Michael Raysor & Eleanor Risher
1 Michael Raysor; d: November 12, 1829 in Colleton District, South Carolina
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MICHAEL AND ELEANOR RAYSOR
Generation 1
+Eleanor Risher; d: July 23, 1833 in Barnwell District, SC
Father: Benjamin Risher Mother: Mary Fontaine m: Abt 1796 in Colleton District, SC
Their Children and Subsequent Generations
JAMES M. RAYSOR FAMILY
......... 2
JAMES M. RAYSOR b:
Abt
1797 in Colleton County, SC d:
Aug. 7, 1845 in
Randolph County, Georgia; Elected SC
House of Representatives 1822 & 1824 (served 1822-25);
.............
+Elizabeth Sophia Chalmers b: Abt
1809 in Charleston, SC Father: Henry James Chalmers Mother:
Elizabeth
Geddes;
m: Abt 1828 in South Carolina
....................
3
James M. Raysor b:
Abt 1829; Joined 7th Cavalry G South Carolina; died
December
25, 1864 at
Point
Lookout Federal Military Prison;
.........................+Mary
Ann Utsey;
...............................4
G. b.
about
1854
...............................4
James
L. b. about 1856
...............................4
Benjamin
b: about 1858
...............................4
Lemacks
b: about 1860
....................
3 Leonidas
M. Raysor b: July 12, 1830; Enlisted as Private May
21, 1861, 8th
Regiment Georgia Volunteer Army of
Northern Virginia, Chatham County, GA, and was severely wounded at 1st
Manassas, Virginia,
July 21, 1861. Recommended for promotion to Lieutenancy because of
wounds
February 18, 1862.
d. after 1915 Ocala FL;
Grave marker (C.S.A. - no dates)
at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Greenwood Section, Ocala, Florida
.........................+Ella
M. Brown, b. about 1840;
m. Nov. 13, 1862 in Culpepper Co, VA
................................4
Laura
Lee,
b. about 1863, Florida (probably Marion County)
...............................
4 Chalmers
Raysor b. about 1867 in Florida; d: in Ocala, FL
...............................
4 Benjamin
E. Raysor, b. Oct. 11, 1871; d. April 5, 1952; buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Greenwood Section,
Ocala, Florida
................................4
William,
b. about 1869 in Florida
...............................
4 Henry
Raysor,
b. about 1872 in Florida
................................4
Leonidas,
b.Aug. 13, 1877 in Florida; d. Jan. 12, 1938; buried
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Greenwood Section, Ocala, Florida
................................4
Ella, b.
about 1879 in Florida
Note: Mentioned in the Chalmers Raysor obituary are a brother,
Clifford
Raysor, and sisters Lola Raysor
& Victoria
Raysor.
No evidence of a
Clifford or Victoria elsewhere, so this is probably is an
error.
.................... 3 George
Washington Raysor b: Abt 1832 in Colleton County,
SC;
Enlisted as Sergeant in Colleton County in
5th South Carolina Cavalry Regimentd, eventually rising in rank to
Captain. d: July 04, 1907 in Walterboro, Colleton County, SC
........................ +Hanrietta
Mims,
b: November 11, 1832 d: September 07, 1861 . Note, Berkeley
County,
SC Cemetery Inscriptions
lists a tombstone for S.H.S., wife of G. W. Raysor. See George
Washington Raysor obituary.
.................... 3 Harriet Eleanor
Raysor b: Feb. 27, 1833; d. March 30, 1905 in Charleston, SC; buried
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
+William H. Mellard, April 26, 1859, Ridgeville, South Carolina.
He died prior to 1865.
........................ +2nd John
Elliott
Thames,
b. Dec. 23, 1823; d. Dec. 26, 1893; buried Magnolia Cemetery,
Charleston SC; He m. 1st Anna Joye in
South
Carolina. The
following children were those of John Thames and Anna Joye, and were
living
with Harriet and John
Thames at the time of the
1880 census: Lily Thames,
b. abt 1856
; Percy Thames,
b. about 1863. According to one Thames
researchers, all of the children of
John Thames are from his marriage with Anna Joye. According
to Julie Howell Thames,
Anna Rosa Caroline Joye died in Charleston June 7,
1866.
...............................4 Mamie
Thames,
b. about 1869
....................................+Aiken
...............................4 Henry
Thames,
b. about 1871
...............................4
Hallie R.
Thames,
b. about 1877
.................................+Moore
.................... 3 Henry
Chalmers Raysor b: July 14, 1834 in Colleton County, SC d:
August 18, 1918 in Allendale, South Carolina
Fact 1: Captain in Confederate Army, E
Company, Calhoun Mounted Men; Assignment: Chesnut’s Command,
Taliaferro’s
Brigade, December 1864. See Henry
Chalmers Raysor obituary.
..........................+Sarah E. (This is still
speculation
)
..............................4 Harriet Eleanor Raysor, b. Feb.
April 15, 1862; d. Oct. 22, 1940 in SC; Buried Swallow Savannah
Cemetery, Allendale, SC
................................+ Aquilla Richard Hiers, b. Jan. 17,
1852; d. Nov. 6, 1911; Buried Swallow Savannah Cemetery, Allendale, SC
..............................4 Edgar Raysor; b. about 1865
..............................4 James M. Raysor, b. 1870; d.
