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From: "DrBobBarnes" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA] Edward Mason & Arch. Rhea's Widow
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:42:59 -0400
References: <OE57fx2MJiAudS5aSoP0000f4aa@hotmail.com>


No is still there! Dr. Bob!
----- Original Message -----
From: ?? ? <>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [RHEA] Edward Mason & Arch. Rhea's Widow


> Robert,
> will you send me an email and tell me whether the ??? in the from section
is gone now. Pat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert P. Rhea
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 1:25 PM
> To:
> Subject: [RHEA] Edward Mason & Arch. Rhea's Widow
>
> In my REFERENCES & NOTES, Ref. #3, I wrote about one Edward Mason, an
> indentured servant hired by the widow of Archibald Rhea between 1757
> and 1767. According to his Rev. War Pension Application, he lived part
> of his 4-year term in Augusta Co., VA, and part in Wythe Co., VA
> (actually it was then a part of Montogomery Co., becoming Wythe in 1789)
> moving eventually to Knox Co., TN. In an attempt to find out what
> happened to Archibald's widow, I tried tracing Edward Mason at county
> archives and libraries in Knoxville but was unsuccessful.
>
> Today I ran across a web site entitled "Mason Relatives in East
> Tennessee." It mentions the Widow Rhea, but gives no clue as to what
> happened to her. The web site is:
> http://millennium.fortunecity.com/tulip/152/rmmason.html
> It states that he arrived in Charleston. S.C. in 1762. If correct,
> that is very close to the time he began working for Archibald's widow..
> In his pension application, the date could be anywhere between 1757 and
> 1767.
>
> I have suspected that Archibald's widow may have been named
> "Elizabeth," but have no proof. Some say "Ann," perhaps because their
> three sons had daughters by that name. One of these days I will post my
> reasons for the name "Elizabeth."
>
> Robert Perry Rhea
>
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