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Descendants of Thomas Rayburn

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS¹ RAYBURN was born Abt. 1750, and died Abt. August 14, 1799 in Montgomery, Dickson County, Tennessee. He married REBECCA ADAMS, daughter of BENJAMIN ADAMS and FRANCES ADKINSON. She was born Abt. 1765 in Virginia.

Notes for THOMAS RAYBURN:
Source: Letter & FGR from David Henderson Clinton, Arkansas dated 27 Oct. 1980

Residence: Thomas Rayburn lived in North Carolina (1786); in South Carolina (1793); and in Georgia (1795); in 1799 in Franklin County Georgia but bought land in Montgomery County, Tennessee and purchased slaves.
AKA: Raburn; Raibourn

Source: Montgomery Co., Tennessee Will Book A, pg. 38
Will of Thomas Raibourn of Montgomery County, Tennessee
In the Name of God Amen
I, Thomas Raibourn of Montgomery County and State of Tennessee being very sick and weak but of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed by God calling to mind the mortality of by Body and knowing that it is appointed that all men are to die do resign my body to the earth and my soul to God who Gave it with sure and certain hope of a Glorias resurrection through the Blood and Merits of a Blessed and crucified redeemer and as to the wordly goods which God has been pleased to bless me with I dispose of in a manner and form following, To Wit:
My will is that my just debts be paid my negro man Deman be mansipated and set free. I give and bequeath to my son John a negro man named Hary to him and his heirs forever tho my will is that my beloved wife Rebecca retain the possession of him the said negro m an Hary during her widowhood.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Candice one negro girl named Philes to her and her heirs forever.
My will is that my beloved wife Rebecca retain possession of my negro girl Fann until my son Noah arrives to the age of twenty one years and then I give and bequeath the said negro girl Fann to my said son Noah to him and his heirs forever and the increase of the said negro Fann if any at that period to be equally divided amongst my following children to wit: Coly (Howel Adam), Thomas Payton, Benjamin Berryman and the child my beloved wife Rebecca is now grate with.
My will is that my beloved wife retain possession of the two hundred acres land including the house and plantation I live on to be laid off on the west boundary of the tract of land I now live and after her decease I give and bequeath and devise to my surviving children and their heirs jointly the said two hundred acres of land to be equally divided amongst them and their heirs forever.
My will is that my executors furnish to each of my children on cow and calf to be paid to them as they arive to full age or intermarry.
I give and bequeath to my son John one rifle gun.
I give and devise to my surviving children and their heirs four hundred and forty acres of land the residue of the tract of six hundred and forty acres I now live on after laying off two hundred acres to my beloved wife Rebecca to be equally divided amongst them at the desecration of my executor and if they think it advisable to sell the said land on two years credit and the money arising from the sale of the same to be put to use and paid to my said children in equal portion as they arrive at full age or intermarry.
My will is that my beloved wife Rebecca retain possession of all the residue of my estate real and personal during her natural life and after her decease I give and bequeath the same to my surviving children and their heirs to be equally divided amongst them to them and their heirs forever.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Rebecca Executrix and my trusty friends Howell Adams & John Stewart Executors of this my last will and testament. 14 August 1799
s/Thomas Raburn
Wit. John Hogan, Joseph Davidson and Keziah (her mark) Green

Keziah Green is probably Thomas's sister.
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Thomas was in N.C. 1786, Sc. 1793, GA 1795, Franklin Co., GA 1799 purchased slaves in Montgomery Co., TN

By 1827 Rebecca & some children moved to Monroe County, MS.

Notes for REBECCA ADAMS:
1850 census E. Monroe County Mississippi
Family 882
Dixen C. Gainer-43-m-TEnn
Sarah-40-f-Tenn
(Five children are listed)
Rebecca Gainer-85-f-Virginia
James L. Rabourn-21-m-Tenn
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Source: Dickson Co. Tn. 19 March- Court Minutes
Ordered by court that Howell Adams guardian to William Raibourn and Benjamin Raibourn infants of Thomas Raibourn, deceased, pay to Benjamin Joiner (Gainer?) the sum of eighty dollars as compensation for boarding and clothing said infants from the first day of June 1804 to first day of June 1806 (1804-1807 C.M. Dickson Co. TN)
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Source: Hunphrey Co., Tenn.
Reynoldsburg- To be sold at Reynoldsburg all rights claims of Rebecca Gainer administratrix of Benjamin Gainer deceased, to release of 200 acres; to be sold at instance of George Vincent vs. Rebeckah Gainer and Peter R. Booker vs. Rebeckah Gainer (Weekly Chronice 16 Sept. 1818-Montgomery Co., TN)
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Source: Montgomery Co., TN Genealogical Journal, Vol. V pg. 75 - Benjamin Gainer m. Rebecca Raburn 4 Nov. 1802
Surety John Gainer. (Note: Rebecca was widow of Thomas Rayburn and John Gainer was brother of Benjamin.)

Note: Land deeds of this Adams line- Rosalie Wagner Vinita, Oklahoma file.

Children of THOMAS RAYBURN and REBECCA ADAMS are:

	i.		CANDICE² RAYBURN.
	ii.		THOMAS PAYTON RAYBURN, b. Bet. 1785 - 1795, North Carolina or South Carolina; d. Abt. 1803.

Notes for THOMAS PAYTON RAYBURN:
Source: Letter from Steve Saarinen; Phil Campbell, Alabama dated 21 July 1984

Death: Red River Settlers Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties Tennessee by Edyth Whitley
Court of Montgomery Co. Tenn. July 1803
Robert Nelson and Nicholas Conrad were nominated and appointed guardians of Coley Howell, Noah, Benjamin and William Raybourn orphans of Thomas Rayburn deceased.

Source: Microfilm Roll #26 Dickson County Court Minutes (1804-1807) Tennessee State Library & Archives Nashville Tenn.
"Thomas Raiborn, deceased Court ordered Howell Adams, executor and Guardian to make estate settlement. (Dickson County, Court Minutes Sept. 1806)

(Comment by E. D. Rayburn - This appears to confirm that Thomas Payton Raburn was deceased at that time. The fact that he was not mentioned when guardians were appointed would indicate that he was either deceased or was too old to be classified a minor. I believe he was 8 to 10 years old in 1803. Then the 1806 record indicates Howell Adams a executor and GUARDIAN to make estate settlemtn. Thomas Payton Raburn had an estate let to him by the 1799 will of his father, Thomas Raburn. The Thomas Raburn that had a guardian was Thomas Payton Raburn.)

2.	iii.	JOHN MARION RAYBURN, b. 1786, North Carolina.
3.	iv.	HOWELL ADAMS "COLEY" RAYBURN, b. 1793, South Carolina; d. November 26, 1855, Dallas, Lafayette Co., MS.
4.	v.	NOAH RAYBURN, b. September 1795, Georgia; d. August 10, 1862, Tennessee.
5.	vi.	BENJAMIN BERRYMAN RAYBURN, b. Abt. 1798, Georgia.
	vii.	WILLIAM HESSE RAYBURN, b. Abt. 1799, Tennessee; m. MARY HARGROVE, March 07, 1829, Williamson, Tennessee.
	viii.	REBECCA RAYBURN, b. Abt. 1794.

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