Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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WREN GRAYSON: Males, 1 40-50 (Wren at age 48)
2 5-10 (Benjamin age 10, Sanfo~d 6)
1 10-15 (Joseph 15-16)
1 15-20 (Wren, Jr . , age 17)
Fcmalcs, 1 40-50 (Rebeccc age 41)
1 10-1 5 (Nancy age 11)
The one child not accounted for seems to be Iienry Grayson, the second eldest. If
his ng was correct in his dcath notice in 18G2 (age 54) he was born in 1808 and
tllcreforc would havc hccri 22 years old in the 1830 census. It is pss; b1.c hc had
Icit homc to work cl.scwicl-e. A cn1np.I icating facl:or, hotuever, is the fact Ulat
Wren Gr;lyson, Jr., stated in 1872 that hc cm~c to Dcc~it~ir County, Ind., in 1827.
He would have Lccn only 14 years old at Chc tiinc, howuvcr.
When and why cljd the GI-ay::oll:, remove to Indiana We know that cvcryonc in all.
U~rcc households dic in fact go to 1iidicln;l even includi!~cj Uidrc~r Cun!mins. Jn
regard Lo .Uic quc ,tion cf 1vhc.n they rnovecl, wo llave ;L nurlbcx 01 fixcc7, ddies whjch z-;
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tllc Li~r~e bcforc Pl;~y, 1832.
Far i une: John iinri Pt:i-1nc1.i~: s seco~iii chi l:i, Sarah, \l~, Indiana, whi Le sic o thcrs went GO milrs i~o the nou th
of tllczl: city tc, settle in S;indcrcc.l; toorns';'iip of Dccatur Count-.y. I.lacIison js j.n JcZfer:l;l1
L'sul~'y. kliiatc\jej: John did in M~lcli.son j.-, not known, but lle t.c!nqmrclr'.ly changcir3.
his iilin~l ir 1336 slid enicrcd land rle;.ir his brother 011 Ai;;.:ril Eth, 1836. Oil 0cC.31sJi
of thr; t yc.;lr llc rcgistercd hi s stocl; mark (Ix:nnci) , a sr:alI owfork. Tl~c anc;.ioer tg the s
tion, t:;r:ri, 5:; that: 2-hcsc: Tcllnesscc farmi:rs v~cnt to 1ndi.aria for -- land.
In lC3.0 a zcw 3.and law llod been passcd by the Conrj,rcss cillled the Land Linv of 1820.
This act p3:ovidcd that pbnlic lands would be offered for cash at public auc.k.ion
for not I.css than