I. James Rae of Augusta married Ann (who married John Cobbison ca 1791, after the death of her husband, James Rae). He died in 1789, intestate in Columbia Co.
By Lewis Gardner, Esquire, Register of Probate for County of Richmond to Ann Rae, Whereas, James Rae, late of this county, deceased, died intestate. July 2, 1789. Columbia Co. Letters of Administration,
1788-98, page 7.
John Cobbison and wife, Ann, Administrators of the Estate of James Rae, sold to George Graves, Lot No. 19 in Augusta. Test: Andrew Whitfield. Dated June 21, 1791. Deed Book D, Page 141, Richmond Co.
Records.
James Rae and his wife, Ann, sold to Peter Wagnon of Augusta, « acre on Broad Street, Lot 18, dated 1789. Deed Book A-2, page 130, Richmond Co. Records.
4 January 1796, James Richard, Sheriff of Richmond County, on suit of Joseph Clay and Joseph Habersham, against the estate of James Ray, deceased, for property which was in the hands of John Cobbison and his wife, Anne, and in the hands of Samuel Hammond and Rebekah, Administrators of the goods and chattels of the firm of Rae, Elbert and Grayham, for 573 pounds, one shilling, 10 pence.
The heirs of James Rae, deceased, asked that the ferry be called "Rae's Ferry" on the Savannah River in Richmond County, opposite Campbellton, be confirmed. June Term 1801, Minutes, Richmond County.
