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Subject: John RAY of South Carolina
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 03:15:43 -0400 (EDT)

If anyone connects to this family let me know, I have alot of info.

John RAY prob. born and raised in Union County, S. C. m. to Catherine ?
They lived in the Mill Creek Settlement (now Tompkinsville, Kentucky about
1801. They settled on Peter's Creek which today is near Mt. Hermon,
Kentucky. They stayed there until their death.

Children:
1. John RAY b. April 26, 1795
2. Charles RAY b. January 1797 d. March 31, 1873
3. Samuel RAY b. October 6, 1801 Barren Co. KY.
4. Nancy RAY b. January 25, 1804 Barren Co. KY.
5. Elizabeth RAY b. December 25, 1805 Barren Co. KY
6. Martha RAY b. September 18, 1808 Barren Co. KY.
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Here is something else on this family.

Mrs. Mercedes Pertuit of Houma, La., a descendant of the John Ray, Sr., who
died in Missouri in 1820, found out from one of her pen pals that "the Rays
came early and in large families. All the pioneers left off the "W" in their
names. This information was taken from page 402 of the "History of
Cumberland County-Pioneer Genealogies by J. W. Wells, 1947".

This part written by S. B. Ray
Our father, Joseph Ray, was raised in S. C. our Mother Mary Ray was raised in
Pa.
They married in Ky. in 1793 and raised a family of 8 sons and three
daughters, each one of whom lived to raise a large family of thier own. In
the course of time the Rays became numerous and they say it ws necessary to
divide and search for more territory for their stock to graze upon. as some
of their Patriarchs did.
For some unknown reason some of them changed the spelling of the name to
Rhea, rha and Rey, but Ray is the real spelling. Our mothers brother was
killed by Indians. He was George Phouts. Killed in Tenn.

Joseph Ray, b. March 1, 1770
Mary Ray, b. July 2, 1779
Children:
Leonard P.
Phoebe
David L.
William H.
Rachael
Anna
Manning
Stephen B.
Moses
Benjamin F.
Elijah
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Anyone know if they are connected to this family?

Pat

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