Re: David GRAY [Same Name, Place & Occupation ?]
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In reply to:
David GRAY, Dickson, TN-Primitive Baptist preacher
Michael David Brown 9/18/02
Mike,
The following is my family, compiled from the 1850 and 1860 Dickson County, Tennessee census records.
David GRAY, b. 1790-1791 North Carolina; d. ????.
m. ???? Nancy M. (TILLEY ?), b. 1814-1816 North Carolina; d. ????.
..Children:
..Susan J. GRAY......b. 1833-1834 Tennessee
..Mary A. GRAY.......b. 1835-1836 Tennessee
..Lucy C. GRAY.......b. 1836-1839 Tennessee
..Lucinda GRAY.......b. 1840-1843 Tennessee
..Martha L.H. GRAY...b. 1843-1845 Tennessee
..William D. GRAY....b. 1845-1847 Tennessee
..A.G. GRAY [f]......b. 1849-1850 Tennessee
..C.V. GRAY [f]......b. 1851-1852 Tennessee
..L.E. GRAY [f]......b. 1854-1855 Tennessee
..C. GRAY [f]........b. 1857-1858 Tennessee
David GRAY is listed in the 1850 census as a Baptist Clergyman. In 1860, he is listed as a Primitive Baptist Preacher. The only records I have of David GRAY so far are the 1850 and 1860 Dickson County, Tennessee census, and both agree on his age and place of birth. Which could simply mean the same person gave the same wrong information both times.
Evidently, Susan J. GRAY m. Thomas T. MORRISSETT on 21 Sep 1856 in Dickson County, Tennessee [*1].
Mary A. GRAY was my Great-great-grandmother. She married first (Green WEST ?) on (22 Nov 1851 ?) [*1] and they had my Great-grandfather Dave WEST, b. 1854 Tennessee. I believe Mary's husband died before the 1860 census, in which Mary and two small sons are living with her father's family. Mary A. (GRAY) WEST married second Robert Newton GIST and they moved to Arkansas.
Apparently, Lucy GRAY m. W.E. WATKINS on 03 Aug 1863 in Dickson County, Tennessee [*1].
One Martha V. GRAY m. Charles MILLER on 25 July 1865 in Dickson County, Tennessee [*1], but I don't know if this is my Martha L.H. GRAY.
Would you please list the children of your David GRAY? I thought we were going to have a connection, but your David's wife's name being Susanna looks like a major obstacle to me. My David's wife's name is Nancy M. in 1850 and N.M. in 1860.
Donald Ray WEST, Logan County, Arkansas
[*1] Source: message # 221, "Dickson County, Marriages E-J 1851-1900" on the Genforum Dickson County, Tennesse board at
http://genforum.genealogy.com/tn/dickson/messages/221.htmlhttp://genforum.genealogy.com/tn/dickson/messages/221.html
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Re: David GRAY [Same Name, Place & Occupation ?]
Michael David Brown 9/20/02