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John Wray, of Rockingham Cty., VA
b.abt. 1740/45
d.Aft 1787
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Wray, of Rockingham Cty., VA |
| Alt Name |
John Ray, of Smith's Creek |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
abt. 1740/45 |
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| Marriage |
Bef 1768 |
to Susannah Unknown |
| Death? |
Aft 1787 |
[likely died in Rockingham Cty., VA] |
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John Wray was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia
Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:
- Page 151 - John Ray, 169 acres, Smith's Creek. Adjoining Reuben Harrison. May 30, 1769. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 54].
- Page 178 - John Ray, 65 acres, Smiths Creek. Adjoining Harrison, Ewin, and his survey. October 30, 1770. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 64].
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's: [unless otherwise listed]
- 22 Aug 1767; Augusta Co. (part that became Rockingham); Ray, John: Vol 1, p. 139 (Augusta County Court Records. Order Book No. XI), (257) Jurors: John Ray, Moses Williams, John Gray, Nicholas Seahorn." Source: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745 - 1800; Lyman Chalkley
- May 1768; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: Page 55. At a business meeting the last Saturday in May 1768, Thomas Porter was appointed to warn John Ray to appear before the church to give satisfaction for some offences; Mr. John Alderson to warn John Noth to appear... (a John Alderson "married" half of Greenbrier co., VA.). Source: Virginia Valley Records; John W. Wayland.
- 30 May 1769; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: 169 acres, Smith's Creek. Adjoining Reuben Harrison. Also on Smith's Creek were John Needham. Thomas Moore, Jeremiah Harrison, Solomon Turpine, Townsend Mathews, Jacob Dickenson, John Ewin(g), William Hinton, John Harrison, John Alderson, Jonathan Hilyard. Source: Augusta & Rockingham Counties 1751-1791 - Abstracts of Land Surveys
- 30 Oct 1770; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: 65 acres, Smith's Creek. Adjoining Harrison, Ewin and his survey. Source: Augusta & Rockingham Counties 1751-1791 - Abstracts of Land Surveys
- 3 May 1771; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: Conrad Smith, 30 acres, Dry Fork of Smith's Creek. Adjoining John Ewins and John Ray. Source: Augusta & Rockingham Counties 1751-1791 - Abstracts of Land Surveys
- 21 May 1771; Augusta Co. (part that became Rockingham); Ray, John: Vol. 3, page 118, Will Book No. 4: "Page 398. - 30th July, 169. John Harrison's will, cordwinder - To wife, Phoebe; to son, Zebulon; to son, Reuben, the Long Meadow plantation; to daughter, Pheby Moore; to daughter, Ann Langdon. Executors, sons Zebulon and Reuben. A Baptist minister to preach his funeral sarment. Teste: Felix Sheltman, John Ray, John Harrison, Jr. Proved, 21st May, 1771, by Ray and Harrison. Executors qualify with Archibald Huston, James Beard." Source: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745 - 1800; Lyman Chalkley
- 1772; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: Baptized ... Susannah Ray, wife of John Ray & Mary Alderson, wife of Jno. Alderson Jr. Source: Virginia Valley Records; John W. Wayland.
- 6 Aug 1774; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: This day met together the members of our Church, living on Smith's Creek, in order to examine into an affair between John Conner & Susannah Ray, wife of Jno. Ray. Rev. Jno. Alderson Sr. was suspended. (John Connor was suspended for unseemly behaviour with Sister Sarah Porter, she was also suspended.). Source: Virginia Valley Records; John W. Wayland.
- 9 Mar 1776; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: Someone was sent to see why John Conner and John Ray were absenting themselves from church meetings. Source: Virginia Valley Records; John W. Wayland.
- Aug 1776; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: John Ray to continue suspended ... John Conner to continue under consideration. Source: Virginia Valley Records; John W. Wayland.
- 9 Nov 1776; Rockingham Co.; Ray, John: Church met at the Big Spring (now known as Lacey Spring, at the head of Smith Creek about midway between New Market & Harrisonburg) John Ray sentenced to be excommunicated and likewise John Conner... Source: Virginia Valley Records; John W. Wayland.
- 1777; Augusta Co. (part that became Rockingham); Ray, John: In Capt. Reuben Harrison's Company. Part of the Illinois Papers - rolls of militia and regulars in the Illinois Department now in the Virginia State Library, indexed in the State Archives. There is also a Thomas Wray in the Illinois Papers. Source: Virginians in the Revolution.
- 1781 John Ray patented the land on Smith Creek (234 acres) which he had surveyed in 1770. Perhaps he finally had the land patented at that point because he was getting ready to leave and sell it. Curiously, he had it patented in Augusta county although the land is clearly in Rockingham county.
- 29 June 1787 - Page O-97: William Hinton, 80 acres between Smiths Creek and the Dry Fork. Adjoining Ray, Bell Wiat (formerly Needham), Reuben Harrison, and his old tract. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 130].
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