Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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w1le1-r tiley are fohn6 living OII chc 9th of October in dwelling 224. Their son Sanford
and f'mily were in dwelling 225, Joseph Grayson and family in dwelling 222,
and Benjamin Graysol-! wit11 his family in dwelling 226. All were in Sandcreek Tobmship,
including Wren, Jr., ill dwelling 64. Soil IJenry was in Jcnllings County at this
time, and John PJrcn had lnoved back to Pladison. The daughter, Nancy Hamilton, was
living next to brother Wren, Jr., in dwelling 65 with hcr husband and children.
Wren, Sr., was listed as agc 68, farmer, born North Carolina. Kcbecca was listed as
61, thus establishillg for l21c first time her birth year as ahut 1789, born
Virginia.
The Westport Baptist Cli~lrch, accordj-ng to the Rev. John N. Cassaday, was constituted
Jan. 4th, 1851. These wcrc 24 charter rncmbers. An~ong these was Lctj-cia Grayson,
probably Bcn-jnrclin's wife. She was received into the cllu-ch hy baptism and dislnissc:d
by letter in 1857.
Rebecca Grayson, I~IX~ ycars before her d~~th, was !:~ajI:ised in tllcl Westport naptist
church Jan. 5th, 1855. Wre~l G~:c~ysoil'ri nails is 1.1al; four1~1. in the records of this
church. Ilis r,o~l, P:re~;, Jr. , lin\~csrer, w'ls buricd Fl:om tllc sime church i.11 1887.
aoly] b!.-~n cr::;~:::g>, y!!:~ !:3::! bey cfi,r.::r!--: kc. $-hc ~rCr;>Y-~Cr$az fzi k13 , ~ yLy&~~~.~;,$
church, at agr;. 17 in Tenncs';tc, and 11is wife Pe~r~,lcl.ia ;:.re fourid in the rccords of
the Trinity ITiiited I4cthodi:;t Church of r.!~dF son, 73d.
Rebeccc Grayson died "at iln adva;~ccct age, near Wcstp:3rt., Ind., on Oct. 26, 1858"
according to an old newspapor accouxt on fi1.c ill tl;- InCi.iina State Lil~rcl:~-y in Lndiannpolis.
She was about 63 years of agc.
No furtiler records of !.,'::c.n Gj:,;l..;on are ~v;li.i.al~.l.c o:cept Yo11 his ol~ituary which
appcarc3 i.n thc: ,ladison coui;:icr Jcnc 3xd, 1.865, on page 4, column 1. T t was ~,rriti.c.:!
so pig'~~a11'il.y I suspcc:: that !-~iri