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Amos L. RAY / Martha 'Patty' ALLEN

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[126] due to Union Sympathies Amos was imprisioned during the Civil
War

[127]

[132] Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C.

March 15, 1906
Mr. M. P. Ray
Pensacola, N. C.

Dear Mr. Ray:
I am just in receipt of your recent favor enclosing
affidavits in the case of Mrs. Patty Ray, and I beg to advise
you that I will introduce bill in her behalf at once, and
endeavor to have it acted upon by the Pension Committee.
However, I have a great many bills ahead of this one, and a
number of them will in all probability go over to the next
session of Congress, but I assure that I will do the best I can
for her. Being pleased to serve you, and with kind wishes,
I am,
Very truly yours,
(signed) Edwin Y. Wess
(member of 59th Congress)

(A bill was introduced in 1907 and sent to committee for
pension for Patty Allen Ray.)

[133]

[134] 'ANOTHER MOTHER GONE' by: James Allen Ray, MD Martha
Allen Ray of Pensacola, NC died on the 10th day of June 1906,
at the advanced age of 97 years and five months. Her father,
John Allen was born in Scotland. He emigrated to America at
the age of 14 and settled in N. C. He was in the Mecklenburg
Convention, held at Charlotte, NC, on the 20th day of May,
1775, that drew up and adopted the Acts known as 'The
Mecklenburg Declaration'. He afterwards enlisted and served in
the Revolutionary War, and was under General Greene at the
Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781. Four
sons(of whom the writer is one), and three daughters survive
her.

[135]

[136] Patty Ray pension was taken forward in house of Representative
bill # HR 19826, by Congressman Edwin Y. Webb, North Carolina.
s 6065 page 1317 page 3122 Congressional Record 1907.

[105] Montraville Ray swore out affidavit on behalf of Pension claim
of his mother.

[106]

[107] Amos L. Ray died in the house of his son, Mont Ray

[108]

[112] About 1879 Samuel , and his brother Joseph, were living in
Springfield MO. Samuel went home to NC, but found that almost
all of the family had scattered to other states. He decided to
go to Oregon where some of the his brothers, and cousins had
settled. He and his remaining children (his wife, and two of
his children had died) traveled by train to Oregon, and settled
in what is now called Spray Oregon.

[113]

[103] War Department, The Adjutant General's Office, Washington, May
10, 1911

Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions, with the
information that the records show that Joseph L. Ray, Co. C, 16
Reg., N. C. Inf., CSA, enlisted May 1, 1861 at Burnsville, NC
for 12 mos., a private, and the Co. muster Roll for Jan. &
Feb.. 1863, last on which name is home, reports him present. A
Roll of Honor for the Co. not dated, shows: Date of entrance
into service, May 1, 1861; County, Yancey, age 19, Vol.
Deserted to the enemy May 3. Prisoners of war records show him
captured at Fredericksburg Dec 13, 1862 and paroled for
exchange--date not shown-age 20, height 5 ft. 10 in., hair
dark, eyes blue, complexion light. Also show him among
prisoners who reported Provo. Marshals office, Headquarters
Mil. Dist.. of Washington, D.C., and had oath of allegiance
administered to them April 29, 1863

[104]

[110] Dr. James Allen Ray, at the age of 13, carried food to the
Union Soldiers. The Rebels learned of it and gave chase. He
and another lad, carrying guns escaped at night, hiding in the
wood by day, and traveling at night. When the Rebels had
trailed and almost caught them, the boy's had to drop their
guns in order to slip quietly through the weeds and brush. The
boy's did reach the Union lines safely, and enlisted, in Co.
A, N.C. Infantry under Gen. Burnside.
By Carl Martin 'Ozzie' Ray.
The Migration to Oregon of Dr. James A. Ray As Told By Luella
Ray Mills.
In May 1866, Dr. James A. Ray with wife and six children
left North Carolina for Oregon. There were four families in
the migration. My father furnished and equipped a covered
wagon for a cousin, David McMahan, his wife and six children,
namely; Perry, Cambell, Sissy, Brandon, Willy, and Tommy. Also
another cousin Ervin Ray was furnished with a team of mules and
a covered wagon. Both of these families drove on to Knoxville,
Tenn. ahead of us, and were camped near the city limits when we
arrived. The other family, Jim McKinney, wife, and several
children, planned to go all the way to Portland, Oregon by
train. Papa was to confer with them all, so that is why we met
in the depot at Knoxville. Then came the tragedy. Little
Bobby was on the bench near a roll of bedding. Mr. McZKinney
moved his gun back and forth in a roll of bedding and it fired,
hitting Bobbie through the hips. I was close by and saw him
throw up his hands and jump from the seat. The room was soon
covered with his blood. I can see it all as if it happened
yesterday. The police came but papa explained it was an
accident. Bobbie was taken to the hospital and was under the
care of a doctor, seeming to be doing well. Papa stayed in
Knoxville with him, but to save expense we went west. Ervin
Ray decided not to go further west, and so it was arranged for
mama and us to travel with the McMahan's, so we did as far as
Kansas City. Little Bobbie did of blood-poisoning. Papa
buried him, then came on to us near the crossing of the Ohio
River. We were in Kansas City July 4, 1886, we left the wagons
there and came on to Portland on the Union Pacific Train. We
stayed a few days in Portlnd with our cousins the Coats Family.
Then rented a small house, in walking distance of the school,
for one month while Papa looked for a homestead. On October
12, he filed on Oak Ranch Homestead. Then we boarded a boat
for St. Helens. The boat had only one Stateroom for all of us.
We were on the floor and on hooks, I think. We left St.
Helens with one horse and a cart. We spent one night four
miles out with 20 miles yet to go, with mama driving we took
turns riding. When we reached the Hazlet place I was too tired
to eat. But the next day on to Oak Ranch, our future home. It
was October, 1886. from: 'The Migration to Oregon of Dr. James
A. Ray' As Told By Luella Ray Mills

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[125] [S29] GenServ Report dbase: rusp7bb

[131] [S104] D.A.R. Certificate

• PAGE: Copy of Ancestor Service from DAR books in Constitution Hall
  

[99] [S36] The Mountain Years- V. Allen

[100] [S35] death certificate

[101] [S36] The Mountain Years- V. Allen

[102] [S167] Ray Family Bible

[109] [S58] Cura Ray Wheeler