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Subject: [RHEA] Notes and Ref. cont. of #197
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:02:04 -0500


Two other McCleskey genealogists have written that james married Isabella Rhea in 1771: McCleskey, Walter Scott, Roster of Some Georgia McCleskeys, (no date),*
Microfilmed by The Salt Lake Genealogical Library, U.S. & Can. Film Area, 1035658, Item 3, and McCleskey, James Lawrence, McCleskey, (1937),* Microfilmed by The Salt Lake Genealogical Library, U.S. & Can. Film Area 0288188.
#198 Ramsey, J.G.M., History of Lebanon Presbyterian Church, "In the Fork", (Knoxville, TN: J.G.M. Ramsey, 1875), 14.*
"Archibald Rhea, Sr. was one of the Elders of Lebanon. His residence was immediately at Gilliams, across the French Broad. The family was from Virginia. Mr. Rhea is represented to have been a very worthy and pious man, but as he died in 1793, little is recollected of him. His son his successor, some several years after. In the eldership was Archibald Rhea, Jr. He was an excellent man and a devout Christian. He acted as presentor for the congregation; he also taught music as a science, an excellent singer, and successful teacher. His classes generally met him in the church. Mr. Rhea was married to one of the daughters of Governor Sevier, and one of the sons of the Governor was married to a sister of Mr. Rhea. The Governor's ladies always occupied Mr. Rhea's pew in the church, while the Governor always sat at the head of Dr. Cozby's more comfortable pew at the opposite side of the house. About 1815 Mr. Rhea moved to Knoxville. He then moved to Alabama. I think I have heard that a son of his, James White Rhea, became a ruling elder of some church in North Alabama."
Archibald Rhea Sr. is also mentioned in J.G.M. Ramsey's The Annals of Tennessee To The End Of The Eighteenth Century, (Charleston: John Russell, 1853), 372.* His wife Margaret, and son, Archibald Jr., administered his estate. For probate records, see Knox Co., TN Administrative Settlements, Vol. 1, 14, 16, 23, 32, 135, 143, 228, 230.*



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