|
|
|
Five Ray brothers,
Archibald, Duncan, Donald, Gilbert, and John, came to North Carolina after
the Second Stuart Rebellion of 1745 and the defeat of the Highland Clans
at Culloden Moor in 1746. |
|
|
|
| John RAY |
| b. |
| d. Bef. 1841 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
| m. January 12, 1820 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
|
Sarah AUTRY |
| b. Abt. 1798 North Carolina |
| d. Aft. 1870 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| M. RAY b. Bet. 1820-1825 |
| F. Catharine
RAY b. 1826 |
| F. Nancy RAY b. 1831 |
| M. Giles
Ashford RAY b. 1834 |
| F. Mary C. RAY b. 1839 |
| F. Sarah RAY b. 1841 |
| ************************************************************************** |
| John CULBRETH |
| b. Abt. 1805 North Carolina |
| d. |
| m. May 17, 1841 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
|
Sarah AUTRY |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**2nd
Generation** |
| Robert
BROCK |
| b. |
| d. Bet. 1847-1850 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
| m. May 27, 1847 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
|
Catharine RAY |
| b. 1826 Cumberland County,
North Carolina |
| d. Aft. 1880 Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
| ********************************** |
| Catharine Ray
Brock lived with her sister, Nancy Ray Jordan, and her family during
the |
| 1870 Census and
the 1880 Census. |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| William
H. JORDAN |
| b. Abt. 1826
Brunswick County, North Carolina |
| d. Bet. 1911-1919 Cedar Creek,
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| m. October 28, 1851
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
|
Nancy RAY |
| b. 1826 Cumberland County,
North Carolina |
| d. Bet. 1881-1899 Cedar Creek,
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| M. Samuel P. JORDAN b. October
1853 |
| M. William F. JORDAN b. Abt.
1858 |
| M. James Douglas JORDAN b. May 1861 |
| F. Mary
Frances JORDAN b. December 5, 1862 |
| F. Lorena I. JORDAN b.
January 14, 1866 |
| F. Nancy
Jane JORDAN b.
September 23, 1868 |
| M. Lloyd McCoy JORDAN b.
January 10, 1874 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Giles
Ashford
RAY |
| b. 1834 Cumberland County,
North Carolina |
| d. December 15, 1922 White Oak,
Bladen County, North Carolina (Sykes-Ray Family Cemetery) |
| m. 1859 Bladen County, North
Carolina |
Penny Adelaide OWEN |
| b. April 21, 1837 Bladen County, North
Carolina |
| d. March 8, 1914
White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina (Sykes-Ray Family Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Clement
Gillespie RAY b. July 1860 |
| F. Alice RAY
b. 1864 |
| M. Hector
McNeill RAY b. November 26, 1865 |
| M. Charles D. RAY
b. September 1, 1867 |
| F. Maude L.
RAY b. 1869 |
| M. Mitchell
Burnice RAY b.
1871 |
| F. Mary RAY
b. 1872 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**3rd
Generation** |
| Samuel
P. JORDAN |
| b. October 1853
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d. Aft. 1917 Petersburg, Virginia |
| m. September 19,
1872 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
|
Nancy
Jane SUTTON |
| b. May 27, 1852 North Carolina |
| d. June 9, 1919
Cumberland County, North Carolina (Oak Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist
Church Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Clem
McKoy JORDAN b. November 19, 1873 |
| F. Sarah
Catherine JORDAN b. January 2, 1875 |
| F. Donnie
Lee JORDAN b. April 18, 1876 |
| M. Archie
Monroe JORDAN b. October 15, 1878 |
| M. Samuel
Troy JORDAN b. October 1879 |
| M. William
Angus JORDAN b. October 17, 1881 |
|
JORDAN b. Bet. 1880-1900 |
| F. Elizabeth
JORDAN b. May 23, 1888 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| William
F. JORDAN |
| b.
