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- First husband reportedly named Ledbetter, (d.abt.1830).
She ran away with Alfred Hilliard, originally from Guilford Co., NC ., who is said to have deserted his 1st wife for her, and they settled in western North Carolina, in what's now Beaverdam Twp., Watauga Co., NC.. They weren't legally "married" until many years later. [After all, or most, of their children were born.]
They lived on Hilliard's Knob, near Forest Grove, Beaverdam Twp, Watauga Co., NC..
Rachel died from being struck by lightning.
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