Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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1411 C8plowood
Zuscnloosa, iilab~~a
December 11, 1955
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Yrs. E, 9. Dnvi6son
297 Triadis on
Twin Falls, Idaho
Dear 1:~s.
Davidson:
Thank you so much for your intcrestinq letter. Unfortunately I can
not f ir,d the answcrs to rnost of the questions which you raise. IIovever,
let n!e tell you what I do know.
In Thomas M. Owen, --- Historu - .;-I of !ilabonla . - - and Diction~.ry . --__--.- ..---- of _I -41~bma .--- -,
Biograqh:~, ---.-A Vol. 111, pp. 3-6, there ere biographical sketches of v~~ious
close rclotsves of mine (all nsrled ~bernothy) t.rhFch ner,tion that
',!ILlionl Jmcs Grayson end Susan 1:Jillieni~ Grayson were the parents of I
Yo~m, Grayson who married Enclinc I.:oorc capei Grq-son. Other f ami.ly data
In these skzetches ha-ce been verified by me from vhrious sources ~tzrl:
rihilc. not withoat error, they sre for the nost pzrt accurate. I hsve I
nothing elsc om !.'illim;i Jmcs C-rzyson except fmily trzditlon rqhich sfiys
thot he czxe Trom VlrglnFa, without; specif'yirl:; the ccunty. 3: 1:ase seen
it stated that he C C J ~ from ~ Cul.pepper County but PJI unce~tain about this.
Another line (:~ith tvo G P ~ on S IntermarrLa~es ), tnc Abernc.thy f mily ,
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came from Zrunswi ck County, Vir~inia. . I have considurablc i~formetion on
these Abcrnsth~ znces tors,
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Ply statement that !.211im1 Jams Cir~yson was born in 177 172s
conjcct~we, I - did m.k find 2 statoxent th~t he died 6 Janucrg 189,
2lth~11::h I do not rerncx5er the sowcc. As to the child.rcn of Idilliam I
Janes Grays ~n I have morn Inf orrlation (rcarrince bonds, di.lls, census, doccls ,
etc. ). Tiis scri, Young Grqrnnn, ;,lar, born 4 Deceniber. 1803 in I.;ont~one~-~
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County, Tennessee. In iiizrengo Cou.nty, Alzl.b~,rrln, he narricd (3 July 1325) I
&eline Cepcl (horn Xorthmpton County, lrorth Carclina, the widow of
1Coore ). i presuiie that the 'd. in Youns Grayson's nzme is for
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Cl.iver Green Sr~:son Was born in 1615 In Tennessee ar,d rlovzc! to
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Alakraa ccd r.:ns lis Led as Tax P,fisessor of ,.zrcngo County in ';he II~rcn-o
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Count-T i.:lrectnr7 for l.sF. Be xarried Frances Loverp ~rhc was be-r, in
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!~~ntuckqn 1322. I oresine - that he was a brother of Your:: 8. C~zyson.
[Inc!.dent~llp, :-.is son vas tax asseesor of 1,:arenr;o Count:: for me": yenrs
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R C ~ arter hlrr, x;: cariZTat:he-r, monlas I.:illlarcl Sr~yson t:.as tax assessor of
the scr;.ie countp for sono 25 yrars, until he rctired becat:se of' old &,re.
1: rcnenbor my g~~anclfather i~ell as I had finished college 'cef ore he died. 1
P!:llim Ja:lies 3-2;-son w~.s born in 1818 in Alabama a.nd was, 1 prcsumc,
e. brother of Oliver Grcen Grcgsor, and Yom.3 W, Greyson. Thse birth dctes
aye f ror;i t;hc mc.nus cript Ccnsus ~cturns . !.ividontly tlicy mcar, that; rny
Grn.:\rsons rzoved from 22r,~ozsec to !-%at\ano 'uattlroen the :rccrz 1315 m d 1.318.
J.lhb;ma becme 2 st;lJ~e in 1919 lrhj2.c Jamen i.:onroo was pz-csident. I
SU:JCSC thr t :;he:: >JOI*O C~LIS jr~s of !.;oi~~'oe 'DCCZUDQ of interz:a.rrin~c Setvrarn
the tirayson an. i.:on~oo f c,dl lca. Abernetky f~!Ply and otilcr sottlc-s
alzcl.: Eelt cmc into 1l1abar-i~ from
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rnovl!~;; Lnto tiis T,ovlcr So1tt;fl ~ri~cn thc cott~n kincdom tins opening up Ln tilt
carly dccadas of tho cinetconth contwy.
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