Chapter 6

THE GRAY FAMILY

[Note from Rhode and Carr: For generations no one in the Gray line knew what had happened to John Gray's siblings. We now know significantly more--especially the fact that Lydia's maiden name, long thought to be Seymour, was Richardson. How do we know this? Through the painstaking research of David Martin, to whom we owe our gratitude. The results of David's genealogical work appear at the end of this chapter from Ellis G. Rhode's manuscript. In 2002, Michael Stanfield confirmed that Lydia was Lydia Richardson.]

FOREWORD

In the first four generations of the various branches of the Rhode family in America, there are many instances where they have intermarried with three other families: Gray, McCord and Cobb. So far as known, a history has not been written of the McCord and Cobb families.

The history of the Gray family has become a matter of record, largely because William Gray served in the Revolutionary War. The descendants of Joseph Rhode (Jonathan John) are interested in the Gray family history for the reason that his first wife, Elizabeth (Gray) Rhode was a granddaughter of William Gray.

WILLIAM GRAY

William Gray was born in England in 1745. He came to America in about 1760 when he was 15 years of age. He was married in about 1765 to Lydia ____________ (whose last name is thought to be Seymour), who was born in 1747 and died in 1810. William Gray and his family lived in Burke County, North Carolina, which is near the border of South Carolina. There were four children born: three boys and one girl. Only one of the names of the children is known, and that is John. William Gray was a farmer or plantation owner and owned slaves, who worked on his plantation.

William Gray fought in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in 1777 as a private in the First North Carolina Regiment under Colonel Thomas Clark. William Gray was killed in the battle of Kings Mountain, fought at Charlotte, South Carolina on 17 October 1780 between 1100 British and 1000 American soldiers or "backwoodsmen," as they were called. The British losses were 250 killed and 664 taken prisoner. The American losses were 28 killed and 60 wounded.

The following is the story of the battle of Kings Mountain, as told by a grandson, William Gray, to his grandchildren, Lilly Wattles and her brothers and sisters:

"After William Gray went to the war, the British Tories came to his home, took the shoes from his wife Lydia's feet, cut out the piece she was weaving from the loom, and drove off all her cattle, horses, and other stock; they also took her five slaves. All this time her three boys stood by, too little to help their mother when a man lashed her with a big whip as she remonstrated; but they vowed that when they were men they would find this man and give him back blow for blow. The Tories left Lydia Gray only one little crippled mare her husband kept to raise colts, one of whom he rode away to battle. After the battle this horse found his way back home, but his brave rider lay sleeping at Kings Mountain.

"Lydia Gray's patriotic neighbors arose, took her stock away from the Tories who had it, and gave her slaves back to her. They gave this Tory warning to leave the county in so many days, which he was glad to do. After the news of her husband's death came, Lydia Gray lost her mind and was shut up in one of those old cabins for a time, maybe months, maybe years; her neighbors bringing her food and caring for her children. After a time she recovered her mind, gathered her children together, and went on living. One little girl had been taken by a family who had no children, and they begged to keep her and were allowed to do so. (We have often speculated about this child.)"

Other documentary records of William Gray are:

1. War Department Records at Washington, D. C., #1513860.

2. U. S. Census of 1790 of North Carolina, Burke County, which shows:

"Lydia Gray, the family consisting of three males, two females and five slaves." (This was the only Gray family listed in Burke County, North Carolina. There were no other Grays in North Carolina.)

3. Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 75, page 3, which contains the following:

"Mrs. Carrie Wattles Fenton —74009.

Born Oxford, Indiana.

Wife of Aughy Campbell Fenton.

Descendant of William Gray.

Daughter of John Wattles b 1823 and Elizabeth Gray (1832-1904) his wife m 1850.

Gr daughter Wm Gray (1802-85) and Sarah Cobb (1803-74) his wife m 1821.

Great gr daughter John Gray (1772-1856 [should be 1857]) and Mary Trumbo (1780-1824) his wife m 1801.

Great great gr daughter William Gray and Lydia —(1747-1810) his wife.

William Gray (1745-80) enlisted 1777 in the 1st North Carolina Regiment under Col. Thomas Clark. He was born in England, killed at Kings Mountain."

