Subject: KFY: DEED: Rileys, McIlvains, abt. 1782 -1834, Mason and Lewis Cos

Wm. RILEY and Mary McILVAIN were married Oct 18, 1803 in Mason Co., KY and
raised their family in a log cabin on the farm mentioned below.

These names were photographed August, 1900 from the Deed the Wm. RILEY
family made Wm. WALKER to their Farm on Stone-Lick Branch of Cabin Creek in
Lewis Co., KY sold in 1837.  Father RILEY had died in 1829 and his widow
Mary McIlvain (b. abt. 1782, Mason Co.) RILEY and her ten children (5 sons
and 5 daughters ranging in age from nine to thirty) moved from Kentucky to 
Illinois in 1834. The two older daughters Louisa and Margaret were married 
before they left Kentucky.

As of 1900, the Deed was held by Wilson OWENS of Tolesboro, KY. The Farm was
owned by Evan HARRY who at that time lived in the Log House the RILEYS had
built then moved from in the year 1834.

Members of the RILEY family who signed the Deed in 1837 began with widow
Mary Riley followed by her children and their spouses:  Isacc Linley,
Louisa (Riley) Linley,  Partick T? Little,  Mary Ann (Riley) Little,  
Theo. N. Hasson, Margaret (Riley) Hasson,  J.M.? (James) Riley, Walter Riley, 
Wm. Riley, John Riley, Charles Riley, Jackson Carter, Harriet Jane (Riley) Carter, 
Abner Laws, and  Eveline (Riley) Laws.

The above information is submitted by the 3rd great granddaughter of Wm. and
Mary Riley from family records. Wm. Riley is buried at Stone Lick Church in
KY and Mary is buried in Fulton Co., IL.

Shera Thompson
minoucha@msn.com
Date: 16 May 1998