John Rice

 Land grants, vols. A-B, 1785-1793  Land grants, vols. A-B, 1785-1793 

John Rice

24 June 1784

Sarah Picket Rice

 Mrs. Sarah Rice

Deed# 17-290

Orange County, North Carolina

20 January 1819

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DH-XQCJ?i=249&cat=302251

...Sarah Picket daughter of Thomas Picket who lately married the said John Rice...

Sarah's grandfather was William Picket, dec'd

Burt To Rice 1-34

(Franklin County, Tennessee) Deed books, vols. Z, 1, 1859-1866.

Franklin County, Tennessee

Deed Book# 1-34 [Image 299]

17 December 1860

Rice, Arthur L., Grantee From Grantor Burt, Alfred 1-25 251 acres

David E. Y. Rice, Grantee A-285

White County, Illinois

A-285 (Image 162)

26 July 1830

Daniel and Priscilla Hay

To

David E. Y. Rice

Lot 55, Carmi

The Rice Farm

 Apparently the Rice farm was not sold until 1896, 37 years after Ann (Hinds) Rice's death.

The heirs of Arthur L. Rice (son of Ransom and Ann Rice) sold Ransom's farm in Franklin County, Tennessee, in 1896 for $175.00 to James A. Rogers and his wife, Viola.  The land included land transferred to Ransom Rice by David Rice in open court, May term 1820.  Ransom Rice was in the county on February 16, 1820.

Diagram In Family Papers Of Another Rice Descendant

Ransom Rice's farm is Rock creek of the Elk River, 200 acres of land granted to Ransom S. Rice entered in Franklin County, Tennessee, records #1470 December 26, 1829.

The farm was comprised of three tracts of land, 100 acres in Grant #7494, 18 acres given to Ransom by *David Rice in 1820 and 25 acres that were conveyed to Arthur L. Rice by Alfred Burt, December 17, 1860.  *David Rice's 18 acres were on Rock Creek of the Eagle River.


In October of 1840 Ransom Rice died leaving no will.

Abel Rice, Deed D-62

D-62 [Image 63]

23 March 1839

Thomas Staples Napier and Anny Napier, his wife, both of the County of White

To

Abel Rice, of same place

Witness: Elijah Hather

Deed# O-466 Margaret Rice, Widow

McMinn County, Tennessee:

[Image 484]  O-466

23 August 1860

Margaret W. Rice, Widow of A.G. Rice, deceased

...Chistua Creek

David Rice Preached Here

"The Stanford Presbyterian Church, founded 1788 on this site, on Old Wilderness Trail."

Virginia (now Kentucky) Land Patents for this David Rice?

Patent: VA 2456.0; Patent: VA 5954.0 and/or Patent: VA 5257.0

Saline County Deed L-520

Copied in Harrisburg, Illinois:

Saline County, Illinois, Deeds

L-520

24 February 1866

Edmond and Sarah Baker

To

B. H. Rice

Saline County Deed J-299

Abstracted while looking through records in Harrisburg, Illinois:

Saline County, Illinois, Deeds

J-299

29 Jan 1864

Arthur L. and Mary J. Rice

To

V. Rathbone

E 1/2 of SW SW 1/4 and SE SW 1/4....

Census 1870

Illinois, United States

Arthur L Rice M 42 Tennessee

Mary J Rice F 36 Vermont

Malinda A Rice F 9 Illinois

Benj F Rice M 7 Illinois

Cornelius B Rice M 5 Illinois

Charles L Rice M 3 Illinois

Elizabeth Barnes F 17 Illinois

Belton Clarey M 19 Illinois

Saline Q-523

Saline Co., IL, Deeds

Q-523

14 November 1870

William G. and Sally Sloan

To

B. H. Rice

Lot 1 Blk 4 Wilson and Feazel's and Husby? Addition

Census 1860

Township 9 Range 6 E, Saline, Illinois

Wm G Sloan M 24 Ills

Sally Sloan F 21 Ky

William Sloan M 0 Ills

America Sloan F 46 Ky

Saline P-459

Saline County, Illinois, Deeds

P-459

6 January 1858

William and Harriet Docker of Gallatin Co.

To

B. H. Rice of Saline County

Census 1860

Township 9 Range 7 E, Saline, Illinois, United States

B H Rice M 28 Ten

Mary J Rice F 23 Ills

Louis R Boldin M 7 Ills

Wm H Rice M 1 Ills

Census 1860

Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois

Wm A Docker M 69 England

Harriet Docker F 57 New York

Henry O Docker M 20 Illinois

Mary P Docker F 19 Illinois

Huldy Jones F 17 Illinois

Ransom S. Rice In The Entry Book

Ransom Rice's property (100 acres) in Franklin County, Tennessee, mapped out here.