1858 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
Bet. 1861-1869 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Mary
Frances JORDAN |
| b. December 5, 1862
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d. July 12, 1927
Lakedale, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Hardy Jones Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Judson
JORDAN b. March 23, 1889 |
| ************************************************************************************ |
| Blackman
MATTHEWS |
| b. July 8, 1837
North Carolina |
| d. March 6, 1919
Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Hardy Jones Cemetery) |
| m. Cumberland
County, North Carolina |
|
Mary Frances
JORDAN |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| William
R. AVERITT |
| b.
January 19, 1868 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
March 21, 1929 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| m.
November 15, 1888 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
|
Lorena
I. JORDAN |
| b.
January 14, 1866 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
April 22, 1940 Stedman, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| F.
Anna Jane AVERITT b. May 27, 1890 |
| F.
Maggie R. AVERITT b. December 1, 1898 |
| F.
Fannie W. AVERITT b. July 11, 1907 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Amos
Glenn AVERITT |
| b.
August 10, 1862 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
June 24, 1934 Cumberland County, North Carolina (Fisher Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
| Nancy
Jane JORDAN |
| b.
September 23, 1868 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
October 28, 1899 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| M.
Ernest AVERITT b. 1887 |
| F.
Cora Blanche AVERITT b. October 20, 1888 |
| F.
Ethel AVERITT b. 1891 |
| F.
Minnie Adeline AVERITT b. September 12, 1892 |
| M.
Berry Bonner AVERITT b. November 19, 1894 |
| F.
Sarah Elizabeth AVERITT b. April 19, 1896 |
| F.
Lula Katherine AVERITT b. October 30, 1897 |
| M.
Cyrus Egbert AVERITT b. October 1, 1899 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Lloyd
McCoy JORDAN |
| b.
January 10, 1874 Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
August 29, 1937 Cumberland County, North Carolina (McCall Cemetery) |
| m.
December 23, 1893 North Carolina |
| Nancy
Catherine JONES |
| b.
December 12, 1875 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d.
October 8, 1950 Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina (McCall
Cemetery, Cumberland County) |
| Children: |
| M.
James Anguish JORDAN b. May 11, 1897 |
| F.
Annie Lee JORDAN b. April 13, 1899 |
| M.
Miles McCoy JORDAN b. October 19, 1904 |
| F.
Burdette JORDAN b. December 16, 1907 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Clement
Gillespie RAY |
| b. May 23, 1860
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. March 28, 1939 White
Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| m. |
| Sarah Jeanette
JACKSON |
| b. March 3, 1863
Bladen County, North
Carolina |
| d. June 23, 1931
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| M. George
Washington RAY, Sr. b. October 16, 1882 |
| F. Nancy
Jane RAY b. 1886 |
| F. Sophia
Jean RAY b. May 23, 1888 |
| F. Mary E.
RAY b. 1889 |
| M. Albert
Nicholson RAY b. December 22, 1890 |
| M. Edward B. RAY
b. 1896 |
| M. Arthur Lacy RAY b.
July 11, 1897 |
| M. Burton
L. RAY b. October 1, 1906 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Hector
McNeill RAY |
| b. November 26,
1865 Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. January 18,
1937 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Cross Creek Cemetery
#3) |
| m. 1890 North
Carolina |
|
Hebie Estelle CAIN |
| b. March 15, 1873
North Carolina |
| d. September 5,
1949 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Cross Creek Cemetery
#3) |
| Children: |
| M. Roscoe Tolar
RAY b. July 11, 1891 |
| M. Gladden C. RAY
b. September 22, 1892 |
| M. Thomas
C. RAY b. May 27, 1894 |
| M. Bond
Sedberry RAY b. April 18, 1896 |
| M. Alfonso RAY b.
May 5, 1898 |
| F. Tama E.
RAY b. January 1900 |
| F. Lala RAY
b. 1903 |
| M. Gayland RAY b.
May 4, 1904 |
| M. John Irwin RAY
b. February 2, 1906 |
| M. Claude RAY b.
December 25, 1908 |
| F. Clyde RAY
b. December 25, 1908 |
| F. Neily
Gray RAY b. May 14, 1910 |
| M. James RAY b.
