You folk are really going to make a poor sick woman crawl into a chilly basement to dig out antediluvian stuff aren't you ? I have seen this. As I recall, I was chasing Paynes at the time, and failed to follow back on the RGN's. Rowan is a red flag. JAmes? -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:02 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] James Ragan b.7 Dec. 1748 Good evening - Not to muddy the waters, but I have been a silent observer for a number of years and would like to ask if anyone has information on this person: The James Ragan who married Sarah Gilliam, b. 7 Nov. 1751. His father may have been Amos Ragan and mother Elizabeth Payne. I am descended through their daughter Joan /Jane Ragens b. @1778/80 in Rowan County. N.C. and died sometime between 1831/1834 along the Cumberland Trail as they moved to Indiana. Joan/Jane Ragans married Isaac Payne b. 1780, md. 21 Aug 1806 in Rowan County, N.C. bond given for the bride by a Welborn, d. 1850/1865 in Monroe County, Indiana. His burial place and exact death date are unknown to me at this time. I am willing to share what documentation I have. Some of which was furnished by Elizabeth Ragan. Children from Family Bible were James Payne, b. 5 Aug 1807, probably in N.C. d. 13 Jan. 1874 in Monroe Co., IN; Sarah Payne b. @ 1812 nothing more known; Susannah Payne, b. 9 Apr. 1815 Rowan Co., N.C. d. 11 Oct. 1895, Salt Creek Twn, Monroe Co., IN; Isaac Payne b. @1815 d. (date of death on tombstone in Covenanter Cemetery, Perry Twn., Monroe Co., IN (age about 30/35); Noah Payne b. 1817/1818 in N.C. (I have more info on him and his family) and my ancestor, Jesse Ragans Payne b. 22 Feb. 1820 in Rowan Co., N.C. (he was 16 when is mother died on their way to Indiana), who married Margaret Elizabeth Shook b. 25 Oct. 1825 in N.C., d. 28 May 1892. for Ragan-Roots archives go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message