Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

Alfred :I'iilliam Grayson.
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The narriegc record for Robert Osborne Grayson to E!argaret Susannah
Payton is ~ivcn on pg. 8 of the 12st i\Ic~rsletter. Iie 7:as an .:.Dm a d the son I
of ~knjamin Grayson I11 and ~Afe Ann Bronaugh (daughter of ;iilliam Zronaugh
and 2nd .rife 1,8ry Coolce), Bnjamin Grayson I11 ::-as the son of ljenjamin Grqrson, Jr.
=and v,if e Osborne. Zenjmin Grayson, Jr. 1%-as the son or" Snjmin Gra -son, Er.
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and vife S~:samah (:,:onroe) Pjler Linton Grayson. Dr. Robert Osborne Grapon
and i'Fife ~ar~aret Susznn~h (2cgton) Grayson hz-d no kno7;n-i children.
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death he iirrricd Sarah I,~.son (Cooke) Sclden, &u ol" Col. John Cooke and ;fife
i. ary 1'ho;;lson (,ason) Coolte and was the ~:.idovr of Carey Seldcn. Dr. Eobert Osborne
Grqson 2nd 2nd r.if e Sarah i,:ason (Coolce) Seldcn Crl"a:~son had 1 son, Qr, John Coolce
Gr2:,rson (1832-1894) who .i~is a doctor in the Civil iiar. Dr. John Cooke Grs:rson
had 2 sons, one of whom v:as Admiral (ihctor) C~ry Travers Grayson, personal
nhpiician of Pies, ;;oodro;.r \"ihon. !
Vn pg. lb of t,he lzst Newlatter is an obituary for Capt. i9llim Gr~yson
in his 97th ;-ear, lie was a son of hbrose Grrjson (d, 17h2-Spotsylvania, Va.)
and thc anccstor of 1:rs. Dorothy Ford liTulfeck, a professional genealogist,
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I v:as interested i.n the fzmil;r
chert submitted Sy :'rs. Karjorie (Grayrson)
CarDon of Chicago.
Does she h~ve roof thzt 3enjanin Gra-,rson was th son of
John Grayson If so, I ~iould love to have it as this 3enjmin Grqson was the
brother of my fmbroso Grajrson (d. 171:2-SpotsyLvania, Va.)
I mnt to make some corrections about information of pg, 22 of the last
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ii~mlcttcr, John 'if, Gra,rson WAS HOT the brother of Ambrose*Grayson (1813-1253)
vrho married Sally Vmn.
Ambrose G, Grayson was a brother of Jmes Gordon
Grayson and thus an uncle of said John l'r'. Grqwm.
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The Census record you gave
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as being Jackson Co., Alabama should be Madison Co., Alabama, The'might have
1-ivcd in Jackson Co., Alabma later but in 1850 they y:ere in iIadison Co., Ala,
I have checked tld.s census several tines.
In the Census record you have
John ;illiam Grayson: p. 110. born 1830 in !:adison Co.,
mci . . . . . . . . . . :!e
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was L!;e son of Jams Gordon Grajrson.
Ala son of John Cordon
Some people might lilce to know something further about lk. (llaj, ) t!aurice
K. Gordon (PC;. 26). i-!e descends from Elizabeth Grayson (clau. of John and Zirbara