1934; buried Patrick (Hucks-Liston) Cemetery, Colleton Co, SC
...................................+ Josephine J. Rentz; b. 1874
Father: Peter William Rentz; Mother: Eleanor Johnston Hiers
........................*2nd Wife of Henry Chalmers
Raysor:
..........................+Sarah J. Wilson b:
November
23, 1844 in South Carolina d: March 03, 1901 in Allendale, SC
Fact 1: Buried
SwallowSavannah Cemetery, Allendale, SC
................................4
Sarah
Elizabeth
"Sally" Raysor, b. Aug 30, 1882, and died Feb. 1978 in Dorchester Co,
SC.
.....................................+ Charles Charles Mitchell
Hiers; b. Oct. 17, 1843; d. March 14, 1926; buried Swallow Savannah
Cemetery, Allendale, SC
.......................
*3rd Wife of Henry
Chalmers
Raysor:
........................ +Agnes Oliver b:
abt.
1847 in Charleston, SC; m: 1901-1910; Fact 1: Mentioned in
his Obit as "Mrs. Oliver"
.................... 3 Elizabeth S.
Raysor
b: October 14, 1836 in Colleton County, SC d: November 29, 1922
in
Colleton County, SC
Fact 1: Buried Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
........................ +Benjamin L. Risher
b:
August 27, 1826 in Colleton County, SC d: February 20, 1888 in
Colleton
County, SC Father: Benjamin
Risher Mother: Mary; Buried Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
............................... 4
Benjamin
Risher b: September 1856 in Colleton County, SC d: August 18,
1927;
Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
............................... 4
Thomas
Raysor Risher b: October 31, 1858 in Colleton County, SC d:
February
09, 1937 in Colleton County, SC Fact 1:
Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
................................... +Alice
Harleston
Rowell b: October 14, 1865 in Colleton County, SC d: November 02,
1923 in Colleton County, SC
m: Bef 1882 Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
............................... 4 Mary
Elizabeth
Risher b: 1860
...................................
+Benjamin
Easterling
Father: Mother: m: Unknown
............................... 4
Edward
R. Risher b: April 07, 1863 in Colleton County, SC d: November
15,
1922 in Colleton County, SC
Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
............................... 4
Elizabeth
Risher b: 1866
............................... 4
Pauline
Victoria Risher b: 1869
............................... 4
Rebecca
Octavia Risher b: 1871; m. Andrew Black
............................... 4
Charles
M. Risher b: 1874
............................... 4
Harriet
Risher b: 1876
............................... 4
James
Raysor
Risher b: February 1878
............................... 4
Leonidas
M. Risher b: May 28, 1882; d. July 13, 1929
...................................+Zilla Bailey;
b.
July 10, 1886; d. Oct. 9, 1948; both buried Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
.................... 3 Sarah
Chalmers Raysor b: August 09, 1842 in Randolph County, Georgia d:
July
10, 1900 in Alton Park, TN
Fact 1: Buried
Forest Hills Cem, Chattanooga TN
........................ +Henry Laurence
Wolfe
b: 1842 in Orangeburg County, SC d: July 10, 1900 in Alton Park, TN
Father:
Andrew Wolfe Mother:
Sarah m: 1865 Fact 1: Buried Forest Hills Cem, Chattanooga TN
............................... 4
Alice
Chalmers
Wolfe b: December 29, 1867 in St George, SC d: July 27, 1930 in
Atlantic
City, NJ
................................... +Albert
Edward
Powell Father: Mother: m: April 04, 1891 in Calhoun County,
AL
............................... 4
Helen
Raysor
Wolfe b: August 03, 1870 in St George, SC d: August 23, 1895 in Oxanna,
AL Fact 1: Buried Oxford, AL
............................... 4
Annie Lee
Wolfe b: May 25, 1873 in St George, SC d: March 31, 1937 in Charleston,
SC
................................... +Harry
C.
Daly
Father: Mother: m: Unknown
............................... *2nd Husband
of
Annie Lee Wolfe:
................................... +George
A.
Strong Father: Mother: m: Unknown
............................... 4
Laurie
Eloise Wolfe b: July 13, 1875 in St George, SC d: May 29, 1974 in
Chattanooga,
TN
................................... +Merritt
Edward
Bryan Father: Mother: m: October 19, 1904 in St. Elmo, TN
...........................................
5
William Edward Bryan
...............................................
+Julia Maye Wright Father: Mother:
............................... 4
Washington
Raysor Wolfe b: September 28, 1879 in St. George, SC d: September 1899
in Knoxville, TN
............................... 4
William
Clarence Wolfe b: December 07, 1886 in Fairfax, SC d: December 27, 1936
in Spartanburg, SC
Fact 1: Residents of Spartanburg, SC at time of car wreck.
...................................
