According to "Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia 1786-1858" by Wingfield, Josephus Meador marr. Tabitha Ray, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM, Dec. 11, 1843. Surity was William Ray. ===================================== At 10:19 AM 04/22/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >From Franklin Co., Virginia Death Records: >James Wray, white male, farmer, died 4 Jan 1880 Franklin County of >derangement, aged 65 yr, born in Franklin County, spouse of Susan Wray, >Susan Wray spouse reported death. > >There is a marriage between James Ray and Susannah Chamber, but the date >would be before the above James Wray was born. >Marriage Bonds of Franklin County Virginia 1786-1858, page 191 >Ray, James and Susannah Chamber, dau. John,Jan. 10, 1803. Sur. Wm. Stith. > >Does anyone have further information on this family? I am trying to >locate the James Ray who was the father of Tabitha Ray. She was born in >1817 and married Josephus Meador in Franklin Co. > >The 1870 census shows a James Ray (b. 1805) with Susan (maybe Wimmer??, b. >1840)) with children, Josephus, Wall (Walter??), Tabitha, James, John and >George. I'm guessing that this is the brother of Tabitha (Ray) Meador. I >sure would appreciate hearing from anyone working on this lineage. > >Thanks from Diane > > > >==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== >Franklin Co., Va. List Archives >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?listname=VAFRANKL > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library