R. H. Ray Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

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R. H. Ray

~1836 - November 28, 1861

Born in AL around 1836.
Resided near Anderson, Grimes County, TX in 1860.
Employed as a Sawyer.

Mustered in with Company I in Houston, TX on September 11, 1861.
Died from pneumonia and buried at Nashville, TN on November 28, 1861.

Also Identified As:
	None Known
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	None Known
Parents:
	Unidentified
Siblings:
	Unknown
Spouse(s):
	Unidentified
Children:
	Unidentified
Gravesite:
	Old Nashville Cemetery. Moved to Confederate Circle, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN in 1869.

1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image)
	Head of Houshold

1850 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real Estate	Nativity	Student?	Illiterate?

1860 Census - TX, Grimes County, Anderson PO, Page 253, Dwelling 426, Family 417, (image) (transcript)
	Name	Age.	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?
	R. H. Ray	24	M		Sawyer		$100	AL
	Elizabeth Ray	5	F					LA
	Theodicia Ray	4	F					LA
	R. L. Ray	2	F					LA

Living next door with the Bingham family was a Harriet Ray, age 6.

Related Links:
	Terry Rangers Buried in Confederate Circle, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
Sources:
	Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Research Links:
	Grimes County, TX - Confederate Indigent Families (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Ray) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Ray) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Grimes County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Grimes County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Grimes County, TX)

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