INDEX RAYNER DREW ARMISTEAD LAWRENCE OUTLAW RASCO PERRY CHAPPELL WALSTON JONES ASHLEY HENDRICKS WOOD HUNTER BRYAN |
Sally's great-great Grandparents: William Rayner 1812 - 1860 | his
parents This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
William Rayner and Eliza C Drew
were married 22nd May, 1834--Rayner Family Bible. Children of William Rayner and Eliza C Drew: 4. Mary Addlin Hannah Rayner 6 Nov 1842 - 18 Jun 1869 married 1868 Marcus B Evans ca 1839 - 5. Sarah Eliza Rayner 3 Oct 1845 - 26 May 1915 married 1886 William L (Billie) Mitchell 1832 - aft 1910 he had married 1st Mary Margaret Alston ca 1833 - ca 1886 6. Araminta Manda Rayner 9 Mar 1848 - aft 1910 married 9 April 1884 Jacob Lenow ca 1814 SH Co VA - 18 Feb 1892 Bertie Co NC he had married 1st in Southampton Co VA 18 June 1838 Narcissa Murfree ca 1812 Hertford Co - 1860/1880 the census shows him with a 2nd wife L J on the 1880 census SH Co VA 7. William Reed Rayner 24 May 1853 - 1921 Bertie Co, NC married 1876 Allie Frances Sessoms 1858 - 1944 Wake Co, NC
CENSUS BERTIE CO NC 1850 #453
Agricul Schedule 1850 William Rayner Will -- Bertie Co NC dated 17 March 1860--- May Ct 1861 Wm Rayner Wm J Freeman J M Outlaw Proved May Ct 1861
Acct Sale of hire negroes & rents lands of the estate
of Wm Rayner decd
To Keep
Land Branson's North Carolina Business Directory of 1896 lists "Uncle Marc" Marcus Joshua Rayner
1835 - 1906
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his
parents
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
On the death of his father, William Rayner (1812-1860) Marc Rayner became the head of the household that included six younger siblings. The youngest William Reed Rayner was just turning seven. His mother had died in 1856; but her mother Penelope Drew (1799-1880) was also living with the family. Uncle Marc never married. It was Uncle Marc who gave Raynor Moore his first pair of long pants--a fine suit. (Before that he wore a dress.) Uncle Marc had a general store (the one Uncle Percy later had) in Powellsville where he also sold brandy that his family distilled. Militia Records: 8th Reg Bertie County; 2d Brigade; 3rd Lt Rayner, Marcus J 16/ Aug 61 Trap, Colerain; NR; 9th Reg Bertie County; 2d Brigade; 2d Lt (Promoted) Rayner, Marcus J 16/Aug/61 Trap Dist.; Captain Rayner, Marcus J 11/Jan/63 Com No 5 Marcus Rayner was the head of the Populist Party in Bertie County in the 1890's. CENSUS 1860 BERTIE CO NC COLERAIN CENSUS 1870 BERTIE CO NC COLERAIN TWSP US Census Bertie Co NC Colerain Twsp Bertie Co Wills M J Rayner dated 4 Jan 1901--proved Nov 1906 1st I lend to my sisters Martha A Harrell and Arrie M Lenow the use of my farm conjointly provided if either one shall become in possession of a Farm of their own by purchase, gift, or marriage then while in possession of such farm said legates is to have no interest in my farm 2nd My sisters Martha A Harrell and A M Lenow is to have provision enough for one years support with a part of my stock. 3rd It is my will that my nieces Luta Harrell Trevathan, Lizzie Harrell Smith and nephew Josiah Harrell have my lands Josiah Harrell to have the farming part adjoining with the house inclusive, and he is to have his choice 1 one of my horses all his stock of cattle and goats etc 4th The balance of my property of every kind to be divided equally between Luta Harrell, Lizzie Harrell and Josiah Harrell when agreeable with the parties 5th I appoint hereby Martha A Harrell and Arrie M Lenow my lawful exectrisen to take charge of my entire estate as the lawful representatives In testamony where off I hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of Jany. 1901 M J Rayner (seal) Wit: D V Sessoms W J Freeman proved 23 Nov 1906 The property of the said M J Rayner consisting of land, known as the Charles Freeman tract about 170 acres in Colerain Township worth about $1000 and personal property consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, farming implements, household & kitchen furniture & crops & peanuts is worth about $300 so far as can be ascertained at the date of this application. "Aunt Mary"
