Rayford Kent was a Baptist preacher; owned a farm and had slaves, somewhere in the Carolinas probably NC. Rayford Kent b March 7, 1810 d Sept 5, 1872 married Sarah "Sally" Pridgen (NC) Children: John Frank Kent b Dec 29, 1846 d Houston, TX Henry Kent b Apr 22, 1833 d Sept 5, 1867 Rayford Kent married Celia B. Pridgen (NC) (sister to Sally) Children: Sally C. b Sept 16, 1838 d Aug 1905 Birmingham AL m Wm Stuckey Mourning Ann Elizabeth Jane Kent b July 10,1840 d May 12 1907 in Jackson, TN m Wm Sylvester Winston Matthew Kent - no record Albert Kent b Nov 26, 1847 d Nov 1863 Martha Ann Kent b Jan 13, 1848 m a Collins Christie Kent b Apr 27, 1849 d Nov 5, 1911 in Jackson, TN John Christopher Kent b Sept 28, 1852 m Mary Exum Luvinnie Ophelia "Aunt Lu" b March 5, 1858 never married Polly Andrew Jackson "Aunt Mollie" b Sept 26,1860 d Nov 27, 1881 never married Jim Winston Piper965@aol.com