Ellison Rhey (son of Luke Rhey and Elly Daniels) was born Abt. 1810 in Wilson Co., TN, and died date unknown. He married Faith Alexander on November 1830 in Wilson Co., TN.
Notes for Ellison Rhey: SOURCE: Alice [Wray] Miles, Fort Cobb, OK Alice, youngest daughter of Azariah Martin Wray, listed the siblings of Azariah as: Daniel, Adaline, Lucinda, Nancy, Parilee, Martha, and William.
Subject: Fwd: New Info on the Wray's Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:38:44 -0500 From: "carl in MD" To: mottob@att.net
This is cousin Jan that I found through GENFORUM.COM - she is a descendant of Lewis EDWARD Wray also known as EDWARD L. Gray. She told me that her twin was actually a Lewis Oliver, a boy. Lots of info from her, but the marriage of Azariah and Mary was in Saline Co. instead of the info that we had previously about Lafayette, KY. Apparently the Wrays and the Travis' met in IL, and then some of them moved to KY. Jan's email has the IL marriage records that she found. Azariah and Mary, along with James Monroe Travis, were in KY during Civil War; because of the Crittenden Co Militia records I found. Also, William, Azariah's brother, was married to Annett Clark in Pulaski Co., KY according to records available in ancestry.com - enjoy...Jan sent me some papers and I will get them typed up and to you.
Carlton
>From: Janhawk1@aol.com >To: zoomie2k@hotmail.com >Subject: New Info on the Wray's >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:42:29 EST > >Carl:
>I got the stuff you sent in the mail yesterday. Thanks so much for sending it. I haven't had much time to study it too closely yet, but I will. I found some interesting things on my own, though. I wanted to find out how and when Lewis got all the land in Hitchcock so I found records at the Bureau of Land Management web site for land homesteaded in Oklahoma. I found the Land Patents on the land that the family still has there. The only thing is, the name on the patent is EDWARD L. WRAY. > >When I first started getting info from Grandma (well before she died), she told me her dad's name was LEWIS EDWARD, but everyone called him Ed. That's what I had written down and what I always figured to be correct. Then I got the stuff that I sent you copies of and saw the name LEWIS EDGAR. I thought >that maybe Grandma had been wrong, but now I think she might have been right. I think if he went by the name Ed, then he probably used the name Edward on the Homestead Application. I looked up the land on the township map and it is definitely the same land. Also the section next to it was bought 3 >years later by JOSIE STOUT, Lewis' mother-in-law. This would have given the family 2 full sections of land. Grandma said that when each of the seven kids got married they got a quarter section as a wedding present and her mom and dad kept a quarter section for their own place. That accounts for both >sections of land. Anyway, I didn't know where the name LEWIS EDGAR came from. Do you know? > >I went to an Illinois site to see about sending for a copy of his birth certificate and stumbled on to some other information. They had a site listed that has marriage records online for marriages before 1900. I >entered in Wray on both groom and bride and found some hits. These are all in Saline County except the last one which is in Warren county. > >GROOM BRIDE DATE > VOL./PG. > >Ray, Azariah M. Mary C. Travis 8/6/1858 > A / 55 >Wray, Daniel G. Margaret E. Travis 11/28/1856 > A / 93 >Prenties, John N. Lucinda C. Wray 11/7/1867 > A /258 >Smothers, James W. Martha E. Wray 11/28/1878 > A / 11 > > also D / 239 >Marrow, Henry J. Nancy Wray 10/1/1869 > A / 315 >Ryan, William H. Parlee Wray 3/17/1853 > 1/85 > >Line, William W. Adaline Wray 4/28/1863 > B / 271 (Warren co.) > >There was also an ISHAM WRAY married in Saline co., in 1883. Maybe his name will show up in a later census (or not). Anyway, I guess Azariah & Mary were married in Illinois instead of Kentucky, and also a year earlier than my records show. > >If you want to check this site out the address is: > >www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html > >Write back and let me know what you think. > >Your cuz, >Janita >
Subject: Fwd: Re: Wray notes Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:47:44 -0500 From: "carl in MD" To: mottob@att.net This is from cousin Julie in Arizona who I also met in genforum.com - she is a descendant of Didimia Wray, an older sibling of Ellison Wray that was born about 4 years before him. She has court records and such, some included, that not only tie in her Didmia with our Ellsion but connects Luke to Ellison and then Luke to Thomas and Alsey/Alcey (just as is in familysearch.org) I think we have enough to connect everyone now :) I have a lot more info that Julie has sent me in the mail and I will get some of that to you also. It is mostly xerox of old 1830s/40s writing which is very hard to read - I have been able to 'translate' most of it but got to get it written down to so that I can type it and send it. Julie's post was about Aley Wray who I suspected was our Elly Wray. I like when my assumptions pan out.
I forgot to tell you that I talked with Jan online yesterday and she has made connection with a descendant of one of the many children of James Travis and Mary Ann Clopton - she found that person on genforum.com also.
I asked Jan if her side knew Faith's maiden name and if they had any info on Mary's mother, Catherine Frances, and she said they knew nothing but an old family bible that she has does mention Luke Wray but she said that they didn't know where he connected.
