Jesse Minton
Gray
Born in Alabama, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse Jerry Gray
and Roxie Ella LeMay
Brother of
Corene Gray, Lonie Gray, Vera V Gray, Villard Gray, John Taylor Gray, Henry Almon Gray, Reeder Carl Gray, Homer Gray, Otis Gray and Grady Harvill Gray
Husband of
Mary Etta Joiner
— married
2 Jan 1923 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
in Alabama, USA
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Biography
- Jesse Minton Gray, son of Jesse Jerry Gray and Roxie Ella LeMay
- Birth Date: 10 Oct 1899, per SS record and cemetery headstone
- Birth Place: Alabama, per census. (probably born in Lauderdale Co., AL)
- Death Date: 12 Feb 1982, per cemetery headstone
- Death Place: assume Alabama, per last SS residence and burial
- EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:
- 1) Jesse had childhood census w/parents in 1910 & 1920
- 2) Jesse's WWI draft registration says nearest relative is R. Ella Gray
- .... this registration has his full name and DOB, as does his cemetery headstone
- 3) Named in brother Grady's 1979 obituary as "Jesse Gray, Rogersville"
- SS DEATH:
- Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- Name: Jesse Gray
- SSN: 417-22-9829
- Last Residence: 35652 Rogersville, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
- BORN: 10 Oct 1899
- Died: Feb 1982
- State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)
- BURIAL:
- Find A Grave Memorial# 91259707 (headstone pictured)
- Inscription: Jesse Minton Gray
- Birth: Oct. 10, 1899
- Death: Feb. 12, 1982
- Hickory Flats Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lexington, Lauderdale, AL
- Created by: Scrappy
- Record added: Jun 03, 2012
- MARRIAGE:
- Their shared headstone says married 2 Jan 1923.
- Also...
- familysearch, Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002
- Name: Etta Joiner
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 02 Jan 1923
- Event Place: Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
- Gender: Female
- Spouse's Name: Jesse Gray
- Page: 532
- DRAFT REGISTRATION:
- Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- Name: Jessie Minton Gray
- Registration Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama
- Registration Date: 12 Sep 1918
- Birth Date: 10 Oct 1899
- Occupation: farmer at Lorinto, Lawrence, Tenn.
- Nearest Relative: R. Ella Gray ... [his mother]
- Description: medium height & weight, gray eyes, light hair
- CENSUS:
- 1910 census: Lexington, Lauderdale, Alabama
- Jerry J Gray ...... 29 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer, married 11 yrs
- Ella Gray .......... 28 ... AL,AL,AL ... 6 children, 4 living
- Jesse Gray ........ 10 ... AL,AL,AL <--------
- Vera Gray .......... 4 ... AL,AL,AL
- Villard Gray ....... 2 ... AL,AL,AL
- Taylor Gray .... 6m ... AL,AL,AL
- 1920 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama
- Jessie J Gray ..... 41 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer
- Roxie E Gray .... 40 ... AL,AL,AL
- Jessie Gray ....... 20 ... AL,AL,AL <--------
- Vera Gray ......... 14 ... AL,AL,AL
- Willard Gray .... 11 ... AL,AL,AL
- Taylor Gray ........ 9 ... AL,AL,AL
- Alman I Gray ..... 7 ... AL,AL,AL
- Carl Gray ............ 5 ... AL,AL,AL
- Ottis Gray .......... 1 ... AL,AL,AL
- 1930 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama
- Jessie M Gray ... 30 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer
- M Etta Gray ...... 22 ... AL,AL,AL ... married at age 14
- Lina May Gray ... 2 ... AL,AL,AL
- Clifton M Gray ... 3 ... AL,AL,AL
- 1940 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama
- Jessie Gray ......... 40 ... AL ... farm laborer
- Etta Gray ............ 32 ... AL
- Lina Mae Gray ... 16 ... AL
- Clifton Gray ....... 13 ... AL
- R C Gray ............... 8 ... AL
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse Minton by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse Minton:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse Minton by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jesse Minton:
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~1.56%
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