From the "Register's Office, Land Entry Book" Vol 1, Apr 1824-May 1831:
No 1470
$1.00
100 acres
Entry Book #1, Page 193
Ransom S. Rice enters one hundred acres of land in Franklin County
Beginning on the west corner of a shoot tract on Rock Creek thence running
east thence south thence west thence north to the beginning.
December 26, 1829
Ransom S. Rice, Locator

 Entry Book #2, Page #191
No. 2529
50 acres

Ransom S. Rice enters fifty acres of land in Franklin County, on Rock Creek, running in an oblong square so as not to interfere with older claims -- beginning on the south east corner of my 100 acre tract, thence east, thence north, thence west, thence south to the beginning.  Dec. 6, 1838

Byrom Deeds In Franklin Co., TN

Franklin Co., Tennessee, Deeds

U-603

11 December 1848

James Byrom

TO

Henry Byrom and Heirs

Franklin Co., Tennessee, Deeds

U-605

31 December 1837

James Byrom....Henry Byrom

TO

Joseph Payne

Land and waters of Rork (Rock?) Creek.....

Margaret Adaline Rice (sister of my James Alexander Rice) married Greenberry Byrom of Franklin Co., Tennessee in 1854.

Rice & Sells In Franklin Co., Tennessee

Was Fielding Rice a relative of my ancestor, Ransom Scroggins Rice, who both lived in Franklin County, Tennessee?  I don't believe so, but don't know for sure.

Franklin Co., TN
Book "7", Page 425
2 September 1878
Filan Rice [Fielding Rice]
To
Peter G. Sells

.....affection for nephew Peter G. Sells, Jr.,...remaining with us....
District 13
Little Crow Creek
mentions the widow Nancy Sells ...that me and my wife, Margaret Rice.....

United States Census, 1880
Franklin, Tennessee
    Fielden Rice     M     71
    Margrett Rice     F     72
    William M. Sells     M     18
      Peter G. Sells     M     21
    Nancy A. Mccoy     F     29
    Andrew Mccoy     M     60
    L. Mahatha     M     18

 

United States Census, 1900
Residence:     Civil Districts 11, 16, Franklin, Tennessee
  Peter G Sells     M   
Spouse     Bettie Sells     F   
Child     Andrew J Sells     M   
Child     Mollie Sells     F   
Child     Myrtle Sells     F   
Child     Bessie Sells     F   
Child     Charlie Sells     M   
Child     Lucy Sells     F    

Peter G. Sells, Jr., was born in 1859 and was living in Franklin Co., Tennessee, in 1860 although not living in the household of Peter G. Sells, Sr. 

In 1850 there was an even older Peter Sells who was born in 1787 in Pennsylvania.

United States Census, 1850
Name:     Peter Sells
Residence:     Franklin county, Franklin , Tennessee
Calculated Birth Year:     1787
Birthplace:     Pennsylvania
      Peter Sells     M     63y [married Hannah McDonald]
    Daniel Sells     M     28y
    Henry Sells     M     26y
    Allen A Sells     M     22y
    Andrew J Sells     M     20y
    Peter G Sills     M     18y
    Louisa Sills     F     30y

Swinney Deeds - Macon Co., Illinois

John C. & Eva (Rice) Swinney in Macon County, Illinois, Deeds:

Macon Co., IL
Book "225", Page 363
Release of Mortgage
27 October 1905
H.L. Hoskinson, of Hennepin Co., Minnesota
To
John C. & Eva Swinney of Macon Co., Illinois
Referenced Book 269, Page 570 - Mortgage
"Document 43538"
Lot 14, Block 3, Oakland Place, an addition to Decatur...

Macon Co., IL
Book "269", Page 570
23 October 1905
Document #24342
John C. Swinney and Eva Swinney, husband and wife, of Town of Moweaqua, County of Shelby, State of Illinois
&
H.L. Hoskinson of Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN
Lot 14, Block 3, Oakland Place....

Since I was camped nearby I stopped into the Macon County Recorder of Deeds office and did a little research. I was hoping to find Eva & John Swinney as "grantees" in a deed that documented their former residence as Saline Co., Illinois. However, I learned from the deeds above that their previous residence was in Shelby County, Illinois. If I wanted to find a document with them in Saline County, Shelby Co. was probably the place to find it (unless there were other moves in between). After living in Macon Co., Eva & John Swinney moved to Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Illinois, where they died. [Eva was my great-grandmother's sister]