Carlton
>From: "A. G." >To: zoomie2k@hotmail.com >Subject: Re: Wray notes >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:18:19 -0800 > >Howdy Carl!! > >These new papers are some goooood stuff!! Save this e-mail...this is the summary of the documents...with this it makes reading the copies (of the new stuff) much easier! Enjoy! and let me know what you think. > >Julie > >The nuncupative will of Aley Wray of 29 October 1835 named children Dedama (Didimia), wife of William Tipton, Carroll, Miniah (Maria), Isaac and Nicholas. [doc.1] > >notes: The internal index to the Wilson County 1834-1837 will book contains mention of Aley Ray sale of Negroes on page 448 however, pages 436-457 were missing. > >William Tipton was appointed administrator with the nuncupative will annexed 28 December 1835. [doc.2] On the same date, Milton Taylor and Mary Howell appeared in court to testify to the nuncupative will. [doc.3] > >On 29 Decemeber 1835 was the case of "William Tipton, admistrator with the will annexed of Aley Wray, deceased vs. William Covington in right of his wife Emily one of heirs and legal representatives of Aley Wray deceased."
>William Covington in right of his wife by their attorney said the will dated 30 November 1835 ought not be proved and recorded, because the "said paper purporting to be the nuncupative will is not the last will and testament of the said Aley Wray deceased and of this they are ready to verify and put themselves upon the county." > >William Tipton claimed the "Devisavet vel non" was made up. The court ordered that a jury of 12 men be impaneled to try the issue, and that the said paper not recorded until the trial and further order of the >court. [doc.4] > >On 28 March 1836 "an amount of the sale of property belonging to the estate of Aley Wray dec. was produced in court by her Admr. William Tipton [doc.5] > >On 1 August 1836 on motion of Daniel Glenn , he was made guardian of Carroll, Maria, Isaac, and Nicholas Wray, minor orphans of Aley Wray, deceased [doc.6] > >William Covington and wife Emily C. Covington of Wilson County, Tennessee on 20 April 1832 for $36 paid by Willis Wray of the same, sold lot number 12, a tract of six acres on Spencers Creek, [metes and bounds description given] it being a part of the tract belonging to the heirs of Thomas Wray >deceased [doc.7] > >By order of the September term 1829 court, the land of Thomas Wray was to be divided, which was returned to the December 1829 session. Lot no. 12 of the 6 acres was drawn by "Luke Ray's heirs" the metes and bounds description essentially the same as in document 7 [doc.8] > >The heirs of Luke Ray had Daniel Glenn appointed thier guardian, with Isaac Green and James Tipton as security at the December term 1826. An unknown date comment stated the wards were of age and married.[doc.9] It should be noted that this was the same gurardean and security as for the Aley Wray's >heirs appointed at the August 1836 term.[doc.10] > >At the december 1826 court term, it was identified that Daniel Glenn was appointed guardian for Ellison and Emily Ray, minor heirs of Luke Ray, deceased. [doc.11] > >On 23 May 1830 payments from the estate of Luke Ray deceased showed a payment to Alsey Ray. [doc.12]
>The March 1831 court term showed payments from the estate of Luke Wray to Aley Ray, Allison Ray, and Emily Ray. [doc 13] > >On 7 June 1838 settlement of the estate of Ealy Wray mentioned among others, notes on William Covington, Daniel Glenn and William Tipton [doc 14] > >Comment: Doc. 4 identified Emily Covington as an heir of Aley Wray. In Doc. 11, Emily Ray is identified as a minor heir of Luke Ray. From the combination of documents 7 and 8, it is inferred she was the daughter of Luke Ray, and granddaughter of Thomas Wray, therby making Aley Wray the widow of Luke Ray. > >As document 13 contained payments to Allison(Ellison) Ray and Emily Ray, identified in doc. 11 as children of Luke Ray, the additional payment in doc. 13 to Aley Ray is additional circumstantial evidence she was the widow of Luke. Added circumstantial evidence is that Daniel Glenn was the guardian for both Luke's elder children, and later his younger children after Aley died. > >After Luke died, it would appear Aley may not have been able to support all her children. The two eldest then had Daniel Glemm as their guardian.
>After her death, those heirs that were still minors also had Daniel Glenn as their guardian.
SOURCE: 1850 Federal Census, Saline Co., IL 11 166 166 Rhey Ellison 38 M Farmer TN 12 166 166 Rhey Faith 37 F TN X 13 166 166 Rhey Angeline 17 F TN 14 166 166 Rhey Daniel 15 M Laborer TN 15 166 166 Rhey Emeline 13 F IL 16 166 166 Rhey Mary 11 F IL 17 166 166 Rhey Azariah 9 M IL 18 166 166 Rhey Nancy K. 5 F IL 19 166 166 Rhey William 3 M IL
More About Ellison Rhey: Census 1: 1850, Saline Pct, Saline, IL. Census 2: 1870, Galatia PO, Saline, IL. Occupation: 1870, Famer.
More About Ellison Rhey and Faith Alexander: Marriage: November 1830, Wilson Co., TN.
Children of Ellison Rhey and Faith Alexander are:
+Azariah Martin Wray, b. 31 May 1841, Galatia, Saline, IL, d. 09 January 1922, Hollis, Harmon, OK.
Ellison Rhey (b. Abt. 1810, d. date unknown)
Notes for Ellison Rhey: