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From: "Mike Parsons" <>
Subject: Rea / Ray NC > Van Buren Co, TN
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 13:30:59 -0600


To Rhea / Rea / Ray Group:

Does the following line connect with any
Rhea, etc. researchers?? Primarily seeking documentation on Moses Rae
(b. 1688) and his ancestor line. Any help will be appreciated.
Mike Parsons


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>
>Descendants of Moses Rae
>
>Generation No. 1
>
> 1. Moses1 Rae was born Abt. 1688, and died Abt. 1742.
> Child of Moses Rae is:
> +2i.John2 Rae, born 1739. He was a Baptist minister for 40 years; died
>February 16, 1813 in Warren Co., Tn (now Van Buren Co., TN) - buried Ray
>Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.
>
>Generation No. 2
>
> 2. John2 Rae (Moses1) was born 1739. He was a Baptist minister for 40
>years, and died February 16, 1813 in Warren Co., Tn (now Van Buren Co.,
TN) -
>buried Ray Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. He married Mary Gray February 7,
>1863 in Tyrell Co., NC. She was born abt 1743 and died Feb 12, 1814 -
buried
>Ray Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.
>
>NOTES FOR JOHN RAE/RAY
>1816 Moses Rae was the executor of Reverand John Rae's estate, witnesses
to
>his appointment were Daniel Payne and Uriah York (son in law of John Rae).
>Land granted to John Rae on April 1, 1815 Grant No. 6795 was sold to
Martin
>Johnson and then Johnson sold it to ELIJAH DRAKE on October 3, 1818
>
> Children of John Rae and Mary Gray are:
> 3i.Moses3 Rae.
> 4ii.Mary Rae, born Abt. 1772, died 1814 and is buried in the Ray
>Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. She married Unknown Brazel.
> 5iii.Nancy Rae, born Abt. 1782. died Jan 1, 1843 and is buried in the
Ray
>Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. She married Unknown Cooper.
> +6iv.Frances "Fannie" Rae, born March 2, 1784; died March 29, 1850 and
>was buried in the Crain Hill Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. She married
Uriah
>York.
> 7v.Isham Rae, died at age 51 and was buried in the Ray Cemetery, Van
>Buren Co., TN.
> +8vi.Phoebe Millien Rae, born April 13, 1790 in VA ; died October 17,
>1857 in Van Buren Co., Tn - Old Drake Cemetery near old Cain Ridge.
>
>
>Generation No. 3
>
> 6. Fannie3 Rae (John2, Moses1) was born March 2, 1784, and died March
29,
>1850 and is buried Crain Hill Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. She married
>Uriah York , Sr..
>
> Children of Fannie Rae and Uriah York are:
> 9i.Hulda4 York. She married George Ballard.
> 10ii.Polly York. She married Daniel Wood.
> 11iii.Fanny York. She married Wiley B. Huddleston.
> 12iv.George Washington York. He married (1) Patsy Lusk. He married
(2)
>Unknown Thomas.
> 13v.Uriah York , Jr.. He married Peggy Lusk.
> 14vi.Silas R. York, born July 6, 1812; died January 12, 1836 in buried
>Crain Hill Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.
> 15vii.Elizabeth C. York, born November 11, 1816 in Tn; died September
20,
>1890 in Van Buren Co., Tn. She married Silas Abraham Drake , Sr. Abt.
1835.
>
> 8. Phoebe Millien3 Rae (John2, Moses1) was born April 13, 1790 (see
note 3
>at end) in VA (1870 Census of Elijah Drake, Jr. indicates 1784), and died
