John Gray (1749 - 1792)

Born 1 Jan 1749 in Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1792 at age 43 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Listed as taxpayer Randolph Co. 1779, NC Taxpayers 1779-1790, vol. 1

Bought land on Oct. 17, 1787, from Robert Gray and his wife Jane, 252 acres on the ridge between Carraway and Deep River, land which had been sold to Robert Gray by William Millikan.

His will was written 29 Oct 1792, recorded Dec term 1792, Asheboro NC; leaves 1/3 of estate to wife Jannet, other two thirds equally divided between six children, Samuel, Jean, William, Robert, John and Edward; Jannet together with his brothers Will and Robert are executors.

Mary Lou House says that "according to data furnished by the Gray family, the children of John and Jannet Gray were mentioned according to age in the will of their father."

page 13 in The Gray Family and Allied Lines, by Jo White Linn: "John Gray served as a Captain in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, enlisting 16 April and retiring 1 June 1778. He is listed in Heitman's REGISTER, the DAR ROSTER, and COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA. [footnote 42] This lineage has been accepted by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution."

However, this is probably NOT the John Gray of Randolph County, but a different John Gray who lived in or near Halifax County NC.

Colonial Records of North Carolina: http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr10-0250

The 3d Regiment was created the day after the Congress (of North Carolina) created the Halifax regiment of minutemen and all the same names appear on the respective rosters. The enlistment and "retirement" dates quoted by Linn are the date the regiment was created and the date it "was reduced to a cadre and sent home to recruit up to strength," according to Wikipedia.

Also see http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_minutemen_halifax_district.html

Children of John Gray and Jannet Greer

1. Samuel Gray (1778-1856) m. Mary Smith (1779-1852)
2. Jane Gray (1779-?) did not marry, died after 1860
3. William Gray (1781-1847) m. Charity Mendenhall* (1794-1878)
4. Robert Gray (1783-1815) m. Mary Johnston (1782-?)
5. Edward Gray (1788-?)
6. John Gray (1789-1829) m. Charity Swaim (1785-1822)

Name

Name: John GRAY^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Burial

Burial:

Place: Old Union United Methodist, Randolph Co, NC

Note: Find A Grave Memorial# 46881169 ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S40
2. ↑ Source: #S17
3. ↑ Source: #S30
4. ↑ Source: #S20
5. ↑ Source: #S41
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46881169/john-gray: accessed 04 September 2022), memorial page for CPT John Gray (1 Jan 1749–4 Nov 1792), Find A Grave: Memorial #46881169, citing Old Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sophia, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by David Reese ne' Likins (contributor 47131508) .

• Source: S17 Text: Linn, Jo White (1976), The Gray family and allied lines: Bowman, Lindsay, Millis, Dick, Peebles, Wiley, Shannon, Lamar, McGee
• Source: S20 Text: Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967, originally published by NC DAR 1932 - [State Records of NC (Clar) Vol. XXII - Miscellaneous, pp. 55-92] - NC Revolutionary pensioners under the Acts of 1818 and 1832, as reported by Secretary of State to Congress in 1835
• Source: S30 Text: Gray/Grey Lines newsletter, edited by Mary Lou House, 1221 Candise Court, Mesquite TX 75149-5506. phone 214-285-1499
• Source: S40 Text: census and other public records, Randolph Co. NC
• Source: S41 Text: DAR Patriot records

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Elizabeth Harris for creating WikiTree profile Gray-6456 through the import of Gray_for_WikiTree.ged on Dec 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.