Ridgely began to flourish after the caving of Old Reelfoot into the river. The original pioneers who established Ridgely are:
| Alexander, Ed | Alexander, W. L. | Alexander, W. R. | Alexander, W. S. |
| Algee, W. R. | Auston, John | Beardslee, G. C. | Bird, Black |
| Bird, Calvin | Bird, J. K | Bird, Cole | Bird, Will |
| Bonham, Jim | Boswell, T. C. | Brasher, W. W. | Callis, J. C. |
| Cappell, Luther | Cosner, J. L. | Cox, J. C. | Cox, Dr. Jim |
| Davis, Joe | Dillard, Lapsley | Dyer, J. D. | Fain, Will |
| Feasel, Bob | Feasel, W. A. | Fields, P. T. | Foster, James Taylor |
| Fowlkes, Lee | Giles, Varner Caldwell (Heck) | Gore, S. H. | Gore, Verbal |
| Griffin, Bob | Griffin, Gordon | Griffin, Jim | Hart, Sam |
| Hart, Wayne | Hart, Mich | Hays, W. P. | Hardison, B. F. |
| Hatcher, Norman | Harrington, Everett | Harrington, h. K. | Hellen, R. E. Dr. |
| Hickman, Allen | Hickman, W. H. | Hill, Claude | Inow, Frank |
| Jackson, Bill | Jimerson, John | Jimerson, Walker | Jones, Jesse |
| Keating, R. L. | Kennedy, Cenus Hardy | Knott, R. F. | Magee, J. L. |
| Marshall, Tom | Mathis, Fred | Mathis, Greene | Mathis, John |
| Merritt, W. F. | Miller, W. S. | Miller, Will | Moore, Robert Lee |
| Moore, Lucian T. | Mooring, Wyatt | McCutchen, Clyde | McCutchen, James S. |
| McCutchen, John | McCutchen, Mack | Murdock, T. J. | Murray, Douglas |
| Neal, Bob | Olhausen, Rivers | Olhausen, Walter | Pierce, George W. |
| Richardson, G. F. | Riley, J. S. | Riley, J. B. | Riley, Sam Ed |
| Riley, W. M. | Robison, Joe | Roper, Sloan | Ross, Doc |
| Russell, Mylie | Sands, J. A. | Shaw, Pate | Shaw, R. W. |
| Smith, Walter | Smythe, A. P. Dr. | Stamps, Hubert | Stewart, John |
| Wood, Algee | Wood, Melvin | Wood, Walter | Wyatt, Jim |
| Wyatt, W. N. | Wyatt, J. H. |
List taken from “Ridgely Panorama” by Ruby Callis, Copyright 1967.
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