+Lorene
Father: Mother: m: Unknown
............................... 4
Marie
Wolfe
b: August 09, 1889 in SC d: December 27, 1936 in Spartanburg,
SC
Fact 1: Buried Forest Hills Cem,
Chattanooga TN
.................... 3 Rebecca Octavia
Raysor
b: January 31, 1843 in Colleton County, SC d: September 12, 1897
in Allendale, South Carolina Fact 1:
Buried Buried
Swallow Savannah Cemetery, Allendale, SC
........................ +Charles Mitchell
Hiers
b: October 17, 1843 in Allendale, South Carolina d: March 14, 1926 in
Allendale,
South Carolina
m: Abt 1861 Fact 1: Buried Swallow Savannah Cemetery, Allendale, SC
............................... 4
Charles
Mitchell Hiers, Jr. b: 1874 d: December 27, 1936 in Spartanburg,
SC
Fact 1: Killed in car crash
................................... +Violet
b:
in England d: December 27, 1936 in Spartanburg, SC
.................................4 B.
J.
Hiers
.................... 3 Benjamin
Stokes Raysor b: December 4, 1844? ; Enlisted as
Private
in Colleton County in 5th
South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
died April 19, 1871 at St. George, South Carolina.
......... 2
THOMAS M. RAYSOR b: December 23, 1797 in Colleton
District, SC
d: January 14, 1858 in Barnwell District, SC
Fact 1: Buried May-Stokes-Raysor
Family Cemetery in Colleton County; Fact 2: South Carolina Senator
............. +Hannah
Stokes b: February 16, 1808 in Colleton District, SC d:
February
22,
1841 in South Carolina Father: Peter Stokes Mother:
Elizabeth Lawford m: May 9, 1822 in Colleton District by Rev. James C.
Koger; : Buried May-Stokes-Raysor
Family Cemetery
.................... 3 Elizabeth
Eleanor
Raysor b: February 08, 1824 in South Carolina d: September 11, 1847 in
South Carolina
........................ +[5] John May b:
October
19, 1819 in Colleton District, SC d: July 22, 1893 in York, SC Father:
John May
Mother: Sarah Tucker m: February 27, 1844
............................... 4
Julius
Adolphus May b: December 21, 1844 in Colleton District, SC d: August
14,
1894 in Prescott, AZ
................................... +Lydia
Austin
Father: Mother: m: Bef 1869
...............................
4 Thomas
Raysor May b: May 29, 1846 in Colleton District, SC d: February 12, 1879
.................... 3 Rev.
Dr. Thomas Raysor, Jr b: April 13, 1827 in Colleton District, SC d:
November 23, 1896 in Orangeburg County, SC
Fact: Medical Doctor and ordained Methodist minister. Buried Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
........................ +Cornelia Erwin
Ayer b:
May 14, 1828 in South Carolina d: July 18, 1865 in South Carolina
Father:
Henry William Ayer Mother:
Rebecca Rice m: November 15, 1848 Fact 1: Buried May-Stokes-Raysor
Family Cemetery
............................... 4 Mary
Anna
Raysor b: September 18, 1849 d: August 23, 1876
................................... +[1]
Theopholus
Fisk Barton b: August 16, 1836 in Barnwell District, SC d: April 08,
1912
Father: Mother:
m: November 08, 1871 in Barnwell County, SC
...............................
4 Hannah
Julia Raysor b: July 26, 1851 in Blackville, SC; died March 22, 1921
................................... +John
Jones
Salley b: April 12, 1847 d: June 22, 1891; m: May 8, 1873;
Father:
John Jones Salley; Mother:
Mary Elizabeth Moss; Buried Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
............................... 4 William
Moss Raysor b: October 03, 1853 in Barnwell District, SC d: May 24,
1924 in Bamberg County, SC
Buried at Old
Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Bamberg Co, SC.
................................... +Anna
Murray Gavin b: May 08, 1856 in ColletonCounty, South Carolina d:
January
04, 1908 in Orangeburg County, SC
Father: Charles Gavin Mother: Martha Louise Tatum m: Abt 1878 in
Colleton
County, SC;
Buried at Old
Zion Methodist Church Cemetery
...............................
4 Henry
Ayer Raysor b: October 05, 1856 in Laurensville, SC d: April 25,
1921
in St. Matthews, SC
Fact 1: Buried St. Paul's Methodist Church, St. Matthews, SC
................................... +Rachel
Treutlin
Wannamaker b: November 12, 1862 d: March 28, 1935 Father: Francis
Marion
Wannamaker Mother: m:
November 12, 1884
................................
4 Cornelius
Ayer Raysor b: October 26, 1858 in Newberry, SC d: January 17, 1947
................................... +[2]
Adella
Felder Raysor b: 1865 d: December 19, 1894 Father: Peter Andrew Raysor
Mother: Adella Felder m: Bef 1894
...........................................
5
[4] Thomas Raysor b: December 19, 1894
............................... *2nd Wife of
Cornelius
Ayer Raysor:
................................... +Sarah
Isabella
Leard b: January 20, 1885 d: September 07, 1960 in Asheville, NC
Father:
Mother: m: 1908
...............................
4
Ellen
Raysor b: July 16, 1860 in Columbia, SC d: August 22, 1942
................................... +[1]
Theopholus
Fisk Barton b: August 16, 1836 in Orangeburg County, SC d: April 08,
1912
Father: Mother:
m: December 11, 1884
.................................
