Ray, John III

1816 - 1884  (68 years)

• Name	Ray, John
  Suffix	III
  Birth	6 Feb 1816	South Carolina, United States
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	Union, South Carolina, United States   [1]
  	Role: Son
  Census	1840	Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States   [2]
  	Role: Son
  Census	1850	Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States   [3]
  	Role: Son
  Find A Grave	Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States   [4]
  	22619851
  	Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22619851/john-ray: accessed June 26, 2025), memorial page for John Ray (16 Feb 1816–26 Aug 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22619851, citing Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Memory Keeper (contributor 46795880).
  _AMTID	122722690918:1030:207924248
  _COLOR	21
  _COLOR1	24
  _FSFTID	LHSQ-XW3
  _UID	53CE2A337A39472B894B7D881DE0CE0A513E
  Death	26 Aug 1884	Copiah, Mississippi, United States
  Burial	Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States   [4]
  	1. Parents Will at Lawrence Co. Chancery Clerk. Monticell,Ms. 2. Military between Oct. 1,1814 & March 1815.Was of 1812 3. Land received 1851 for his military servicce in the war 4. John left Georgia with his family before 1789 & moved to Union Co. S. Carolina, then moved to Mississippi in 1816. 5. He became a plantation owner in Monticello, Ms. on the Pearl River BIRTH: 1850 US census Lawrence Co, MS, p 427, Dept of Archives, Jackson, MS. DEATH: Deed; 1858; Deed Bk G; p 328; Lawrence Co Chancery Clerk, Monticello, MS. CHILDREN: Deed; 1850; Deed Bk E; pp 209-10; Lawrence Co Chancery Clerk, Monticello, MS PARENTS: Will; 1822; Will of John Rae; Box 8, case 5285; Lawrence Co Chancery Clerk, Monticello, MS. John Ray's wife information: EVERYTHING SHOWN ABOUT THIS PERSON IS SPECULATION. Estimated birth date of 1798. NOTE: Age estimated from female listing in 1818, 1820,1830, 1840 census'. Apparent wife shown in 1840 census, but not in 1850; HOWEVER no wife named or dower release in 1830 & 1840 deeds from John Ray, implying no living wife. Wife may have died prior to move to Mississippi Territory and female shown in census' could have been live-in servant or (as yet unknown) female relative. Miles Ray suggests name may have been MARY PATE, married 31 Dec 1813 in Columbia Co, GA, though this would have been but 1 1/2 months prior to birth of son, Andy. And the Ray family was in Union Co, SC from before 1800
  Person ID	I2356	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Ray, John II,   b. 1784, Georgia, United States d. 1850, Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Screws, Nancy,   b. 1788, Warren, Georgia, United States d. 1888, Greene, Alabama, United States (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	1812	Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Feb 1816 - South Carolina, United States Census - 1840 - Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States Census - 1850 - Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States Find A Grave - 22619851 - - Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States Death - 26 Aug 1884 - Copiah, Mississippi, United States Burial - - Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] 1830 United States Federal Census, . [Census] {} Union, South Carolina, United States | John Ray II (1784-1850 ) Ray, John (1784 - 1850) - [CENSUS] 1830 Union South Carolina.jpg [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census, . [Census] {} Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States | John Ray II (1784-1850 ) Ray, John (1784 - 1850) - [CENSUS] 1840 Lawrence Mississippi.jpg [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census, . [Census] {} Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States | John Ray II (1784-1850 ) Ray, John (1784 - 1850) - [CENSUS] 1850 Lawrence Mississippi.jpg [S46] U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, web; 06/26/2025 ; John Ray III (1816-1884 ) ; 22619851 ; Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery ; Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States ; Memory Keeper (contributor 46795880) ; Memory Keeper (contributor 46795880) . Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22619851/john-ray: accessed June 26, 2025), memorial page for John Ray (16 Feb 1816–26 Aug 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22619851, citing Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Memory Keeper (contributor 46795880). [Find A Grave] {22619851} Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States | John Ray III (1816-1884 ) Ray, John (1816-1884 ) [Find A Grave] Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery.pdf