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From: "Johnita P. Malone" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] More info from the Archives
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:17:28 -0800


Pat,

The first entry is incorrect as I am a descendant of Lucy Rhea/Ray who
married Levi Perkins and Lucy is not a daughter of Aaron Ray/Rhea and
Nancy Howell. If anything, she is a sister to Aaron. This incorrect
data has been perpetuated for some time as a suppostion but has found to
be incorrect. I see that now it has migrated from a supposition but a
fact.

Mariah Rhea is my ancestor also and she did marry Reuben Perkins, son of
Lucy Ray/Rhea and Levi Perkins. Mariah Rhea was the daughter of Sebird
Smith Rhea and Nancy Cooke.

William Gantt Perkins did marry Dicy Ray/Rhea, daughter of Aaron Rhea/Ray
and Nancy Howell. These two Rhea/Ray lines may or may not be related to
each other. Sebird Smith Rhea always spelled his name Rhea; however,
Sebird's father Ezekiel sometimes spelled his name Ray and maybe Wray.
Aaron Ray (usually spelled Ray and sometimes Rae/Rea) was the son of a
John Rae of Warren Co., TN.

We need to try to correct this error which was only a supposition when it
first started. I have previously posted a lot of LDS data which was
filed by Dicy Ray Perkins and her husband William Gantt Perkins for their
ancestors showing these relationships to be different than described
below and would be glad to post it again if it would help.

Lots of interesting info here. Particularly the Lincoln Co., NC., info
about Mauneys/Swains, etc. Additionally, there is Looney/Loney Ray
mentioned in the following written by Worth S. Ray. This information,
however, is not proven and should be taken as such. Looney does not
appear from my research to be a son of the Rev John Rae. Additionally,
some of the others mentioned as children of Rev John Rae do not seem to
prove out. They may be related, though. Note also that Nancy Cooper
(prob. wife of James Cooper) is actually the wife of George Washington
Cooper.

Tennessee Cousins, pages 526-527. Rev John Ray (Rae, Rhea, etc.) of
Warren County, Tennessee. From Geo. W. Paschal's "History of the North
Carolina Baptists" p. 407: (1790) Three Churches of the Sandy Creek
Association were in Chatham Co., (N.C.), being the church of Haw River,
with 320 members, much the strongest church in the Association, still
under the care of Elder Elnathan Davis, who had as his assistants the
Licentiates Thomas Brown, Jesse Buckner, Thomas Cate, Solomon Smith,
Isaac Hailes, . . . Ray and William Witherspoon. From notebook of Rev.
Morgan Edwards, page 6: Sandy Creek Church. The House is 80 feet by 26,
built in 1762 on the lands of Seamore York. Thomas J. Barnes of
McMinnville, a few years ago, discovered an old Rae (Ray) graveyard, not
far from town, on which there were a few markers and about ten or more
graves. The markers read: John Rae died February 16, 1813, aged 74
years. Baptist Preacher. Nancy Cooper (Prob. wife of James Cooper)
daughter of J. M. Rae (Ray) died Jun 1, 1843, aged 61 years. Mary
Brazeal, daughter of J. M. Rae, died 1811, aged 42 years. Isham Rae died
in the 21st year of his age. No dates. After John Rae died in 1813,
Moses Ray was executor of the estate, on April 8, 1816. The witnesses to
his appointment(?) were Daniel Payne and Uriah York. (Uriah York was a
son-in-law of John Rae by marriage to his daughter Fannie Rae.) Moses
Rae sold the land to Martin Johnston and then Johnston sold it to Elijah
Drake on October 3, 1818. This land was granted to John Rae on April 1,
1815, Grant No. 6795. Mr. Thos. J. Barnes wrote the writer: " I find
Grants of land to Joseph M. and Robert P. Rae in Overton County,
Tennessee, from the State of North Carolina, No. 844, made by John
Armstrong, Entry Taker. 1812." "I also find that Isaac Drake sold to
William Rae 130 acres of land in Warren County, entered August 19th 1807,
and as Warren County and this section was not bought from the Indians
until 1805, you see they must have been some of the first settlers."
"One of the first Drake entries I find in Warren County is that of Isaac
Drake, who sold the 130 acres of land to William Rae. The I find in the
old Drake Cemetery an Abraham Drake, son of Elijah and Phoebe Drake -
born 1808, died March 11, 1860." "Abraham Drake married Elizabeth York,
daughter of Uriah York and his wife Fannie Rae. Abraham Drake and his
wife Elizabeth York had children: 1. Uriah Drake m. Lucy Bright; 2.
Washington Drake m. Mary Bright; 3. Murphy Drake m. Sarah Drake York; 4.
Silas Drake m. Nancy Grissom; 5. Phoebe Drake never married; 6. Parazada
Drake (1842-1887) married George Graves." "Abraham Drake (Son of Elijah
and Phoebe Drake) had a sister Elizabeth Drake (1816-1890); also sister
Mary (1813-1861). "Uriah York was born May 17, 1784 & died Oct. 27,
1865." "In about 200 yards of the Drake Cemetery is the Rae Cemetery".
"Isaac Drake is listed in the first tax book of 1812 as well as John
Drake, Elijah Drake and Jacob Drake, Uriah York and George Ray, and Lima
Ray. Note the different spelling but all these Drakes, Rays and Yorks
resided in the same section." "Joseph Rhea entered land in 1815; Robert
Rhea entered land 1818. This is still another spelling, but I am sure
they were all the same family of Rhea, Rae's or Rays." The name of Moses
Ray (so spelled) is shown in the United States Census of Warren County of
1820. Uriah York, who married Fannie Ray, the daughter of Rev. John Ray,
who "for forty years was a Baptist Minister", had the following children:
1. Hulda York m George Ballard; 2. Polly York m. Daniel Wood; 3.
Elizabeth York m. Abraham Drake; 4. Fannie York m. Wiley B. Huddleston;
5. George Washington York married (1) Patsy Lusk (2) Thomas; 6. Uriah
York m. Peggy Lusk. The theory of the writer is that our Uriah York is
perhaps a grandson of that Seamore York, who furnished the land on which
the Sandy Creek Baptist Church is Chatham County, N. C., was built in
1762, and that the identity of Rev. John Ray places him as the licentiate
. . . Ray, who was as assistant to Rev Elnathan Davis back in 1790. That
locality, according to the census of 1790 had about four John Rays, and
Moses Ray, who was the ancestor of the Chatham family of the name,
appears to be remembered in naming the sons of the old preacher, who had
a son Moses, his Executor in Warren County. Family of Rev. John Ray, of
N. C. and Warren County. Not having been able to secure an authentic
list of the children of Rev. John Ray, who died in Warren County,
Tennessee, in 1815, report is had to contemporaneous records of those
named in different items. His children were probably: 1. Moses Ray,
Executor (b. 1767); 2. Isham Ray, died at 21; 3. William Ray (b. about
1772); 4. Mary Ray m. Brazeal (b. 1769); 5. Joseph M. Ray (b. 1775); 6.
Robert P. Ray (b. 1777); 7. Nancy Ray m. Cooper (b. 1782); 8. Looney Ray;
9. Lewis Ray. Moses Ray settled in Blount County, Alabama, had many sons
and daughters who married into the family of a certain David Moore. Rev.
William H. Ray, born in Warren County, Tennessee, Oct. 9, 1801, also a
Baptist Preacher, settled in Smith County, Texas and died 1875.