4 Cornelia
Ayer Raysor b: February 22, 1864 in South Carolina
.................... *2nd Wife of Thomas
Raysor,
Jr:
........................ +Susan
Leard b: February 14, 1843 in Clarendon County, SC d: July 28, 1901
in Charleston, SC : m: February 22, 1866;
Buried Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
............................... 4
Marion
Cantey Raysor b: February 06, 1867
................................... +Leah
McCormick
Father: Mother: m: October 1898
............................... 4
Elizabeth
Chalmers Raysor b: October 07, 1872 d: June 04, 1901
...................................
+Benjamin
Boulware
Stokes b: July 02, 1866 in Branchville, Dorchester Co, SC Father:
William Stokes
Mother: Eliza Jane Boulware m: October 07, 1897
............................... 4
Alice
Chotte
Raysor b: November 03, 1869
................................... +Frank
Bates
Father: Mother: m: Unknown
...........................................
5
Margaret Bates
............................... 4
Thomas
McTyeire Raysor b: July 02, 1875 d: 1913
................................... +Emily
Maude
Jones b: May 29, 1877 in Washington, DC d: September 05, 1954 in
Washington,
DC
............................... 4
Frances
Leard Raysor b: May 09, 1878 in Branchville, Dorchester Co, SC d: June
01, 1958 in Honolulu, HI
................................... +Heyward
Robbins
b: February 04, 1878 d: March 05, 1905 in Carowayn, NC Father: Mother:
m: Unknown
.................... 3 Rebecca
Caroline
Raysor
b: Abt 1829
........................ +William
Crawford
Moss Father: Steven Moss Mother: Ann Erwin m:
Unknown
................................4
Laura Ann
"Mossie" Moss, b. April 17, 1852; m. Charles Glover Dantzler
................................4
Stephen
William Moss, died young
................................4 Anna
Raysor Moss
................................4 Benjamin
Hart
Moss, m. Agnes Dibble; Judge in Orangeburg County, SC Court.
.................... 3 Peter
Andrew Raysor b: March 11, 1831 in Barnwell District, South
Carolina;
Enlisted as Captain in
Orangeburg County 5th
South Carolina Cavalry Regiment ; resigned Aug. 26, 1862; d:
September
11, 1903 in
Chappell Hill, TX; Fact 1: Buried Atkinson's
Cemetery,
Chappell Hill, TX
........................ +Anna M.
Milhouse m: Abt 1858
...............................
4
Thomas Middleton Raysor b: May 26, 1859 in Orangeburg
District,
SC; State House of Representatives,
1884-1889, and State Senate, 1890-1908. d: May 03, 1925 in
Orangeburg
County, SC
Buried Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
................................... +Mattie
Mandeville
Rogers b: in Darlington, SC ; No children.
.................... *2nd Wife of Peter
Andrew
Raysor:
........................ +Adella
Felder
Father: Samuel Felder Mother: Mary Elizabeth Stroman m: November 28,
1861
............................... 4 Paul
Montgomery
Raysor b: Abt 1863 d: 1928 Fact 1: Medical Doctor
................................... +Mary
Elizabeth
Matthews b: 1868 in Chappell Hill, Washington County, TX d: 1941
...............................
4 Emily Raysor
............................... 4 [2]
Adella
Felder Raysor b: 1865 d: December 19, 1894
................................... +[3]
Cornelius
Ayer Raysor b: October 26, 1858 in Newberry, SC d: January 17, 1947
Father:
Thomas Raysor, Jr
Mother: Cornelia Erwin Ayer m: Bef 1894
...........................................
5
[4] Thomas Raysor b: December 19, 1894
.....................
*3rd
Wife of Peter Andrew
Raysor:
........................ +Frances
G. Browning ; m: March 07, 1872 in Chappell
Hill, Texas; d. aft. April 2, 1889 (date of Will)
...............................4 William Browning Raysor,
b. after 1872; died after April 2, 1889
...............................4 John Lockhart Raysor, b. after
1872; died after April 2, 1889
....................
3 Laura Anne Raysor
b: December 15, 1832 in South Carolina d: June 23, 1883; buried Antioch
Cemetery, Allendale, SC.
........................ +Rev. Dr. James
Daniel
Erwin b: December 29, 1829 in Erwinton, South Carolina d: March 17,
1909
in Allendale Co, SC;
m: January 03, 1855 Fact 1: Buried, Antioch
Christian Church Cemetery, Allendale, SC
................................4
Thomas
Raysor Erwin, b. October 10, 1855 in South Carolina; d. August 17, 1920;
Buried Antioch
Christian Church Cemetery, Allendale, SC
.....................................+Harriet
Eliza
Killingsworth,
b. February 1, 1846; d. April 4, 1927. Buried Antioch Cemetery.
................................4 Dr.
Clarence
Erwin; m Caroline Sam
................................4
Peter
Erwin,
m. Phoebe Morrall
................................4
William
Erwin, m. Annie Lawton
................................4
James
Erwin,
m. Mary Adams Hemphill and (2nd) Lottie Nixon
................................4
Rennie
Erwin, b. February 15, 1866; d. January 1, 1887 in Allendale, SC;
Buried
Antioch Cemetery.
