Rachel NEAL b. 08 Feb 1784 Bedford County, Virginia d. 10 Sep 1852 Gallia County, Ohio

1784 - 1852 (68 years)

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Name	Rachel NEAL
Born	08 Feb 1784	Bedford County, Virginia [1]
Gender	Female
Buried	1852	Flag Springs Cemetery, Sec 19/Walnut Twp., Gallia County, Ohio
Died	10 Sep 1852	Gallia County, Ohio [2]
Person ID	I60635	TAP
Last Modified	17 Feb 2014

Father	Walter NEAL, Sr., b. 17 Nov 1752, Bedford County, Virginia , d. 20 Oct 1801, Turkey Creek, Monroe County, Virginia (Age 48 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Winifred WOOD, b. Abt 1754, Augusta, Bedford County, Virginia , d. 1864, Gallia County, Ohio (Age 110 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	1774	Bedford County, Virginia [3]
Family ID	F60370	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Thomas A. WRAY, b. 15 Dec 1776, Ashe, Rockingham County, Virginia , d. 17 Oct 1843, Lawrence County, Ohio (Age 66 years)

Married 26 Sep 1802 Monroe County, Virginia [1]

Children

	1. John WRAY, b. 13 Feb 1805, Peters Mountain, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 06 Feb 1879, Pickering, Nodaway County, Missouri (Age 73 years) [Natural]
	2. James WRAY, b. 1807, Peters Mountain, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 20 Nov 1870, Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio (Age 63 years) [Natural]
	3. Matilda WRAY, b. 15 Oct 1808, Peters Mountain, Monroe County, Virginia , d. Aft 1870, Nordaway County, Missouri (Age > 63 years) [Natural]
	4. Nancy WRAY, b. 04 Feb 1810, Peters Mountain, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 02 Feb 1903, Nordaway County, Missouri (Age 92 years) [Natural]
	5. Eli WRAY, b. 25 Dec 1812, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 22 Mar 1892, Pickering, Nodaway County, Missouri (Age 79 years) [Natural]
	6. Rachel WRAY, b. Dec 1814, Peter's Mountain, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 1903, Nodaway, Missouri (Age 88 years) [Natural]
	7. Thomas WRAY, Jr., b. 04 Sep 1816, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 10 Mar 1868, Pickering, Nodaway County, Missouri (Age 51 years) [Natural]
	8. Andrew Jackson WRAY, b. 06 Feb 1818, Lawrence County, Ohio , d. 18 Mar 1896 (Age 78 years) [Natural]
	9. Winifred WRAY, b. 28 Jan 1819, Gallia County, Ohio or Peter's Mountain, Monroe County, Virginia , d. 02 Feb 1890, Lawrence County, Ohio (Age 71 years) [Natural]
	10. Rebecca WRAY, b. 1821, Monroe County, Virginia [Natural]
	11. Edwin B. WRAY, b. 03 Oct 1824, Rockingham, Virginia , d. 13 Mar 1873, Nodaway, Missouri (Age 48 years) [Natural]
	12. Volentine WRAY, b. 29 Sep 1827, Lawrence County, Ohio , bur. Coleman Cemetery/Pickering, Nodaway County, Missouri [Natural]
	13. Lucinda WRAY, b. 10 Sep 1830, Lawrence County, Ohio , d. 21 Jan 1896, Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio (Age 65 years) [Natural]
	14. William G. WRAY, b. Abt 1836, Lawrence County, Ohio , d. 22 Oct 1864, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland (Age 28 years) [Natural]

Family ID F60362 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Charles KNOX
Family ID	F60369	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

WFT #1736 has death date as April 10, 1882
WFT #3597 has birth date as January 16, 1784

"Neals of Bedford County, Virginia", Chester I. Miller, 1992:
Rachel Neal, my great great grandmother, was born in Bedford County, Virginia, in the beginning of 1784. Walter Neal, her father, owned land and lived in the vicinity of Oslin and Sycamore Creeks, north branches of the Otter river. Both of her grandparents owned or had owned land in the same area. This was within sight of the Peaks of Otter. Winifred, her mother, was the daughter of John and Agnes Wood. When Rachel was ten years old, her father, Walter, purchased land and moved his family to an area on the waters of Dropping Lick and Turkey Creek in what became Monroe County, Virginia, and there Rachel grew up to womanhood. When Rachel was 17 years old her father died, and one year later in 1802 she was married to a neighbor, Thomas Wray, also of Virginia. After their marriage her husband purchased land on the lower part of Peter's Mountain on the waters of Dropping Lick. Here their family, all except the youngest of 14 children were born. Rachel outlived her husband by about nine years. She remarried to a man by name of Charles Knox. Her three youngest sons all of them of age are living next door to them in the census of 1850.

On Rachel's Tombstone:
"Her name is graven on this stone, Her bones are in the clay,
And ere another day is done, Myself may be as she."

From Donna Bott, Valdese, NC:
1850 census, Symmes Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio #850 lives next to Edwin & Deborah Wray, Valentine Wray and William Wray, her sons. Charles Knox, age 60, farmer, born Virginia; Rachel, age 60, born Virginia.

Sources

Footnote: C. Miller Book.
C. Miller Book
Footnote: C. Miller Book - September 10, 1852.
C. Miller Book - September 10, 1852
[S60013] Ancestors of Billy Wray (VonSchriltz) Russel website.
Ancestors of Billy Wray (VonSchriltz) Russel website sited Diana Eakins Stephens 3237 51st Ave Dr. W, Bradenton, FL 33507; also Descendant Loraine Kems - lorie@rocketmail.com