Rainey (Laws) Broyhill

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Speculation Concerning Parents

I found several NC Death Index files for various people listing Bud Laws. All listed Bud Laws except one, it listed Marcus James Bud Laws. I can tie all these records together with Census Records except for Rainey (due to a spelling conflict of her first name).

I found that there are various names for the mother for each of those records:

• Nancy Mealy Watson
• Nann Price
• Nan
• Nan Watson.

To complete the story I need to know where Rainey Laws was in 1900 and 1910. The two census records I have based on the various records only list one person that is the correct age. They list a "Geany Laws" and "Gerang Laws" respectively. I know the census records contained names spelled phonetically and they are prone to transcription errors. It is also possible that Nancy remarried or someone other than Rainey provided the details for the death certificate. An interesting note here: a family friend and witness to her parents marriage, Sarah Price, also lived next door according to census records. Regardless this remains speculation for the moment.

While the find a grave source is fairly accurate, I do not believe the stated parentage is accurate for several reasons. The primary one being her NC Death Index record.

Sources

• Broyhill III, Marvin T. Broyhill Family History. Accessed on 23 July 2014 by Stormy Faw.
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch.org Geany Laws in household of James W Laws accessed 24 Jul 2014; Beaver Creek & Boomer townships, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241224.
• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch.org Gerang Laws in household of James W Laws accessed 24 Jul 2014; Beaver Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375147.
• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch.org Rainie Broyhill in household of Elisha Broyhill accessed 24 Jul 2014; Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821329.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch.org Ronnie Broyhill in household of Cicero Broyhill accessed 24 Jul 2014; Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0003, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1728.
• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch.org Rainey Broyhill in household of Cicero Broyhill accessed 24 Jul 2014; Moravian Falls, Moravian Falls Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-13, sheet 17B, family 297, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 2988.
• "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," index, FamilySearch.org Rainey Laws Broyhill, 18 Jan 1980 accessed 24 Jul 2014; citing No. Wilkesboro, Wilks, North Carolina, CN 3889, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1984621.
• Find A Grave, Inc., FindAGrave.com Rainey Melissa Laws Broyhill (1899-1980) accessed 24 July 2014; Find A Grave: Memorial #98022910, Records of Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Moravian Falls, North Carolina.

DNA Confirmations

Autosomal DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a AncestryDNA test match between Zella (Pilkenton) Barringer and Private Laws, third cousins once removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Laws and Salena (Gilbert) Laws, the second great grandparents of Zella (Pilkenton) Barringer and third great grandparents of Private Laws. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th–8th Cousin, based on sharing 20 cM across 2 segments.