Riley Rhoden
Sex: M
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1. *Pollie Crews
Marriage: 1 Jan 1894 - Pierce Co., GA
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Tennie Elizabeth Rhoden
Sex: F
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Death: 7 Jun 1954 - Charlton Co., GA 262
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1. *Jacob Henry Crews
Marriage: 3 Feb 1904 - Charlton Co., GA 262
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Aaron Rice
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 1754 - Hanover Co., Virginia 4
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Death: 27 Jan 1822 - Winton County, South Carolina ( at age 68) 4
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1. *Elender Rhoden
Marriage: 1778 - South Carolina 4
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1. John Rice
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RICE, AARON.Aaron Rice, the Revolutionary War ancestor of the name in Wiregrass Georgia, was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1754. He moved to South Carolina in 1778 during the Revolution, and the same year married Elender (Ellen) Rhoden, born 1758, a sister to William Rhoden, the Revolutionary War Ancestor of the Rhoden family of this section of Georgia, and who also lived in Barnwell District, S. C. To Aaron Rice and wife were born seven children:
1754-1822
BARNWELL DIST., S. C.
1. Elizabethb. Aug. 22,1780, m. Ist. Elijah Dowling; 2nd. Hamilton Martin.
2. John (Vol. 1)b. Mar. 20, 1783, m. Ann Guess, dau. of John (Vol. III).
3. Aaronb. June 13, 1786, m. Rebecca Guess, dau. of said John
4. Elenderb. July 16, 1789, m. Lott Copeland (Vol. 11).
5. Williamb. Oct. 15, 1791, m. lst. Thenle Guest, dau. of John; 2nd. Martha Tindal; 3rd. Harriet Odum.
6. Jesseb. Oct. 4, 1793, m. Sarah Wroten or Wooten.
7. Jane or Jennieb. Aug. 11, 1798, m. Johnson Sandifer.
A deed of gift is on record in Barnwell District, S. C., dated Oct. 13, 1819, from Mr. Rice to the above named children, conveying them all his estate (Deed book "L", page 535).
Aaron Rice located in Orangeburg District after coming to South Carolina, and in 1786-87 was cut out of that district into Winton County (later made into Barnwell District). His home and plantation was near Graham in that district or county, where he died Jan. 27, 1822. His wife had previously preceeded him in death. They were buried on his home-place in a family burying-ground there. He served in the South Carolina militia during the Revolution. The only descendants of the son, John Rice (Vol. 1) to become members of the Daughters of the American Revolution so far, have been Miss Christine Lee of DuPont, Ga., D. A. R. Nat. No. 395214, and Mrs. Jeanette Rice Matthews of Alapaha, Ga., D. A. R. Nat. No. 390100, both members of John Floyd Chapter, D. A. R.
Christina Rice
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1807 - Barnwell District, SC 13
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Death: 24 Sep 1890 - ( at age 82) 13
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Father: John Rice 13
Mother: Nancy Guest 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Jacob Lightsey
Marriage: 7 Jan 1830 - Barnwell County, SC 13
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1. Cornelius Lightsey
Elender Rice
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 16 Jul 1789 13
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Death: 1822 - ( at age 33) 13
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1. *Lott Copeland
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1. Aaron W. Copeland
2. Jane Copeland
Elizabeth Rice
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1805 - Barnwell District S.C. 13
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Death: 1863 - ( at age 58) 13
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Father: John Rice 13
Mother: Nancy Guest 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Rentz
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1. Sarah Susan Rentz
John Rice
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1783 - Barnwell District, S.C. 13
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Death: 1855 - Clinch County, GA ( at age 72) 13
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Father: Aaron Rice 13
Mother: Elender Rhoden
Spouses and Children
1. *Nancy Guest 13
Marriage: Abt 1804 13
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1. Elizabeth Rice
2. Christina Rice
3. Mehala Rice
4. Rachel Rice
5. John Guest Rice
6. Sarah Rice
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General:
RICE, JohnJOHN RICE was born March 20, 1783 in Barnwell District, South Carolina, a son of Aaron Rice, R.S. He married Ann Guest, born 1783, daughter of John Guest of Barnwell District, about 1804, and had the following children:
