There are 2 men named Hix Ray - one of them is my great great great grandfather. Surely the Hix Jones Ray (my ancestor) that was born in Brunswick County, VA and moved onto Wayne County, TN and later the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky is related to the Hix Ray who stayed in Brunswick County, VA. The Hix Jones Ray (my ancestor) that moved to the Jackson Purchase Area of KY is my great great great grandfather - But there is a second Hix Ray and I'm not sure how this second Hix fits into the branches of the family tree. Can anyone provide additional data? This is what I have found so far: Here is a Hicks Wray, born in 1797, and married Nellie Wright 11/27/1820. Nellie was born in 1803 and was the daughter of Elizabeth Wright, who gave permission for the marriage. Arline McGuire reports that there are a number of Ray / Wright marriages. Census Data 1830 Ray, Hicks - Brunswick County, VA page 247 Meherin Parish 1840 WRAY HICKS Brunswick County VA 331 1850 #558-558 Hicks Wray age 65, male, farmer, $2775 Nelly age 60 female 1860 #203 - 197 Hicks Wray age 63, male, farmer, --, $50, born VA Nellie, age 57, female next door Wright - Kirklawn My Ancestor: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pscheele/hixjonesray.html photo online here HIX JONES RAY was born 4-7-1798, Virginia and died 10-10-1895, Marshall County, Ky. If what my search shows is correct, Hix was quite the character. He believed the world was flat! Hix had been quoted as saying that he was "kin" to the author of "Ray's Mathematics", a popular book during his time. Research has shown the author was Joseph Ray but as of yet I have found no connection to Joseph. At some point in time some of the Ray / WRay family moved to Allan and Warren County, Kentucky. As a young man, he loaded the fruits of his labor onto a raft, floated down the Ohio River and Mississippi, sold his goods in New Orleans, then moved to Wayne County, Tennessee. Hix was married 3 times: Ruth Casey buried in the Ray Cemetery Almira H. Guthrie 1814-1884 buried in Ray cemetery Mrs. Bettie Edwards at Backusburg, Graves Co, Dec 1888, She was about 50 years his younger. And after he turned out to be more than she bargained for - Bettie left and no one knows what became of her! <<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix and Ruth came to the Jackson Purchase Area ca 1824, buying land there for 10 cents an acre. Virgi Bailey's book KISSIN COUSINS quotes another book Land Grants West of the Mississippi book I p.36 shows that he bought at least five different 160 acre sections. He was a founding member of the New Hope Methodist Church, also known as Davis Chapel. This church was organized in 1827. <<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix is well documented. Information can be found on him in several books. Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee...Wayne Co..." names H. J. Ray and Isaac Robertson among others who were subject to militia duty in the early days of Wayne County. These first divisions for the county were Beech Creek, Eagle Creek, Hardin Creek, Indian Creek, Cypress Creek, Buffalo River, 48 Creek and Rich Creek. No regular organized body of men went from Wayne county to either the Seminole or Mexican War. <<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix is also mentioned in "History of Kentucky, edition I", published in 1885 by Battey Publishing Company. Chapter 9 identifies Hix Ray, living on Panther Creek, in Graves County, formerly lived on Duncan's Creek, 4 miles south of the home of Maj Wilia Waller. Hix came to the county some time during the decade between 1820 and 1830 and lived the life of a plain, honest, Christain. <<...OLE_Obj...>> Hix bought and sold property in western Kentucky several times. In the Graves County, Ky Circuit Book G page 518, Mary Watts and J. M. Bressie, executives of the Wesly Watts estate. List of devicees of Wesley Watts include:... Richard Pryor and wife Elizabeth Pryor. (Check marriages among Pryor and Ray members). The sale of land included 100 acres to Hicks Ray, who purchased part of the South East Quarter of Section 26 for the sum of $370. HIX JONES RAY b:4-7-1798 d: 10-10-1895 RUTH CASEY b:3-2-1801 d:11-18-1847 Hix Birth: 7 Apr 1798 Place: BRUNSWICK, VA Death: 10 Oct 1895 Place: Marshall, KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY Father: NATHANIEL RAY JR(-1823) Other Spouses: <<...OLE_Obj...>> ALMIRA H. GUTHRIE <<...OLE_Obj...>> BETTE EDWARDS -------------------------------------------------- Marriage: 1819 Place: Wayne, TN -------------------------------------------------- Wife: RUTH CASEY -------------------------------------------------- Birth: 2 Mar 1801 Place: Williamson County, TN Death: 18 Nov 1847 Place: Marshall, KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY -------------------------------------------------- Children... -------------------------------------------------- 1. M Child: JAMES CARROLL RAY <rayjamescarroll.html> Birth: 20 Nov 1820 Place: TN Death: 25 Dec 1893 Place: Marshall, KY Burial: Dec 1893 Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY Occupation: Cabinet Maker Spouse: LUCINDA ATTILLA WADE Marriage: 2 Feb 1842 Place: HENRY, TN -------------------------------------------------- 2. F Child: Kiziah (KEZZIE) CAROLINE RAY Birth: 3 Jul 1822 Place: Wayne, TN Death: 11 Jan 1916 Place: Marshall County, KY Burial: Place: Old Lyles Cemetery, Marshall County, KY Spouse: Zachariah LYLES Marriage: 31 May 1849 -------------------------------------------------- 3. F Child: ELIZABETH ANN RAY Birth: 19 Jan 1822 Place: TN Death: 13 Aug 1882 Place: KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY Spouse: Samuel MATHIS Marriage: 5 Jan 1845 Place: Marshall County, KY -------------------------------------------------- 4. F Child: SARAH MELINDA RAY Birth: Oct 1825 Place: Calloway County, KY Death: 13 Aug 1882 Place: KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY Spouse: James D. BAKER Marriage: 19 Feb 1848 Place: Marshall County, KY Spouse: J. M. BRAZIL Marriage: 1867 -------------------------------------------------- 5. F Child: MARTHA MELISSA RAY Birth: 27 Dec 1827 Place: Calloway County, KY Death: 16 Sep 1918 Place: Graves County, KY Burial: Place: Spence Chapel Methodist Cemetery, Graves County, KY Spouse: Thomas "Tom" MATHIS Marriage: 21 Dec 1853 Place: Marshall County, KY -------------------------------------------------- 6. F Child: CYNTHIA MANERVA "ANN" RAY Birth: 25 Sep 1829 Place: Calloway County, KY Death: 27 Apr 1848 Spouse: William Carroll COCHRAN Marriage: 27 Apr 1848 -------------------------------------------------- 7. M Child: WILLIS ANDERSON RAY Birth: 20 Jul 1831 Place: Calloway County, KY Death: 11 Jul 1858 Place: Marshall County, KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, 1.5 Miles So. Of Brewers, Marshall Co, KY Occupation: Studied Medicene -------------------------------------------------- 8. M Child: CALVIN JOHNSON (or JONES) RAY Birth: 12 Oct 1830 Place: Calloway County, KY Death: 1 Dec 1864 Place: Graves, KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall, KY Occupation: CSA Aug 1861 - 1 Dec 1864 1st Lt. Forrest's Raiders, Tenn. Spouse: Margaret EVERS Marriage: 20 Mar 1856 Place: Marshall County, KY -------------------------------------------------- 9. F Child: NANCY MARANDA RAY Birth: 10 Sep 1835 Place: KY Death: 2 Sep 1862 Place: KY -------------------------------------------------- 10. F Child: MARY PERLINA RAY Birth: 2 Jul 1837 Place: Marshall, KY Death: 10 Dec 1908 Burial: Place: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Marshall County, KY Spouse: Issac WASHAM Esq. Marriage: 1857 -------------------------------------------------- 11. M Child: JOHN RILEY RAY Birth: 12 Oct 1839 Place: KY Death: 6 Jun 1921 Place: Graves County, KY Burial: Place: Ray Cemetery, Marshall County, KY Occupation: Company G, 3rd KY Cavalry, Confederate Spouse: Mary F. PRYOR Marriage: 25 May 185 Place: Marshall County, KY Isaac Washam, Exq, farmer lived in Smith District, Marshall County, was the son of Peter and Frances (Owen) Washam and was born near where he lived, Oct 16, 1836. Peter Washam was born in Pittsylvania County, Va on Aug 8, 1804 and came with his father to the Jackson Purchase in 1820. Peter married in 1828 to Frances Owen , daughter of William Owen of Marshall Co, Ky. Frances died in 1882. Isaac Washam was the fourth of the children born to this union and in 1857 married Mary Perlina Ray, daughter of Hix Ray and Ruth Casey Ray. Isaac and Mary had children: Willis A, William O, Luella M. (Mathis), John A, James B, Thomas K, Benjamin C, Lafayette H, Mary F and Annie E Washam. Issac served as a Federal soldier in teh 15th Kentucky Cavalry, under Maj W Waller. In 1878, he was elected to the office of Magistrate for Smith Precinct. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of the Masonic order and deeply committed to Prohibition. (Source: "History of Kentucky..") Hix Jones Ray second marriage to Almira gave him one child: Lenora J. b: Feb 1852 d: 8-22-1934 M: James W. Pryor - 12-21-1870. my ancestors: My great great great grandfather - Hix Jones Ray <hixjonesray.html> b: 7 April 1798, Brunswick Co, Virginia married Ruth Casey Ray <<...OLE_Obj...>> My great great great great grandfather - Nathaniel Ray Jr. <raynathanieljr.html> died 1823, Allen County, Kentucky <<...OLE_Obj...>> My great great great great great grandfather - Nathaniel Ray Sr. <raynathanielsr.html>named in his father's will <<...OLE_Obj...>> My great great great great great great grandfather - John Wray <wrayjohn.html>died 23 May 1774 - left a will in Brunswick Co, VA <<...OLE_Obj...>> My great great great great great great great grandfather - William Wray <wraywilliam.html> - yet unproven http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pscheele/rayhixjones2.html __________________________________________ Pat Scheele