4. Other Gray descendants listed in Lineage Book Vol. 75 are:

Mrs. Lillie Wattles Petree —74014.

Mrs. Emily Wattles Rhode.

Mrs. Bessie Rhode Builta.

JOHN GRAY

John Gray was born in Burke County, North Carolina, in 1772 and died in 1857. His father was William Gray, his mother Lydia Gray. John Gray had two brothers and one sister.

[In November of 2003, Ann Miller Carr supplied the photograph of John Gray above. It may have been taken in the year that he died. Ann also reported that John Gray's tombstone in the Gray Cemetery in Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, reads, "John Gray, Died November 10, 1857, Aged 90 Years." His grave is next to that of his first wife, Mary Ann Trumbo, who died on December 11, 1829. His will was probated and the first of the estate papers filed on December 12, 1857. Ann further reported that she had found online information about John's second wife, Elizabeth. She was Mrs. Elizabeth Scott when she married John on May 24, 1835. Her maiden name was Washom. Her first husband was Henry Scott, who died in 1831. Henry and Elizabeth Washom Scott were the parents of Phoebe Scott, who married John and Mary Ann Trumbo's son Ephraim three years later, in 1838. Ephraim Gray and his wife, Phoebe Scott, were step-siblings. Ephraim was about nineteen and Phoebe about fourteen when their parents married.]

When John Gray was five years old, his father William Gray enlisted in the Revolutionary War. When John was eight, his father rode away to the battle of Kings Mountain. Afterwards his horse made its way home, but its rider had fallen at Kings Mountain. During this time John and his two brothers and a sister had seen the Tories drive off their mother's stock, take their slaves, loot the house, and lash their mother when she remonstrated. Nothing is known of the names or what became of his two brothers. His sister's name or fate is not known, except that she was taken by a family that had no children and raised as their own.

After the close of the Revolution in 1782, John Gray moved to Brooks Gap, Rockingham County, Virginia. In 1801 he married Mary Trumbo, a full-blooded German, who was born in 1774 and died in 1834. The first son, William, was born at Brooks Gap. In 1802, John Gray, his wife and son moved to Clark County Ohio, where they resided for thirteen years. In 1815 the John Gray family moved to Lawrence County, Indiana, where John Gray died in 1857.

There were ten children born to John and Mary Gray: William, Dorothy, Lydia, John. Wesley, Jacob, Charles, Ephraim, James, Elizabeth and Hamilton. The last four children were born in Lawrence County, Indiana. After the death of his first wife, Mary (Trumbo) Gray in 1834, John Gray married a second time. There was one child, who it is thought died young.

In a letter written by Lillie Wattles Petree (See reference above.) she states:

"John Gray fought in the battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811" and also that his son William Gray, writing for a book on local history published in 1883, stated that "John Gray was a soldier of the War of 1812."

The battle of Tippecanoe was the final battle of the Indian War. As superintendent of Indian affairs, William H. Harrison had made thirteen treaties with the Indians, securing a cession of large sections of land in the Northwest. Tecumseh, a chieftan of the Shawnee Indians, and his brother the "Prophet" objected to this giving up of the Indian lands and claimed that the consent of all the tribes was necessary before the cession could be valid. The chiefs, they said. had "no right to barter away the land for a pewter ring or a keg of liquor." The result was a formidable Indian War, in which Governor Harrison defeated the Indians at Tippecanoe, near Lafayette, Indiana, (November 6-7, 1811). This victory made Harrison a national hero, and he was admiringly called "Old Tippecanoe." In the War of 1812 against England, General Harrison was in command of the American forces of the Northwest. In 1840 the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" helped to elect William H. Harrison President of the United States. He died one month after taking office.

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF JOHN GRAY

1. William Gray, who was born in 1802 at Brooks Gap, Rockingham County, Virginia.

In 1821 he married Sarah Cobb (1803-1874). In 1831 he moved to Vermillion County, Ill, and later to Warren County, Indiana, where he died in 1885. There were nine children born to William and Sarah (Cobb) Gray. They were: Semer, John, Mary, Ira, Esther, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Charles Wesley, and Thomas.

William and Sarah Cobb Gray had two children who married Rhode cousins, children of Seymour Cobb Rhode and Rebecca Hurley: Dorothy, who married Jonathan Rhode, and Semer, who married Esther Rhode.

