When Mary Magdelena Rhyne Best was born on 30 January 1801, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, her father, Michael Rhyne, was 44 and her mother, Barbery Hoyle Rhyne, was 41. She married Samuel Best on 14 May 1821, in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Logan Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 15 September 1862, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Best Cemetery, Brunswick, Columbus, North Carolina, United States.
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The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Wayne, Missouri, United States
Possibly also an Americanized form of Swiss German Rhyn: topographic name for someone living on the Rhine river, Middle High German Rīn.
Americanized form of German Rhein or Rein , or perhaps of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
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