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John Simpson Gray

Born 18 Jan 1842 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Sims Gray and Mahala G (Nichols) Gray

Brother of Martha Anna (Gray) Bunnell, Jemima Jane (Gray) Willis, William Charles Gray, Mary E (Gray) Gilcrease, Cordelia J (Gray) Clayton, Ivanora Lucinda Lou Ellen Gray, Thomas Gann [half], Fedonia C Gray [half], Robert Elvin Hardy Gray [half] and Edmund Winston Gray [half]

Husband of Mary Eppe (McCorkle) Gray — married 9 Nov 1867 in Colbert County, Alabama

Descendants

Father of Mahala Ann Gray, Rose Gray, John Drury Gray, Ida B Gray, William B Gray and Luther E Gray

Died 20 May 1913 at age 71 in Franklin, Alabama, United States

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1 Biography
2 Residence
3 Marriage
4 Military
5 Land
6 Died
7 Sources

Biography

Private John Gray served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: mm dd, yyyy
Side: Confederate States of America
Regiment(s): 27th Ala. Inf., Co. A

John was born in 1842. John was the child of William Gray and Mahala Nichols. John enlisted in the United States Confederate Army in December 1861, served in Company A, 27th Alabama Company as a private until April 1865, John was paroled at Pond Springs Alabama. After the service John Simpson Gray married Mary Eppe McCorkle on November 9, 1867, in Colbert County, Alabama, when he was 25 years old and Mary was 19 years old. During their marriage they had 6 children; Mahala Ann Gray, Rose Gray, John Drury Gray, Ida B Gray, William B Gray and Luther E Gray. John Simpson Gray died on May 20, 1913, in Colbert County, Alabama, when he was 71 years old and was buried in Osborn Hill Cemetery, Colbert County, Alabama.

Residence

1850: District 6, Franklin, Alabama, USA

1860: Eastern Subdivision, Franklin, Alabama

1861: Enlisted in the United States Confedrate Army

1870: Township 5 Range 11, Colbert, Alabama

1880: Saints, Colbert, Alabama

1900: Hills, Franklin, Alabama

1910: Hills, Franklin, Alabama

1913: Burial: Osborn Hill Cemetery Littleville Colbert County Alabama

John S Gray in the 1850 United States Federal Census

Name: John S Gray Age: 8 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1850: District 6, Franklin, Alabama, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 203

Household Members:

Name Age

William S Gray 33

Mahala Gray 25

Martha Ann Gray 13

Mima Jane Gray 16

John S Gray 8

William C Gray 6

Mary Gray 4

Manerva Nickles 20

John S Gray in the 1860 United States Federal Census

Name: John S Gray Age: 18 Birth Year: abt 1842 Gender: Male Birth Place: Alabama Home in 1860: Eastern Subdivision, Franklin, Alabama Post Office: Frankfort Family Number: 704 Value of real estate: View image

Household Members:

Name Age

Wm S Gray 43

Mahala Gray 39

Mima J Gray 20

John S Gray 18

Wm C Gray 16

Mary E Gray 14

Cardelia Gray 7

Avenvi L Gray 4

John S Gray in the 1870 United States Federal Census

Name: John S Gray Age in 1870: 27 Birth Year: abt 1843 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: Township 5 Range 11, Colbert, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Tuscumbia Value of real estate: View image

Household Members:

Name Age

John S Gray 27

Mary Gray 21

Mahala Gray 1

John Grey in the 1880 United States Federal Census

Name: John Grey Age: 36 Birth Year: abt 1844 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1880: Saints, Colbert, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Mary Grey Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer

Household Members:

Name Age

John Grey 36

Mary Grey 32

Mahaly Grey 11

Rosa Grey 9

John Grey 7

John S Gray in the 1900 United States Federal Census

Name: John S Gray Age: 58 Birth Date: Jan 1842 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1900: Hills, Franklin, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Marrie E Gray Marriage Year: 1868 Years Married: 32 Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members:

Name Age

John S Gray 58

Marrie E Gray 51

Ida B Gray 19

William B Gray 16

Luther E Gray 12

William Horton 31

John S Gray in the 1910 United States Federal Census

Name: John S Gray Age in 1910: 68 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1910: Hills, Franklin, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Mary Gray Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members:

Name Age

John S Gray 68

Mary Gray 61

John Gilbert 21

Marriage

John S. Gray in the Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957

Name: John S. Gray

Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1867

Marriage Place: , Colbert, Alabama

Spouse: Mary E. Mc Corkle

FHL Film Number: 1031087

Military

Franklin County AlArchives Military Records.....Civil War Soldiers In Franklin County Alabama Civil War

Gray, John Simpson

He was born Jan 18, 1842 AL.