................................4
Aurel M.
Erwin, m. April 16, 1907, Helen Pruyn Erwin
................................4 Olen
Erwin;
b. May 16, 1870; d. Nov. 7, 1870; Buried Antioch Cemetery
.................... 3 Margaret Sophia
Raysor
b: 1836 in South Carolina d: June 1836 in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried May-Stokes-Raysor Family Cemetery
.................... 3 Hannah Julia
Raysor
b: 1837 in South Carolina d: 1837 in South Carolina
Fact
1: Buried May-Stokes-Raysor Family Cemetery
.................... 3 James William
Raysor
b: March 1838 in South Carolina d: November 03, 1852 in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried May-Stokes-Raysor Family Cemetery
......... *2nd Wife of Thomas M. Raysor:
............. +Mary Ayer Dick (widow) b:
1802 d:
Aft 1862
Father:
Lewis Malone Ayer Mother: Sarah Nunnally m: May 07, 1844 in
Barnwell
District,
SC
......... 2
ALFRED RAYSOR b: November
22,
1804 in
Colleton County, SC d: November 27, 1874 in Jefferson County, FL
............. +Barbara Mary Inabinet
b: Jan.
8,
1808 in South Carolina; d: March 25, 1888 in Jefferson County, FL : m:
Aug. 24, 1826 in Colleton
County, SC; Link to
the very
confusing abstract of the Alfred
Raysor will
from Keystone Kin.
and to the Alfred
Raysor-Barbara Inabinet family Bible.
.....................3 Michael Raysor; b. October
18, 1827 in Colleton District, SC; d. Spet. 25, 1830 in Colleton
District, South Carolina
.................... 3 Alfred William
Raysor,
MD; b: March 24, 1829 in Colleton County, SC; listed on census of
Colleton Co, SC 1850 as a student.
d: August 12, 1856 in Jefferson County, FL; Death recorded
in Alfred and Barbara Raysor Bible and
George Raysor -
John May family Bible.
Place
of Burial found by a land surveyor 2002.
.................... 3 George
Raysor b: October 22, 1830; listed in Federal Census 1850
Colleton County, South Carolina as a student; Enlisted
in the
Aucilla
Guards
Here are the remarks beside his name: 2S; Reinlisted CO G, 5th
Regiment;
P 1L March 62 (I assume this means 1st Lieutenent)
He died Aug. 29, 1898
Jefferson County, Florida.
............................+Isabella
Johnson,
b. Jan. 16, 1837 in Abbeville District, South Carolina
; m. Nov. 24, 1852; she d. May 7, 1910
..............................4 Alfred
William,
b. Feb. 14, 1854, (listed as student on Jefferson Co, FL 1870 census)
; d. April 30, 1913
..............................4 Ella
Laura,
b.
Nov. 2, 1856
...................................+ William Walter
Nalley; b. June 1852; d. April 11, 1927
..............................4 Thomas
George ,
b. Sept. 1, 1859, Jefferson County, FL.
......... 2
REBECCA RAYSOR b: September 15, 1806 in
Colleton
County,
SC d: October 29, 1871 in Jefferson County, FL;
listed in the Colleton Co, SC census of 1850
............. +David Walker b:
Sept. 1, 1803
in
Colleton Dist., SC; Father: Isham Walker,Mother: Martha; m:
June 28, 1827
in Colleton County, SC; d: October 29,
1871
in Nash, Jefferson County, FL
.................... 3 George
Raysor Walker
b: July 26, 1828 in Colleton County, SC d: July 02, 1863 in
Battle
of Gettysburg, PA
Fact 1: 1st Lt. Co. G, 5th Florida Infantry, CSA
........................
+Louisa E. Mathers Father: William Mathers Mother: m: April
04, 1860 in Jefferson County, FL
...........................4
Michael Walker
...........................4
David Walker
.................... 3
Michael
Walker b:
November 08, 1829 in Colleton District, SC d: October 27, 1862 in
Red Sulfer Springs Hospital;
Fact 1: Corporal., Jefferson Rifles, Co. H, 3rd Florida Infantry-
.................... 3 Isham
Walker b: April 11, 1831 in Colleton District, SC d: December 14,
1833 in Colleton District, SC
Fact 1: Buried Isham Walker Family Cemetery.
.................... 3 Eleanor
Ann Walker b: October 24, 1832 in Colleton District, SC d:
September
12, 1856 in Jefferson County, FL
.......................
+Dewitt
Father: Mother:
.................... 3 Mary
Rebecca Walker b: May 14, 1834 in Colleton District, SC d: May
26,
1868 in Jefferson County, FL
............. ...........
+William
J. Carroll Father: Mother: m: May 26, 1858 in Jefferson
County,
FL
...........................4
James D. Carroll
....................
......4
Ellen Florida Carroll
...........................4
Rebecca Carroll
...........................4
George Walker Carroll
...........................4
Mary Elizabeth Carroll
..................
