Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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Dec. 17, 1957 I-:. K. Gordon to John D. Grayson, Ebq.
3208 1-iichigan Blvd.
Racine, Wis.
Wythev;Ule, Va. wao founded in 1790, when IQthe Go. was erected.
st was first called "EVIJASILJ~." WythexwiUe was the place of residence
of Nancy fU and her husbad Willim Pdl. They were the parents of
Ambrose Hdl. grand-father, Ambrose Grayson Gordon (1803-18&) so
strrted in a memorandm made in 1850 and tkzt she trw a dau. of John
Grayson and a sister of his grendrcother, nizabsth Grayson, wife of
John Gordon 11, his grandf athcr,
In the same memoradm, it was stated that lJiUiam Gordon,
brother of his father, John Gordon 111 (1774-1024) was born in i!ytlle
Co., Feb. 21, 1779,
Wytha Go., Va, is near lbntgomery Go., erected 1770, and only
the small county of Pulcs:d (1839) 190s between 1,Iytl.l~ and F:ontll;ornery,
ar.d probably Pulaski caw off of ;.!ontgo~cry. At any rate, all of
these counties and Kentucky cane off of Firlcastle Go., Va, extinct
in 177,
Tn the FincasUo Loose Papers Ililitary Lists, now in Christinnsburg,
1:ontgomery Co., It appears that on Nov. 10, 1777, J oiln
Grsgson was sworn illto Cnot, liicCorkclls Co in ths Iincastle ;:il-
itla by Staphen bigg; and so had Rev. service, I think this service
was in the Chpl-oltee cmpaign,
John Gragson prcduced his certificate to the County Court of
Pincastle for making 50'70 poun::ls of tobacco in 1773, PincastJe
lG.nute ijooli I (6) p, 104,
Cct, l9$ 1796, John Grayson received a grant of 168 acres on
Clapboard Creek, a branch of Jew River, in I~lontgumory,
New River runs through i)ula3l;i arid iqythe as well as llontgolnery.
Xis son, John Grayson, Jr., on IVov., 1729 received a grant
in 14ontgomery 013 TJcw tl3,vc.r below ths mouth of Clapboard Creek.
I can givn you the book arid page for theso grants if inportsnt
to you.
On Jan. 2, 1800, Sohn Grayson made his will, proved ut the
October term 1202. 1;ontgarnory Will Rook I, p. 156) I have here a
pliotosta-1; of the record of this will. IIe desired that he be buried
nezr where his late deceesod wife lies interred; he states tho% his
eldest daughters Betty and Lucy have already received a11 and everything
he ever designed or intended far then to hve, and gives to b-is
youngest son John Grayson, Jrr for the tern of 3 years, and no longer,
oll his estatx; and at the expiration of 3 yesrs the w1:ole estate is
to be divided betxeen his children: John to take the Cnthole survey,
and another tract held by testator in partnership with William !'~1 of
1Jytho County lying on F'all Benks of I4ew River ad the negro girl Judah,
and the remainder of the estate to be ccjuallj divided among his 4
children: John, Jilliilm, ;kry and Nancy,
Japes Gordon is a wit~ess to this w ill (be was the son of John
Gordoc I, d. 1786, testate). I hzve photostat of the inventory of
Jobs Grayson's estate, also of the will and evteto of his son, William,
probated August tern 1e01 (lbntgomery W, B, 1, p. 116)