2. Dorothy Gray, who was born in 1804 and who married Nathan Dix.

3. Lydia Gray, who was born in 1807 and who married James Garton.

4. John Gray, who was born in 1809 and died in 1898. He married (1st) Evelyn Garton, a sister of James Garton and Zerelda Garton; she lived only a year after her marriage. John W. Gray married (2nd) Martha Rhode. After her death he married a third time to Sarah Jane Rhode, the youngest sister of his second wife. John Wesley Gray lived in Warren County, Indiana, near Rainsville most of his life. When he was a young man, he was offered forty acres of land, where a great part of the south side of Chicago now lies, for a good team of oxen. He did not accept the offer as the land then was but a swamp. John Wesley Gray was a sort of patriarch in the community, as he was always helping those in need. He died of cancer at the age of 90 at the home of his eldest son, Seymour, at Ottawa, Kansas. Children: Seymour and others not known, one child by his second wife, and four children by his third wife.

5. Jacob Gray, who was born in 1811.

6. Charles Gray, who was born in 1813 and who died in 1898. He was married to Zerelda Garton. On 8 May 1834, Charles B. Gray settled near St. Charles in Kane County, Illinois, where he took up land. He was the first to put a plough in Kane County soil. Charles B. Gray and others of his family chartered the Free Methodist Church, writing the charter on a pile of rails at Round Grove. There were eight children born to Charles and Zerelda Gray. They were: Emily, Virgil, Sarah, John (a banker in Iowa), Mary, Duncan, Hamilton, and Ellis. The last child, Ellis, was born in 1854 and died in 1936. He married Rachael Brownfield. Ellis Gray lived at St. Charles, Illinois. At one time he worked for the Elgin National Watch factory, setting jewels in the watches by hand. He formulated a plan by which they could be machine set. Later he operated a string of roller-skating rinks. (The family tree of Charles H. Rhode was furnished to Ellis G, Rhode by Ellis Gray on the occasion of a visit to the Ellis Gray home in St. Charles, Illinois, in 1912.)

7. Ephraim Gray, who was born in 1816.

8. James Milton Gray, who was born in 1818 and who died in 1898. He married Hannah Ruble.

9. Elizabeth Gray, who was born in 1821 and who died in 1898. She was married to Joseph Rhode. They had ten children: Mary, Harriet, Dora, John, Wesley, Seymour, Esther, Sarah, Charles, and Elizabeth. (See Chepter 3 about the life of Joseph Rhode.)

10. Hamilton Gray, who was born in 1825 and who married Isabel ____________.

The short history of the Gray family was compiled from the following references:

Library References:

1. Lineage book Vol. 75, page 31, of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, giving the lineage of Carrie Wattles Fenton, also other Gray descendants mentioned in the life of William Gray.

2. U. S. Census of 1790 of North Carolina.

3. Draper, King's Mountain and Its Heroes.

The following material in possession of Ellis G. Rhode:

1. Copy of application for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D. C., made on 14 September 1909 by Mrs. Lilly Wattles Petree (Elizabeth William John William Gray). Application accepted on 8 October 1909.

2. Copy of letter written on 8 December 1925 by Lillie Wattles Petree to Mrs. B. G. Kyte, who was also a great great granddaughter of William Gray.

3. Original letters and charts from Ellis Gray (Charles John William ) of St. Charles, Illinois

[In 2001, David Martin provided the following information on William Gray and his descendants. You may see a photograph of William Gray, as well as other Gray descendants, in Chapter Two.]

William Gray was born in 1745 in England. He died on 7 Oct 1780 in Kings Mountain, NC.¹ enlisted in 1777 in the 1st NC Regiment under Col. Thomas Clarke

killed at the battle of Kings Mountain

William Gray was married to Lydia Richardson in 1765 in Burke Co., NC.² Lydia Richardson³ was born in 1747. She died in 1820 in Haywood Co., NC. Lydia was distraught after William was accused of being a Torie and was killed at King's Mountain. She spent over a year in a disturbed state locked up in a cabin. She regained her sanity and reclaimed her children but without any possessions. William Gray and Lydia Richardson had the following children:

