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by the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County Incorporated in cooperation with The History Division, Hunter Publishing Company Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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HERITAGE
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NORTH CAOlINA,
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VOLUME 1, 1984
Seay Spottsylvania Sr. b. approximatel~ Co., Va. 26 IDee. 1760 1792. or 1762 Reuben in Amelia S.C., Matthew Co., Va.,Seay d. 1833 b. 17p3 ie Spartanburg according toCo., the Revolutionary War b. appiOximately 1765,Pensiory m. 28 file. JuneCyrus 1792 Seay Amelia Co., Va. to Nancy Wingo. Reuben Seay, Sr. son f James Seay, Jr. and Lucy Lewis was a Rev lutionary War soldier. He wed Mary Ann Jon sin 1780 in Virginia. Reuben and Mary Ann migrated to South Carolina sometime afte their marriage. Reuben died in 1833, r ary Ann died 16 March, 1845 both in Spart nburg Co., South Carolina. Reuben and Ma Ann had children before they left Virginia. Th Hezekiah, Sf. born 1782 i Hezekiah Seay Sr. died North Carolina after the 18 78 years old. He was marri
only one known is Amelia Co., Va. in Haywood Co., 0 census. He was d twice. The first
wife Ballard.Branna I and his second wife was was M. Elizabeth Seay had 6 white and 1 bla k. There were 22 children b t only 10 can be named. Mary Polly Seay, M rtha Patsy Seay, In Hanover Co., Va. 178~census Hezekiah Matthew Seay, Samuel Se y, Sarah Seay, Judith Seay, James Branna Seay, Elizabeth Seay, Lucy Seay, Reuben Say. Reuben Seay b. 1815 ace rding to the 1860 census is listed as being 4 years old and a laborer. Reuben Seay bouht from Reuben Seay Sr. at sale 11 May, 18~3 one white face cow and calf for $8.43. Reu en died between 1870 and 1880 since he does at appear on the 1880 census with his wife F ancis Woody b. 1825. Francis was 55 years ,Id on 1880 census and had the 3 youngest hildren residing with her. She is the daughter f Frankie Woody and Mary Ella Johnson Woo y. The following are their chi dren: Anie Seay b. ca. 1845, died young. Col mbus "Lumm" Seay b. ca. 1847, per cen~us of 1860, d. 1912, Joel "Joe" Boon Seay .18 May 1848, d. 16 March 1912, Caroline ( r Carolyn) Seay b. ca. 1850, d.?, Celina (on c nsus) Selina or Selena Seay b. 1855 per cens s, d.?, William H. Seay b. 30 Mar. 1857, d. 13 Feb. 1938, Ramoth C. Seay on 1880 ce sus is age 23, John Belton "Jack" Seay b. 2 Nov. 1859, d. 6 Apr. 1928, Dudley Wilson eay b. 26 Aug. 1864, d. 8 June 1922. Sources: Mary N. Mills, author America and Betty Seay Wyatt.
of IThe Seay Family in
Billy S. Seay
JAMES
SAMUELI SEAY
560 James Samuel Seay was th son of Samuel (Sam) and Maggie Seay. Ja es was nine years old when his father m ved the family from Bailing Springs, South C rolina, to Henrietta, North Carolina. When ames came of age he went to work in the H nrietta Cotton Mill. There he met Vada Meldol Lowery, b. 6 Jan. 1919, and wed 4 Feb. 19 8. ~Iames and Vada had three children. In 19 4 James was drafted into the U.S. Army, 'II ere he served until the war ended. After return ng home from the army he worked in the Hen ietta Mill until his death 28 June 1973.
brother Carl's wife and the daughter of James and Lavonia Robinson Brown.
James Samuel and Vada Seay;s children are, Billy Samuel Perry Seay, b. 11 Dec. 1938, wed Roberta Ann Yarbrough, b. 5 Aug. 1938. They have two children, Kevin Scott Seay, b. 23 Aug. 1961, Lesley Lynn Seay, b. 17 Feb. 1961.
