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Subject: Archibald Reah, REagh, Rhea
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:07:04 -0400 (EDT)

Bath Co. Bicentennial Book
Bath Co. Historical Society
p. 324-329
by
Robert Perry Rhea
Documentation published separately

Of the three brothers, the least is known about Archibald and his
descendants. It is not known if the Archibald who purchased Borden land in
1753 is the same person as Archibald, Jr. who purchased from Robert in 1758.
The earliest known reference to his wife, Jean, is on deeds written in
1790.(49) In 1811, John McCausland Sr. of Bath County devised land to his
daughter, Jane Rhea, and to her sons, John Rhea, Robert Rhea, and Andrew Rhea
upon her death. (50) In the appraisement, an Archibald Rhea is named in
connection with a bond valued at six hundred pounds.(51) In the appraisement,
an Archibald Rhea is named in connection with a bond valued at six hundred
pounds.(51) Jean and Jane, feminine forms of John, may have been used
interchangeably as were Mary/Polly, Agnes/Nancy, and Sarah/Sally.

In 1790 Archibald and Jean sold the land he purchased from Robert in
1758(202). His will, written in Amherst County, Virginia, on September 25,
1804 and recorded October 14, 1804, names his wife, Jean, sons Archibald
Rhea, William Rhea, John Rhea, Robert Rhea, and Andrew Rhea, daughters mary,
Ann, Jean, Martha, and Rebecca, and the children of Isabella. Son Archibald
and "my brother (in-law?) Andrew McCauslin" wer executors and guardians of
minor children. Witnesses included James Campbell, Thomas Fulton, Jane
Fulton, James Campbell was the qualified bondsman, and John Campbell was
listed among the administrators. With minor children, one would suspect that
Jean may have been his second wife, for several of his daughters were born in
the late 1750's and early 1760's.
Mary Rhea was married to Joseph Allen in Amherst Co. on June 30, 1803.
Marriage records of Rockbridge county name three brides as daughters of
Archibald Rhea; Isabella Rhea, who married John Rice, bond dated December 1,
1778; Jane Rhea, married to Abraham Dick, December 10, 1782; and Martha Rhea,
who married Samuel Workman on June 30, 1785(52)

The National Archibes has Revolutionary War records for a John Rhea, an
ensign in Joseph Crockett's Company, 7th Virginia Regiment, commanded by
Alexander McClenachan.(53) He supposedly was born in Augusta Co. about 1760
to Archibald Sr. and Margaret Campbell.(54) If he was Archibald's son, the
reference is in error, for Archibald's wife was Jean. William's son,
Archibald, was married to a Margaret, believed to be a Campbell(see below).
The Revolutionary War John Rhea may have been the son of Robert of Montgomery
County, for Joseph Crockett was from that area.
Archibald's name appeared amny times in Augusta and Rockbridge Co. records:
witnessing wills, deed, processing land, appraising estates, having an
orphan "bound out" to him, and as a plaintiff and occasional defendant in
numerous court proceedings.(55)

I have 20 pages of documentation on this article.

Pat

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