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From: "SCHEELE, PATRICIA A" <>
Subject: two people named Hix Ray
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:32:30 -0500

There are 2 men named Hix Ray - one of them is my great great great
grandfather.
Surely the Hix Jones Ray (my ancestor) that was born in Brunswick County, VA
and moved onto Wayne County, TN and later the Jackson Purchase Area of
Kentucky is related to the Hix Ray who stayed in Brunswick County, VA.
The Hix Jones Ray (my ancestor) that moved to the Jackson Purchase Area of
KY is my great great great grandfather - But there is a second Hix Ray and
I'm not sure how this second Hix fits into the branches of the family tree.
Can anyone provide additional data? This is what I have found so far:
Here is a Hicks Wray, born in 1797, and married Nellie Wright 11/27/1820.
Nellie was born in 1803 and was the daughter of Elizabeth Wright, who gave
permission for the marriage. Arline McGuire reports that there are a number
of Ray / Wright marriages.
Census Data
1830
Ray, Hicks - Brunswick County, VA page 247 Meherin Parish
1840
WRAYHICKSBrunswick CountyVA331
1850
#558-558 Hicks Wray age 65, male, farmer, $2775
Nelly age 60 female
1860
#203 - 197 Hicks Wray age 63, male, farmer, --, $50, born VA
Nellie, age 57, female
next door Wright - Kirklawn
My Ancestor:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pscheele/hixjonesray.html photo
online here
HIX JONES RAY
was born 4-7-1798, Virginia and died 10-10-1895, Marshall County, Ky. If
what my search shows is correct, Hix was quite the character. He believed
the world was flat! Hix had been quoted as saying that he was "kin" to the
author of "Ray's Mathematics", a popular book during his time. Research has
shown the author was Joseph Ray but as of yet I have found no connection to
Joseph. At some point in time some of the Ray / WRay family moved to Allan
and Warren County, Kentucky.
As a young man, he loaded the fruits of his labor onto a raft, floated down
the Ohio River and Mississippi, sold his goods in New Orleans, then moved to
Wayne County, Tennessee.
Hix was married 3 times:
Ruth Casey buried in the Ray Cemetery
Almira H. Guthrie 1814-1884 buried in Ray cemetery
Mrs. Bettie Edwards at Backusburg, Graves Co, Dec 1888, She was
about 50 years his younger. And after he turned out to be more than she
bargained for - Bettie left and no one knows what became of her!
<<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix and Ruth came to the Jackson Purchase Area ca
1824, buying land there for 10 cents an acre. Virgi Bailey's book KISSIN
COUSINS quotes another book Land Grants West of the Mississippi book I p.36
shows that he bought at least five different 160 acre sections. He was a
founding member of the New Hope Methodist Church, also known as Davis
Chapel. This church was organized in 1827.

<<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix is well documented. Information can be found on
him in several books. Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee...Wayne Co..." names
H. J. Ray and Isaac Robertson among others who were subject to militia duty
in the early days of Wayne County. These first divisions for the county were
Beech Creek, Eagle Creek, Hardin Creek, Indian Creek, Cypress Creek, Buffalo
River, 48 Creek and Rich Creek. No regular organized body of men went from
Wayne county to either the Seminole or Mexican War.

<<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix is also mentioned in "History of Kentucky,
edition I", published in 1885 by Battey Publishing Company. Chapter 9
identifies Hix Ray, living on Panther Creek, in Graves County, formerly
lived on Duncan's Creek, 4 miles south of the home of Maj Wilia Waller. Hix
came to the county some time during the decade between 1820 and 1830 and
lived the life of a plain, honest, Christain.

