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John Berry
Not documented in Augusta Co., VA intil 1753. Will, Inventory & Appraisment Settlement of Estate
William Richards
Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by John Massey:
I have infor. relating to Charity Sherrod Richards. She is my gggggrandmother. She married William Richards in Franklin Co. NC and moved to GA (Putnam Co. area). She is mentioned w/ their children in Wm Richards will of 1823 Putnam. By 1850 Charity is w/ her son James W. Richards in Chambers Co. AL. She died ca. 1851, because James W. moved to LA by 1851/52. If you connect to this line please let me know and share info. w/ me. John
Charity Sherrod
Culpepper Connections' Family Tree Person Page 26734
Charity Sherrod1 (F) (cir 1763 - aft 1850), #26734
Name-Marr Richards
Marriage* Bride; Groom: William Richards
Birth* cir 1763 Child; NC
Daughter 12 Aug 1786 Anna Richards
Death* aft 1850 Deceased; Chambers Co., AL
Last Edited 19 Jun 2002
[S1182] <s19.htm> Robert Ryan, e-mail address <javascript:hemlinknc('rryan16152','charter.net')>, 2002 e-mail.
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Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by John Massey:
I have infor. relating to Charity Sherrod Richards. She is my gggggrandmother. She married William Richards in Franklin Co. NC and moved to GA (Putnam Co. area). She is mentioned w/ their children in Wm Richards will of 1823 Putnam. By 1850 Charity is w/ her son James W. Richards in Chambers Co. AL. She died ca. 1851, because James W. moved to LA by 1851/52. If you connect to this line please let me know and share info. w/ me. John
Anna Richards
Anna Richards (F) (12 Aug 1786 - 1 May 1861), #26732 d. 1 May 1861|p26732.htm#i26732|William Richards|b. cir 1760d. cir 1825|p26733.htm#i26733|Charity Sherrod|b. cir 1763d. aft 1850|p26734.htm#i26734|||||||||||||');"Pedigree <JavaScript:pup('Anna Richards|b. 12 Aug 1786<BR> Father cir 1760 William Richards <p26733.htm> Mother cir 1763 Charity Sherrod <p26734.htm> Birth* 12 Aug 1786 Child; NC Marriage* 15 Sep 1806 Bride; Groom: Starling Carroll <p26735.htm>; Greene Co., GA Name-Marr 15 Sep 1806 Carroll Marriage* 7 Aug 1828 Bride; Groom: John Ray <p26731.htm>; Henry Co., GA Name-Marr 7 Aug 1828 Ray Son 8 Nov 1831 James Benjamin Ray <p33412.htm>+ Death* 1 May 1861 Deceased; Talladega Co., AL Last Edited 19 Jun 2002
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Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by John Massey:
I have infor. relating to Charity Sherrod Richards. She is my gggggrandmother. She married William Richards in Franklin Co. NC and moved to GA (Putnam Co. area). She is mentioned w/ their children in Wm Richards will of 1823 Putnam. By 1850 Charity is w/ her son James W. Richards in Chambers Co. AL. She died ca. 1851, because James W. moved to LA by 1851/52. If you connect to this line please let me know and share info. w/ me. John
John Ray
John Ray (M) (cir 1770 - 1835), #26731 Birth* cir 1770 Child; GA Marriage* 7 Aug 1828 Groom; Bride: Anna Richards <p26732.htm>; Henry Co., GA Son 8 Nov 1831 James Benjamin Ray <p33412.htm>+ Will* 10 Oct 1833 Testator; Henry Co., GA Death* 1835 Deceased; Henry Co., GA Probate* Sep 1835 Deceased; Henry Co., GA Last Edited 23 Feb 2002
Anna Richards
Anna Richards (F) (12 Aug 1786 - 1 May 1861), #26732 d. 1 May 1861|p26732.htm#i26732|William Richards|b. cir 1760d. cir 1825|p26733.htm#i26733|Charity Sherrod|b. cir 1763d. aft 1850|p26734.htm#i26734|||||||||||||');"Pedigree <JavaScript:pup('Anna Richards|b. 12 Aug 1786<BR> Father cir 1760 William Richards <p26733.htm> Mother cir 1763 Charity Sherrod <p26734.htm> Birth* 12 Aug 1786 Child; NC Marriage* 15 Sep 1806 Bride; Groom: Starling Carroll <p26735.htm>; Greene Co., GA Name-Marr 15 Sep 1806 Carroll Marriage* 7 Aug 1828 Bride; Groom: John Ray <p26731.htm>; Henry Co., GA Name-Marr 7 Aug 1828 Ray Son 8 Nov 1831 James Benjamin Ray <p33412.htm>+ Death* 1 May 1861 Deceased; Talladega Co., AL Last Edited 19 Jun 2002
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Posted to the Sherrod Family Genealogy Forum by John Massey:
I have infor. relating to Charity Sherrod Richards. She is my gggggrandmother. She married William Richards in Franklin Co. NC and moved to GA (Putnam Co. area). She is mentioned w/ their children in Wm Richards will of 1823 Putnam. By 1850 Charity is w/ her son James W. Richards in Chambers Co. AL. She died ca. 1851, because James W. moved to LA by 1851/52. If you connect to this line please let me know and share info. w/ me. John
James Benjamin Ray
Much confusion exists among family researchers because James Benjamin Ray's name has been listed in so many ways. In his father's will, written in 1833, he was called Benjamin. In later census and other records his name has been found variously as James B., John B., J. B., Benjamin F(ranklin), and Coon, the latter the nickname by which he was generally known. Many of his grandchildren, including Dora (Ray) West and Mollie Ray, recalled that their grandfather was called "Coon." When Ann and Holland Weaver visited relatives in the Lineville-Ashland, AL, area several years ago, they were told that "Coon" was given his nickname as a small child by one of the family slaves, and the name stuck for his lifetime. He was born 8 Nov 1831, probably in Henry Co., GA. Our J. B. Ray married Ann Elizabeth (Betsy) Dean 8 Oct 1849 at Louina, Randolph County, AL, and they lived in the same location for most of their lives in Randolph-Talladega-Clay Counties in Alabama. J. B. Ray's farm was in the area where the county boundaries were changed and given three county names. We are told by J. H. Campbell, a grandson in Alabama, that his grandfather, "Coon," lived in the same house although in three counties until about five years before his death. Randolph was a very large county formed in 1832 from Creek Indian Lands; part of it was taken from Talladega County, then Clay was formed in 1866 from a portion of Randolph and Talladega. When Grandpa Ray sold his home, he moved about four miles away, on the road between Bowden Church and Campbell Crossroads. Ann Elizabeth (Dean) Ray was born in Talbot Co., GA, 11 Sep 1830. Her parents were John Wesley Dean and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Culpepper, who were married in Monroe Co., GA, on 4 Feb 1827. Mary Elizabeth was born in South Carolina, as were both of her parents, according to information from 1880 census. "Coon" Ray and his wife, Ann E., were both buried in the Concord Cemetery in Clay County, his name listed on his tombstone as James B. Ray. His death was on 19 Nov 1899, after her'.s earlier in the same year, 22 June 1899. We know from family records that this man served four years in the Confederate Army. We have learned that there were dozens of men named John Ray and James Ray on the Confederate Rolls of Alabama, so it is difficult to determine positively which was our "Coon" Ray. A staff person at the National Archives told a Ray researcher that in the 31st Volunteers from Alabama there were about twenty J. B. Rays and in Company E, alone, there were about ten J. B. Rays. However, we have a pension application for a J. B. Ray, filed 28 Apr 1899, stating he was 66 years of age, afflicted with rheumatism, did not own property, resided at Flat Rock, AL, and that he had enlisted in the Spring of 1861 as private in Co. E, 31st Regt. of Alabama Volunteers Infantry. Another application for pension filed by a J. B. Ray 19 Mar 1898, stated that he owned 120 acres of land. Then, in a schedule of personal property dated 28 Apr 1899, he stated he owned only 42 acres. We believe this man was our James, who was married to Ann Elizabeth Dean, because the age and circumstances seem to fit our ancestor. We also have a pension application filed in 1911 at age 81 by J. B. Ray's brother, M. W. Ray, who also served as a private in Co. E, 31st Regt. He enlisted 3 Nov 1863 at Dalton, GA, and was discharged 1 June 1865. A James B. Ray filed a pension application on June 2, 1897 (which was evidently denied), stating that he owned 150 acs. of land in Clay County valued at $300.00, plus 1 horse or mule $30.00, 3 cattle $20.00, 2 watches or clocks $2.50, 2 vehicles $20.00, totalling $227.50. The application was signed "J. B. (X his mark) Ray." Mollie Ray, in 