He enlisted 1861 as a private in Company A, 27th Alabama Company. He filed for his pension in Franklin County.

Confederate Military Men, Their Units and Where They Are Buried, Statewide, Alabama

Surname Graben - Grayson

GRAY, John Simpson 27th Ala. Inf., Co. A 01/18/1842 05/20/1913 :Osborn Hill Cem., Littleville, Colbert County, Alabama U.S., Confederate

Pensions, 1884-1958

Name John L Gray

Application Date 15 Oct 1928

Application Place Franklin

Spouse Mary Epps Gray

Marriage Date 1867

Marriage Place Franklin County

Death Date 20 May 1913

Death Place Russellville, Alabama

Pension File Number 27

Application Type Widow

Household Members

Name Age

Mary Epps Gray

John L Gray

Land

The State of Alabama, Franklin County

I hereby certify that the within Conveyance was filed in this office for record on the 22 day of Aug. 1902 at 6 o'clock and duly recorded on the 23rd day if Aug, 1902 in Record Book Vol. Deed No. 9 page 179 and examined.

R.J. Moody, Judge of Probate. The State of Ala. Colbert County.

Know all men by these presents that I William McCorkle for considerations to be hereafter named that I have this day deeded to John S. Gray the South half of the West half of the North West quarter of Section Two Township Six Range Eleven and where as agreed to give and did give to my daughter Modena Gray wife of William C. Gray said land and whereas by reason of an agreement made by contract by Modena Gray wife of W.C. Gray to sell and did sell said

....(Deedbook 9 - page 180, Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama Courthouse) hereby acknowledged and whereas the require me to execute a deed to said John S. Gray Now I therefore for the considerations above stated covenant and agree to and with the said John S. Gray that I am seized and posesed with full power and Rite to deed the same in fee simple absolute. Now I therefore in accordence and by the request of the contracting parties deed & convey unto the said John S. .... his heirs and assigns the above tract of land and I bind my self my heirs and my legal administrators to forever warrent and defend the title of the within tract of land to him the said John S. Gray and his heirs forever. In testimony whreeof I hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal this 28 February 1885.

Signed sealed and delivered W. McCorkle (Seal) in the presents of Wm. S. Gray.

The State of Alabama, Franklin County.

I hereby certify that the within Conveyance was filed in this office for record on the 22 day of Aug. 1902 at 6 o'clock P.M., and duly recorded on the 23rd day of Aug. 1902 in Record Book Vol. Deed No. 9 page 179-180 and examined.

R.J. Moody, Judge of Probate.

Died

John Simpson Gray

Birth: Jan. 18, 1842

Death: May 20, 1913

Co A 27 ALA INF

Confederate States Army

Family links:

Spouse:

Mary E. McCorkle Gray (1848 - 1930)*

Burial: Osborn Hill Cemetery Littleville Colbert County Alabama

Sources

Source Citation

Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: M432_5; Page: 184B; Image: 564 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8054&h=18355986&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

Source Citation

Year: 1860; Census Place: Eastern Subdivision, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: M653_10; Page: 636; Image: 98; Family History Library Film: 803010 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7667&h=7306175&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

Source Citation

Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 5 Range 11, Colbert, Alabama; Roll: M593_10; Page: 68A; Image: 139; Family History Library Film: 545509 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7163&h=41373088&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

Source Citation

Year: 1880; Census Place: Saints, Colbert, Alabama; Roll: 8; Family History Film: 1254008; Page: 503B; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0779 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6742&h=7250006&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

Source Citation

Year: 1900; Census Place: Hills, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: 16; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1240016 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7602&h=370297&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

Source Citation

Year: 1910; Census Place: Hills, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: T624_14; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0093; FHL microfilm: 1374027 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7884&h=9495838&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60000&h=2256188&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true

http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 July 13, 2008, 3:34 pm http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/franklin/military/civilwar/other/civilwar39nmt.txt

Confederate Military Men, Their Units and Where They Are Buried, Statewide, AlabamaSurname Graben - Grayson http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/statewide/cemetery/csa_gra.txt

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Source Citation

Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Graham, T. D. - Gray, Thomas Source Information Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Texas, Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975. Vol. 1–646 & 1–283. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History.http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1677&h=2424345&ssrc=pt&tid=37021417&pid=19095169292&usePUB=true