Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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On page 51 In the last Newsletter was reported an unidentified
William E. Gxayson listed in deed books.of Clairborn co,, Tenn.
in 1859-1868, I think I have information now: therc was an
old letter in the Wulfeck collection (1957) from a
Gra son of 3208 Michigan Blvd,, Racine, Wisc. who said that
& grandmother Lucinda Marilly Bates, bo 12/11/1826 in . .
Va. (7) d, St, Louis, 5/25/1891, married William E. Grays3
b. NoCe. (7). married in Wytheville, Va, m5, moved to Yenn. ()
about 1852, then to near Lebanon & Tren*on, 111, where the father
of John D, Grays.on, the late Charles Drayton Grayson and his
brother William H. Gragson were John U. Grayson was b.
Monroe City, Moo, 1905.
On page 88 is a new letter from anothes descendant of Zachary
Taylor~rasgon, Claude Gra,yson. Note to Kitty Jean: would you
express our appreciation to Claude for his letter
Page 88-90 are the 1st 2 pages of a 21 page summary of Grayson
records by Mrs, gor~thy Ford Wulfeck of Naugatuck, Conn,, now
a retired genealogist, The last and 21st pageis on page 81 of
this Newsletter, inadvertantly. I will gradually publish the other
18 pages In subsequent Newsletters,
The 14th Grayson place name has been uncovered; In tho above nentiontd-
1957 letter from John D, Grayson, he states that there is
a ~il~iam Grayson Shdiurn in S~.vannah, Gao, and that a politician
in that city at that time was a Clinton Grayson. Clieryl Graysolz
is in Savannah, Ga*: Could you look into this for us
Fortunately 1 have more material this time than there is room
t;lD print, so therc will be more issues definitely. I am trying;
to cull the material so that it is the most universally interesting
and important,
~ r b , Sodon, my cont~ibution for your post cards will be free News-
letters, so please do not pay for anylnore but keep up the good
work and tell me each m{th what you and your husband are doing.
A letter came last week in response to a Sodcn post card from
Thomas Gra.ysori, P.O. box, Pine Bluff, Ark,, 71611, stating that
his father Rich-
d. 1962 came from Campbell, Ala in
1917, was son of a Frank G=~on - who had 18 sons and a Daughter.
Anybody know this o-lan
Mrs. McCoy; noone has tried to tracethe N,C.
female names such as Wren or Sanford.
See you all again soon,,
cousin Dick Grayson
3/19/78
Graysons through the