David Gray
The Gray family tartan Ancestry.com (WilliamWilson6705/datchison1956) |
Early settler
Notes:
• David Gray bought Section 22 of Township 3, Range 1W, and Section 7 of Township 4 (?), Range 1W. - Heritage
• Sometimes spelled "Grey". There is documented evidence he was in the Madison County area early in our history (1808). - Record
• "The 1809 Madison County census had David Gray as head of a household of 3 (a son under 21), plus one slave. Records for 1816 Madison County enumerate the Gray families as those of David, Levin, Onthew, Thomas, and William. By 1830, the records show only John W., Orson, David, and James Gray. The early land records and Deed Books mention transactions by W. Grey (9-29-1814), Jonathan Gray (4-25-1818), David & Nancy Gray (1-27-1818, for land granted Gray by U.S. on 1-28-1815), plus 10 more transactions for David Gray between 1809 and 1833. Two of the transactions by David were shared by William Gray in 1809. Other Gray transactions included John, John W., Leven, James (2-3-1818, W/2 of SW/4, S4-T4-R2W), and Thomas (11-4-1833, SW/4, S6-T4-R2W)." - Heritage
• There are four or five thick folders on the Gray family in the "Family Files" of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library's Heritage Room. - Editor's Note
• Wife Nancy - Ancestry.com 1
• Justice of Peace, Madison County, Alabama - Ancestry.com 1
Related Links:
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Eleanor Wardrobe Blackburn Gray
• Record
• Thomas Gray
• William Gray
| Born: | 1786, Blount, Tennessee |
| Died: | Madison, Madison, Alabama |
| Son of: | Eleanor Wardrobe Blackburn Gray |
| Brother of: | Thomas Gray |
| Son of: | William Gray |
Notes:
• David Gray bought Section 22 of Township 3, Range 1W, and Section 7 of Township 4 (?), Range 1W. - Heritage
• Sometimes spelled "Grey". There is documented evidence he was in the Madison County area early in our history (1808). - Record
• "The 1809 Madison County census had David Gray as head of a household of 3 (a son under 21), plus one slave. Records for 1816 Madison County enumerate the Gray families as those of David, Levin, Onthew, Thomas, and William. By 1830, the records show only John W., Orson, David, and James Gray. The early land records and Deed Books mention transactions by W. Grey (9-29-1814), Jonathan Gray (4-25-1818), David & Nancy Gray (1-27-1818, for land granted Gray by U.S. on 1-28-1815), plus 10 more transactions for David Gray between 1809 and 1833. Two of the transactions by David were shared by William Gray in 1809. Other Gray transactions included John, John W., Leven, James (2-3-1818, W/2 of SW/4, S4-T4-R2W), and Thomas (11-4-1833, SW/4, S6-T4-R2W)." - Heritage
• There are four or five thick folders on the Gray family in the "Family Files" of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library's Heritage Room. - Editor's Note
• Wife Nancy - Ancestry.com 1
• Justice of Peace, Madison County, Alabama - Ancestry.com 1
Related Links:
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by davehurst67 and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/40777118/person/19906714628.)
• Ancestry.com 2 - Page owned by datchison1956 and can be viewed only through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22731316/person/1434176159.)
• Heritage - The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, pages 48, 215.
• Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 524.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Eleanor Wardrobe Blackburn Gray
• Record
• Thomas Gray
• William Gray