After Samuel's wife Maggie died in 1928, he moved his family from Boiling Springs, S.C. to Rutherford Co. N. C. There he went to work in the Henrietta cotton mill where he worked for
Trina Faye Seay, b. 1 Jan. 1941, wed Max Lee Green, b. 26 Oct. 1938. Trina and Max have three children, Rickie Lee Green, b. 28 April 1958, wed Ritta Mae Bingham, b. 1 July 1958. Vickie Marlene Green, b. 10 Nov. 1961, wed Lowell Kieth Duncan, b. 20 Feb. 1956. Vickie and Lowell have one child, Kieley Brooke Duncan, b. 24 July 1983. Joseph Scott Green, b. 10 July 1966. Joseph James Seay Jr. b. 19 Dec. 1942, wed Patricia Ann Frye, b. 12 Feb. 1948. They have two children, William Edward Seay, b. 11
12 years before moving to Danville, Va. All of Sam's children moved to Danville but one. Samuel (Sam) and Maggie Brown had six children: Frankie Louie Seay, b. 21 Dec. 1911 in Valley Falls, S.C., d. 26 Feb. 1939 and is buried in Danville, Va. He wed Annie Mae Fowler b. 1 July 1914. They had two children, Robert Lewis Seay and Betty !I.nn Seay. Leonard Seay, b. 16 Dec. 1912, d. 18 Sept. 1982, is buried in Boiling Springs, S.C. He wed Lila Maude Gentry 5 May 1934. They had two children, William Maurice Seay and David
Feb. 1964, wed Angelia Renee Whitlnr.,k, 25, Feb. 1983. Rebecca Elizabeth Seay, b. 25 \i.\ March, 1966. All of James and Vada Seay's children reside in Rutherford County.
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DESCENDANTSOF WllUAM H. SEAY
561 William H. Seay, b. 30 Mar. 1857, was the son of Reuben and Francis Woody Seay. He was a farmer until his death 13 Feb. 1938 in Boiling Springs, S.C. He wed Zenith Clemmentine Cook, b. 15 May 1858 in South Carolina, d. 6 Jan. 1922 and is buried in Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Zenith was the daughter of Alfred and Sarah Jane Seay. Sarah Jane Seay is the daughter of Capt. Williamson Seay, which makes her a double Seay. William H. and Zenith Clemmentine Cook Seay issue: James Belton Seay b. 8 Oct. 1879, d. Sept. 1951, m. Elizabeth Bishop b. 31 Aug. 1883, d. 23 May 1969; Marilla (Rilla) Seay b. 15 Feb. 1881 d. 15 Nov. 1938, m. Oliver Roscoe Stephens b. 3 Mar. 1868, d. 12 Jan. 1937; Laura Mae Seay b. Nov. 1882, d. Nov. 1942, m.1900toAlbertEberRollins, b.1885, d.1 Mar. 1948; Della Mae Clemmentine Seay, b. 7 Mar. 1883, d. 31 Dec. 1962, m. 1901 to Charlie C. Chapman, Sr. b. 14 Sept. 1876, d. 3 Aug. 1954; Joseph Butler Seay, b. 7 Apr. 1885, d. 3 Mar. 1931, m. Bessie Lowe, b. 10 Jan. 1892; Hattie Louise Seay, b. 9 Oct. 1886, d. Sept. 1950, m. William Harrison Bishop, b. 20 May 1873, d. 1951; Samuel Seay, b. 7 Apr. 1888, d. 9 Sept. 1945, m. Maggie Brown, b. 1884 d. 13 Apr. 1928; Carl Seay, b. 8 Apr. 1893, d. 30 Jan. 1968. On 21 Jan. 1912 he wed Hattie Mae Brown, (sister of Maggie Brown, Samuel Seay's wife) b. 9 May 1892, d. 2 Apr. 1934. The last child, William Frank Seay, b. 7 Apr. 1895, m. Bertha Mae Ward. Samuel (Sam) Seay, son of William H. and Zennie Clemmentine Cook Seay, was born 7 Apr. 1888. He died 9 Sept. 1945 and is buried in Danville, Va. He wed Maggie Brown, b. 1884 in North Carolina. She died 13 Apr. 1928 at the age of 44 and is buried in Boiling Sorinos. S r. ~hp \I.I~C ~ ciC'tar "f C'~~,~
Seay.
1l}jJioward Seay, b. 15 May 1915, died 1 6Ei, is buried in Danville, Va. He wed a Stovall 27 July 1939. They had nine children, Bruce Wayne Seay, Joyce Seay, John Samuel Seay, Christine Seay, Timothy Neal Seay, J.W. Seay, Ronnie Seay, Robert Maurice Seay, and James Donald. James Samuel Seay, b. 1 Sept. 1918, died 28 June 1973. He wed Vada iV1eldora Lowery and they had three children, Billy Samuel Seay, Trina Fay Seay and Joseph James Seay
Jr. Violet Seay, b. 10 June 1921, d. 13 Mar. 1979, is buried in Trenton, N.J. She wed Fred James ancl had one child, Nancy Ruth, b. 9 Sept. 1940. Lillie Seay, b. 3 jar.. 1925, wed Lloyd Crain and they had two children, Jeanie and Annetta Crain. Sources:
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THE F!:Uvm..Y Of
Billy S. Seay
JUUUS AND
NANCY SELF 562 Julius Self (b). Sept. 17, 1870 (d) July 13, 1937, Nancy Chapman (b) June 5,1869 (d). Dec 23, 1953. To this union were born five girls and three boys: Mary Self married Grover Robbs March 10, 1910 (d) ? They had three children, Lillie (b) Sept. 25, 1911, married John Humphries. He died April, 1975. They had two children, Joe and Charles Humphries. One son, James Robbs (b). I~ug 26, 1915, married to Mallie Ramsey. They had four chi!dren, 2 girls and two boys. Third girl Janett, she married Horace Povvell. They had 12 children (all living) Horace (d) Oct. 6, 1964, Martha, second daughter filled an early grave married to Howard Morrow. They had three children, Clyde (d), Fred, and Lee (d), March 6, 1978. Rhode (d) March 6, 1977, married Broadus Cash. They had 4 children, 1 son (d). Three girls, Hazel married Gene Hogan, had two sons, Geneva married "Shortie" Gene Hogan (d) 7. They had 5 children, Flossie married Alfred Harmon. They had one daughter, killed in a school bus accident and one son, Phillip. Sanford (d) in Cliffside t\~:t: n ' ~-_!"in a drowning accident -
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Editor William B. Bynum Katherine Sanford Petrucelli Joyce S. Tate Beatrix Ramey Glenn James Max G. Padgett Mabel Doggett Scott Vvithrow Nancy Ellen Ferguson
Published
by the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County Incorporated in cooperation with The History Division, Hunter Publishing Company Winston-Salem, North Carolina
01
003720598
HERITAGE
OF
RUTHERfORD
NORTH CAOlINA,
COBB CO. - PUBLIC LIBRARY
COUNTYp
VOLUME 1, 1984
Seay Spottsylvania Sr. b. approximatel~ Co., Va. 26 IDee. 1760 1792. or 1762 Reuben in Amelia S.C., Matthew Co., Va.,Seay d. 1833 b. 17p3 ie Spartanburg according toCo., the Revolutionary War b. appiOximately 1765,Pensiory m. 28 file. JuneCyrus 1792 Seay Amelia Co., Va. to Nancy Wingo. Reuben Seay, Sr. son f James Seay, Jr. and Lucy Lewis was a Rev lutionary War soldier. He wed Mary Ann Jon sin 1780 in Virginia. Reuben and Mary Ann migrated to South Carolina sometime afte their marriage. Reuben died in 1833, r ary Ann died 16 March, 1845 both in Spart nburg Co., South Carolina. Reuben and Ma Ann had children before they left Virginia. Th Hezekiah, Sf. born 1782 i Hezekiah Seay Sr. died North Carolina after the 18 78 years old. He was marri
only one known is Amelia Co., Va. in Haywood Co., 0 census. He was d twice. The first
wife Ballard.Branna I and his second wife was was M. Elizabeth Seay had 6 white and 1 bla k. There were 22 children b t only 10 can be named. Mary Polly Seay, M rtha Patsy Seay, In Hanover Co., Va. 178~census Hezekiah Matthew Seay, Samuel Se y, Sarah Seay, Judith Seay, James Branna Seay, Elizabeth Seay, Lucy Seay, Reuben Say. Reuben Seay b. 1815 ace rding to the 1860 census is listed as being 4 years old and a laborer. Reuben Seay bouht from Reuben Seay Sr. at sale 11 May, 18~3 one white face cow and calf for $8.43. Reu en died between 1870 and 1880 since he does at appear on the 1880 census with his wife F ancis Woody b. 1825. Francis was 55 years ,Id on 1880 census and had the 3 youngest hildren residing with her. She is the daughter f Frankie Woody and Mary Ella Johnson Woo y. The following are their chi dren: Anie Seay b. ca. 1845, died young. Col mbus "Lumm" Seay b. ca. 1847, per cen~us of 1860, d. 1912, Joel "Joe" Boon Seay .18 May 1848, d. 16 March 1912, Caroline ( r Carolyn) Seay b. ca. 1850, d.?, Celina (on c nsus) Selina or Selena Seay b. 1855 per cens s, d.?, William H. Seay b. 30 Mar. 1857, d. 13 Feb. 1938, Ramoth C. Seay on 1880 ce sus is age 23, John Belton "Jack" Seay b. 2 Nov. 1859, d. 6 Apr. 1928, Dudley Wilson eay b. 26 Aug. 1864, d. 8 June 1922. Sources: Mary N. Mills, author America and Betty Seay Wyatt.
of IThe Seay Family in
Billy S. Seay
JAMES
SAMUELI SEAY
560 James Samuel Seay was th son of Samuel (Sam) and Maggie Seay. Ja es was nine years old when his father m ved the family from Bailing Springs, South C rolina, to Henrietta, North Carolina. When ames came of age he went to work in the H nrietta Cotton Mill. There he met Vada Meldol Lowery, b. 6 Jan. 1919, and wed 4 Feb. 19 8. ~Iames and Vada had three children. In 19 4 James was drafted into the U.S. Army, 'II ere he served until the war ended. After return ng home from the army he worked in the Hen ietta Mill until his death 28 June 1973.
brother Carl's wife and the daughter of James and Lavonia Robinson Brown.
James Samuel and Vada Seay;s children are, Billy Samuel Perry Seay, b. 11 Dec. 1938, wed Roberta Ann Yarbrough, b. 5 Aug. 1938. They have two children, Kevin Scott Seay, b. 23 Aug. 1961, Lesley Lynn Seay, b. 17 Feb. 1961.
After Samuel's wife Maggie died in 1928, he moved his family from Boiling Springs, S.C. to Rutherford Co. N. C. There he went to work in the Henrietta cotton mill where he worked for
Trina Faye Seay, b. 1 Jan. 1941, wed Max Lee Green, b. 26 Oct. 1938. Trina and Max have three children, Rickie Lee Green, b. 28 April 1958, wed Ritta Mae Bingham, b. 1 July 1958. Vickie Marlene Green, b. 10 Nov. 1961, wed Lowell Kieth Duncan, b. 20 Feb. 1956. Vickie and Lowell have one child, Kieley Brooke Duncan, b. 24 July 1983. Joseph Scott Green, b. 10 July 1966. Joseph James Seay Jr. b. 19 Dec. 1942, wed Patricia Ann Frye, b. 12 Feb. 1948. They have two children, William Edward Seay, b. 11
12 years before moving to Danville, Va. All of Sam's children moved to Danville but one. Samuel (Sam) and Maggie Brown had six children: Frankie Louie Seay, b. 21 Dec. 1911 in Valley Falls, S.C., d. 26 Feb. 1939 and is buried in Danville, Va. He wed Annie Mae Fowler b. 1 July 1914. They had two children, Robert Lewis Seay and Betty !I.nn Seay. Leonard Seay, b. 16 Dec. 1912, d. 18 Sept. 1982, is buried in Boiling Springs, S.C. He wed Lila Maude Gentry 5 May 1934. They had two children, William Maurice Seay and David
Feb. 1964, wed Angelia Renee Whitlnr.,k, 25, Feb. 1983. Rebecca Elizabeth Seay, b. 25 \i.\ March, 1966. All of James and Vada Seay's children reside in Rutherford County.
