Sarah (Unknown) Gray (1778 - 1863)

Born 17 Jul 1778 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1863 at age 84 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Sarah (Maiden Name Unknow) was born on Jul 17, 1778, probably in Mecklenburg or Rowan County. She died on Jul 14, 1863 at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 4 days in Rowan County.^[1]

William married Sarah Unknown. They had the following children^[2]:

1. Margaret Gray (1810-1873)
2. Elisabeth Gray (1813-?)
3. Isabella Gray (1817-?)
4. Druscilla S. (Gray) Gillespie (1821-1857), married Archibald Gillespie
5. Frances "Fanny" (Gray) Culbertson (1821-after 1880), married Richard Culbertson

In the 1860 Census, she is living with the family of Richard Culbertson and Frances "Fannie" Culbertson, along with Margaret, Elizabeth and Isabella Gray. Margaret, Elizabeth and Isabella are living with the Culbertsons in the 1870 Census and in the 1880 Census Elizabeth and Isabella are living with the Culbertsons and identified as Aunts of Richard Culbertson, which means that his wife, Frances/Fanny Culbertson's maiden name was Gray and she was a daughter of Sarah and William Gray.^[3]

Her death date and age were entered into the Archibald Gillespie Family Bible. Her husband is William Gray, according to her tombstone and the 1850 Census record. William died before 1860.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ #Bible, #C1850, #C1860
2. ↑ #C1850, #C1860, #C1880
3. ↑ #C1850, #C1860, #C1870, #C1880
4. ↑ #Bible, #C1850, #C1860

• Source: Gillespie Family Bible, printed in 1854. Archibald Gillespie Family bible, passed down to Flora Elizabeth Gillespie, William Wilson Moore. Lists the Gillespie family members with birth and death dates, starting with Archibald Gellespie. See Archibald Gillespie Family Bible.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BJ-8WW : 12 April 2016), Sarah Gray in household of William Gray, Rowan county, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing family 870, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD68-G8V : 3 October 2017), Sarah Gray in entry for Richd Culbertson, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXL-N2Q : 19 August 2017), Fannie Culbertson in household of Richard Culbertson, Unity, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 237, sheet 250B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0980; FHL microfilm 1,254,980.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #95706303 retrieved Oct 26, 2017