I. John Gray was born in 1772 in Burke Co., NC.⁴ He died in 1856 [should be 1857]. went to Laurence Co., Iowa [should be Lawrence Co., Indiana]

John Gray was married to Mary Trumbo about 1801.⁵ Mary Trumbo was born about 1780 in Rockingham Co., VA.⁶ She died on 11 Dec 1834.⁷ John Gray and Mary Trumbo had the following children:

A. William Gray.

B. Charles Gray.

C. Jacob Gray.

D. James Gray.

E. Ephraim Gray was born in 1815 in Orange Co., KY.⁸ He died in 1848 in Lawrence Co., IN.⁹

Ephraim Gray was married to Phoebe Sott in KY.¹⁰ Phoebe Sott died on 16 Apr 1898 in Bloomfield, IN.¹¹ She was born in Shelbyville, Shelby CO., KY.¹² Ephraim Gray and Phoebe Sott had the following children:

1. Indian Gray died on 2 Sep 1852.⁵ died of the flux

2. William H. Gray was born on 18 Nov 1842.⁵ died of flux

dates are approximate

3. Elizabeth Gray was born on 18 Jul 1844.⁵ She died on 3 Sep 1852.⁵ died of flux

dates are approximate

4. John Wesley Gray¹³ was born on 28 Nov 1839 in Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. He died on 25 Jan 1915 in Bloomfield, IN.

John Wesley Gray was married to Elizabeth Gainey on 18 Jan 1860.¹⁴ Elizabeth Gainey¹⁵ was born in Jun 1842 in Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. She died in Dec 1903 in Bloomfield, IN. John Wesley Gray and Elizabeth Gainey had the following children:

a. Ephraim Elsworth Gray¹⁶ was born on 23 Nov 1862 in Green Co., IN. He died on 17 Feb 1926 in Linton, IN.

Ephraim Elsworth Gray was married to Amy Louise Newsom on 2 Nov 1882.¹⁷ Amy Louise Newsom¹⁸ was born on 24 Jun 1862 in Bloomfield, IN. She died on 27 Nov 1906 in Linton, IN. Ephraim Elsworth Gray and Amy Louise Newsom had the following children:

i. Nellie Gray¹⁹.

Nellie Gray was married to Arthur Ray York.²⁰

Nellie Gray was married to Humphrey.²¹

F. Lydia Gray.

G. Dorthy Gray.

H. Hamilton Gray was born on 26 Mar 1825.⁵ He died on 26 Jun 1912.⁵

Isabella was born on 13 Oct 1829.⁵ She died on 10 Jun 1908.⁵

A. Martha Gray.

II. Ephraim Gray was born on 21 Jan 1772 in Burke Co., NC.² He died on 9 Sep 1854. He was buried in Old Nebo Methethodist Church cemetery. homeplace was 1 mile E of Duke Power clubhouse on Catawba River

raised horses, was an avid hunter

Was famous for his large hunting parties

1800 census shows

Ephraim Gray head of household

1 male 26-45 Ephraim was 28

1 female 16-26 Mary was 24

3 females under 10 Margaret, Anna, and Rebecca

2 slaves

Mary Wagley was born in 1776 in Tulpehochon, Berks Co., PA. She died on 14 Apr 1856. She was buried in Old Nebo Methethodist Church cemetery. Ephraim Gray and Mary Wagley had the following children:

A. Margaret Elizabeth "Betsy" Gray was born in 1795 in Burke Co., NC. She died in McDowell Co., NC.

Margaret Elizabeth "Betsy" Gray was married to Daniel Killian Jarrett on 18 Jul 1816. Daniel Killian Jarrett was born in 1773. He died in McDowell Co., NC. Margaret Elizabeth "Betsy" Gray and Daniel Killian Jarrett had the following children:

1. John W. Jarrett was born in 1817 in Burke Co., NC.

2. Mary E. Jarrett was born on 13 Jul 1818. She died on 17 Mar 1900.

3. Sarah Rebecca Jarrett was born on 9 Oct 1820. She died on 9 Sep 1887.

Sarah Rebecca Jarrett was married to Joseph Calvin Dobson on 16 Apr 1843. Joseph Calvin Dobson was born on 5 Nov 1822. He died in 1893.