1783-1855
CLINCH
1. Elizabethb. 1805, m. Samuel Rentz
2. Christinab 1808 m. Jacob Lightsey.
3. Mehalab. 1811, m. Malachi Monk.
4. Rachelb. 1816, m. William Howell.
5. John Guestb. 1821, m. Ellen Sellars.
6. Sarahb. 1823, m. James O'Kane.
These children all moved to Georgia with their parents in 1833 though some were married at the time. Mrs. Rice and her daughters, Mehala and Rachel and Mrs. Rentz all united with Union Church, May, 1833, by letter from Springtown Baptist Church, Barnwell District, South Carolina. Mrs. Rice died a member. Mr. Rice was baptized into Union Church on a profession of faith, November 7, 1840; was expelled October 8, 1842; restored October 7, 1854 and expelled again February 10, 1855.
When the Rice family moved to Georgia they located and lived the first few years in the 719th district of Ware County and in the territory now in Clinch County. The 719th district is now wholly in Echols County but in those days embraced the southern half of present Clinch County, as well as most of present Echols. The Rice home was on Suwannoochee Creek, near the present town of DuPont. He died there.in 1855. After his death, Mrs. Rice made her home with her children. She died 1863 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rentz, in Echols County.
Mr. Rice served as a private in Capt. Jesse Carter's company of Lowndes County militia in 1838 in the Indian War.
Note: Mrs. Rice's name appears in later records as "Nancy" instead of "Ann" the former being a derivative of the latter.
Census References: 1810, Barnwell Co., South Carolina; 1840, 1850, Ware; 1860, widow appears both in Echols with Samuel Rentz and family and in Clinch with her son, J. G. Rice.
John Guest Rice
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1821 - Barnwell District, SC 13
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Death: 1863 - Lowndes (now Clinch) County, Georgia ( at age 42) 1
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Father: John Rice 13
Mother: Nancy Guest 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Elender Sellers 4
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RICE, JOHN GUESS
1821-1863
Clinch
John Guess Rice, named for his maternal grandfather, John Guess (q.v.), was born in 1821 in Barnwell District, South Carolina a son of John and Ann (or Nancy) Rice (Vol. 1). He came to Wiregrass Georgia with his parents in boyhood, and lived in what is now Clinch County until his death in 1863. He married Ellen Sellars, daughter of Thomas Darley Sellars. She was born in Barnwell District, South Carolina November 24, 1830. To Mr. and Mrs. Rice were born:
1. Aaronb. 1846, m. Hannah Lightsey, daughter of Samuel.
2. Phoebeb. 1848, m. James H. Hughes.
3. William Darleyb. 1850, m. (unknown). Lived at Dade City, Florida
4. Janeb: 1852, m. F. M. Hughes.
5. Artemusb. 1856, m. (1) Frances Hughes (2) Keziah Brown.
6. Lucretiab. 1859, m. John Jasper Hughes.
7. Quartermanb. 1860, died age about 14 years.
8. D. Lottb. 1863, m. Harriet Griffis, daughter of Joel.
After marriage, Mr. Rice settled on lot of land 571, 12th district, then Ware County (cut into Clinch County, 1850). He granted this lot from the State May 5, 1848. He lived there until 1862. The Atlantic & Gulf Railroad was being built through his lands on the adjoining lot and he did not like living near a railroad. He sold out and moved about seven miles north where he acquired land on Devil's Bay, built his home but died soon afterwards, age about 42 years. He was a blacksmith in the Confederate Army but was released to return home, the rules recognizing blacksmiths as a community necessity.
Mrs. Rice, the widow, was married in later years to William Hughes, and they were both murdered and robbed by Negroes November 6, 1888 (See William Hughes sketch, this volume). She was baptized into Prospect Primitive Baptist Church October 6, 1865 but was dismissed with her husband, William Hughes, May 9, 1885 and united with Olive Leaf Church near their home.
Census References: 1850, Lowndes; 1860, Clinch.
Mehala Rice
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 1811 - Barnwell District, SC 13
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Father: John Rice 13
Mother: Nancy Guest 13
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1. *Malachi Monk 13
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1. Elizabeth Monk
2. Mary Ann Monk
3. William R. Monk
4. Hiram Monk
Rachel Rice
Sex: F
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Birth Date: 1816 - Barnwell District, SC 13
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Father: John Rice 13
Mother: Nancy Guest 13
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1. *William Howell 13
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