An American Family History

William Rhea was born about 1761 He was the son of Joseph Rhea and Elizabeth Mcllwaine.

He married Elizabeth Breden.

They lived on Beaver Creek in Sullivan County, Tennessee

Margaret Rhea (1798, married Samuel Netherland),
Elizabeth Rhea (married Rayburn Buchanan),
Joseph Campbell Rhea (1800, married Susan Preston and Catherine Reynolds),
James Dysart Rhea (1802, married Elizabeth Carter and Margaret Rhea Long),
Wlliam R. Rhea (1804, married Mary Ann Rockhold),
Frances Rhea (1808, married Montgomery Irvin),
John Rhea (1811, married Elizabeth Rhea, daughter of Matthew Rhea and Mary Looney).