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From: "James Rhea" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] King's Mountain
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:02:14 -0400

Robert, the reference to this Rhea being Roman Catholic was of interest to
me as many of my Rhea ancestors were Roman Catholic. This is a curious fact
to me given that I had always thought the Rheas were of Presbyterian
background. Do you know much about the religious background of the Rheas?

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> Subject: [RHEA-L] King's Mountain
> Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 9:15 PM
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> In reply to Bill Jones query: The Overmountain Men by Pat Alderman lists
> Joseph Rhea and John Rhea as participants in the Battle of King's
Mountain.
> They were brothers, sons of the Rev'd Joseph Rhea. John was later
congressman
> from Tennessee and figure prominently in early Tennessee History. Rhea
> Anderson (AKA Charles Rhea Anderson) was an historian and wrote several
pieces
> on Tennessee families and homes. He was a gg grandson of the Joseph Rhea
of
> King's Mountain. I am most interested in further information connected
to
> Dyersburg and Rhea Anderson et al. The Rhea's of Dyersburg, I believe,
were
> descendants of Archibald Rhea. However, It has been a long time since I
> looked into these files for this particular connection.
> Robert Rhea
>
> Team Leader for Matthew Rhea-Rev'd Joseph Rhea
>
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