John Rice (abt. 1752 - abt. 1804)

Born about 1752 in Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Finney) Rice — married 1778 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1804 at about age 52 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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John Rice is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P278070
Rank: Captain

Biography

John Rice was born about 1752 in Hanover County, British Colony of Virginia. He married Mary Finney in 1778. They removed for a while to Suenandoah Valley but removed to Rockingham where he died in 1804.^[1]

John Rice was a member of the First Court of Lunenburg, Virginia. An application for NSSAR membership states John Rice enlisted in the Revolutionary Army early in the war and served until its close. He was made Captain on 10 Nov 1780.

Capt. John Rice of Rockingham County, Virginia, son of William and Sarah Rice, was born in Culpepper [sic] County, 1752, and died in Rockingham County, 1804. (Will Probated April 1804). He married in 1778, Mary Finney, born in Accomac [sic] County, ..."
In 1789, John Rice owned 861 acres of land in Rockingham County, Va., and was still an officer in the 1st. Military Company. (see "History of Rockingham County, Va. by Wayland, p. 449.)^[2]

John's will was admitted to probate in 1804.

"He willed all of his land and slaves to his wife during her life, to be divided, at her death, amonst [sic] his children, except his daughter who had married James Snaden, and gone to Bourbon county, Ky. He had probably given her her share when she went to Kentucky.... The Rices of Rockingham county are buried in the Dayton burying ground, commencing at the South side of the graveyard and extending Northward. First is old Mrs. Finney [mother of John's wife], who came over from Accomac county, or Culpeper, to live with her daughter Mary, and son-in-law John Rice. Next to her is John Rice [this profile]; then Mary, his daughter; then Ursula Gaines Rice; then Mary Finney Rice, th wife of John; then three or four children; then William Rice, Johns oldest son, who is the first one who has a lettered tombstone. The rest have just plain stones from the creek."^[3]

Children (order uncertain):^[3]

• Daughter who married James Snaden and removed to Kentucky
• Mary (buried next to her father; unmarried?)
• William (eldest son), b 27 Jul 1779; d 2 Aug 1838
• other children

Research Notes

Managed Profiles Team review recommended retaining PPP for now, until improvements have been made to this profile (see comments) and the family.

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical Gleanings of Early Virginia page 513; this source names no children of John and Mary.
2. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. SAR Membership No. 46316
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Raleigh T. Green, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia," [ https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00slaugoog/page/n289/mode/1up p 133]

See also:

• Will of John's father, William
• History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown by W.H Miller 1907, page 513