Elizabeth RICE

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Buried:
Cemetery location:
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Elizabeth married Thomas Leonard O'Daniel 25 Sep 1848, Lawrence Co. KY. Thomas was born 11 Dec 1828, Tazewell Co. VA; died 14 Dec 1903, Lawrence Co. KY; was buried , Harmon Cemetery, Louisa, Lawrence Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

1. James H. O'Daniel
2. David Alonzo O'Daniel
3. William J. O'Daniel
4. Cynthia Ann O'Daniel
5. Thomas Leonard O'Daniel, Jr.
6. Linza Harmon O'Daniel
7. Nancy Elizabeth O'Daniel

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WILL

9 Jul 1851; probate 22 Sep 1851 , Lawrence Co. KY: Will Book 1

Transcribed by Sandra Salyers from the original document. Copy obtained from the County Court Clerks office in Lawrence County, Kentucky: All spelling kept as close to original as possible.

In the name of God Amen, I James Rice d o make as my last will and testament as follows. That is to ear my desire is to be buried with as little expense as possible and that all my debts and funer al expenses be paid as soon after my decease as conveniently may be and I give all my household goods and chattels also all my perashable property except for my horse and four yoke of cattle and one cow & heifer and sheep to my dear wife Elizabeth Rice for and during her lifetime and from and after my descease.

I give and devise the same to my two sons James K Rice and
David K Rice & their heirs forever by each binding themselves to support their mother during her life & give and devise all she hace of land upon big Blain Creek and upon which I now live to my two sons James K. Rice and David K. Rice and their heirs forever.

I also give my two boys James and David each two yoke of cattle and I give my horse to my son David K Rice and his heirs forever and I give my daughter Elizabeth my cow and
heifer to make her portion equal to her sister Sintha and as
...........(line not able to read).........real Estate and effects not heretofore mentioned and as shall remain after payment of my debts and previous and aforeaid specified legacies.

I give and bequeath same to my sons James K. Rice and David K Rice devided equally and their heirs forever with desire that my son in law Thomas ODaniel and his wife wish
to live on my land tha t they build them a house near the spring on the bank of big Blain Creek and their live there life too if they desire free of rent and in peaceable pospious if they however at any time leave all their improvements shall for my two sons James K. Rice and David K Rice and heirs forever .

In ........whereof the said testators I James Rice have to this my last will written upon a sheet of paper set my hand seal this the ninth day of July in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty one.

his
James Rice
mark

Attest
Alex Hays
Thomas O Daniel
his
Sherrod Rice
mark
State of Kentucky Lawrence County Court
Sept- Term 1857

I do certify that the written will of James Rice was proven in open court and proven in the oath of Thomas ODaniel and Alex Hays subscribing witness to be the will and deed of the said James Rice now proved to be recorded

Given under my hand this 23 day of Sept. 1851

Attese John McAllison CR

James married Elizabeth Kinner 17 Feb 1822, Fayette Township, Lawrence Co. OH. Elizabeth was born ca 1804, Virginia; died Aft 1870, Lawrence Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

William married Margaret Hayes 08 Feb 1787, Montgomery Co. VA. Margaret was born ca 1761, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: BC01E600F14D423EBC4C3C40FC0EE5491D89

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LAND, TAX, AND CENSUS RECORDS

1782 Montgomery Co. tax list. Spencer, John and James Rice. "James Rice and Robert Bristoe lived two houses apart. Later two land sales were listed as the James Rice and Robert Fristoe/Bristoe improvements."

1793 Wythe Co. Va tax list area North of Walker's Mountain, Elijah, William and James Rice. Also Phillip Lambert.

1793 & 1796 On petitions from residents of Wythe Co., Va who wish to form Tazewell Co. the following three names appear in sequence on both the petitions: James Rice, William Rice, Elisha Rice.

1794 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1795 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1797 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1798 Wythe County, VA (tax list)

1800 Kanawha County, VA (land sale document)

1801 Kanawha County, VA (tax list)

1806 Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio (historical account)

1810 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1810 Gallia County Ohio, Jeremyer, Eliger, Ezekial Rice listed in 1800 census, Gallia County, Ohio.


1812,1818, and 1819 Gallia County, Ohio (tax list)

1820 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1830 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

1840 Fed Census, Greenfield, Gallia County, Ohio

CENSUS RECORDS

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 2

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: James Rice
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Greenfield, Gallia, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 100 and over: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1
[Note made on census record: "was 116 years old on x day of August 1840 is now in good health, laboring under no infirmities."

SOURCES

Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p. 1382
Wythe County Minutes of County Court 1790-1800; November 14, 1796

Re: road from the top of Iron Mountain to the Cripple Creek road. "James Rice, appointed Surveyor of the Road."

1801 Annals of Tazewell Co. Va. : July 6, 1801
James Rice and Mary his wife, sold land for a token price to Jeremiah Lambert (son of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert). Tazwell Co. Va Deed Book 1801, page 78. James and Mary Rice of Kanawha Co. Virginia (fr) Wolf Creek.

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History of Gallia County, H.H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo, 1882, Page XXIII.

Greenfield Township

The first to settle in the township were Daniel Faulkner, James Rice (who died at the advanced age of one hundred and twenty years), and Andrew Faulkner. On the 22d of June, 1882, the latter gave an account of his early pioneer recollections to the one appointed to collect and record them for this work, and four days later he had "passed beyond the river," dying suddenly June 26th, 1882. The pioneers first settled at the forks of Symmes creek, Daniel Faulkner building the first cabin, in 1806.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 59, September 1840 ? March 1841, Printed by the Editor: Jeremiah Hughes, Baltimore, MD, page 288 which states "Longevity: There is a man living in Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio by the name of James Rice who was 116 years old on the 24th of April last and yet bids fair to add some years to the days of his earthly pilgrimage."

Gallipolis Journal, 8 Aug 1839

James Rice of Greenfield Twp. Gallia County, Ohio was 116 years old last June. His health is good, and he still retains strength sufficient to walk about without assistance. He has a son living, who is 83 years of age.

INTERNET INFORMATION

Posted by Sandra Salyers
To: < RICE-SOUTHERN-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790

A James Rice and Robert Bristco/Frisco had a large land holding in the area of Montgomery, Wythe, Tazewell County, Virginia called the James Rice Robert Frisco improvement. A number of land sales from this improvement are listed
in the court record books of Montgomery, Wythe and Tazewell Counties.

James and his wife Mary sold their land in Virginia and moved to Gallia County, Ohio in their later years. James is listed in the 1840 census as 116 years old in good health. This was so unusual that the census taker wrote it across the line from James' name. A Gallia County News paper mentioned his longevity a couple of years later. The last Virginia land sale I have listed is to their grandson Jeremiah Lambert for a token price.

They spent their last few years of life in Gallia County with the offspring of their daughter Hannah who married Job Lambert. Some of the children of this Rice-Lambert related family migrated to Carter and Lawrence County Kentucky in the early 1800's.

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From: SALYERS9@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] RICE in Montgomery/Grayson pre-1790 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:11:40 EDT

James was born Aug. 24, 1724 according to the census record. The news article stated he was born in June. James's daughter Hannah married John Withrow in Cabell County, Virginia after the death of her husband Job Lambert. The 1850 census records list Hannah as age 90 born in Virginia. That would place James in Virginia in 1760. James was living in Montgomery County in 1782 next door
to Robert Briscoe, other Rice's on the tax list that year were John and Spencer. Job Lambert's father Phillip was also there.




Buried:
Grave location and biographical information:
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James married Elinor. [Group Sheet]