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From: "Patricia Hall" <>
Subject: [RHEA] 2nd part- titled Robert Reah, Reagh, Reaugh
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 14:12:52 -0500


Robert was a carpenter and joiner. [4,5] He and Sarah apparently left
Augusta County after selling their land in 1758. The defeat of general
Edward Braddock by the French on July 9, 1755 prompted many to leave the
county for safer areas to the south. [13] Two months later, Rev. Hugh
McAden, while traveling through North Carolina, wrote that he "came up with
a large company of men, women and children, who had fled for their lives
from the Cow or Calf Pasture in Virginia." [14] Rev. Alexander Craighead and
many from his congregation at Windy Cove emigrated to Anson (later
Mecklenburg) County, North Carolina to escape the dangers of frequent Indian
incursions resulting from Braddock's defeat. [15] Though not members of that
congregation, it is suspected that Robert and Sarah joined the exodus.
The National Archives has pension application papers for a Robert Rhea who
fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He testified that
he was born in Mecklenburg (then Anson), County, North Carolina in April,
1763; after five years moved to within ninety miles of Charleston, South
Carolina; and seven years later to Montgomery County, Virginia. [16] There,
in 1774, Robert, his father, was issued a hemp certificate. [17] In
1775-1776, the father and a brother, "Arch'd Rheah," purchased land on
Cripple Creek. [18] Although owning land in Montgomery County, the elder
Robert was living in Washington County, Virginia when he died in 1779. [19]
The inventory os his estate included carpentry and silversmith tootls. [20]
There is evidence, albeit not proven, that Sarah was the daughter of John
and Sarah Bingham who purchased Beverly Manor land in 1749. [21] Robert and
Sarah's daughter, Elizabeth, named a daughter Sarah Bingham. [22] Besides
Elizabeth, they had at least five other children, Robert, Ann, John,
Isabella and Archibald.
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