented.

the family's photographs, supplied 2026-09-08 (private); restoration parameters and source checksums held with them, "generative": false, method "percentile stretch, CLAHE, non-local-means denoise, dust inpaint, unsharp mask, lanczos x2"; opened 2026-09-08

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

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

1840 census, Tishomingo County: Rebecca Waldrip heads the household, with Anderson among the boys of ten to fifteen. The Merchant families are neighbours on the same page, ten years before Anderson turns up living with James B. Merchant in Texas.

1840 U.S. Census, Tishomingo Co., MS, page 229 line 11, NARA M704 roll 219, image opened 2026-09-08. The project had cited page 228, which holds the Dilworth households. · https://archive.org/details/populationsc18400219unit

1850 census, Smith County: "Anderson M. Waldrup 23 M Farmer Tennessee", in the household of James B. Merchant. His brother Andrew B. Waldrup, 28, is farming two doors away.

1850 U.S. Census, Smith Co., TX, page 42B, dwelling and family 8, image opened 2026-09-08. The project had cited page 42A, family 188 and the occupation laborer; family 188 is John Welch, and the record says Farmer. · https://archive.org/details/populationschedu0915unix

"A. M. Waldrip, age 53, Farmer, b. TN, parents b. SC; George T., age 21, son, married, Cattle Raiser, b. TX; Mary E., daughter-in-law, age 17; Julian, grandson, age 8/12."

1880 U.S. Census, McCulloch Co., TX, Precinct 4, ED 107, p. 558D, family 28, NARA T9 roll 1317; not opened

Nolan County District Court, case 0090, 1885: 1,200 sheep, D. N. Lee against A. M. Waldrip.

Nolan County District Court Civil Case Files, case 0090, p. 418; not opened

A. M. and Mary Ann Waldrip settled near Fresnal, Otero County, and after his death she completed the homestead in her own name.

BLM General Land Office patent, Las Cruces, 20 November 1899, Homestead Certificate 1348: "the claim of Mary A. Waldrip has been established and duly consummated... containing one hundred and sixty acres... William McKinley, By the President" · https://glorecords.blm.gov/

"George Waldrip's family will move to the logging camp for the summer. Mr. Waldrip and two sons are employed there."

The Alamogordo News, 22 April 1905, page 3, under the local heading MOUNTAIN PARK; opened 2026-09-08 at loc.gov. The citation carried here said page 7; the issue has four pages. · https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92070566/1905-04-22/ed-1/?sp=3

Died 25 December 1941, Aravaipa, Pinal County; buried Mountain View Cemetery, 202 AZ-177, Hayden.

Arizona Dept of Health Services, State Certificate of Death (1941); Inventory of Historic Arizona Cemeteries; Find a Grave 93100190; not opened

"J F Waldrip / Young / c ls-rh h ls-t", entry 7261, with the brand printed as a glyph.

Brand book of the state of Arizona, 1921 (archived reader), printed p. 50, scan leaf 56, opened 2026-09-08. The book contains no letters "WX"; the expansion of the placement codes is not asserted because the legend page has not been read.

1930, Young Precinct: "John F. Waldrip, Head, age 48... Stockman, Cattle Ranch, Own Account; Lola M., Wife, age 41; Floyd R., Son, age 21, single, born New Mexico, Laborer on Cattle Ranch".

1930 U.S. Census, Gila County, AZ, Young Precinct 17, ED 4-48, p. 1B, family 16, NARA T626; not opened

The four identifications come from the family's caption and from reading the faces against the birth dates. Nothing is written on the print.

family caption george-john-floyd-melvin-and-marvin-waldrip-circa-1938_2093703177; the project's note on the photographs. Writing on the back of the original would make this sourced.

It was taken in the summer of 1938 at Young, almost certainly on the homestead: the twins are weeks old and the second frame shows the log house.

from the two files against the twins' birth date; no date on either print

This is a photograph, restored without a model. Nothing in it was generated, and nothing generated appears in this chapter.

the family's photographs, supplied 2026-09-08 (private); restoration parameters and source checksums held with them, "generative": false; the restoration inpainted a few hundred pixels for dust; opened 2026-09-08

Telephone Warehouse, on McDowell in Phoenix, has run since 1982 and employed four generations of relatives.

phoneware.us/about, opened 2026-09-08: "Phoneware Cloud-Based Telecom was established in 2010 as an outgrowth of Telephone Warehouse, a business-telephone systems integrator that has served thousands of organizations since 1982." The tape remains the only source for the four generations. · https://phoneware.us/about/

The tree records the twins' birth on 22 June 1938 at Young, and still lists John Melvin as living.

the family's Geni tree export (private), "1 BIRT 2 DATE 22 JUN 1938 3 CITY Young 3 STAE Arizona"; no death event; the export was opened 2026-09-07, the underlying record was not

Michael Fitzgerald Waldrip, born 23 March 1964, is Marvin's son and Melvin's nephew.

the family's Geni tree export (private), guid 6000000000613332001; his siblings Ellen, Greg and David all speak on the recording above

The earliest documented man of the name is a 1672 York County tithable and the 1682 headright on the Claibornes' patent. No 1608 arrival, and no passenger on the second supply, is documented under any spelling.

Virginia Patent Book 7, p. 154, abstracted in Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 2, p. 236, by three transcriptions; the project's surname research; the 1608 claim has no record behind it anywhere in the tree or the research

The Scottish origin traces to David Dobson's 1984 directory of Scottish settlers, and Dobson's entry rests on an unverified query sent in by an amateur. Nothing contemporary says where Michael Wardrope came from. The 1670 date is close to the 1672 levy and may descend from it.

the project's surname research; the record neither confirms nor contradicts, so the square stays open

Nothing found. No burgess of that name is recorded, and the family's one documented man in the period was a headright, which is what a man was called when somebody else got land for bringing him.

the project's surname research; the project's contradictions file

Those four men span a century. Franklin was born in 1706 and Davis in 1808; no one generation was contemporary with all of them. The family was contemporary with all four in the sense that it existed, which is true of every family.

from the dates alone

Not on the direct Waldrip line. Michael Waldrip (born circa 1770) was a child during the Revolution, too young to bear arms. His candidate father, Michael Waldrop of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, served in Roebuck's Regiment during the war, but that parentage remains unverified, and no direct military enlistment on the line has been established.

NARA and South Carolina Revolutionary records; 1790 Spartanburg census; the project's Richard Michael Waldrip research; no enlistment on the direct line

Nobody has looked. The answer is in the probate inventories of Wayne and Tishomingo counties and the 1850 and 1860 slave schedules for Smith and Henderson counties, and the page will carry whatever they say.

the project's index of the recording; no search has been made

Not on the direct Waldrip line. Anderson Marion Waldrip lived as a civilian stock raiser on the exposed Texas frontier in Coleman County and has no enlistment in Confederate or Union compiled service records (NARA M323, M380) or Texas pension rolls. His sons were infants or small children during the war (George Thomas was born in November 1858).

National Archives M323 (Confederate) and M380 (Union) compiled service records for Texas; Texas State Archives Confederate Pension Application Index; the project's military service research

The tree carries a note that George Thomas "served in Texas Rangers during Indian Wars". The Texas State Library's Ranger rolls index no commission for him. If he rode, it was with a frontier posse in the 1870s, and a correction to retract the note is pending.

TSLAC Texas Ranger service records, no entry; the project's pending corrections list corr-20260908-035; the project's military service research

The route is in the record, county by county, and chapter III draws it. What they travelled in is not recorded anywhere.

the project's migration research; the wagons are the family's

In 1930 John Franklin is a stockman and Floyd a labourer on a cattle ranch at Young. Anderson raised cattle on the Colorado in 1870; George Thomas was a cattle raiser at twenty-one. The twins were born on that ranch in 1938 and Floyd later worked as an operating engineer in Phoenix.

1870 Coleman, 1880 McCulloch, 1930 Young census rows; Floyd's death certificate, 1976; none opened

She states the epistemics herself, and the page agrees with her statement. Two Cherokee notes in the tree have nothing behind them; the 1830 to 1880 censuses enumerate Anderson and his parents as white; no Indian roll, agency record or vital record carries it. It stays on the page as what the family remembers.

the project's research on this man; the project's migration research, dead end 4; corrections pending as decisions, not edits