1970, confirmed his unit of service by her family's recollection that her grandfather served in this regiment. It seems likely that the two brothers would have served in the same unit, adding support to our identification of this J. B. Ray as our "Coon." Dora (Ray) West recalls that, as a child, she heard about her grandfather's service in the Civil War. She remembered hearing that Grandpa Ray fought at Lookout Mountain in Tennessee and that Grandma Ray told about standing at the kitchen door and hearing cannons in that direction. Grandpa, Dora said, related how cold the weather was while he was in service. Once it snowed and covered him up, and, he said, it was the only time he was warm while in the army. Another grandchild, Mollie Ray, recalled hearing that J. B. Ray was a cook in the army and had told his family about the dreadful hunger the soldiers endured and how hard it had been to find food to cook. On the Ray side of her family, Dora (Ray) West was one of 72 first cousins in her generation. She remembered nearly all of their names, making it possible to begin this record and providing leads to other families for additional information. O. P. Ray, a grandson of Major Ray's, wrote that "H. C. Ray or Clayton is not related to us, but he and another Ray together with Grand Pap (Major) and Uncle Coon, formed a wagon train and went to Arkansas. There was 9 wagons in the train; it took 6 weeks to make the trip. They lived there 3 years; some of the people passed on, the others after 3 years came back to Clay Co., AL. Some settled in Clay County, some in Talladega, some in Tallapoosa county. Major and Coon had half brothers & sisters. Of which I only have knowledge of one half- sister - her name was Susiean She married (Jim) Massey." Major Ray and his family returned to Talladega in about three years. Dora (Ray) West remembered that her father often spoke about "Uncle Major Ray," saying that he always loved to visit his uncle. In a subsequent letter, O. P. Ray said that "Uncle Coon may not have gone on the wagon train." We believe that he did not, as no other evidence has surfaced to show that Coon Ray ever left Alabama. Marlene Scott found Major Ray in the 1850 census of Dallas Co., AR. Mollie Ray remembered that her parents lived next door to her Ray grandparents when she and her brother were born (1896 and 1897) and that when she was a child, they lived in the same house that her Ray grandparents had lived in when they died. The village of Pyriton was seven miles from Lineville; at that time Pyriton was in Talladega County but was in Clay after Clay was formed from Talladega and Randolph in 1866. Most of the family believe James Benjamin lived in the same house all of his life, although it was in three different counties. Pyriton was first named Dean, then Copper Mine; the name was changed because the mineral pyrite was discovered. Mollie Ray says Pyriton was a mining town in her childhood, but became a ghost town after the mine was closed. John Hosmer Campbell of Gadsden, AL, a son of Benjamin Curmeler Eugenia Ray, collected data on the Ray family for over 25 years, and in 1969 generously shared his records, which provided valuable information that was not known to the Texas descendants of John Benjamin and Ann Elizabeth (Dean) Ray. He recalled that his father and Uncle Will Ray were the closest of friends, more like brothers. And he remembered that Uncle Will helped with the building of the chimney on his Grandfather Campbell's home, which is still standing in Clay County. "Coon" was a farmer, a Baptist, and a Democrat. Dora (Ray) West was surprised to learn from Alabama records that her grandfather was a Baptist, because she said that she knew that her grandmother was a Methodist. John Hosmer Campbell also said that his grandmother was from a Methodist family, and that her brother, Uncle Tom, was a pillar in the church as long as he lived. The Campbells were also Methodists. Coon (Grandpa Ray) was a member of the Masonic Lodge, which was organized at his home, and the lodge meetings were held for a long time in an upstairs room of his house.2
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