from "Revised Marriages in Pulaski County, Kentucky" by Mary Weddle Kaurish (Somerset: Pulaski County Historical Society, no date. BRAY, Banjamin m. Mary PRICE Jul 22 1818 BRAY, Nathan m. Kitty RANARD 6 Mar 1817 BRAY, John m. ELiz. HERRIN or HERIN 5 Nov 1813 BRAY, Littleberry m. Susanah DURHAM (from Marriage Bond) 28 May 1813 BRAY, Isaiah m. Phebe BRINSON 7 Aug 1824; consent of Littleberry BRAY for Isaiah "who has lived with me for two years." [James HARGIS was either bondsman or performed the marriage; this book rarely tells which it is!] Thomas ALEXANDER m. Belenda BRAY 11 Apr 1848; her father was Isaac BRAY; George HARGIS was bondsman or performed the ceremony. George HARGIS m. Sarah BRAY 1 Sep 1843; her father was Isiah BRAY; bondsman Squire BRAY. from "Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories" by J. Estelle Stewart King (Baltimore, Gen Pub Co, 1961): Nelson Co: BRAY, Henry: dated March 7, 1798; probated July 1799. Wife Cathryn. Children: John Frederick, Peter, William, Abraham, Peggy BALL, Jan DEWITT, Mary DAVIS, Cristner Robert. Executor: Aron ATHERTON. Witnesses: John HILL, Zacariah MASTERSON. JARBO, Randolph: dated Aug 9, 1796; probated Dec 13, 1796. Wife Elizabeth. Children: John, Walter, Elender, Bamel, Henry BRAY, Joseph BREWER. Executors: wife and son John. from "The Kentucky Gazette: 1787-1800" by Karen Mauer Green (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983): John CRITTENDEN and Horatio TURPIN, Fayette Co, 12 Sep 1787, agents for Col. John HARRIS, regarding HARRIS's land. Mentions BRAY's tavern in Lexington. (Vol I, No. 6, 15 Sep 1787) Joseph GALE, regarding a sale of the property of Robert COLLINS to satisfy his debt to Meredith HELM. Sale to be at Capt. James BRAY's in Lexington. (Vol I, No. 6, 15 Sep 1787) Evan SHELBY, 30 Nov 1787, regarding stolen cotton, serge, shirts, etc. Return to Capt. James BRAY at Lexington or Capt. MORRISON at Bairdstown. (Vol I, No. 17, 15 Dec 1787) (In the same edition, N. WILSON announces a meeting of the "Lexington Society for the Improvement of Knowledge." That's when I was young!) Capt. James BRAY of Lexington is selling a slave. (Vol I, No. 30, 22 Mar 1788) Andrew GATEWOOD, 26 May 1788, those indebted to James BRAY of Lexington should please settle their accounts. (Vol I, No 39, 24 May 1788) Andrew GATEWOOD, 25 Mar 1789, notice to those indebted to James BRAY (late of Lexington): please settle your accounts. (Vol II, No 31, 21 Mar 1789)