4. William H. Jarrett was born in 1823 in Burke Co., NC.

William H. Jarrett was married to Martha Ann Duncan on 17 Jan 1850. William H. Jarrett and Martha Ann Duncan had the following children:

a. John Killian Jarrett.

b. Elizabeth S. Jarrett.

5. Samuel Carson Jarrett was born on 28 May 1829 in Burke Co., NC.²² He died on 29 Jan 1893 in McDowell Co., NC.²² He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery.

Samuel Carson Jarrett was married to Catherine W. Janes on 15 Nov 1860. Catherine W. Janes was born in 1832. She died in 1863. Samuel Carson Jarrett and Catherine W. Janes had the following children:

a. Annie Jarrett.

b. Catherine Jarrett.

Samuel Carson Jarrett was married to Alzirah R. Janes on 9 Sep 1865. Alzirah R. Janes was born in 1842. She died in 1876. Samuel Carson Jarrett and Alzirah R. Janes had the following children:

a. Thomas K. Jarrett.

b. Susan Jane Jarrett.

c. John William Jarrett.

d. Samuel Jonas Jarrett was born in 1872. He died in 1955.

Samuel Jonas Jarrett and Ola Cantrell had the following children:

i. Katharine Elizabeth Jarrett [additional information available].

e. Laura E. Jarrett.

Samuel Carson Jarrett was married to Mary A. McTaggart after 1880. Mary A. McTaggart was born in 1835. She was buried in Obeth Methodist Cemetery, Burke Co., NC.

6. Mary Elizabeth Jarrett was born about 1832.

7. Anna Evelyn Jarrett was born about 1835.

Anna Evelyn Jarrett was married to Alexander C. Dobson on 28 Nov 1862 in McDowell Co., NC. Alexander C. Dobson was born on 14 Aug 1826.

8. Alfred L. Jarrett was born about 1838.

B. Anna Elvira Gray was born on 24 Oct 1797 in Burke Co., NC. She died on 28 Feb 1881 in McDowell Co., NC.

Anna Elvira Gray was married to James Bailey in 1829. Anna Elvira Gray and James Bailey had the following children:

1. Joseph Filmore Bailey was born in Feb 1850.

Joseph Filmore Bailey and Mary Ann Mason had the following children:

a. Joseph Grayson Bailey.

Joseph Grayson Bailey and Cassie Burgin had the following children:

i. Rebecca Bailey [additional information available].

C. Rebecca Gray was born on 24 Oct 1797 in Burke Co., NC.² She died on 28 Feb 1881 in Nebo, NC.²² She was buried in Old Nebo Methethodist Church cemetery.

Rebecca Gray was married to John Dobson on 23 Dec 1817 in Burke Co., NC.² John Dobson was born on 15 Jul 1790 in Burke Co., NC. He died on 25 Dec 1872. He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery. War of 1812

master mechanic, millwright, and planter

one of the 1st 5 commissioners appointed to lay off the Town of Marion, NC

appointed on 14 Mar 1843 Rebecca Gray and John Dobson had the following children:

1. George Washington Dobson was born on 21 Nov 1818. He died on 29 May 1897.

George Washington Dobson was married to Catherine Glass on 19 Feb 1846.

2. Mary (Polly) Hazey Dobson was born on 21 Jul 1820.

3. Joseph Calvin Dobson was born on 5 Nov 1822. He died in 1893.

Joseph Calvin Dobson was married to Sarah Rebecca Jarrett on 16 Apr 1843. Sarah Rebecca Jarrett was born on 9 Oct 1820. She died on 9 Sep 1887.

The remainder of this line was detailed above.

4. Nancy Elizabeth Dobson was born on 10 May 1825.

Nancy Elizabeth Dobson was married to William M. West on 31 Aug 1852.

5. Rebecca Ann Tiltha Dobson was born on 18 Dec 1829.

Rebecca Ann Tiltha Dobson was married to John Dysart on 6 Apr 1848.

6. Fannie Emily Dobson was born on 16 Sep 1830.

Fannie Emily Dobson was married to R. J. McElrath on 19 Feb 1862.

7. John Lafayette Dobson was born on 13 Jan 1833.

John Lafayette Dobson was married to Emma C. Garden on 15 Nov 1866.

