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From: "Johnita P. Malone" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] John Rhea b. 1776
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:19:41 -0700


Here is what little I have about Moses Ray and his wife Hannah Ritter Ray
from the Baptism of the Death (Mormon Records). This entry was made by
William G. Perkins and his wife, Dicy Ray Perkins, niece of Moses Ray.

Mormom Records at Endowment House, Salt Lake City
Baptisms for Dead
Film 183,383, Bk B, pg 76, 27 July 1870

Relative Name Place Born Date Entered Informant/Member Relationship
(of member)
Nancy Howell Ray VA 27 Jul 1870 Dicy Ray Perkins daughter
Polley Bolon Ray same same grandaughter
Patta Berry Howell same same grandaughter
Ritter Hudson Ray VA same same niece
Ruth Lockhart same same friend
Nancy Ray Cooper same same niece
Moses Ray same Wm G. Perkins nephew-in-law
Washington Cooper same same nephew in-law
Ezekiel Hudson same same same
Benjamin Lockhart same same same

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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