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Fisher Rice (abt. 1733 - 1814)

Capt. Fisher Rice
Born about in King and Queen, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 1760 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginiamap
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Father of , , and
Died at about age 81 in Jessamine, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Fisher was under age 21 when he was apprenticed out to William Walker in 1752.[1] His father was still of Drysdale Parrish in King & Queen as late as 1734,[2] but moved to Orange soon after.[3] Fisher might have been born in either location, depending on his exact year of birth. He served as Captain in the Culpepper, Virginia militia during the Revolution. He married Mary Agnes Pulliam. A deed registered 10 April 1829 Mercer County KY Deed Book 16 page 336 lists the heirs of Fisher Rice as follows:

Mary Polly Rice Jamison 1762–1814
Anna Rice 1766–1822
Elizabeth "Betsey" Rice Anderson 1767–1824
James Rice 1768–1816
George Rice 1770–
Molly Rice 1772–1805
Jefferson Rice 1783–1842
Nancy Rice Shaw 1785–1849
Susan Rice Connor 1787–1818

Fisher moved his family to Kentucky before 1800. [4] In 1810, Fisher enslaved 8 people. Year: 1810; Census Place: Jessamine, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 56; Image: 00064; Family History Library Film: 0181352. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. His burial location is unknown. [5]

Note: this is one of many profiles that were linked as child of Mary Bradburn and Henry Rice. Have found no documentation to support this, so unlinking

Sources

  1. ↑ Orange, Virginia, Court Order Book 5, p. 366.
  2. ↑ Spotsylvania, Virginia, Deed Book B, pp. 501-504.
  3. ↑ Spotsylvania, Virginia, Deed Book C, pp. 217-219.
  4. ↑ Year:1800; Census Place: Jessamine County, Kentucky. Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
  5. ↑ Find A Grave ID:187452524




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McKinley-2258 Janice McKinley
Rice-1167 and Rice-3469 appear to represent the same person because: Birth date is within two years in time. Death dates and location correspond and wife is essentially the same.
posted on Rice-3469 (merged) by Janice McKinley
Vincent-18 Bill Vincent Ph.D.
Rice-6287 and Rice-3469 appear to represent the same person because: Fisher Rice with same dates married to same wife.
posted on Rice-3469 (merged) by Bill Vincent Ph.D.

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