1913 |
| F. Mary
Adeline RAY b. October 19, 1914 |
| F. Alice
Flossie RAY |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Charles
D. RAY (Charlie D. RAY) |
| b. September 1,
1867 North Carolina |
| d. January 28,
1944 Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina (Sykes-Ray Family
Cemetery, Bladen County) |
| m. |
|
Louisa SYKES |
| b. March 1, 1866
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. January 1, 1915
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina |
| Children: |
| M. Lanis RAY b.
1890 |
| F. Allie
Goldston RAY b. November 5, 1892 |
| M. Edward
Boykin RAY b. June 30, 1895 |
| F. Marsha
Lucille RAY b. February 28, 1898 |
| F. Nellie
Gray RAY b. September 14, 1900 |
| M. Willie
Mae RAY b. October 13, 1903 |
| M. John RAY b.
1906 |
| ************************************************************************************* |
| Louisa
SYKES |
| Children: |
| M. Giles
Benjamin SYKES, Sr. b. December 27, 1885 |
| ************************************************************************************** |
| Charles D. RAY
(Charlie D. RAY) |
| m. Aft. 1915 |
|
Margaret Lou RUCKER |
| b. 1872 South
Carolina |
| d. October 24,
1934 Gaston, Calhoun County, South Carolina |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**4th
Generation** |
| George
Washington RAY, Sr. |
| b. October 16,
1882 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. October 25,
1961 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina (Sykes-Ray Family Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Shella McNeil DAVIS |
| b. November 11,
1888 North Carolina |
| d. July 24, 1967
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Sykes-Ray Family Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Alton D. RAY b.
1905 |
| M. Ernest Eugene
RAY b. 1907 |
| F. Lillian
Oretia RAY b. May 1, 1910 |
| F. Thelma
Luada RAY b. 1912 |
| F. Lydia RAY
b. 1915 |
| F. Liddie
RAY b. 1915 |
| M. George
Washington RAY, Jr. b. 1918 |
| F. Annie
Doris RAY b. May 25, 1925 |
| M. Giles Ashford
RAY b. January 22, 1929 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Leonard
EDGE |
| b. October 18,
1880 Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. May 11, 1946
Cumberland County, North Carolina (Suggs Grove Baptist Church Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Nancy
Jane RAY |
| b. January 16,
1886 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. April 24, 1935
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Suggs Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Leamon Grant
EDGE b. March 30, 1904 |
| F. Minnie
Mae EDGE b. March 3, 1907 |
| M. Hilborn John
EDGE b. November 8, 1909 |
| M. Troy Lee EDGE
b. July 31, 1912 |
| M. Shelton Britt
EDGE |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| George
Beatty EDGE |
| b. |
| d. |
| m. |
|
Sophia
Jean RAY |
| b. May 23, 1888
White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. April 6, 1949
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| M. Ottie EDGE b.
1913 |
| M. Grover Britt
EDGE |
| M. Badger B. EDGE
b. 1917 |
| M. Vernon Marshall
EDGE b. March 27, 1920 |
| F. Mattie B.
