SEVENTH GENERATION

80. Solomon RYE⁽²⁴⁾ died in 1819 in Dickson County, Tennessee. North Carolina records show that Solomon was issued Revolutionary pay vouchers for services in Anson County in 1782. His record has been approved by DAR. His wife was Sarah (last name unknown).
Research shows that Solomon was issued a Land Grant in 1784 and that he purchased the Barnaby Skipper Plantation in 1784 in Anson County. He had previously received a Land Grant in Anson County in 1780. In 1798 he sold his land in North Carolina and moved to Marlborough County, South Carolina where records show that on March 21, 1811, Vol. GG, page 159, Solomon Rye sold 180 acres for $300 to John McCaskill. He then moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, where 1813 land records show that he bought more land east of Yellow Creek below the mouth of Great Cave near Ruskin Cave. On Febryary 18, 1814, Solomon deeded one acre to the Methodist/Episcopal Church called Shiloh and later called Old Union Church. In 1819, solomon died and left his land to Solomon II and another son named William.

81. Sarah. Children were:

i. William RYE.
ii. Sarah B. RYE.
iii. Martha RYE.
40 iv. Solomon RYE II.

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