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From: "Patricia Hall" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] John S. Rhea
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:50:02 -0500
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Court records of Grainger co. TN.
May 19, 1824 Polly HAWKINS and William HAWKINS deed to Robert HARRIS.
No October Court

Isaac HARRIS was duly and constitutionally elected a constable for the
bounds
of Captain CRAIG 's Company for the two ensuing years was qualified and gave
bond according to law.

Ordered by the Court that William Perrier? RENNIER?, Thomas SMITH, George
Hinshaw, James WHITLOCK< THOMAS WHITLOCK, Isaac HARRIS and Robert HARRIS or
any five of them be a jury of survey to view the road leaving the main
STAGE ROAD at Jaramiah JARNAGINs and intersecting the river road at or near
Jacob GRUBB's road to be of the least injury to any person and of the most
publick utility and make a report to the next term of this court.



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Subject: [RHEA-L] John S. Rhea


> If John Rhea only married once and his wife was Sarah Scales, he
certainly
> married too late for her to be the mother of his children. EARLY MIDDLE
> TENNESSEE MARRIAGES, VOL.1, GROOMS by Byron & Barbara Sistler, has the
> following: Jno. S. Rhea to Sarah P. Scales 12-17-1827 (12-18-1827) [Li]
>
> In Joseph Scales will dated 18 Jan 1830 he mentions his daughter Sally P.
> Rhea. As John Rhea's children were born about 1801 to 1820, I definately
do
> not believe Sarah Scales was John Rhea's only wife. I realize that John's
> will sounds as though Sarah was the mother of his children, and she
probably
> was, but not Sarah Scales. Perhaps there was another John S. Rhea who
married
> Sarah Scales in 1827.
>
> I would like to see if I can locate the will of Sarah Harris' father in
> Grainger Co., TN. John Rhea married Sarah Harris is 1797 and could
possibly
> be the Sarah who was the mother of John's children.
>
> Frann
>
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