EDGE |
| F. Miriam
EDGE |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Albert
Nicholson RAY |
| b. December 22,
1890 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. June 28, 1968 |
| m. |
|
Alice Irene EDGE |
| b. 1891 White Oak,
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Arthur
Lacy RAY |
| b. April 15, 1895
White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. October 12,
1972 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Peters Creek Baptist
Church Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Susan BRANNAN |
| b. June 28, 1909
North Carolina |
| d. June 1, 1976
Cumberland County, North Carolina (Peters Creek Baptist Church
Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Paul RAY |
| M. Albert E. RAY |
| F. Elizabeth RAY |
| M. Robert Lee RAY |
| M. Aaron
Richard RAY, Sr. b. August 4, 1940 |
| M. Thomas F. RAY |
| M. John D. RAY |
| M. David W. RAY |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Burton
L. RAY |
| b. October 1, 1906
White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. February 1984
Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Thomas
C. RAY |
| b. May 27, 1894
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. February 15,
1949 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Cross Creek Cemetery
#4) |
| m. |
|
Clara L. RAY |
| b. October 3, 1894
North Carolina |
| d. May 19, 1928
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Cross Creek Cemetery #4) |
| *********************************** |
| Thomas C. Ray was
a chief mechanic during World War I, in the 317 Field Artillery, 81st |
| Division. |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Bond
Sedberry RAY |
| b. April 18, 1896
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. November 1966
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| m. June 2, 1917
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
|
Esther Brafford |
| b. 1902 North
Carolina |
| d. |
| Children: |
| M. Hector E. RAY |
| F. Dorothy
Evelyn RAY b. December 7, 1921 |
| M. Paul RAY |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Orren
Clifton BUTLER |
| b. September 26,
1888 |
| d. October 23,
1952 Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina |
| m. |
|
Allie
Goldston RAY |
| b. November 5,
1892 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. June 17, 1966 |
| Children: |
| F. Lula
Gretchen BUTLER |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Edward
Boykin RAY |
| b. June 30, 1895
White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. October 4, 1959
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Suggs Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery) |
| m. March 8, 1924
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
|
Maude HARRIS |
| b. September 10,
1905 North Carolina |
| d. September 17,
1996 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| ARROWOOD |
| b. |
| d. |
| m. |
|
Marsha
Lucille RAY |
| b. February 28,
1898 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. March 15, 1975
Rutherford County, North Carolina (Sharon Memorial Park, Mecklenburg
County) |
|
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Leonidas
Chaffin RICE, Sr. |
| b. July 6, 1897
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. October 4, 1966
Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina (Suggs Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery, Cumberland County) |
| m. |
|
Nellie
Gray RAY |
| b. September 14,
1900 White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. November 5,
1956 Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina (Suggs Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| F. Gladys
Lou RICE b. November 29, 1921 |
| F. Meryl J.
RICE |
| M. Leonidas
Chaffin RICE, Jr. |
| M. Ray
Albert RICE b. March 6, 1930 |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Jacob
C. KNIGHT (Jake KNIGHT) |
| b. September 17,
1891 |
| d. March 15, 1953
Richland County, South Carolina (Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery,
Lexington County) |
| m. |
Willie
Mae RAY |
| b. October 13,
1903 Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. November 12,
1943 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina (Calvary United Methodist
Church Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| F. Helen
Mildred KNIGHT |
| M. Lanis Clifton
KNIGHT b. May 27, 1922 |
| M. Calvin Coolidge
KNIGHT b. December 8, 1923 |
| F. Allie
Lou KNIGHT b. July 4, 1925 |
| F. Nellie A.
KNIGHT |
| M. James R. KNIGHT |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**5th
Generation** |
| Alex
DEW |
| b. 1898 North
Carolina |
| d. August 4, 1965
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| m. |
Lillian Oretia RAY |
| b. May 1, 1910
Mississippi |
| d. October 12,
1996 Bladen County, North Carolina |
| Children: |
| F. Dale M.
DEW |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Aaron
Richard RAY, Sr. |
| b. August 4, 1940
Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d. April 8, 2012
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (Cumberland Memorial
Gardens) |
| m. |
|
Margaret Wavelyn SHEETS |
| b. July 11, 1941
Jefferson County, Ohio |
| d. February 9,
2009 Cumberland County, North Carolina (Cumberland Memorial Gardens) |
|
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Ray
Albert RICE |
| b. March 6, 1930
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| d. May 15, 1990
Bladen County, North Carolina |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Alvin
David FURTICK (A. D. FURTICK) |
| b. May 14, 1920 |
| d. January 28,
1988 Lexington County, South Carolina (Redmond Family Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Allie
Lou KNIGHT (Red KNIGHT) |
| b. July 4, 1925
Lexington County, South Carolina |
| d. April 18, 2007
Swansea, Lexington County, South Carolina (Redmond Family Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Lanice
Keith FURTICK b. November 2, 1949 |
| M. Gerald FURTICK |
| M. Kendall FURTICK |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**6th
Generation** |
| Lanice
Keith FURTICK |
| b. November 2,
1949 Orangeburg County, South Carolina |
| d. April 18, 2007
Swansea, Lexington County, South Carolina (Redmond Family Cemetery) |
|
| ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
