Ricketts is also spelled Rickeots, Rickeotts, Rickett, Rickets, Ricket, Rickel, Rickle, Rickels, and
Rickles.
Woodford County, Illinois was formed in 1841 from parts of Tazewell and McLean Counties. Metamora (Hanover before 1845) was the county seat from 1843-1894.
Kentucky was originally a Virginia county and included the lands west of the Appalachians. In 1780, it was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. Kentucky officially became a state on June 1, 1792.
He married Catherine Mounts (Mountz) on January 22, 1822 in Dearborn, Switzerland County, Indiana.
Their children included:
Susannah Ricketts Moulton (1822, married Reuben Moulton, son of Levi Moulton), Caleb Ricketts (1823, married Cindise Nelson),
Rachel Ricketts Martindale (1825, married Henry Martindale),
Eliza J. Ricketts (1831),
Luvena Ricketts McClelland ( April 16, 1831) and
Mary Ann Ricketts Barton (June 19, 1834 or January 13, 1833).
Catherine died sometime after 1833, when Mary Ann was born, and the 1840 census.
Isaac received a grant of 80 acres in Tazewell (now Woodford) County, Illinois on September 5,1838. He bought an adjacent 80 acres from Christiana Griffith on September 11, 1839 for $160.
In May 9, 1848, Isaac sold his property in Woodford County to Michael Beechler for $1,500 then bought property in the city of Peoria for $150. In 1855 Isaac bought property in Peoria for $137.61.
Caleb moved in with him in 1856. From 1857-64, Isaac moved to Coles County, Illinois and in 1864 he sold his property in Peoria to his son-in-law, W. H. C. Barton on July 30, 1864 for $2500. During his last years, Isaac alternated living with his daughters, Mary Ann Barton and Lovena McClelland.
He died on September 27, 1875 Paradise, Coles County, Illinois
Mason County, Kentucky was established by the Virginia legislature in 1788 from Bourbon County. Nineteen Kentucky counties were formed from the original Mason County.
Illinois became a state in 1818. A large influx of American settlers came in the 1810s by the Ohio River.
