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From: "Mack Rhea" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] Re: RHEA-D Digest V00 #108
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:33:37 -0500


I have a Nancy Rhea (b. c. 1782, d. Jun 01, 1843 - buried in Old Ray Cemetery, Bone Cave, Warren County, TN) who was married to a Cooper. This Nancy was the daughter of John M. Rhea (b. c. 1739, d. Feb 16, 1813 at Rocky River, NC - also buried in the Old Ray cemetery listed above. This John Rhea was a Baptist preacher at the Sany Creek Baptist Church in Chatham County, NC around 1800).
Could this Nancy be the same as the one mentioned below?

>>> 07/27/00 10:18PM >>>
Nancy (Ray/Rhea/Rea/Rae) Cooper and her husband, G. W. Cooper, had also gone to Arkansas early. G. W. Cooper died in Lawrence Co., Arkansas
Territory in 1835 and Nancy returned to Warren Co., TN., where we find
her estate being probated. They apparently had no children and the
estate was divided amongst his and her brothers and sisters and their
descendants.

Johnita


wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/26/2000 4:18:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> << Arkansas was almost entirely Indian
> reservation before it became a state, and I have found early Rays in
> Arkansas ~ I assume they were originally Rheas who went early from TN to AR
> and used that spelling. >>
>
> I and my cousins are from a group of Rheas who came from Hancock Cty TN to
> Johnson Cty Arkansas- this gang kept the RHEA spelling.
>
> We descend from John Rhea SR and (Febra ? Rhea ) of Hancock Cty, but have
> never been able to connect John Sr to any other body of Rheas in TN or VA -
> there must have been a shortage of names in those times, as there are
> literally dozens of John Rheas, which makes research frustrating.
>
> About 30 of us cousins have an email group called Febraskids
> () for information exchange.
>
> I enjoyed your email
> Best wshes
>
> Don Rhea
>
> Mesa, AZ
>
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