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Hi Ross, Some shortened bits of information. 29 Oct 1722 Prince George Co. Va. Merchants Hope Court Judgement against Francis Rea Estate. Pay to Benjamin Rea, son, 750 pounds of tobcco plus costs of 87 pounds tobacco. (Ben's two brothers got all of the land. Ben got "The bed he hath" only. 4 Oct 1733 Brunswick Co. Road orders to Benjamin Wray.
Apr 8, 1747 Lunenberg County land survey to begin at Benjamin Ray's on Maggotty Creek. Nov 4, 1748 Morgan Bryan Diary, "In the afternoon we crossed Maggotty Creek. Nearby dwells Benjamin Reh, an old man of some ninety years and his wife who is about 100 years old. They are both active and cheerful people who gave us milk to drink and were very friendly. Close to this house is a deep mud hole." The Bryans and Boones moved to N. Carolina and he tells about cutting the road through the trees.
Benjamin Ray is in the 1748 tax list and not on the 1749 tax list. He probably died as Moses and Joseph Ray are on the 1749 tax list. Joseph was first Sheriff of Bedford Co.
In 1746 Lunenberg Co was formed from Brunswick Co and extended to the Pacific Ocean. 1753 Bedford Co. was formed from Lunenberg. 1785 Franklin Co. was formed from Bedford. The Wray farm with the Wray Cemetery is in Franklin Co. Va. My wife and I surveyed the Wray Cemetery and recorded all of the graves in the cemetery. In Nov 1928 Jason Wray with his only living Uncle, Rev Benjamin Wray and wife Alice of Flora, Indiana visited the Wray Farm in Franklin, Co.Va. Jason was born in 1875 and Uncle Ben's brother died in the Elmira Prison during the Civil War. Story written by Jason Wray 1928.
I think that Moses Ray is buried in the Wray Cemetery as some one stated that in one of my records. I know that his first son, my grandfather, James born 1756, is buried in the Wray Cemetery, He was a Rev War Veteran and I have his service record that he made to get a pension of $60. per year in 1832. He died in 1834. His son Jacovas Wray inherited the land around the cemetery and the Jacovas log house is still standing on this property and is in good shape.
Jacovas Wray's two sons lived on this property after they survived the Civil War and they died in the 1920's.
Jacovas had many children. The property is now owned by a family named Stone. The Wray Cemetery is off llimits to every one except Wray descendents. Virginia law. These bits of information come from long stories and court records and if you want more just ask. Ken Wray
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