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Subject: [RHEA-L] Ray-Rhea Marriages of Blount Co. NC (don't miss this one)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:56:59 EST

Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com: Tennessee Cousins p. 319


RAY FAMILY MARRIAGES ON THE RECORDS OF BLOUNT COUNTY The RAY FAMILY of BLOUNT
COUNTY - which was the family of the writer of these notes had long adopted
the spelling of RAY, which was the spelling used by the first emigrants in
VIRGINIA; thereafter for many generations RHEA, WRAY, RA??, REA and even WREA
was used, until the family reached down into N.C. and Tennessee, when RAY was
considered correct. Notwithstanding this my grandfather, MASSEN??RG RAY had
his name spelled RHEA on the marriage records of


Blount County, but always spelled it RAY himself, as did and do his
descendants. RHEA was the proper spelling of the family of SULLIVAN COUNTY,
who were of IRISH instead of English origin. I have gathered the following
marriage records in BLOUNT COUNTY: OB??DIAH RAY to SUSAN M. VAUGHT, on 
   August 23, 1853, by DAVID SP??ADLIN, 
   M. G. (1st marriage). 
OBEDIAH RAY to LOUISA J. FIELDS, on 
   August 13, 1867. (2nd marriage). 
OBEDIAH RAY to DUCY ANDERSON, June 
   6, 1910. (3rd marriage). Signed 
   by Clay Cunningham, County Clk. 
JOSEPH RAY to AMY ALLEN, August 18 
   1817. JAMES HOUSTON, CLERK, by 
   JESSE ??ENE, his deputy. 
LEONARD RAY to MARTHA COOHRAN, Jan 
   28, 1824. WILLIAM GAULT. J. P. 
JESSE RAY to MARGARET BLAIR, Dec. 
   7, 1802. Bond signed by Jesse 
   Ray and WILLIAM BLAIR. 
WILLIAM RAY to JOSEPHINE MILLER,on 
   Oct. 8, 1874. JACOB HENRY, Sec. 
J. ROBERT RAY to C. J. LANE, Feb. 
   24, 1880. WILLIAM M. HOOD, Sec. 
JAMES RAY to MARTHA A. FRY, May 3, 
   1889. BEN CUNNINGHAM, Clerk. 
MASSENBERG RAY to MARTHA McTEER,on 
   Feb. 6, 1849. 
SILAS A. RAY to MARTHA F. KENNEY - 
   1857. 
DAVID RAY to POLLY AKRIG??, in 1827 
WILLIAM RAY to HARRIET FARMER in 
   1829. 
GEORGE RAY to ELIZABETH HU??MA?? in 
   1819. 
JAMES RAY to ELIZABETH (BETSY) TIPTO??, 
   in 1826. 
JOHN RAY to JANE CAM?? in 1831. 
MARTIN RAY to POLLY TIPTOW in 1819. 
ROBERT RAY, the revolutionary soldier, 
   had a daughter who married 
   DEVAULT WRIGHT 
The OBEDIAH RAY (married 3 times) was OBEDIAH RAY, JR. He died in 1934 101
years and 15 days old.

 

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