8. Capt. Ephraim Jefferson Dobson was born on 18 Jan 1836.

Capt. Ephraim Jefferson Dobson was married to Delia Elliot on 15 Jun 1865.

D. Fannie Gray was born in 1803 in Burke Co., NC.²

Fannie Gray was married to Samuel Murphy.²

E. William Richardson Gray was born on 7 Nov 1806 in Burke Co., NC.² He died on 1 May 1894. He was buried in Gray cemetery across from Goodman's Landing.

William Richardson Gray was married to Sophronia J. Elliott on 26 Jun 1826. Sophronia J. Elliott was born on 20 Jun 1809. She died on 20 Feb 1884. She was buried in Gray cemetery across from Goodman's Landing. William Richardson Gray and Sophronia J. Elliott had the following children:

1. William Richardson Gray Jr. was born about 1831.

2. James Gray was born about 1833. He died in Kings Mountain in Civil War. He was buried in Kings Mountain.

3. Ephraim Gray was born about 1835. He died in Kings Mountain in Civil War. He was buried in Kings Mountain.

4. Elmira Gray was born about 1837.

a. James Gray.

James Gray was married to Harriett Louisa Branch on 5 Sep 1890.

5. Sarah Gray was born about 1839.

6. John Gray was born about 1843.

7. Simeon Nimrod Gray was born on 1 May 1844. He died on 7 Feb 1941. He was buried in Carlisle Cemetery. "Dear parents, tho we miss you much, we know you rest with God."

Simeon Nimrod Gray was married to Rachael Elmira Cuthbertson in 1871. Rachael Elmira Cuthbertson was born on 2 May 1856.²³ She died on 3 Dec 1940. She was buried in Carlisle Cemetery. "Dear parents, tho we miss you much, we know you rest with God."

grave stone says she was born in 1854 Simeon Nimrod Gray and Rachael Elmira Cuthbertson had the following children:

a. William Richardson Gray was born on 5 Jul 1872. He died on 6 Sep 1905. He was buried in Carlisle Cemetery. never married and had no children

"Gone but not forgotten"

b. Ollie Gray.

Ollie Gray and John McFarland had the following children:

i. Viola McFarland.

ii. James Arthur McFarland.

iii. Willie McFarland.

c. Saphronia Gray.

Saphronia Gray and John Teague had the following children:

i. Dorothy Teague.

d. Mary Ann "Maryan" Gray was born on 24 Aug 1876. She died on 12 Mar 1896. She was buried in Carlisle Cemetery.

e. Martha Elmina Cuthbertson Gray.

Martha Elmina Cuthbertson Gray and Clinton Dobson had the following children:

i. Hattie Ecton Dobson.

ii. Frank Dobson.

iii. James Arthur Dobson.

iv. Grace Dobson. Obeth cemetery stone says

Gracie R. Dobson

6/6/1910 - 10/9/1910

f. Pleasant Avery Gray was born on 18 Jan 1885.²² He died on 9 Dec 1955.²² He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery. all descendants of Pleasant has been supplied by Jeanette Kramer, his granddaughter

Pleasant Avery Gray was married to Elnina Branch on 23 Jul 1905. Elnina Branch was born on 22 Jul 1882.²² She died on 31 Mar 1951.²² She was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery. Pleasant Avery Gray and Elnina Branch had the following children:

i. Nellie Gray was born on 30 Apr 1906. She died on 12 Aug 1987.

ii. Roy Lee Gray was born on 8 Mar 1907. He died on 14 Dec 1908. He was buried in Carlisle Cemetery. "Gone to a better land"

iii. Mary Etta Gray was born on 23 Apr 1910. She died on 4 Oct 1966 [additional information available].

iv. William Claywell Gray was born on 14 Apr 1912.²² He died on 5 Sep 1935.²² He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery.

v. James Allen Gray was born on 1 Aug 1914. He died on 12 Dec 1960 [additional information available].

vi. Brownlow Gray was born on 18 Sep 1916.

