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Ward Mountain Cemetery, 20-2 Summary Report, page 7

The following insert shows the land deed transactions that subsequently track the changes of ownership for this location through 1879: These land records show that the NW/4 of S8-T4-R1W was first purchased from the government in 1810 by William Gray. The SW/4 was first purchased from the government by Wiatt (Wyatt) & Bolling Collier. William Gray is not buried here, as his grave is known to be in the Gray Cemetery in Madison, on the east side of Balch Road and south of Gillespie Road. He was a Revolutionary War soldier who married Lady Eleanor Wardrobe of Scottish nobility before coming to America. 7 - (1611)