Does your line possibly migrate to Ga- AL - FL? I am looking for a Martha Ellen Bray, daughter, I believe, of a James Bray and Mary ?, b ca 1848 in GA, m. Eli English ca 1872 in Troy, AL. Martha English Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rvlatn23@aol.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Chatham Co Bray family > > > I am a direct descendant of Chatham County Brays is there anything I can > help you with. I am glad to swap information > > Mel Ellis > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

My great grandfather was William Harrison Bray who was born 1873 in Georgia. On his death certificate it states that he was born in Athens, Ga. and his parents are listed as Jim Bray and Mary Brown, both listed as born in Ga. Because you mentioned a James Bray and wife Mary I thought I'd send this information along. It is just this kind of clue that often leads us to another connection! You never know. :) I haven't found any records of Jim(James?) and Mary so far and nothing about any siblings of my great grandfather. Donna Schwieder Arkansas ----- Original Message ----- From: <john3498@bellsouth.net> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Chatham Co Bray family > Does your line possibly migrate to Ga- AL - FL? I am looking for a Martha > Ellen Bray, daughter, I believe, of a James Bray and Mary ?, b ca 1848 in > GA, m. Eli English ca 1872 in Troy, AL. > Martha English Johnson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Rvlatn23@aol.com> > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Chatham Co Bray family > > > > > > > > I am a direct descendant of Chatham County Brays is there anything I can > > help you with. I am glad to swap information > > > > Mel Ellis > > > > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > Bray Family GenConnect Query Board at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Bray > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I BEIEVE the James Bray and wife Mary I am looking for is, per 1860 census, Eastern Division, Pike Co., AL: James W bray, age 36, farmer, b. GA Mary A, wife, age 36, b. GA Permelia C, dtr, age 15 Martha E, dtr, age 11 Living next door: John Bray, age 42 Nancy, wife, age 33 Mary, age 16 William, age 18 Louisa, age 15 Melvina, age 12 Edith, age 11 Jasper, age 7 Frances, age 2 Julia, age 1 month My Mary's husband died and she remarried a Yarbrough. I am thinking perhaps he died during the War. She was listed in a census as living with ther daughter, Martha E and son-in-law Elie English. Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: "DixieMom" <southerncross@pgtc.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 3:50 PM Subject: [BRAY-L] James Bray and Mary > My great grandfather was William Harrison Bray who was born 1873 in Georgia. > On his death certificate it states that he was born in Athens, Ga. and his > parents are listed as Jim Bray and Mary Brown, both listed as born in Ga. > Because you mentioned a James Bray and wife Mary I thought I'd send this > information along. It is just this kind of clue that often leads us to > another connection! You never know. :) > > I haven't found any records of Jim(James?) and Mary so far and nothing about > any siblings of my great grandfather. > > Donna Schwieder > Arkansas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <john3498@bellsouth.net> > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:51 AM > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Chatham Co Bray family > > > > Does your line possibly migrate to Ga- AL - FL? I am looking for a Martha > > Ellen Bray, daughter, I believe, of a James Bray and Mary ?, b ca 1848 in > > GA, m. Eli English ca 1872 in Troy, AL. > > Martha English Johnson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Rvlatn23@aol.com> > > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Chatham Co Bray family > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am a direct descendant of Chatham County Brays is there anything I can > > > help you with. I am glad to swap information > > > > > > Mel Ellis > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > Bray Family GenConnect Query Board at: > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Bray > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >