PLEASE SEE MY HOME PAGE"THE MORGAN BRAY FAMILY HOME PAGE" AT FAMILYTREEMAKER.COM MORGAN & DIANNA BRAY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] BRAY, James-1860-Pulaski Co., KY >Pat and other BRAY Pals, >Thank you for your reply. I do have both of Mrs. Reese's books,THE BRAYS OF >FISHER RIVER, and have found them very helpful. Actually, I should have been >more specific, I guess, in my post. I meant I was seeking others searching >that line. >What I have proof of: >My grandfather was James Edward("Ed") BRAY, b. July 31, 1879 in Barbourville, >Knox Co., KY, s/o Bryant BRAY and Martha Jane HOWERTON. (This from his death >certificate, d. Feb. 2, 1921, construction cave-in in Devol, Cotton Co., OK.) > >Bryant BRAY was 23 when he married Martha Jane HOWERTON,17,from TN, April 7, >1876 in Barbourville, Knox Co., KY. "at James HOWERTON"s, according to >wedding application dated 5 April, 1876. > >I believe: >from census records, Reese's data, and notes I have received from others: >This Bryant was the son of aforementioned James BRAY,who married Mary "Winny" >GOLDEN, d/o Stephen GOLDEN and James was the s/o the "Old" Bryant BRAY from >Surry Co., NC. who was also married to another Martha, called "Patsy". One >group sheet I have from an "older" researcher(age AND timewise) says Bryant >was the son of Peter and Martha(SCOTT)BRAY, Peter, being b. in England ca. >1718. >In other words: Peter+MarthaSCOTT>Bryant+Martha?>James and Winney >GOLDEN>Bryant+Martha HOWERTON>James "Ed"+ Sofronie STEVENSON. > >Another group sheet shows James(the elder)b.1826 in Hancock Co., TN., >marriage 14 June 1849 in Knox Co., KY, and d. 14 Sept. 1863 Jessimine Co. KY >buried in Camp Nelson, KY. Lived in Knox, Pulaski, and Whitley Co.s ,KY. > >This information was compiled by Carlyn Bray MILLS, whose greatgrandfather >was James' and Winney's son, John R.(A.) BRAY,(Bryant the second's >brother)who married Mary C. BAYS 17 Oct.1881. It was from 1996 and was >passed on to me last year, with mail to her address in Ludlow, KY being >returned, and her trail lost. > > Would very much like to locate her, if anyone has a connection or >information, as well as confirmation or corrections. I also have some other >land, tax, military records I'd like to share and compare with others. > >Are there others working this line?(further down?) >With all this info and the proximity of all of the various ones in the >Cumberland/Appalachia area, I haven't connected with any *Family* on this >line. > >Who did "Old Bryant" marry? (Patsy who?) > >Thanks for all your help. >Nancy > > > >==== BRAY Mailing List ==== >3 CHANGE any prior post Subject line per below per reply/new post >Please always try to place SURNAME of that SURNAME group >or variant spelling of that SURNAME so that it is always the >FIRST WORD in the SUBJECT line of any post (country the last) >