Description: Genealogy of the Raysor family of SC, FL, and GA, descendants of Michael Raysor and Eleanor Risher.
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RAYSOR FAMILY GATHERING DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL RAYSOR & ELEANOR RISHER
The Raysor and Risher families are believed to have migrated from New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, to the Red Bank area of Colleton County, South Carolina. A Michael Razor appears in early South Carolina documents as early as 1772 (There also is a Michal Razor on an 1810 tax list for Lee County, Virginia, so this may or may not be our Michael "Raysor", Sr.)
However, there is little doubt that land plats in the Colleton and Charleston Districts of South Carolina as early as 1786 mention our Michael Raysor, also spelled Rasor and Razor. It is very likely that the S.C. Raysors are distantly related to the early Pennsylvania Raysors.