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Subject: 2nd. Elizabeth
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:38:55 -0400 (EDT)

Elizabeth Rhea
dau. of Robert Rhea and Sarah Bingham Rhea

2. Elizabeth Rhea, who was at least fourteen at the time of her father's
death, chose William Gleaves as her guardian.(37) He was married to Elizabeth
Turk, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Turk, of Augusta County,(38) sister to
Thomas Turk Jr. who was married to Ann Rhea, Elizabeth's sister,(39) and
sister to Margaret Turk the first wife of John Rhea, son of William.(40) A
grandchild of Martin Luther Coyner and Elizabeth (Rhea)Coyner has stated that
Elizabeth Rhea was born at the home of her uncle, Archibald Rhea, near
Raleigh, North Carolina in 1765. While visiting her siter, Mrs. Col.(some
references say Major) Turk in Augusta County, she met Martin Luther
Coyner.(12) They were married on April 20, 1792.(41) The Coyners had nine
children: John Coyner, born 1793, Robert Coyner, 1795, Archibald Rhea Coyner,
1797, Margaret Diller Coyner, 1799, James Burgess Coyner, 18101, Sarah
Bingham Coyner(believed named after her maternal grandmother), 1803, Martin
Luther Coyner, 1805; David H. Coyner, 1807 and Addison H. Coyner, 1809.(22)
Sarah B. Coyner and her husband, James Bell, had seven sons, six of whom
served in the Confederate army. Three died while in service.(22) As of this
writing, the "Uncle Archibald Rhea" who lived near Raleigh has not ben
identified. Archibald, brother to William and Robert, was living in Virginia
in 1765.(42)

3. Ann (Rhea) Tand her husband, Thomas Turk Jr., (39) moved to Tennessee and
were living in Blount county when he died in 1833.(43) According to a
descendant, their children were James Turk, Robert Turk, Archibald Rhea Turk,
Elizabeth Turk, Margaret Turk, William Turk, Hiram Turk, Sally Turk, and
Thomas Turk.(44) Both Ann and Elizabeth named children after their parents,
and both named a son Archibald Rhea, indicating some special family
affiliation, perhaps after the uncle Archibald who lived near Raleigh.
4. Archibald Rhea's property adjoined his father's on Cripple Creek.(18) he
and his brother, John, fought in Lord Dunmore's War in 1774 under Lt. Jehu
Stephens.(45)
Archibald died in Knox County, Tennessee in 1793.(198) In 1809, his widow,
Margaret, and sons, Archibald and Robert, signed a deed for property in Wythe
County that hehad sold without clear title to William Love in 1785. The deed
was witnessed by John Sevier, (Gen.) James White, and Joseph Love.(46) John
Sevier and General James White were prominent in early Tennessee history.

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