Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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WJAMIN GRAYSON, SENIOR:, of Wilkes county, N.C..
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BE~amln Grayson firht appears on 7 Dea. 1778 in the Wilkcs
county land book,.entry no. 530, where BenjamiB entered 400
acresof lanckon King's. Creek adjoining the lend of Edmond Tilley.
It ia- of intarest that In the same month and the same year, a
Jsseph Grays~nr~entcbr~d landr in the ccaunty ad joining,. that ' . .-
ia, in Burke crsmtg.: 0nrL31 Deu. 1778 Jbaaph Waysan
entered 100 acres of land lyIng;,on both sides of a branch of the
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first Little Broad River im-Burkc oounty. (Grant1 no. 387, book
44. pe- 15301, I
The second record of Benjamin Gra.yaon in Wilkes county was 19 June-
1779 for entry of 150 acres of land,--next tb Edmand Tillty, nss ,1038.
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In 1784 on November 9th.. in f ilc no. .544, the &ate of N. - G. exanted
to Ben jamin Grayaon 290 Eacres of lan& in Wilkes munty on King's
Creek near Ednond Tillay's farm*.
IrIrs:. Mary IIrsmmersmPth of Naperville,=l., has done a rcc;onstructian
of the map of %he area and ha-as writt~n that the farm of Benjamin:
Grayson of Wilkes containing 290 acres, was adjacent to Joseph!
andl WSlliarn Holtiand to Edraond Tilloyo.Benjamin Grayaon's land
was en the them Burzlre-Wilkes. county line* This. area- is now
within Caldwell oeunty,
On July 31sk, 1784,, the Board ef auditors of the Stntc ofN*C.
paid Benjamin Grayson 9 pounds. for rnilitda 8ervicc in the M ~rgm
districta
Tax lists from Wilkss county show BcnJamin Grayson every yeast from
1785 through 1800. In the year 1799 he was listed as Benjamin
Grays,on, senior. In 1799 also, a BenJamin Graysoa, junior, was:
en the tax list for the first and only tim, with zero acresan&
1 poll,.Benjamin, sr., had 290 acres and no polls. that year.
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In the first census, 1787, Benjamin Grayson: was listed as: 1 male
age 21-60;; 5 males under 21, and 3 fcmalcs; In the 1790 census,
there ware 3 males over 16, 2 males under 16, and 2 females,
In the same year, 1790, John Grayson appears In Wilkes county lal-;
his own household. as 1 ~ 1 over 8 16 and 1 female,
Jsseph Grayasn appears en the 1794 tax list for the first time, then
Jesse Grayson appears in 1797.
In the 1800 census Benjamln Grayaon is listedr.1 nala over 45, 1
male 16-26, and 1 female over 45,.John Grayson, Joseph Graysen,
and Benjamin Grayson, jr. arc gone in the 1800 census. Jesse
Grayson was pr~sent as 3molcs 16-26, 1 mala under lo,, 2 fcmolesi
under 10, and 1 female 16-26.
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