Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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I G~~aysom Family History
) MS reek's history of the
Grapson family of Ratherford
County, was written by Xir.
les- PNI~~C~,
Jr,, A-1, Bos-
K.C. We appreciate his shhis
recards vith tile
readers of this col~lms Any other
descendants whomight have
additional data on this family
I is in~ited to correspond with
hlr. Philbeck. The skdch ofthe
I Grays~n family will appear in
two parts and \\.ill be concluded
in next u.rek's columIL
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In alrn ,st all family lineages
there are lines uhich present
I themselves virt~~ally impossible
lo un!anfle escept kr scanty
bits of information derived
from 'he puhlic records. Such
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is certainly th. case with the
GRAISOS family of Rutherford
County.
Jnqh Grayson established
hirn~~ll in this area by 1779
I
when he rereived a tract of
lanil frcm the state. Re made
furthct purt.hnes from the state
in 1562, 1785, 17E, 1796,
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1737, mulri 1801. Hc alw purchascrl
lad from .Tames n'hitesitlcs
(l;e3), hioses hloore
(17F), Tllrvmas IVhitesides
.Im!:n IicKitt Alexan-
!IT), Feter \Vat1 (1802),
rurj. Lopn (18E). The
tala1 (*r.n!rn! of fh6r;e trncts
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Bridges To
The
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Past
by Mrs. Ernest Neurtcm
Ruute 2, Ellenbra, N.C.
Patsy Queen, the dower allotment
to Benjamin Crayson; (3)
his daughter f lizabeth Grayson,
Ule dower allotment to Joseph
Grayson, Jr.; and (4) his
daughter Sally Deviney, the dower
all~tm.nt to Isaac Gragson
and his om dower allotment.
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The above WILLLAM GRAY-
SOX, son of Joseph Grayson,
Sr., married Oct. 17, 1807, Susanna
Logan. Their son Benjamin
G. Grayson married Sarah
Houser, dauchter of Peter
and Sarah (Heiner) Houser of
Lincoln County, N.C. Benjamin
C. Grayson later moved to St.
Francois Co~nty, Missouri. Cf
the daurhters of William and
Susannah (Logm)Crayson, Patsy
married Jam% A. Queen,
Elizabeth (Betsy), b. ca. 1810,
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(7) Joseph W. Grayson, b. ca.
1842;
(8) Louisa rayson son, b. ca.
1844;
(9) Alfred F. Grayson, b. c&
1846;
and (10) Albert L. Grayson, b.
ca. 1848.
John M. . Grayson, so3 of
Benjamin and Hannah Crayson,
was born about 1808, died about
1855, and married Mary hlelton.
Their children included;
(I) Benjamin Grayson, b. ca.
1830;
(2) Elizabeth L. Grayson, b.
ca. 1834, m. A. W. Hunt;
(3) Samtlel Grayson, b. ca.
1838;
(4) Narcissa Emaline Gray-
son, b. ca.
Melton;
1812, m. Calvin
. (5) J. Columbus Grayson, b.
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'ISAAC GRAYSON, son of J+
seph Grayson, Sr., marrted August
20, 1807,Mlry (Pol1y)Melton,
who was born about 1786,
and died in November, 1859.
A comprehensfve list of their
children is also not known by
the writer. However, two of U1-
eir daughters were the thirdand
fourth wives of Henry H. Hooser,
son of Peter an3 Sarah
(Hefner) Ho~Ser of Idncoln Co-
unty, N.C. Lucy M. Grayson,
b. 3 December 1827, d. 20
July 1856, m. 4 August 1854,
Henry Houser. Lucydiedduring
childbirth of their only child, a
stillborn infant. Mary Cmohe
Grayson, b. about 1822, d. In
March, 1880 of pleurisy, rn. 71
April 1858, Henry H. Hmser.
They were parents of two sons,
John Franklin Houser, b. 1859,
and Jefferson Davis Houser, b.
1861. Circumstantially and tradi-
tionally, it is apparent that Isaac
an1 Polly Grayson weretbe
parents of a son Joh~ M. Gray
son, who was born 9 June 1813,
died 7 July 1891, and married
25 June 1836 Rebecca Bunt,
who was born 10 April 1816,
and died 21 September 1910.
John and Rebecca Grayson were
parents of at least twelve children:
(1) h!ary L. (Polly) Grayson,
b. 13 April 1838, d. 13 Jme
1924, m. Hampton Weaver;
(2) William G. Grayson, b,
20 Auyst 1840, d. 9 January 1920
m. Julia hlelton;
(3) J. H. Grayson, b. 19 March
1842, d. 8 February 1843;
(4) hl~rtha Grayson, b. ca.
1815, unmarried;
(5) Sarah L. Crayson, b. l7
May 1847, d. 21 June 1322, m.
Elijah D. 1:xrney;
(6) John hi. Grayson, b. !9
April 1850, d. 28 February lr37
m. Louisa f. Elliott;
(7) Rebecca Elizabeth Gray- -
son, b. 6 Sept. 1852, d. 8 0-
tober 1940, m. gohn C. Weeks;
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