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Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] John Rhea b. 1776
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 21:34:04 EDT
In a message dated 6/11/99 10:54:33 AM Central Daylight Time,
writes:
> I am searching for John Rhea's ancestral line. Matthew Campbell Reagh's
children were not just in Tennessee, some were in Virginia, in NC, Ky. etc.
My particular branch was in Va to Ky and so forth. And there were lots of
John Rhea's.
Here is an article that I found in Usgenweb archives for green co. ar. bio's.
RHEA
The known history of the Rhea family in Greene County begins long ago in
Warren County, Tennessee. On the 19th of March 1830, Moses Rhea, father of
Obediah Rhea (later of Greene County, Arkansas) made his will.
In this will Moses Rhea mentions his wife, Hannah Ritter Rhea; his daughter
Polly Hubbert; a son, Joseph; a daughter, Jane Cambell; a daughter, Susannah
Sims; a son James; a son, John; a son, William; and a son Alfred. A grandson
of Moses Rhea, also named Moses, is also mentioned. This younger Moses Rhea
was the son of Obediah. This will was witnesseed by Loroy Braly, Thomas
Martin, and Alfred Braly.
Obediah Rhea was born in 1790 in Virginia. He later married Elizabeth Emma
Littlepage and they lived near Pinson in Madison County, Tennessee until
about 1836 when they began their journey to Arkansas. Obediah and Elizabeth
brought with them two sons and five daughters, leaving their oldest married
son, John, behind in Tennessee. The two sons brought with the family were
Thomas and Moses Boling Rhea. The daughters were Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary,
Minerva, and Emma Littlepage Rhea. The family settled near Old Bethel Church
in Greene Co.
Thomas Rhea is buried at the Rutherford Cemetery in Craighead County,
Arkansas. Moses Roling Rhea is buried on the old Rhea farm just inside the
Lawrence County line near Highway 25. Nancy Rhea married James Edwards and
they lived near old Greensboro; at a later date they moved to Jonesboro.
Elizabeth Rhea married a man whose last name was Rutherford. Mary Rhea first
married a man named Swindle and later a man named Pearce. Emma's daughter,
Mrs. Laura Tiener of Walnut Ridge was the last surviving grandchild of
Obediah and Elizabeth E. L. Rhea.
Nancy Rhea Edwards died in 1913 and was buried at the Pine Log Cemetery in
Craighead County. Elizabeth Rhea Rutherford is also buried at Pine Log.
Mary Rhea Grayson is buried at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in western Greene
County. Minerva Rhea is buried in Lawrence County. Emma Rhea Pearce is also
buried in Lawrence County.
(Information for this sketch was provided by Mr. Floyd Barnhill of Jonesboro,
Arkansas who obtained it from members of the Rhea family.)
Pat H
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