3
David Edwin Walker b: September 04, 1835 in Colleton District, SC
d: November 30, 1848 in Colleton District, SC
Fact 1: Buried Isham Walker Family Cemetery, Colleton Dist.
...................3 Alfred
William Walker
b: December 08, 1838 in Colleton District, SC d: September 30,
1863
in Jefferson County, FL
Fact 1: Jefferson Rifles, Co. H, 3rd Florida Infantry.
...................3
Laura Walker b: October 03, 1840 in Colleton District, SC d: May
02, 1842 in Colleton District, SC Fact 1:
Buried Isham Walker Family Cemetery, Colleton District.
...................3
Hannah Raysor Walker b: August 28, 1842 in Colleton District, SC
d: December 19, 1873 in Florida
.....................
+James
J. Walker b: in Madison County, FL : m: March 14, 1866
...................3 James
Walker
b: July 08, 1844 in Colleton District, SC d: May 06, 1863 in
Richmond,
Virginia Fact 1: Co. G, 5th Florida
Infantry
...................3
John Isham Walker b: October 01, 1846 in Colleton District, SC d:
October 06, 1910 in Jefferson County, FL
Fact 1: No children. Fact 2: Buried Roseland Cemetery.
......................
+Mary
Virginia Hinton Father: John J. Hinton Mother: Louisa C.
Armstrong
......... 2
ANN RAYSOR
b: August 13, 1805 in Colleton County, SC d: January 10, 1860 in
Colleton County, SC
............. +Joseph Kinsey Stokes
b: in
Colleton
County, SC Father: Henry Stokes I Mother: Kinsey m: Abt
1835
in Colleton County, SC
.................... 3 William E.
Stokes
b: November 16, 1833 in Colleton County, SC d: April 17, 1895 in
Colleton County, SC
Fact 1: Buried Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
.................... 3 Alfred E.
Stokes b:
August 10, 1838 in Colleton County, SC d: August 26, 1895 in
Colleton
County, SC
Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
........................ +Annie E. Hill b:
March
20, 1849 in Colleton County, SC d: January 03, 1909 in Colleton
County,
SC
Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
............................... 4
Joseph
James Stokes b: August 17, 1870 in Colleton County, SC d: August
10, 1897 in Colleton County, SC
Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
.................... 3 James
Raysor Stokes, b. March 28th, 1841 , Colleton Co, S.C. ; d.
Walterboro, S.C. May 30th, 1899
Buried at
Live Oak Cemetery, Walterboro, SC.
(Civil War records?)
..........................+Catherine L., b. Aug
22,
1846
; d. Apr. 4, 1907; Buried Live
Oak Cemetery, Walterboro, SC
.................... 3 Lenna Stokes b:
November
25, 1847 in Colleton County, SC d: April 03, 1885 in Colleton
County,
SC
Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
........................ +Richard S. Hill b:
April
26, 1836 in Colleton County, SC d: October 21, 1887 in Colleton
County,
SC
Fact 1: Providence
Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
.............................4 Lenna M.
Hill b: 1863
.............................4 Annie Kate Hill
b: 1866
.............................4 Edwin Roland
Hill b: 1868
.............................4 Ada Anna
Hill b: February 12, 1868 in Colleton County,
SC d: July 23, 1932 in Colleton County, SC;
Buried Providence Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
.................................. +Jefferson Davis
Risher b: May 10, 1861 in Colleton County,
SC; d: May 03, 1917 in Colleton County,
SC;
m: Abt. 1887 in Colleton County,
SC;
Buried Providence Methodist Cem.- Round O, SC
....................................5 Oren Benjamin
Risher b: September 29, 1888 in Colleton
County, SC ; d: December 17, 1977 in Stephens County,
GA
.................................. +Blanche Corrine
Risher b: August 03, 1891 in Colleton County,
SC; d: June 13, 1980 in Habersham County, GA;
Father: Thomas Raysor Risher;
Mother: Alice Harleston Rowell
.............................4 Ophelia
Hill b: 1870
.............................4 Eliza Ann
Hill b: 1872
.............................4 Thomas
Hill b: 1874
.............................4 James Hill
b: 1876
.............................4 Edward
Hill b: Abt. 1878
.............................4 Emma Hill
b: Abt. 1878
....................3 Melvin Stokes
....................3 Emma Eugenia Stokes b:
December 21, 1836 d: May 01, 1873
................ +David Daniel
Utsey b: July 20, 1832; d: January 10,
1918; m: Bef. 1856 ; Burial: Utsey
Cemetery
.............................4 Laura Rebecca
Utsey b: May 12, 1856
.......................... +William
Jefferson Sandifer
.............................4 Olivia
Utsey b: August 25, 1860
.............................4 James D.
Utsey b: July 08, 1868
.............................4 Ida
Utsey b: April 15, 1863
.............................4 Joseph Stokes
Utsey
.............................4 Wade Edwin
Utsey b: February 21, 1868
.............................4 Arthur G.
