Diane: It is so strange that the only Bray's I have ever heard of are the Texas ones and I believe it is the Kentucky ones. I don't think I have ever heard of any Georgia Brays until today. I have put inquiries on this web site before and I never got a response. It does make you wonder. Why doesn't anyone know anything about this Georgia line. Is it just that no one is interested in this line, surly it couldn't be anything they could have done. To find any skeletons in the closet, you would have to really dig into the family history. Nothing could be found from census records or such. I do know that the bunch in Atlanta owned night clubs and had alot of money. That is what a cousin that lives up around Danaielsville told me. One of my mother's cousins that I never knew was Jerry Bray. He was one of the biggest penecostal preachers in the Atlanta area. His son is a preacher in the Atlanta area. He is the one who refered me to his aunt in Danielsville. The only problem is I know more about the family than they do. So, if any thing happened it had to be 3 or 4 generations back. Ezekiel and his two sons, George and Henry fought for the South during the War Between the States and he is buried in the graveyard behind the new court house in Danielsville. Henry died in the War. An SCV man in Danielsville who knew of Ezekiel spoke very fondly of him. He said that people called him Uncle Zek. I have not worked on this line in a number of years. I suppose I should get on it again. Ezekiel's son, Ezekiel Taylor, and his family are buried in Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Ga. If anyone know any more, please let me know. Barbara Cooper

Would this Bray line have a daughter born ca 1848? Name of Martha? Was a wife named Mary? My g-grandmother was Martha Ellen Bray, born ca 1848 in Georgia. She married my g-grandfather in Pike Co., AL in 1872. In a later census, her mother, Mary Yarbrough, was living with them. I am thinking that perhaps her father died in the Civil War and her mother remarried. Does your information include any of this? Martha English Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Barbaraudc@aol.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Jackson O Bray, Bannister R Bray > > Diane: > > > It is so strange that the only Bray's I have ever heard of are the Texas ones > and I believe it is the Kentucky ones. I don't think I have ever heard of > any Georgia Brays until today. I have put inquiries on this web site before and > I never got a response. > > It does make you wonder. Why doesn't anyone know anything about this Georgia > line. Is it just that no one is interested in this line, surly it couldn't > be anything they could have done. To find any skeletons in the closet, you > would have to really dig into the family history. Nothing could be found from > census records or such. > > I do know that the bunch in Atlanta owned night clubs and had alot of money. > That is what a cousin that lives up around Danaielsville told me. One of my > mother's cousins that I never knew was Jerry Bray. He was one of the biggest > penecostal preachers in the Atlanta area. His son is a preacher in the > Atlanta area. He is the one who refered me to his aunt in Danielsville. The only > problem is I know more about the family than they do. > > So, if any thing happened it had to be 3 or 4 generations back. > > Ezekiel and his two sons, George and Henry fought for the South during the > War Between the States and he is buried in the graveyard behind the new court > house in Danielsville. Henry died in the War. > > An SCV man in Danielsville who knew of Ezekiel spoke very fondly of him. He > said that people called him Uncle Zek. > > I have not worked on this line in a number of years. I suppose I should get > on it again. > > Ezekiel's son, Ezekiel Taylor, and his family are buried in Alta Vista > Cemetery in Gainesville, Ga. > > If anyone know any more, please let me know. > > Barbara Cooper > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >