FAMILIES: Wm. RILEY and Mary McILVAIN, 1803, Mason Co., KY *********************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Shera Thompson (minoucha@msn.com) *********************************************************************************** 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.) RILEYand 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