Utsey b: April 01, 1871
.............................4 Emma Eugenia
Utsey b: February 07, 1873
......... 2
GEORGE RAYSOR b: July 19, 1808 in
Colleton County, South
Carolina
d:
August 24, 1853 in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried Shieder-Raysor-Risher
Cemetery, off SC 61; See George
Raysor-John May Bible
............. +Ann Sisson Stokes
b: October
04,
1813 in Colleton County, South Carolina d: August 14, 1848 in South
Carolina
Father:
Peter Stokes Mother: Elizabeth Lawford m: November 25 in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried Shieder-Raysor-Risher
Cemetery
.................... 3 George Lawrence
Raysor
b: October 14, 1832 d: April 14, 1859
.................... 3 Caroline
Eleanor
Raysor
b: April 28, 1833 in South Carolina d: September 09, 1901 in South
Carolina
........................ +[5] John May b:
October
19, 1819 in Colleton District, SC d: July 22, 1893 in York, SC Father:
John May
Mother: Sarah Tucker m: February 17, 1852 in South Carolina
............................... 4
Charles
Raysor May
............................... 4
Lillian
V. May
............................... 4
Martha
Connor May
............................... 4 Anna
Sisson
May b: December 13, 1852
............................... 4
Sarah M.
May b: September 09, 1854 d: October 29, 1935
............................... 4
Harriet
Eleanor May b: March 24, 1856 in South Carolina d: November 29, 1857 in
South Carolina
............................... 4
Caroline
Raysor May b: January 16, 1860 d: January 08, 1927
............................... 4 John
May
b: August 01, 1861 d: February 18, 1929
............................... 4 Mary
Johnson
May b: May 27, 1863 in South Carolina d: June 17, 1872
............................... 4
Mamie P.
May b: 1864 in South Carolina d: January 17, 1872 in South
Carolina
Fact 1: Twin?
............................... 4
Janie E.
May b: April 11, 1864 d: April 15, 1864 Fact 1: Twin?
.................... 3 Henry Osborn
Raysor
b: June 29, 1835 in South Carolina d: April 08, 1836 in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried Shieder-Raysor-Risher
Cemetery
.................... 3 Michael
Oliver Raysor b:
April
13, 1837 Colleton District, South Carolina; ; mustered in August 10,
1861, Florida 3rd Infantry
Company H,
Monticello, FL. He was captured in Kentucky and exchanged near
Vicksburg
in January, 1863. He was severely
wounded at
Chickamauga,
September 20, 1863. He d: January 27,
1864
in Jefferson Co, FL . (Sarah Johnson Raysor filed for
pension, #A02338).
Michael O.
Raysor
Obituary.
Letter from Michael to his wife,
1863.
........................ +Sallie Johnson
(Sarah
Jane Johnson?) b. about 1837 in Abbeville District, SC; m:
August 09, 1860
in Aucilla, Jefferson Co,
Florida
.................... 3 John
Christopher Raysor b: June 06, 1839; According to the
diary of Maj.
David Gavin, he joined Company I,
Palmetto Guards prior to July 1, 1861; he died August 189_ (from
George Raysor-John May Bible).
.................... 3 Capt.
Thomas Elijah Raysor b: January 29, 1841 in South Carolina d:
September
23, 1883 in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried St. George UDC Cemetery
........................ +Bellzora Bowyer b:
December
09, 1840 in South Carolina d: December 25, 1910 Father: William Bowyer;
buried
St. George UDC Cemetery ;
Mother: Elizabeth Strobel m: January 27, 1863 in South Carolina Fact 1:
Buried St.
George Cemetery
............................... 4
Caroline
Eliza Raysor b: April 05, 1866
................................... +Henning
Frederick
Von Lehe
...............................
4 Annie Sisson
Raysor b: June 25, 1869 in South Carolina d: September 16, 1883 in
South
Carolina
Fact 1: Buried St. George Cemetery
............................... 4
William
Bowyer Raysor b: November 20, 1871 in South Carolina d: January 12,
1907
in South Carolina
Fact 1: Buried St. George Cemetery
................................... +Martha
Shuler
b: December 31, 1870 in South Carolina d: February 02, 1957 in South
Carolina
m: Bef 1894 Fact 1: Buried St. George Cemetery
....................
3 Hannah Ann Raysor
b: July 30, 1842 in South Carolina d: January 28, 1914
.................... 3 Charles
Augustus
Raysor
b: July 20, 1844 in Colleton County, SC d: January 10, 1874
.................... 3 Mary Jane
Raysor b:
November 07, 1845 in Colleton County, SC d: May 18, 1846 in
Colleton
County, SC
Fact 1: Buried Shieder-Raysor-Risher
Cemetery, off SC 61
......... *2nd Wife of George Raysor:
............. +Jane Caroline Stokes
Walker;
b: December
18, 1818 in South Carolina d: June 09, 1904 in South Carolina Father:
Peter
Stokes
Mother: Elizabeth Lawford m: May 26, 1850 in South Carolina . Her first
husband was Isham N. Walker, believed to have been
the brother of David Walker who married
Rebecca Raysor.
Isham N. Walker died June 4th, 1848 and is buried in the Isham
Walker
Family Cemetery, Colleton Co, SC. Jane is buried
Appleby M.E. Church Cemetery,
St. George, S.C.
