>Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 21:29:31 -0800 >From: Janie Hayes <nannyh@snowcrest.net> >Reply-To: nannyh@snowcrest.net >To: delaine@ipa.net >Subject: Re:Brick Wall Ancestors? > >The worst brick wall we've run into is in regards to the parents of my >husband's great-grandmother, Rachel S. ALLISON Rye Bates. We know her >mother's name was Charlotte ( maiden name unknown ) Allison. But we >don't have a clue as to who Rachel's father was. > >Rachel was born 1832 in Georgia and Charlotte probably born in So. >Carolina. They were in Scott Co. by the 1850 census and the family's >name was spelled Ellison in that census. > >Rachel was married to William Rye by 1860 and he died in 1862. By 1870 >she had married Thompson G. Bates, Sr. They lived in Scott Co. where >Rachel died in 1922. > >Any leads as to Rachel's father's name and her mother's maiden name >would be greatly appreciated. > >Sincerely, > >Janie Hayes > >