Elizabeth RAY, born September 16, 1751, Union County, South Carolina, America, died March 11, 1841, age 90 years, 10 months, and 26 days, on Little River, near Raysville, McDuffie County, Georgia, USA; she is buried in the Old Ragan Family Cemetery, formerly known as Raysville Cemetery, and today known as Methodist Historical Cemetery # 4, in Lincoln County, Georgia; she is enumerated on a on a plaque located in Padgett's Baptist Church Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina.

Elizabeth was a member of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church 1794-1804, located 843 Old Buncome Road, Union County, South Carolina.

Elizabeth RAY, 1751-1831, first married, circa 1770, Major John GRIFFIN, born 1745, Virginia, died August 16, 1780, in the Battle of Fishing Creek, Camden District, in today's Chester County, South Carolina.

Major John GRIFFIN, 1745-1780, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, was son of American Revolutionary War Veteran, William GRIFFIN, 1725-1791, and of his wife, Rachel SMITH, 1719-1791. To this third marriage, these children are known, including:

son, Joseph GRIFFIN, 1770- ;

daughter, Mary Anne GRIFFIN, 1772-1850; md. July 3, 1789, Wilkes County, Georgia, Thomas LEVERETT, 1755-1834; to this marriage, known children include:
son, Jeremiah LEVERETT, 1791-1863;
daughter, Katherine GRIFFIN LEVERETT, 1793-1836;
daughter, Mariah LEVERETT, 1795-1888, md. widower, John Harrison WALKER, 1762-1836. Mariah LEVERETT was his third and last living wife, see Sons of the American Revolution, SAR, # 81453. Daniel L. WALKER, 1794-1838, son of John Harrison WALKER, 1762-1836, and of his first wife, Sarah David LOFLIN, married Martha Adelaide HOLIDAY, 1802-1882, daughter of Dickerson HALIDAY, 1782-1827, and of his wife, Rebecca RAGAN, 1785-1825;

son, Jeremiah GRIFFIN, 1774-1847, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 50696486; md. Eunice CALLOWAY;

daughter, Elizabeth GRIFFIN, 1776-1861, buried Eckles Family Cemetery, Social Circle, Walton County, Georgia, USA, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 45415395, md. John PAXSON, 1768-1826, buried Sardis Church Cemetery, Between, Walton County, Georgia, USA, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 39808767.

Widow Elizabeth RAY GRIFFIN, 1751-1831, married second John WILKERSON [disputed by fellow researchers].

Widow Elizabeth Ray GRIFFIN WILKERSON, 1751-1831, married third, Nathaniel RAGAN, 1762-1831, [variant spelling: RAGAN, RAGIN, REAGEN] buried in the Old Ragan Family Cemetery, today known as Methodist Historical Cemetery # 4, located in Lincoln County, Georgia. To this third marriage to Nathaniel RAGAN, 1762-1831, these children are known:

daughter, Rebecca RAGAN, 1785-1825; md. [Thomas] Dickerson HALIDAY, 1782-1827, buried old Ragan Family Cemetery, also known today as Methodist Historical Cemetery, # 4, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 72945941. [Thomas] Dickerson HALIDAY, 1782-1827, descendant of American Revolutionary War Veteran Private [Georgia] Reverend William HOLLIDAY / HALIDAY, 1723-1786, and of his wife, Ann AYRES, 1724-1786, both late of Wilkes County, Georgia, America. To this marriage, five (5) children are known, including:
daughter, Martha HOLLIDAY / HALIDAY, 1802-1882, buried Old Baptist Church Cemetery, known as Walker Family Cemetery, Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 9199149; md. first, Daniel L. WALKER, 1794-1838, buried Old Baptist Church Cemetery, also known as Walker Family Cemetery, Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 9199211; md second, widower, Orion STROUD, 1795-1875, buried Rest Haven Cemetery, Monroe Walton County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 62471896;
daughter, Cynthia HOLLIDAY / HALIDAY, 1804-1887, md. 1824, Reverend Billington McCarty SANDERS, one of Mercer University's Founders;
son, Nathaniel 'Nat' RAGAN HOLLIDAY / HALIDY, 1808-1887, md. October 22, 1835, Wilkes County, Georgia, Susan Elizabeth WYLIE, 1817-1898;
son, Dickerson [Thomas] HOLLIDAY / HALIDAY, 1812-1890, md. January 19, 1832, Walton County, Georgia, Mary Ann HILL. 1817- ; and
son, Simeon HOLLIDAY / HALIDAY, 1816;

daughter, Jane RAGAN, 1787-1866, buried Ellaville City Cemetery, Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, USA, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 80745342; md. 1805, Thomas Henry HEMPHILL, 1774-1821, buried Raysville Cemetery, known as Old Ragan Family Cemetery, today known as Methodist Historical Cemetery # 4, Lincoln County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 72945943; to this marriage, these children are known: daughter, Nancy Sharpe HEMPHILL CLEVELAND, 1807-1848, buried Raysville Cemetery, known as Old Ragan Family Cemetery, today known as Methodist Historical Cemetery # 4, Lincoln County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 72945939; daughter, Emily Jane HEMPHILL, 1814-1884; son, Thomas Cyrus HEMPHILL, 1818-1842; widow, Jane RAGAN HEMPHILL md. second, November 21, 1822, Lincoln County, Georgia, Frances GIDEON [spelled GIDDENS]; to this marriage was born, daughter, Louisiana Olivia GIDEON, 1823-1854, buried Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 32675446, md. November 16, 1841, CSA Brigadier General and US Congressman, Lucius Jeremiah GARTRELL, 1821-1891, buried Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA, Find-A-Grave Memorial 31675446.

daughter, Cynthia RAGAN, 1790-1805, died in late childhood, in Lincoln County, Georgia, buried Old Ragan Family Cemetery, alco known today as Methodist Historical Cemetery, # 4, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA, Find-a-Grave memorial # 72945941;

daughter, Lucinda RAGAN, 1795-1867, buried Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, USA, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 52915229; md. first, January 6, 1815, Lincoln County, Georgia, John CUTLIFF [of Capt. Jeremiah GARTELLS District, Lincoln County, Georgia, 1810]--to this marriage two (2) children are known, including Mary Ann CUTLIFF, 1819-1831, and John M. CUTLIFF, 1823-1907; widow 'Lucinda RAGAN CULLIFF' md. second, July 28, 1825, Putnam County, Georgia, widower, [Thomas] Dickerson HOLLIDAY / HALIDAY ['Dickson HALLADAY'], 1782-1827, buried old Ragan Family Cemetery, also known today as Methodist Historical Cemetery # 4, Lincoln County, Georgia, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 72945941; widow 'Lucinda HOLLADAY' md third, widower, Jamerson MABRY, May 26, 1833, Lincoln County, Georgia;

We are direct lineal paternal descendants of this Major John GRIFFIN lineage and strive continually to research and document descendants of these lineages. This memorial was created in April 2010; a duplicate memorial was created in 2011 in Sardis Church Cemetery, Between, Walton County, Georgia where her grave marker cannot be located.



∼First married John Griffin in 1770; after John's early death in 1780, she married Nathaniel Ragan in 1784.

Elizabeth was the daughter of John Ray and Susannah Vance (Salsbury) Ray.