<<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix bought and sold property in western Kentucky
several times. In the Graves County, Ky Circuit Book G page 518, Mary Watts
and J. M. Bressie, executives of the Wesly Watts estate. List of devicees of
Wesley Watts include:... Richard Pryor and wife Elizabeth Pryor. (Check
marriages among Pryor and Ray members). The sale of land included 100 acres
to Hicks Ray, who purchased part of the South East Quarter of Section 26 for
the sum of $370.
HIX JONES RAY b:4-7-1798 d: 10-10-1895
RUTH CASEY b:3-2-1801 d:11-18-1847
Hix Birth: 7 Apr 1798 Place: BRUNSWICK, VA
Death: 10 Oct 1895 Place: Marshall, KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY
Father: NATHANIEL RAY JR(-1823)
Other Spouses:
<<...OLE_Obj...>> ALMIRA H. GUTHRIE
<<...OLE_Obj...>> BETTE EDWARDS
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Marriage: 1819 Place: Wayne, TN
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Wife: RUTH CASEY
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Birth: 2 Mar 1801 Place: Williamson County, TN
Death: 18 Nov 1847 Place: Marshall, KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY
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Children...
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1. M Child: JAMES CARROLL RAY <rayjamescarroll.html>
Birth: 20 Nov 1820 Place: TN
Death: 25 Dec 1893 Place: Marshall, KY
Burial: Dec 1893 Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY
Occupation: Cabinet Maker
Spouse: LUCINDA ATTILLA WADE
Marriage: 2 Feb 1842 Place: HENRY, TN
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2. F Child: Kiziah (KEZZIE) CAROLINE RAY
Birth: 3 Jul 1822 Place: Wayne, TN
Death: 11 Jan 1916 Place: Marshall County, KY
Burial: Place: Old Lyles Cemetery, Marshall County, KY
Spouse: Zachariah LYLES
Marriage: 31 May 1849
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3. F Child: ELIZABETH ANN RAY
Birth: 19 Jan 1822 Place: TN
Death: 13 Aug 1882 Place: KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY
Spouse: Samuel MATHIS
Marriage: 5 Jan 1845 Place: Marshall County, KY
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4. F Child: SARAH MELINDA RAY
Birth: Oct 1825 Place: Calloway County, KY
Death: 13 Aug 1882 Place: KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY
Spouse: James D. BAKER
Marriage: 19 Feb 1848 Place: Marshall County, KY
Spouse: J. M. BRAZIL
Marriage: 1867
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5. F Child: MARTHA MELISSA RAY
Birth: 27 Dec 1827 Place: Calloway County, KY
Death: 16 Sep 1918 Place: Graves County, KY
Burial: Place: Spence Chapel Methodist Cemetery, Graves County, KY
Spouse: Thomas "Tom" MATHIS
Marriage: 21 Dec 1853 Place: Marshall County, KY
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6. F Child: CYNTHIA MANERVA "ANN" RAY
Birth: 25 Sep 1829 Place: Calloway County, KY
Death: 27 Apr 1848
Spouse: William Carroll COCHRAN
Marriage: 27 Apr 1848
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7. M Child: WILLIS ANDERSON RAY
Birth: 20 Jul 1831 Place: Calloway County, KY
Death: 11 Jul 1858 Place: Marshall County, KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, 1.5 Miles So. Of Brewers, Marshall Co, KY
Occupation: Studied Medicene
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8. M Child: CALVIN JOHNSON (or JONES) RAY
Birth: 12 Oct 1830 Place: Calloway County, KY
Death: 1 Dec 1864 Place: Graves, KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY
Occupation: CSA Aug 1861 - 1 Dec 1864 1st Lt. Forrest's Raiders, Tenn.
Spouse: Margaret EVERS
Marriage: 20 Mar 1856 Place: Marshall County, KY
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9. F Child: NANCY MARANDA RAY
Birth: 10 Sep 1835 Place: KY
Death: 2 Sep 1862 Place: KY
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10. F Child: MARY PERLINA RAY
Birth: 2 Jul 1837 Place: Marshall, KY
Death: 10 Dec 1908
Burial: Place: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Marshall County, KY
Spouse: Issac WASHAM Esq.
Marriage: 1857
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11. M Child: JOHN RILEY RAY
Birth: 12 Oct 1839 Place: KY
Death: 6 Jun 1921 Place: Graves County, KY
Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall County, KY
Occupation: Company G, 3rd KY Cavalry, Confederate
Spouse: Mary F. PRYOR
Marriage: 25 May 185 Place: Marshall County, KY
Isaac Washam, Exq, farmer lived in Smith District, Marshall County, was the
son of Peter and Frances (Owen) Washam and was born near where he lived, Oct
16, 1836. Peter Washam was born in Pittsylvania County, Va on Aug 8, 1804
and came with his father to the Jackson Purchase in 1820. Peter married in
1828 to Frances Owen , daughter of William Owen of Marshall Co, Ky. Frances
died in 1882. Isaac Washam was the fourth of the children born to this union
and in 1857 married Mary Perlina Ray, daughter of Hix Ray and Ruth Casey
Ray. Isaac and Mary had children: Willis A, William O, Luella M. (Mathis),
John A, James B, Thomas K, Benjamin C, Lafayette H, Mary F and Annie E
Washam. Issac served as a Federal soldier in teh 15th Kentucky Cavalry,
under Maj W Waller. In 1878, he was elected to the office of Magistrate for
Smith Precinct. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of the Masonic
order and deeply committed to Prohibition. (Source: "History of Kentucky..")

Hix Jones Ray second marriage to Almira gave him one child:
Lenora J. b: Feb 1852 d: 8-22-1934 M: James W. Pryor - 12-21-1870.


my ancestors:
My great great great grandfather - Hix Jones Ray <hixjonesray.html> b: 7
April 1798, Brunswick Co, Virginia married Ruth Casey Ray <<...OLE_Obj...>>
My great great great great grandfather - Nathaniel Ray Jr.
<raynathanieljr.html> died 1823, Allen County, Kentucky <<...OLE_Obj...>>
My great great great great great grandfather - Nathaniel Ray Sr.
<raynathanielsr.html>named in his father's will <<...OLE_Obj...>> My great
great great great great great grandfather - John Wray <wrayjohn.html>died
23 May 1774 - left a will in Brunswick Co, VA <<...OLE_Obj...>> My great
great great great great great great grandfather - William Wray
<wraywilliam.html> - yet unproven



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Pat Scheele

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