William H. RAY & Jane __?_

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William H. RAY
Jane __?__

Husband: William H. RAY
Birth: 1794/5, SC
Death: aft. 1880 census, probably in Pickens Co., GA
Occupation: farmer

Many secondary sources give him middle name, "Houston," but the only primary records I've found, so far, for "William Houston RAY" are of a handful of men all way too young to be our subject.

Marriage:

Wife: Jane "Jencie" [VENCEY?]
Birth: 1799/1800, SC
Death apparently: 1860-70, Pickens Co., GA
Occupation: homemaker

"Jencie" is not her given name, it's a spelling variation of "Jincy," a standard nickname for "Jane." I have yet to find any documentation for her maiden name, which secondary sources show as VENCEY, but is "Vencey" just a mis-reading of "Jencey"?

Children — born in SC:

1. Sanford V. RAY, b. 1824/5
2. Starling RAY, b. 1826/7
3. Tandy RAY, b. 1830-32
4. Waddy RAY, b. 1833/4
5. William RAY, b. 1835/6
6. Martha Ann RAY, b. 15 Apr 1838; d. 15 May 1926, Cherokee Co., GA

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Georgia, South Carolina

Sources (n.b., Pickens Co. was formed in 1853 from Cherokee Co.):

1. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: AL, GA, SC, 1641-1944. Salt Lake City, UT (Broderbund CD-3): not found.

2
. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #X; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 - - Co. - Twp. Roll - p. - Ln. - - - -

These data indicate:
28 of 41
1820 SC Greenville Roll M33_120 p 102 line 17
Wm Ray 011200-00201-0-100 no slaves

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #105 of 146 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 SC Greenville Dist. Roll M19-172 p. 327 Ln. 23 Ray William H 220 001 - 101 001 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = Starling (b. 1826/7)

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Sanford (b. 1824/5)

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = William (b. 1794/5)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Daughter B

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = Daughter A

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Jane (b. 1799/1800)

Listed one line above Widow Rebecca RAY (æ 70-80), who is presumably Rebecca (AXE) RAY (1755-1849), widow of William Houston RAY.

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): he's not in Cherokee Co., GA, and he's not the William H. RAY in adjacent Forsyth Co., GA. I checked every William RAY (or possible variation, including names beginning in "H") in GA and SC, and I could not find one that included his minimal household (121 100 100 - 100 000 100):

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

male 4 or under 1835-1840 = William (b. 1835/6

male 5-9 1830-1835 = Waddy (b. 1833/4)
= Tandy (b. 1830-32)

male 10-14 1825-1830 = Starling (b. 1826/7)

male 15-19 1820-1825 = Sanford (b. 1824/5)

male 40-49 1790-1800 = William (b. 1794/5)

female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Martha (b. 1838)

female 40-49 1790-1800 = Jane (b. 1799/1800)

1 person employed in agriculture

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #262-263 of 280): Subdivision 15, Cherokee [now Pickens] Co., GA, Roll M432_65, pp. 532B-533A, 1857/1871, enumerated 16 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William Rea 55 M farmer 450 SC

Jane " 50 F "

Sanford " 25 M farmer "

Tandy " 18 M farmer "

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Waddy Rea 16 M farmer SC

William " 14 M SC

Martha " 12 F "

Listed next to Starling REA (æ 23, b. SC), who is said to be their son, and his family.

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 9): Jasper P.O., Towerson [Townsend] Dist., Pickens Co., GA, Roll M653_133, p. 983, 870/735, enumerated 5 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William Ray 65 M Farmer 300 550 SC

Jane " 63 F "

Tando 30 M Farmhand SC

7. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 133): Jasper P.O., Pickens Co., GA, Roll, p. 8A, PN 17, 127/127, enumerated 14 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ray William 75 M W Farmer 300 South Carolina

Listed next to married son, William RAY (æ 37, b. SC), and his family.

8. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 14): Townsends, Militia Dist. #1129, Pickens Co., GA, Roll 161, p. 541D, PN 20, SD 1, ED 164, enumerated 14/15 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 11 13 22 23 24 25 26

186 186 Ray William H W M 50 / At home / / SC SC SC

Listed next to married son, William RAY (æ 50, b. SC), and his family (same wife and child as 1870).

9. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

10. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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