Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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Many thanks t o Mrs. Davidson of Burlay, Idaho, for her letter
and her 1850 Grayson census which she so carefully typed, I'm
sure this will be a valuable reference tool for a11 of usbo. We
will be happy to obtain the 1850 Miss. and Calif. indexes also.
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In this. letter is a 1974 paper from a corresponden%; Harold Rollins:,
about the Ruthcrford county Grayson clan. Note that he gives evldence (
that the clan cane from Virginia, Can anyone suggest a clue as to
where In Va. or to which Va. Grayaon family
Ms..Robin Bandy writes that she has been asked to identify - Sarah H
Frayson of Va, who md. Major Wa. Martin of Marylan&; aht Wm GMartin:
bc ca 1775 mdl Sarah MlOhia; Caleb Martin md Mary Greeno Ms. Bandy also
reports an a Grayson Graveyard near Oakland, Warren m., Ky.: N,J..
Gra son 7/16#1834- 12/16/1899; C.A,. Grayson. his wife, 6/10/18537
- 6 8 . H*JJe. Grayson 9/25/1880-10/5/1905. Ang cduesl
goward Grayson writes that there were Creek Indian Grassons in the
Confederate Armyjin the civil war, lnaluding Eli. Jim, & Johnson
Grayaon of the 1st Creek Mounted Vol. of Arko Howard also writes that
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that his grandfather attended a murder trial in 1877 in which 2 Negro
parolina and Peter Grayson were convicted of murder at Ft. Smith, ArkS
It seems to me that I had heard before that thcrc were a lot of
Indian Graysons in Western Tonn. at one time. I
Cheryl Grasson reports that Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Ga, was name
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for~hcr grandfather's-1st cousin William L. Grayson, son of Edward
Puriley Grayson, William Grayson:b. 1870 d. 1941 had 6 children: Spc,,
Lynnc,.Dorothye, Leon, Edith, and Wiliiam Morris. Spencc is. Jude
Sponce MI Grayson, 208 American Blds , Savannah, age cao 80 who told
Cheryl they are descended from the Va, Grayaon lina. not^ t-o Cherylr I
have not heard from Bob Str~beck.
- Ruthcrford Coo, N.C. Grays,ons again; from 8 1976 letter from Milea
Philbock, 612 Chateau Apts, Chapel Hill, N.C. r Joseph Grayson was I
~robabls from Va,s "based on the fact that his dawhter Susanna
bEmineyis child!, in 1880 said Susanna was born in a in 1777r8' Ernest;
C. Grayson note this: MAmong a number of Meltonfs who movedrto
ford- o., N.C.. from Albemarle co,, Va., . were Daniel Meltr~n, Daniel's i
sister Sarah, and Sarah's husband and 1st cousin John W&lton. Daniepa
daughter Lettics 3ones.Mcltnn married Joseph Grayson, j r b John
and., Sarah's daughters; Hannah Melton and Mary Melton married Benjamin I
&d Isaac Grayson, rasp. Daniel Molton~s daughtex Mary married John-!
M. Grayson, son of Benjamin and Hannah.!' (Ernest C. Grayson's- ancesta
Jack Grayson of Ky. married a Melton and came from N.C. . or S.C. )
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