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Descendants of Edward Shy

Generation No. 1

1. EDWARD¹ SHY¹ was born 1787¹, and died in Cabell County, VA¹. He married ELIZABETH WRAY¹ September 18, 1810 in Franklin County, VA, daughter of BENJAMIN WRAY and SUSANNAH POTEET. She was born June 14, 1795 in Franklin County, VA¹, and died Aft. 1870 in Cabell County, WV¹.

Notes for EDWARD SHY:
LDS Records - Married Elizabeth Wray 18 Sept 1810
National Archives - War of 1812 - Service with 4th Regiment Virginia Militia 1814-1815
National Archives - War of 1812, Bounty Land Files
Sierra Family Tree's Database- War of 1812, 4th Regiment Virginia Militia [Reported as Edmund Shye and Edward Shy]
Cabell County, WV Deed Books 3, pg. 145, Book 6 pg. 304 - Land Four Pole Creek
Cabell County, WV Deed Book 8 - 1842 Debt to Benjamin Ray, Jr.
DAR National Number 752551 - Husband of Elizabeth Wray
Writings of Elizabeth Kyle - b. 1787, m. Elizabeth Ray
Franklin County, VA Marriages 1758-1850 - 18 Sept. 1810 Elizabeth Wray
Marriage Bonds of Franklin Co., VA 1786-1858 - by Marshall Wingfield, pg. 205, Edward Shy, Elizabeth Wray 18 Sep 1810, Surety Benjamin Wray, minister Wilson Turner
Federal Census Cabell Co., VA 1820
Federal Census Cabell Co., VA 1850 - Age 63
Federal Census Cabell Co., VA 1860 - Age 74, Guyandotte
Federal Census Cabell Co., WV 1870 - Barboursville, Age 84

Notes for ELIZABETH WRAY:
Cabell County Will Book #1 1820-1848, pg. 254 0- Attended estate sale of Benjamin Ray
Federal Census Cabell Co., VA 1850 - Age 55, wife of Edward Shy
Federal Census Cabell Co., VA 1860 - Age 65, wife of Edward Shy
Federal Census Cabell Co., WV 1870 - Age 75, wife of Edward Shy
DAR National Number 752551 - Daughter of Benjamin O.
Franklin Co. VA Will Book 1, pg. 209 Will of Moses Wray
Franklin Co., VA genealogist - b. 14 June 1795, m. 18 Sept. 1810
Writings of Elizabeth Kyle - b. 1796, d. abt. 1869
Franklin County, VA Marriages 1758-1850 - 18 Sept. 1810 Edward Shy

More About EDWARD SHY and ELIZABETH WRAY:
Marriage: September 18, 1810, Franklin County, VA

Children of EDWARD SHY and ELIZABETH WRAY are:

MAHALA J.² SHY¹, b. 1825, Cabell Co., VA¹; m. ANDREW MCCORKLE¹, January 28, 1868, Cabell County, WV.

Notes for MAHALA J. SHY:
LDS Records - b. 1825, Daughter of Edward Shy and Elizabeth Wray [Listed as Matrala J.]
Federal Census Cabell County, VA 1850 - Age 25, Daughter of Edward
Writings of Elizabeth Kyle - Daughter of Edward, b. 1835, m. Andrew McCorkle in 1868
Federal Census Cabell County, VA 1860 - Age 25, Daughter of Edward [Age in error should be 35]
Cabell County Records of Marriages Book 2, pg. 19 - Marriage to Andrew McCorkle, she is listed as Jennie
Letter of Frank Shy - Brothers and Sisters Edward, Rutha, Benjamin, Harvey

More About ANDREW MCCORKLE and MAHALA SHY:
Marriage: January 28, 1868, Cabell County, WV

2.	ii.	RUTHA A. SHY, b. 1826, Cabell Co., VA; d. Bef. 1880, Cabell County, West Virginia.
3.	iii.	BENJAMIN GAINES SHY, b. January 10, 1829, Cabell County, VA; d. October 1, 1915, Cabell County, West Virginia.
4.	iv.	EDWARD FRANKLIN SHY, b. January 29, 1831, Cabell Co., VA; d. March 16, 1878, Cabell Co., WV.
5.	v.	HARVEY G. SHY, b. July 1834, Cabell Co., VA; d. 1918, Cabell Co., WV.

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