James Aldridge was born around 1730 and married Rachael Belcher. Heres the only significant mention (other than name markers) of my Longhunter ancestor, GGG Grandfather: Michael Stoner went to Kentucky with Boone when he made his settlement at Boonesboro, and Cotterill, in his Kentucky in 1774 implies that Stoner was with Boones party when they made their unsuccessful attempt to settle in Kentucky in 1773, and that he had been a close associate of Boone for several years before, Boone and Stoner having first met on the New River, and that, when Boones party was turned back in 1773, he had probably been living with the Boone family on the Clinch. Stoner, born about 1748, was also a member Boones road-cutting party through Cumberland Gap and was still alive in 1801, when he made a deposition in Wayne County, Kentucky. (19) He married a daughter of Andrew Tribble. He was wounded at the siege of Boonesboro, fainted from loss of blood after he had refused to let anyone come to him, for he was outside the fort walls. His wounds were only flesh wounds, one in the hip and another in the arm. After losing his land grants he settled with his father-in-law near Prices Station. (20 Two other long hunters of Powell Valley were William Crabtree and James Aldridge, both of whom were probably in Wallens hunting party of 1761. Of these two, John Redd, says: I have seen them both frequently, but know nothing of interest connected with their long hunts. More of an Indian scout and hunter than a farmer, William Crabtree was a real backwoodsman, tall, slender and with slightly red hair. The Crabtrees lived on the Holston, a numerous family, with many of the same name, therefore it is hard to distinguish which William was the long hunter, but it is believed he was the William who was a son of William and Hannah Whittaker Crabtree whose residence was at the Big Lick near Saltville. If so, he was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, circa 1748. His first wife was Hannah Lyon, sister to the long hunter Humberson Lyon. After her death he was married in 1777 to Katherine Starnes and she died in Tazewell County in 1818. The father of William Crabtree, whose name was also William, lived near the Salt Works (now Saltville) where he died in 1777. Redd says: I know not where Crabtree was from originally. In 1777 he was living on Watauga, not far above its junction with the Holston. I know not what finally became of him. He was about thirty years of age. Of the long hunter, James Aldridge, this writer has been unable to recover any data of significance, as he seems to be mentioned in none of the court records. Some writers have said that he lived on the New River, but John Redd says he lived in the neighborhood with the Crabtrees on Holston. He is described as being about 30 years of age, a dark haired, heavily built man, stoop shouldered, but with a spritely mind. rootsweb.ancestry/~vahsswv/historicalsketches/long%20hunters.html
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