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William and Sarah Rhodes
Wayne County, NC

William Rhodes first appeared in Dobbs County, NC in a 1762 Land grant. Part of Dobbs was later partitioned off to form Wayne and it was here where William's grant was located on the west prong of Falling Creek in western Wayne County in what is today known as Grantham Township. William and Sarah's following children are said to have been born in the 1740's and 1750's.

Mary Rhodes m. Stephen Blackman
Sally (Sarah) Rhodes m. Michael King, grandparents of Barnabas S. King
Sylvia (Silvy) Rhodes m. Willis Pipkin, son of Joseph Pipkin
William Rhodes m. Nancy Pipkin, daughter of Joseph Pipkin
Lorohamah Rhodes
John Rhodes m. Mary Ingram
Anna Rhodes m. Dr. Andrew Bass Jr

William Rhodes Records:


John Rhodes, son of William and Sarah Rhodes

John's 1808 will states his family's names: ..."my wife, Mary Rhodes and all my children to wit William, Tailor, Sarah, Bryan, Thomas, Ingraham, Drusilla, Moses and Mary Rhodes."


Ingram Rhodes 1801-1874, son of John and Mary Ingram Rhodes

Ingram married Sarah Cox, daughter of Smithson Cox, and the division of Ingram's land after his death indicates Ingram and Sarah lived on the north side of Buck Swamp and west side of the Thoroughfare. Their children were as follows:

Anna M. Rhodes m. David G. Jennett - License
Louisa Rhodes
Druzilla Rhodes
Emily Rhodes m. Barnabas S. King
John C. Rhodes m. Ann Cox - License
(Sarah E.) Betsey Rhodes
Mary J. Rhodes m. --- Grantham

Ingram Rhodes Records:

"Rhodes Monthly Meeting derived it's name from the family of Ingram Rhodes who lived near the school house and kept his doors open to Friends and invited them to come and preach in the school house. Though he was not a Friend, yet he enjoyed the messages of love that Friends brought and we believed died in the faith." Rhodes Monthly Meeting History


Rhodes Research in Johnston-Jones - Duplin - Onslow counties

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