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From: "Johnita P. Malone" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] More information from my files
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:58:29 -0700
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I guess that you already know that William Collings Rhea is the probable
brother of the John Rae, the Baptist Minister, who died in Warren Co.,
TN., about 1813.

Johnita


Randy wrote:
>
> Johnita, It is intresting to me that this branch of the family is in Warren
> Cty before 1820,as was my branch Abner and Alsey Rea. On the Baptist Church
> roll the name is spelled Rhea. My family wound up in Franklin County
> Illinois along with Abner's brother Wilson Rea. Another Rea branch was also
> in Franklin County at that time which remains a mystery to me. That is my
> greatgreatgrandfather Robert Rea who married Abner's daughter Charity
> Rea.Wilson and Abner are the sons of William Collings Rea who was the son of
> James Rea of Henry County Va.
> Randy Ray
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Johnita P. Malone <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] More information from my files
>
> > This is very interesting as Hannah Ritter Rhea is referred to as Ritter
> > Hudson Ray in the Mormon record that I found. I presume that she was a
> > Hudson before her marriage to Moses Ray/Rhea/Rea/Rae.
> >
> > Littlepage is the surname of the lady which Obediah Rhea/Ray married.
> > Obediah was the son of Moses Rhea and Hannah Ritter Hudson.
> >
> > Perhaps the Bolon/Bolen/Bolin family was accredited with coming to the
> > Warren Co., TN., area a little; however, John Ray/Rea/Rae/Rhea's wife was
> > a Bolon so at least one Bolon was there before 1813.
> >
> > More likely the William Rhea mentioned in 1811 was the brother of Moses
> > Rhea. It is likely that all of John Rea/Rae's children were born by
> > 1787. This would make this William old enough. Perhaps he is also the
> > same William who died in the 1840 time frame.
> >
> > The John Rhea whose will seems to be lost must be the John Rhea/Ray,
> > father of Moses Ray/Rhea and husband of Mary Bolon.
> >
> > There is a Lewis Rhea/Ray somehow connected to this family but the Mormon
> > record has not given him as a son of John Rhea, the baptist minister, and
> > his wife, Mary. I do see him listed in the Mormon record and am in the
> > process of trying to determine his relationship.
> >
> > Additionally, I do not see a Joseph M. nor a Robert P. listed in the
> > Mormon record as sons of this older John Rae and Mary Bolon. If Joseph
> > M. is really Moses, then this is a possibility that shouldn't be ruled
> > out until proven differently. There were a number of Ray/Rhea/Rae/Rea
> > families in the area as well as the surrounding area but one needs to be
> > really careful in sorting out these children. To cite at least one,
> > there were the children of Ezekiel Rhea who died in White Co., Tn. White
> > Co., Tn., is closely adjoining and these families had interrelationships
> > to White Co., Tn., as Lucy Rhea, daughter of John Rae and Mary Bolon,
> > married Levi Perkins of White Co., Tn.
> >
> > The early John and Mary's children included at least the following:
> > Sarah, James, Mary, Moses, Aaron, William, John, Elizabeth, Hannah,
> > Fareby, Nancy, Fannie, and my Lucy.
> >
> > Thanks so very much for posting this information. Perhaps this is one of
> > the leads which we need. If I could only get down to that area to do
> > more research!!!!!
> >
> > Johnita
> >
> >
> >
> > Mack Rhea wrote:
> > >
> > > I ran across this information copied for me by Kathleen Pennington in
> 1991. Perhaps it contains something of interest.
> > >
> > > "
> 304 S. Irwin St.
> > > Manchester, Tenn. 37355
> > > 11 Feb. 1984
> > >
> > > Mrs. Clifton Pennington
> > > Rte.12, Box 94
> > > McMinnville, Tenn. 37110
> > >
> > > Dear Kathleen,
> > > Excuse the delay in replying to your request, but I had the Quarterly to
> get completed and to the printer's (it was only almost a year late,
> > and had top priori
> > > Anyway, I'm enclosing a copy of Mrs. Amato's letter - she never joined
> the Society, and I never heard from her again at all. I sat down the
> > other night and beg
> > > Evidently you have the item I included in my "Deaths in Coffee County"
> in. which William. Rhea legitimized his five children by Mary Qualls
> > (Quarles) in 1840.
> > > and Thomas. Orleny was apparently married to Andrew Stotts, while
> Elizabeth was married to Johnathan Wooton (from Grundy, Co. marriage
> > records). In the will h
> > > In 1840, William Rhea was living in C. D. 9 here, which was not the part
> cut off from Franklin Co. in 1838, and then cut off into Grundy when
> > it was formed in
> > > It's really pretty interesting, since one so seldom runs across a case
> of legitimization even for one child, much less five !
> > > Back to the will - he detailed where he acquired his various pieces of
> land from, and one piece was deeded him by John & Elizabeth Gillis and
> > others. I wonder
> > > Coffee area people here, of course. The only possible person for
> Littlepage is no. 15 there, Thomas Little - who may have really been
> > named Little, of course.
> > > About Moses Ray, of course I don't have much. One notation
> appeared in the early Coffee records regarding disposition of his estate
> > (included in "Death
> > > in a deed from David Ross to James Wilson (and this is the area right
> near Jewell Murphy's) for 1000 acres, and Moses Rea, David Colston, & Wm.
> > Douglas were wi
> > > Still working backwards (for some unknown reason), in my copy of Warren
> Co. Deed Bk. B, p. 232 Moses Rea, executor of John Rea, dec. sold Martin
> > Johnstone 100
> > > Going on these facts, one may postulate that John Rhea, Sr. had
> sons; Moses, John Jr. (Little John), and perhaps William, plus unknown
> > daughters probab
> > > North Carolina, No. 844. One wonders, could Joseph M. really be Moses? ?
> ? The deed from Isaac Drake to a William Rea is in this book too, p.63
> > - dated 4 Apr.
> > > That about does it - I hadn't meant to spend all day on this and hadn't
> meant to write but just a note. But I got into it, and it was rather
> > intriguing, so I j
> > > Good luck!
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Betty Bridgewater
> > >
> > > P.S. I don't recall anyone else interested in these folks and there is
> no one else in my Rhea file."
> > >
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> > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/r/h/Rhea/deeds
> > > Rhea Deeds at GenConnect
> >
> >
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> > Rhea Obituaries at GenConnect
> >
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