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From: "Patricia Hall" <>
Subject: [RHEA] References and Notes Page 1 Ref. are bracketed.
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 23:27:51 -0500


References and Notes Page 1
* The author has copies of references that are followed by an asterisk.

The first time a book or other work is cited, a complete description is
given. Subsequent citations are abbreviated.

1. Crozier, William Armstrong, Ed., Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776,
(Baltimore, MD:Genealogical Publishing Co.,1965), 64.* The list of militia
is from Hening's Statutes At Large of Virginia, Vol. 7. The surname was
spelled "Reah."
2. Augusta Co., VA Deed Book 2,751-753.*Dated May 17, 1750,recorded May 23,
1750. Contained 230 acres on the S.E. side of Hays Creek(also known as
Walker's Creek), which, at that point, flowed more or less south-westerly,
nearly paralleling the Borden patent line located less than 200 yards to the
north.
The properties of William, Archibald,and Robert were located at the present
town of Zack on highway 602. In 1808, Andrew Kennedy built a mill on
property purchased from Archibald in 1784. The Kennedy-McCray Mill is
presently located on the site.
In 1769, William sold this parcel to his son, Archibald [Ref.63], who, in
1771, purchased an additional thirty-three acres from the Borden heirs
(Augusta Co., VA Deed Book 18, 45*). that parcel was wedged between his 230
acres and Archibald's 200 acres to the N.E. [Ref.3]
3. Augusta Co., VA Deed Book 5, 185-188.* Dated March 13, 1753. Contained
200 acres that straddled "Walker's Creek and adjoined William's land to the
S.W. and the 118 acres on the N.E. that Robert purchased the following year
[Ref.4].

As indicated in the text under ARCHIBALD REAH, REAGH, RHEA, we are uncertain
if this was the same person as Archibald Junior who purchased 118 acres from
Robert in 1758 [Ref.5]. Available evidence suggests that they were one and
the same, and also that an Archibald Senior, though not so designated, lived
in the area. In 1783, Archibald "Junior" mortgaged for twenty-five pounds of
gold and silver "all that tract of land on which the said Archibald now
lives containing three hundred acres...& joining the lands of Walter Smiley
& Thomas Hutson..."(Rockbridge Co.,VA Deed Book A, 413-414,*). Held by John
Rice (his son-in-law, [Ref.52]), the mortgage ran to March 1, 1784, five
months before Archibald Reagh sold the 200 acres cited above, but
reconfigured to contain 191 acres, to Andrew Kenady on August 2, 1784
(Rockbridge Co., VA Deed Book A, 454-456*). The tract of 300 acres on which
Archibald Junior lived was much larger than the 118 acres he purchased from
Robert in 1758 [Ref5] or the 175 acres when reconfigured and sold as two
parcels in 1790[Ref.202]. Although the mortgage deed did not include metes
and bounds, his homestead of 300 acres may have included parts or all of the
tracts purchased in 1753 and 1758. Also, neither the mortgage deed of 1783
nor the deed of 1784 contained the signature of a wife. This suggests that
the person signing each deed was not married at the time. The deed of 1784
specifically stated that "the said land is free and clear of...dower right
and title of dower..." The author suspects that Jean McCausland, his wife in
1790 [Ref.202] and at the time of his death in 1804[Ref.203], was his second
marriage which occurred after 1784 (see notes at Ref. 203).
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