......... 2
JOHN M. RAYSOR b: May 23, 1812 in Colleton
County,
SC d: September 10, 1863 in Jefferson County, FL
............. +Mary Ann Walker b:
Abt 1819
d:
before
July 20, 1898; Buried in Oakland
Cem, Atlanta, GA.
.....................3 August Anne Elizabeth
b. 1838 in Colleton Dist. SC; d. May 12, 1846
.................... 3 Eleanor
Raysor
b: December 25, 1839 in Colleton Dist. SC; d. Nov. 8, 1906;
buried Oakhill Cem, Quitman, GA
.........................+Dr. B. F. Treadwell; m.
January
11, 1863 in Jefferson Co, FL.
.................... 3 John
M. Raysor b: 1841 in Colleton County, SC; Was
Sergeant
of the Aucilla Guards prior to serving in Comapny G, 5th
Florida Infantry; He served in this company until his right arm was
shattered
in battle; He was sent home August 5, 1863
and retired to the Invalid Corps. He served in the Enrolling Dept. in
Madison,
FL for the remainder of the war.
Buried April 10, 1908 in Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, GA. See
Obituary.
........................ +Mary Emma
Chiles
Father: S. G. Chiles ; m: May 01, 1872 in Madison County, FL
;
...............................4 Mary Emma Raysor; b.
after 1872;
probably buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
..................................+ Robert T. Clayton; m. September 28,
1898; probably buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
.................... 3 George
David Raysor b: February 3, 1843
in
Colleton County, SC. Enlisted in Aucilla
Guards November 28, 1861. Reinlisted
in 1862, Florida 5th Infantry, Company G; Out April 9,
1865.
See picture of George
D. Raysor and more about Perry's
Florida Brigade. He died Aug. 23, 1909 and is buried at Oakhill
Cemetery
in Quitman, GA.
...........................+Laura Hunter Lee, b.
April
6, 1846; d. April 2, 1926. Buried at
Oakhill
Cemetery in Quitman, GA.
.................... 3 Edgar
Haskel Raysor b:
Abt
1845 in Colleton County, SC; Enlisted in Waculla Co, FL Aucilla
Guards as Private
November 28, 1861 in St. Marks; Had risen to rank of 1st Corporal
prior to moving to Company G, 5th Florida
Infantry. He was killed at Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862 at age 17.
.....................3 August Anne Elizabeth Raysor,
b. unknown; d. March 12, 1846, along with her grandmother Walker
....................
3 Alfred
Raysor b: Abt 1846 in Jefferson County, FL; Enlisted in Aucilla
Guards November 28, 1861; Paroled at
Tallahassee, FL May 15, 1865.; Buried James Walker Cemetery
.................... 3 Mary
Augustus
Raysor b:
Abt 1848 in Jefferson County, FL
..........................+ James T. Jordan
.................... 3 James Thomas
Raysor
b:
Abt 1850 in Jefferson County, FL; Buried Nov. 16, 1898 in Oakland
Cemetery,
Atlanta, GA.
+Lucy C. Bloodworth, b. June 1858, Georgia
.............................4 Mary Ann Raysor, b. 1881;
d. March 1965, Atlanta GA.
+ Heard
+ 2nd Husband: Edwin L. Gifford, Sr., 1903
.............................4 Lucy Claudia Raysor;
b.
July 25, 1883 in Griffin, Georgia; d. after 1930
..................................+ C. Guy Culver; m. June 5,
1902; Atlanta, Georgia
..................................+ 2nd Husband : Thomas
Arthur Fulghum; b. May 10, 1882; m. Dec. 1, 1912; Atlanta, GA
..............................4 A. T. Raysor - Grave of
A.T. Raysor, age 3, buried Oakland Cemetery, March 17, 1890- Not
confirmed to be the
child of James T.
Raysor & Lucy C. Bloodworth
..............................4 Claude Love Raysor, (aka
Jack Jefferson Worth) b. March 1891 in Georgia; d. after 1940 in
Atlanta Georgia
....................................+ Annie; divorced
1910
....................................+ Unknown, m. about 1917
.................... 3 Leila Adelaide
Raysor
b: Abt 1851 in Jefferson County, FL d: Abt 1879
........................ +Joseph Wiggins
Chiles
Father: S. G. Chiles
................................4 Hortense Eugenia
Chiles; b. March 11, 1872; d. February 13, 1898 in Atlanta, GA; buried
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia
......................................+ Joseph Wade Maner, Jr.; m. June
14, 1894 in Atlanta, Georgia
............................... 4
Mary Emma
Chiles b: December 27, 1878 Fact
1: Twin
................................... +Samuel
Brunson
Bennett
............................... 4
Infant
Chiles b: December 27, 1878 d: December 27, 1878 Fact
1: Twin
....................3 Rebecca Waller Raysor; b.
August
12, 1857 in Jefferson Co, FL; d. May 14, 1935; buried Oakhill Cemetery,
Quitman, Georgia;
Tombstone reads, "Waller Raysor Ross"
....................3 Ida Caroline Raysor; b. September 15,
1859 ; d. July 15, 1943; buried Oakhill Cemetery, Quitman, Georgia
........................+ Joseph Mabbett; m. November 15,
1876, Quitman, Georgia