Mary Addlin Hannah Rayner 1842 -
1869 | her
parents This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! Mary Addlin Hannah Rayner 6 Nov 1842 - 18 Jun 1869. Marcus B Evans appears to be the son of Lemuel Evans of Hertford Co and his wife Sarah Porter - both born about 1805. Marcus B Evans had married again by 1880 Martha. - but they seem not to have had children. His brother Judson B Evans named his son for Marcus. Child of Mary Addlin
Hannah Rayner and Marcus B Evans: 1850 Census Hertford Co NC - southern
dist #87 1860 Census Hertford
Co NC 779-841 1870 Census Hertford
Co NC 1880 Census Hertford
Co NC "Aunt Sallie"
Sarah Eliza Rayner
1845 - 1915
| her
parents This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! Sarah Eliza Rayner was born 3 October 1845 the fifth child and third daughter
of William Rayner & Eliza C Drew. She is listed on the 1850 Census as Sarah
E 6. In 1860 she is Sarah E 14;1870 Sarah E Rayner 24. She
married c1886 a local widower Billie Mitchell and they lived in
Powellsville. They had no children. She died 26 May 1915
step - children of Sarah Eliza Children of William L Mitchell and Mary Margaret Alston: Margaret was the dau of James Alston and wife Elizabeth of Hertford Co [1850 census next to W D Pruden] USCensus 1850 Hertford Co SoDist "Aunt Arrie"
Araminta Manda Rayner 1848 - aft 1910 |
her
parents
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
Jacob Lenow was married to A M Rayner April 9, 1884. Rayner family Bible Jacob Lenow departed this life Feb 18, 1892. Rayner Family Bible Jacob Lenow was a coach maker from Southampton Co VA. The census seems to indicate that he had no children by any of his 3 wives. Arrie and Jacob Lenow had no issue. "The Falling Picture: A falling picture is one of the more common portents of death. A Bertie County, North Carolina, story illustrates how a person may be so marked for death. Shortly after the Civil War Arie Rayner Lenow and her family were living in the old Etheridge house upon the west bank of the Chowan River near Colerain. The Etheridge family had moved elsewhere leaving the house furnished, including the family portraits hanging on the walls. One night a violent storm swept over the countryside. Lightning flashed continuously and thunder jarred the house. Midway the storm the grandfather clock began striking while the hands were on neither the hour nor half-hour. Amidst the bonging Mr. Etheridge's picture quavered and then fell shattering to 'the floor, splattering the glass. Next morning, the news came, and it was not unexpected. Mr. Etheridge had died during the night and at the exact time his picture had fallen." "The Phantom Coach: John Alexander Rayner, had two sisters,
Pat and Sally, who lived at the old Rayner homeplace in Bertie County between
Powellsville and Cremo. A third sister (Arie), who had married the
widower Lenow lived in a small house down the road apiece". Before the War
Lenow had lived in Rocky Mount with his first wife. He was rich then, and now he
delighted in telling the Rayners about his fine coach and many servants.
Such stories were about the only riches both families had brought out of the
war. Aunt Pat was much perturbed. She could find no other person who had seen the coach although she inquired up and down the road several miles. Then she was convinced: Lenow's first wife whom he seemed to have loved so dearly was waiting for him. When he died "she came and got him" - as told by Eunice to James Moore Jacob Lenow married 18 June 1838 Narcissa Murfree in Southampton Co VA 1840 Census Nottoway, SH Co VA Jacob and wife both in their 20's 1850 Census Nottoway Parish SH
Co VA 1860 Census SH Co VA east side
of Nottoway River didn't find him in 1870 1880 Census Southampton Co VA
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