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Billy S. Seay
DESCENDANTSOF WllUAM H. SEAY
561 William H. Seay, b. 30 Mar. 1857, was the son of Reuben and Francis Woody Seay. He was a farmer until his death 13 Feb. 1938 in Boiling Springs, S.C. He wed Zenith Clemmentine Cook, b. 15 May 1858 in South Carolina, d. 6 Jan. 1922 and is buried in Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Zenith was the daughter of Alfred and Sarah Jane Seay. Sarah Jane Seay is the daughter of Capt. Williamson Seay, which makes her a double Seay. William H. and Zenith Clemmentine Cook Seay issue: James Belton Seay b. 8 Oct. 1879, d. Sept. 1951, m. Elizabeth Bishop b. 31 Aug. 1883, d. 23 May 1969; Marilla (Rilla) Seay b. 15 Feb. 1881 d. 15 Nov. 1938, m. Oliver Roscoe Stephens b. 3 Mar. 1868, d. 12 Jan. 1937; Laura Mae Seay b. Nov. 1882, d. Nov. 1942, m.1900toAlbertEberRollins, b.1885, d.1 Mar. 1948; Della Mae Clemmentine Seay, b. 7 Mar. 1883, d. 31 Dec. 1962, m. 1901 to Charlie C. Chapman, Sr. b. 14 Sept. 1876, d. 3 Aug. 1954; Joseph Butler Seay, b. 7 Apr. 1885, d. 3 Mar. 1931, m. Bessie Lowe, b. 10 Jan. 1892; Hattie Louise Seay, b. 9 Oct. 1886, d. Sept. 1950, m. William Harrison Bishop, b. 20 May 1873, d. 1951; Samuel Seay, b. 7 Apr. 1888, d. 9 Sept. 1945, m. Maggie Brown, b. 1884 d. 13 Apr. 1928; Carl Seay, b. 8 Apr. 1893, d. 30 Jan. 1968. On 21 Jan. 1912 he wed Hattie Mae Brown, (sister of Maggie Brown, Samuel Seay's wife) b. 9 May 1892, d. 2 Apr. 1934. The last child, William Frank Seay, b. 7 Apr. 1895, m. Bertha Mae Ward. Samuel (Sam) Seay, son of William H. and Zennie Clemmentine Cook Seay, was born 7 Apr. 1888. He died 9 Sept. 1945 and is buried in Danville, Va. He wed Maggie Brown, b. 1884 in North Carolina. She died 13 Apr. 1928 at the age of 44 and is buried in Boiling Sorinos. S r. ~hp \I.I~C ~ ciC'tar "f C'~~,~
Seay.
1l}jJioward Seay, b. 15 May 1915, died 1 6Ei, is buried in Danville, Va. He wed a Stovall 27 July 1939. They had nine children, Bruce Wayne Seay, Joyce Seay, John Samuel Seay, Christine Seay, Timothy Neal Seay, J.W. Seay, Ronnie Seay, Robert Maurice Seay, and James Donald. James Samuel Seay, b. 1 Sept. 1918, died 28 June 1973. He wed Vada iV1eldora Lowery and they had three children, Billy Samuel Seay, Trina Fay Seay and Joseph James Seay
Jr. Violet Seay, b. 10 June 1921, d. 13 Mar. 1979, is buried in Trenton, N.J. She wed Fred James ancl had one child, Nancy Ruth, b. 9 Sept. 1940. Lillie Seay, b. 3 jar.. 1925, wed Lloyd Crain and they had two children, Jeanie and Annetta Crain. Sources:
Persona! knowledge
and records.
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THE F!:Uvm..Y Of
Billy S. Seay
JUUUS AND
NANCY SELF 562 Julius Self (b). Sept. 17, 1870 (d) July 13, 1937, Nancy Chapman (b) June 5,1869 (d). Dec 23, 1953. To this union were born five girls and three boys: Mary Self married Grover Robbs March 10, 1910 (d) ? They had three children, Lillie (b) Sept. 25, 1911, married John Humphries. He died April, 1975. They had two children, Joe and Charles Humphries. One son, James Robbs (b). I~ug 26, 1915, married to Mallie Ramsey. They had four chi!dren, 2 girls and two boys. Third girl Janett, she married Horace Povvell. They had 12 children (all living) Horace (d) Oct. 6, 1964, Martha, second daughter filled an early grave married to Howard Morrow. They had three children, Clyde (d), Fred, and Lee (d), March 6, 1978. Rhode (d) March 6, 1977, married Broadus Cash. They had 4 children, 1 son (d). Three girls, Hazel married Gene Hogan, had two sons, Geneva married "Shortie" Gene Hogan (d) 7. They had 5 children, Flossie married Alfred Harmon. They had one daughter, killed in a school bus accident and one son, Phillip. Sanford (d) in Cliffside t\~:t: n ' ~-_!"in a drowning accident -