Brownlow Gray was married to Martha Grady on 20 Jun 1935. Martha Grady was born on 16 Mar 1914 in Morganton, NC. She died on 9 Apr 1992 in Morganton, NC. She was buried in Bethel Meth. Ch., Morganton, NC [additional information available].

vii. Hoit Gray was born on 20 Dec 1919.²² He died on 30 Jan 1922.²² He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery.

viii. Richard Gray was born on 10 Dec 1921.²² He died on 28 Sep 1922.²² He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery.

ix. Edna Louise Gray was born on 16 Sep 1923.²² She died in Sep 1998. She was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery.

x. [additional information available].

xi. Harold Edward Gray was born on 23 Jan 1927. He died on 20 Aug 1968.

g. Ephram Gray.

Ephram Gray and Annie McNeeley had the following children:

i. Saloam Gray.

ii. Ruth Gray.

iii. Analizia Gray.

iv. Geneva Gray [additional information available].

h. Craggie Lucille "Peggy" Gray.

Jasper Branch was born about 1874. Craggie Lucille "Peggy" Gray and Jasper Branch had the following children:

i. Thomas Branch. killed in WWI

ii. child2 Branch.

iii. Lily Branch [additional information available].

i. Etta Mae Gray.

Etta Mae Gray and Millard Edwards had the following children:

i. Troy Edwards. RR engineer

ii. Jessie Edwards.

iii. Julia Edwards.

iv. Clarence Edwards.

v. Anna Edwards.

vi. Wallace Edwards.

vii. Loy Edwards. killed from injuries sustained trimming trees

viii. Lennie Edwards.

ix. Zane Edwards.

x. James Gray Edwards.

j. James C. Gray was born on 6 Jun 1888. He died on 1 Oct 1977. He was buried in Oak Grove.

Bessie Huntley was born on 15 Jan 1896. She died on 11 Jan 1983. She was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Paddy's Creek, NC [additional information available].

k. Joseph H. Gray.

Joseph H. Gray and Ida Bost had the following children:

i. Clarence Gray was born on 13 Dec 1918. He died on 21 Jan 1919. He was buried in Carlisle Cemetery [additional information available].

l. Fanny Gray was born on 3 Apr 1893. She died on 16 May 1894. She was buried in Carlisle Cemetery.

m. Myra Marie Gray²⁴ was born on 3 Feb 1895 in Nebo, NC. She died on 24 Apr 1970. She was buried in Lenior, NC.

Myra Marie Gray was married to Bynum Calloway Jaynes on 3 Feb 1911 in McDowell Co., NC. Bynum Calloway Jaynes²⁴ was born on 8 May 1884 in Nebo, NC. He died on 17 Jan 1954. Myra Marie Gray and Bynum Calloway Jaynes had the following children:

i. Vallie Lucille Jaynes²⁴ was born on 29 Dec 1911 in Caldwell Co., NC.

Vallie Lucille Jaynes was divorced from Washington Ervin Martin. She was married to Washington Ervin Martin. Washington Ervin Martin was born on 4 Nov 1911 in Graham Co., NC. He died on 17 Nov 1990 in Marion, NC. He was buried in Vein Mtn. Baptist Ch. cem. Marion, NC [additional information available].

ii. Major Hal Bynum Jaynes²⁴ was born on 13 Apr 1914. He died on 22 Nov 1983. He was buried in Cedar Valley Meth. Ch..

Major Hal Bynum Jaynes was married to Mary Louise Miller in 1941. Mary Louise Miller was born on 23 Nov 1920 in Caldwell Co., NC. She died on 23 Nov 1992 in Caldwell Co., NC. She was buried in Cedar Valley Meth. Ch. [additional information available].

iii. Thomas Allen Jaynes²⁴ was born on 1 Mar 1916. He died on 17 Dec 1922 in Caldwell Co., NC. He was buried in Kings Creek Baptist, Caldwell Co., NC.

iv. Hessie E. Jaynes²⁴ was born on 4 Jul 1918. She died on 19 Mar 1960.

v. [additional information available].

vi. Nita Eloise Jaynes²⁴ was born on 28 Oct 1922. She died in Jun 1975 [additional information available].

vii. Kathryn Gray Jaynes²⁴ was born on 10 Apr 1924. She died on 16 Jun 1926. She was buried in Kings Creek Bapt., Caldwell Co., NC.

viii. [additional information available].

ix. Clarence Kenneth Jaynes²⁴ was born on 18 Jan 1929. He died on 7 Aug 1985. He was buried in Kings Creek Bapt. Ch. [additional information available].

