Individual Details

John Rice Senr named a daughter as Mary Rice in his will. He also named one of the executors as his son-in-law, John Rice. Evidently his daughter Mary had married still another John Rice.

Mary is missing from the following division of the estate of her father:
Caswell NC Will Book E, p.85
April Court 1804 Estate of John Rice Sen. in acct with William Rice Exec. Cash paid Thomas Rice, Danl. Williams, Frances Gooch, Anthony Thompson, Mary Thompson.

It is believed the family moved to Wilson Co, TN about 1796 when John Rice purchased 214 acres of land for $214 from Andrew Jackson. Goodspeed's History of Wilson County lists John Rice as one of the early settlers on Pond lick Creek. John is said to have died about 1822 in Wilson Co.

Mary and John are said to have had seven children including sons Benjamin, John and Simeon, who inherited their father's land.. In 1804, John Rice Sr, John Rice Jr and Benjamin Rice were all in a tax list in Wilson Co.

Death

1821

Wilson County, Tennessee

Father	John Rice Sr. (1728 - 1796)
Mother	Letisha Estes (1727 - 1816)
Sibling	John Rice ( - 1794)
Sibling	William Rice (1753 - 1831)
Sibling	Ann Rice ( - )
Sibling	Frances Rice ( - 1816)
Sibling	Nathaniel Rice ( - 1801)
Sibling	Living