Richard E Gray (1803 - bef. 1882)

Born 1803 in South Carolina

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Descendants

Died before 28 Aug 1882 before age 79 in Stone, Arkansas

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Biography

Richard was born in 1803. Richard was the child of William Gray and Mrs Unknown. Richard Gray was born in 1803 in SC.He was the son of William Gray. He married Polly Gilmore in Monroe Co., Ms. on Jan 18, 1824 and the ceremony was performed by his brother, James, Richard passed away before 1882.^[1]

Children

1. James W Gray 1824–1883 m. Mary Goodnight
2. William Gray 1826-1895 Tabitha Goodnight
3. Peggy Ann Gray 1829-1899 m. David Reid Shannon
4. Elizabeth Gray 1831–???? m. J. G. Odum (Oldham)
5. Martha Gray 1834-???? m. James Joseph Goodnight
6. Sarah Gray Goodnight 1836–Abt 1859 m. Joseph Henry Goodnight
7. Mary Gray 1839-1868 m. Thomas Goodnight
8. Andrew Gray
9. Pickins Gray
10. Samuel H. Gray 1845–1914
11. Lawyer Hinds (Hines) Gray 1847–1925

Richard Graf in the 1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Richard Graf [Richard Gray] Age: 48 Birth Year: abt 1802 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1850: District 7, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 95

Household Members:

Name Age

Richard Graf 48

Mary Graf 42

James Graf 25

William Graf 24

Elizabeth Graf 19

Martha Graf 17

Sarah Graf 13

Mary Graf 11

Andrew Graf 9

Pickins Graf 7

Samuel Graf 5

Hinds Graf 3

Richard Gray in the 1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Richard Gray Age: 57 Birth Year: abt 1803 Gender: Male Birth Place: South Carolina Home in 1860: Sylamore, Izard, Arkansas Post Office: Blue Mountain Family Number: 903 Value of real estate: View image Household Members:

Name Age

Richard Gray 57

Mary L Gray 21

Wm Gray 34

Andrew Gray 19

Pickens Gray 17

Samuel Gray 15

Hinds Gray 12

Richard Gray in the 1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Richard Gray Age in 1870: 67 Birth Year: abt 1803 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1870: Sylamore, Izard, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Blue Mountain Value of real estate: View image

Household Members:

Name Age

Richard Gray 67

Martha Gilmore 36

Sarah Goodnight 34

Samuel Gray 24

Lawyer H Gray 22

Richard Gray in the 1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Richard Gray Age: 77 Birth Year: abt 1803 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1880: Sylamore, Stone, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Gray Father's Birthplace: Ireland Mother's Birthplace: Ireland Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer

Household Members:

Name Age

Richard Gray 77

Elizabeth Gray 57

William T. Goodnight 22

Mary L. Burgess 5

Marriage

Richard Gray in the Mississippi Marriages to 1825

Name: Richard Gray

Spouse: Polly Gilmore

Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1824

Marriage County: Monroe

Died

Richard Gray in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name: Richard Gray

Birth Date: 1803

Birth Place: South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 28 Aug 1882

Death Place: Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas, USA

Cemetery: Gray Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Mountain View, Stone County, Arkansas, USA

Has Bio?: N

Spouse: Elizabeth Burgess-Gray

Children: James W Gray

URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

Jackson Co., TN Loose District/Chancery Court 1870-1893 Papers Reel #66 DEWITT-DOW

AFFIDAVIT, STATE OF ARKANSAS, JOHNSON CO:

Before me, C. B. Wilson, Notary Public, the undersigned H. P. Goodnight and R. H. Goodnight state that Sarah Goodnight and her husband Henry Goodnight; Martha Scoggins and her husband James Scoggins and Margarett Goodnight and her husband H. P. Goodnight of Coal Hill, Arkansas and Martha Nichols and her husband C. H. Nichols of Greenwood Substation, Sebastian County, Arkansas are heirs & proper Administrators of Richard Gray, deceased who was a brother of S. S. Gray, decd late of Jackson Co., TN and the above are the only heirs and distributees of said Richard Gray decd, are entitled to funds in hands of Clerk & Master of Jackson Co., TN, their distributive share.

[Signed] H. P. Goodnight, R. H. Goodnight

Attest: C. B. Wilson, N.P. 10 April 1895 http://tngenweb.org/jackson/court_reels/court_reel_66.htm

GRAY--Richard & his family in StoneCo AR

By genealogy.com user June 20, 1999 at 04:33:57 In reply to: GRAY--Richard & his family in StoneCo AR 6/15/99

The following info was provided some years ago by Tabitha Johnson of Moutain View, Ar who was in pretty bad shape in the nursing home."

Richard (Rickie) Gray family. Wife Jane or Mary Gilmore. Second wife Betsy Goodnight Burgess. Fist wife children:

(1)William Gray married Tabitha Goodnight: Children - Martha, Tom Pick Betty, Sarah and Jim.

(2) James Gray married Mary Goodnight.Children: Lou Gray McGee, Peggy Clark Gray, Samuel Gray, Dick Gray, Sarah Gray, Frank Gray, Betty Gray.

(3) Martha Gray Goodnight. Second marriage Jim Scroggins.

(4) Betty Gray maried Odum. Don't know about but one boy, Thomas Odum.

(5) Peggy Ann Gray married David Reid Shannon .Children: Jefferson married Indiana Askew, Mary Ann Letherwood, James Robert Her writing at this point is vague but there is a complete run down available on the Shannons.

(6) Law Gray married Bitha Ham.Don't know how many children.

(7) Samuel Gray married Jane Duke."

Sources

• Source Citation

Year: 1860; Census Place: Sylamore, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: M653_43; Page: 464; Image: 468; Family History Library Film: 803043 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7667&h=13149847&ssrc=pt&tid=70833544&pid=38226847013&usePUB=true

• Source Citation

Year: 1870; Census Place: Sylamore, Izard, Arkansas; Roll: M593_55; Page: 277A; Image: 554; Family History Library Film: 545554 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=12415344

• Source Citation

Year: 1880; Census Place: Sylamore, Stone, Arkansas; Roll: 57; Family History Film: 1254057; Page: 180B; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0668 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6742&h=6764581&ssrc=pt&tid=70833544&pid=38226847013&usePUB=true

• Source Information

Ancestry.com. Mississippi Marriages to 1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Mississippi to 1825. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2093&h=13150&ssrc=pt&tid=70833544&pid=38226847013&usePUB=true Also See: Re: GRAY--Richard & his family in StoneCo AR, By genealogy.com user June 20, 1999 at 04:33:57, In reply to: GRAY--Richard & his family in StoneCo AR 6/15/99 http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/gray/1952/

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