Johnita

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> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 21:57:58 -0400 (EDT)From: <>
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> Subject: Old files- new names old namesDoes anyone place this one:
>
> Aaron Rhea m. Mary Howell and had daughter Lucy b. 25 Oct 1787. Lucy m. Levi
> Perkins, July 19, 1808 and d. 12 Mar 1854 in White Co., Tn (Cookville)
> Dicy Rhea m. William Gant Perkins 22 Feb 1818 White Co. TN. and Marian Rhea
> m. Reuben Perkins 1816-1896 White Co. TN.
> William Gant Perkins was brother to Levi Perkins and Reuben Perkins, and was
> son of Levi and Lucy Perkins. this from a letter I received from a online
> person a while back.*****************
> This one is WondrHeart's Has anyone made any progress
> Pleasant Vincent Uriah (or Eli or Neri) Jackson Harrison Glenn RHEA, b. 1821
> in Lincoln Co. TN, m. 1845 Bedford Co. TN to Mary elizabeth FANNIN(G)*********
> Also any info on a Joseph RHEA and John RHEA who lived in Lincoln Co. Tn.1820?
> *********
> William Myron Rea of Willis Point, Tx. has anyone found any of his ancestors.
> *************
> How about this one- any new info? Phebe Rhea m. to Victor Moreau Bostwick
> March 31, 1835 Phebe born Feb. 23, 1816 Arcadia Ny.***********
> a little info Londonderry Cathedral is in the middle of the city of Derry,
> near the little fountain on the west bank of the Foyle Temple More is a
> district of the city also on the West Bank of the Foyle this pertains to
> where matthew and Janet were married.**************
> another bit on Margaret Rhea who married into the Looney's.
> Margaret Rhea b. abt. 1725 married Robert Looney Jr. and lived in Augusta Co.
> Va. 1750's. They had four sons, John, Benjamin, Samuel, Moses. Robert was
> killed in Feb. 1756. She then married Stephen Renfro and moved into N.C. (Pre
> Tenn) 1770 time frame. This came from a Looney descendant.
> More on Eleanor Wilday m. to Samuel Rhea. Elleanor Wilday is the sister of
> Rebecca Wilday who married John Gilliland in Pike County, Ohio.
> How about this one?
> Judy Mauney SWAIN m. Kenneth Myron MALONE, daughter of Florence Irene RHEA(m.
> John Paris SWAIN Jr. who is daughter of James Monroe RHEA b. 23 Sept 1891
> Cleveland Co. NC d. 17 Nov 1920 Gaston Co. NC m. Nancy Elizabeth MAUNEY,
> son of James Jacob RHEA b. 21 Apr 1869 Cleveland Co NC d. 14 May 1900
> Cleveland Co NC m. Mary An Lenora DOVER
> son of Margaret RHEA of SC d. 22 Feb 1922 Cleveland Co NC
> daughter of Jane M? RHEA of SCMargaret RHEA was born in York Co. SC
> Jane M. RHEA had children Margaret, Martha, Jane, Robert, William, Sarah
> Margaret only one who did not marry. All children lived in NC/SC on the
> border between the states. Have their been any new finds?*********
> DAR Patriot Index. Thomas Rhea b. 1760 NC died 9-7-1809 NC m. 1 Rachel
> Arrrenton, 2 Mary Mames- Patriot Index NC************
> How about James Edward Rhea, b. November 26, 1865, died April 7, 1966. His
> mother was Mary Alice Lane, 1869-1941. His parents and all grandparents and
> one great-grandmother are buried in Pear Nobb Cemetery Canmer, KY.
> Greensburg, Ky. has property deeds for the great-grand father Thomas
> Alexander Rhea. Allen's History of Kentucky available Green County Museum in
> Greensburg lists William Rhea as a pioneer. This from a letter provided to me
> by TRoyalty. letter from 1995.************
>
> Well I have given you all alot to read. If any connections would like to
> know, and if any of you have found anything new, please share to the list.
> Pat H.
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