>October 17, 1857 in Van Buren Co., Tn - Old Drake Cemetery near old
Cain
>Ridge. She married Elijah Drake , Sr. Abt. 1806 in Warren Co., Tn, son of
>Benjamin Drake and Sara Buchanan.
>
> Children of Phoebe Rae and Elijah Drake are:
> 16i.Sarah4 Drake, born 1806-1810; died 1821-1825 at age 15.
> 17ii.Silas Abraham Drake , Sr., born February 14, 1808 in Warren Co.,
Tn;
>died March 11, 1860 in Van Buren Co., Tn - Drake Cemetery (Consumption).
He
>married Elizabeth C. York Abt. 1835.
> 18iii.Elizabeth Drake, born February 11, 1811 in Warren Co., Tn; died
>June 14, 1878 in Warren Co., Tn. She married Isaac Hillis Abt. 1828 in
Warren
>Co., Tn.
> 19iv.John M. Drake, born April 14, 1813 in Warren Co., Tn1; died
August
>9, 1905 in Warren Co., TN - Shellsford Cemetery. He married Mary Disa
"Dicy"
>Seitz Abt. 1838 in Warren Co., Tn.
> 20v.Mary Drake, born October 13, 1813 in Warren Co., TN; died January
1,
>1861 in Warren Co., TN - never married.
> 21vi.Elijah Drake , Jr., born February 12, 1818 in Warren Co., Tn
>; died September 15, 1888, buried Old Drake Cemetery, Van Buren Co.,
>TN. He married Sarah Carter December 12, 1842 in Van Buren Co., Tn.
> 22vii.Anna Drake, born March 22, 1820 in Warren Co., Tn; died Abt.
1860.
> She married Lansford Worthington March 26, 1838 in Warren Co., Tn.
> 23viii.Reuben Miller Drake, born May 7, 1822 in Warren Co., Tn;
> died Aft. 1892 in Van Buren Co., Tn. He married (1) Nancy
>Moulder , ?? Abt. 1840. He married (2) Nancy Isham January 29, 1843 in
Van
>Buren Co., Tn2. He married (3) Martha England Abt. 1856 in Warren Co.,
Tn.
> 24ix.Randolph Drake, born July 4, 1825 in Warren Co., Tn (now Van
Buren
>County); died Aft. 1850 in buried Old Drake Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.
He
>married Melvina Christian.
> 25x.William Carter Drake, born February 7, 1828 in Warren Co., Tn (now
>Van Buren County); died September 11, 1915 in Van Buren Co., Tn - died of
TB.
> He married (1) Hetty Gamble March 14, 1854 in Van Buren Co., Tn. He
>married (2) Margaret Brown 1890.
> 26xi.Jacob Drake, born January 1, 1831 in Warren Co., TN; died May 17,
>1849 in buried Old Drake Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.
> 27xii.Benjamin Drake, born Abt. 1832; died 1836 in age 3, buried Old
>Drake Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.
> 28xiii.Isaac Newton Drake, born Abt. 1836 in Warren Co., Tn; died Abt.
>1900. He married Elnora Allen May 3, 1862 in White Co, Tn.
>
>
>Endnotes
>
> 1. Census of Van Buren County, TN of 1860, 1870 and 1880. Only 1850
census
>shows different age.
>2. Van Buren County Marriage Records of Jan 29, 1843
>3. "Our People" by Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, cemetery listing of Van Buren
Co.,
>TN
>
>CENSUS NOTES FOR ELIJAH DRAKE, JR.
>1850 Census Tn., Van Buren Co., District V, Fam 215, Pg 382B, age 27
>1860 not in Van Buren Co., TN Census
>1870 Census Tn., Van Buren Co., District VIII, Fam 4, age 51
>
> 1850 Census
>Elijah Drake Jr. 27 Tn
>Sarah 27 Tn
>Pheby 5 Tn
>Peter 4 Tn
>Reuben 2 Tn
>Sarah 4/12 Tn
>
> 1860 Census
>
>NOT IN VAN BUREN CO., TN
>
> 1870 Census
>Elijah Drake 51 Tn
>Phebe 25 Tn
>Sarah 17 Tn
>Nancy 15 Tn
>Phebe (retired) 86 Va (widow of Elijah Sr. ???, She died in 1857.
This
>must be the mother of Sarah Carter, the wife of Elijah Drake, Jr.))
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