8. Thomas Gray was born about 1846.²⁶

9. Augustus "Gus" Gray was born on 3 Sep 1851. He died on 15 Jan 1942. He was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Paddy's Creek, NC.

Augustus "Gus" Gray and Hannah Jane Dale had the following children:

a. James Richardson Gray was born on 6 Jul 1884 in McDowell Co., NC. He died on 22 Oct 1970.

James Richardson Gray was married to Virginia Bee Hogue in 1910. Virginia Bee Hogue died on 2 Oct 1967 [additional information available].

F. John L. Gray was born on 22 Sep 1810 in Burke Co., NC.^22,2 He died on 4 Aug 1890.²² He was buried in Old Nebo Cemetery.

John L. Gray was married to Mary Edwards on 22 Jan 1854.

III. William Gray Jr.

IV. Arabella Gray³ was born in Burke Co., NC.² settled in Haywood Co., NC

Clara Shinpaugh has information about this line.

Arabella married Nathaniel Deaver and had at least 2 boys and 3 girls. They left NC and traveled toward Illinois on their way to TX. The two boys were killed by indians and the 3 girls were sent back to Haywood Co. to stay with Nathaniel's brother. Arabella married William Harrington in IL but he never made it to TX. Arabella went to TX and received over 4000 acres of land where Brenham is now. It was supposed to be 4444 acres (one league of land).

[Here, we insert Ann Miller Carr's research into Arabella Gray's line through Nathaniel Deaver.]

Descendants of William Harvey Deaver

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM HARVEY² DEAVER (NATHANIEL¹) was born December 25, 1804 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina, and died January 01, 1871 in Brenham, Washington Co., Texas. He married CATHERINE EARLEY June 08, 1830 in Austin, Travis Co., Texas. She was born May 26, 1811 in Missouri, and died June 02, 1868 in Brenham, Washington Co., Texas.

Children of WILLIAM DEAVER and CATHERINE EARLEY are:

i. SINAI MONTGOMERY³ DEAVER, b. May 22, 1831, Texas.

ii. NANCY SUSANNAH DEAVER, b. January 18, 1833.

iii. MARY MARIAH DEAVER, b. June 14, 1835.

iv. WILLIAM PHARIS DEAVER, b. July 22, 1837.

v. SARAH CATHERINE DEAVER, b. May 26, 1839.

vi. NATHANIAL EARLEY DEAVER, b. August 02, 1841.

vii. JOHN REUBEN DEAVER, b. May 03, 1843.

viii. LYDIA ANN DEAVER, b. September 10, 1845.

ix. FRANCES ARABELLA DEAVER, b. May 25, 1849.

x. ALICE GRAY DEAVER, b. December 27, 1851.

[At this point, we return to David Martin's work on the Gray family.]

Arabella Gray was married to William Harrington.³ Arabella Gray and William Harrington had the following children:

A. John Walton Harrington Harrington³.

Arabella Gray and Nathaniel Deaver had the following children:

A. Margaret Deaver²⁷ was born about 1804 in Graham, NC.²⁸

Margaret Deaver was married to Abraham Wiggins on 11 Mar 1826 in Macon Co., NC.²⁷ Abraham Wiggins²⁷ was born about 1800 in Alarka, Macon Co., NC. He died about 1880. He was buried in Old Mother cemetery, Graham Co., NC. Margaret Deaver and Abraham Wiggins had the following children:

1. William Burton Wiggins was born in 1826.

2. James Wilburn Wiggins was born in 1828. He died about 1840.

3. Nancy Mariah Wiggins was born on 31 May 1830 in Alarka, Macon Co., NC. She died on 1 Jan 1911.

4. Rev. Joseph Alexander Wiggins was born on 3 Mar 1832 in Alarka, Macon Co., NC.

5. Minerva Wiggins was born in 1834. She died about 1843.

6. John Willoughby Wiggins was born in 1834. He died on 9 Sep 1863 in battle of Chicamauga, GA.

7. Francis Eliza Wiggins was born in 1837.

8. Amanda Arabella Wiggins was born in Apr 1841.

9. Avaline Lavada Wiggins was born in 1846.