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From: "Johnita P. Malone" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] John Rhea b. 1776
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:02:42 -0700


The Moses Rhea in the following write-up was the son of a John Ray/Rhea
and his wife, Polly (Mary), of Warren Co., TN. This John was the likely
son of the James Rea/Rae of Henry Co., VA.

Johnita

wrote:
>
> 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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