Hello Carol, I cannot prove nor disprove your assumption about Elizabeth Ann Gray (1822-1882), but will say I had come to the same conclusion, based on the same evidence. I suspect proof of the fifth child's name will only be found in the detail of Abraham Gray's Coweta County estate legatee records, which I have not reviewed. Bob J. At 05:41 PM 3/29/2010, you wrote: >I did a little research on the Posey family since my great great >grandfather, William Bishop, was a witness, to the will of James Posey on 28 >March 1906, > >(Fayette County Will Book B, pg. 43) > > >From census records and the death certificate of a son, James' wife was >Elizabeth Gray. Could this be the daughter of Abraham Gray 1790-1856? >According to his will, Abraham had 5 children, only three of them were >named. I have the names of four of his children: Lydia Gray Lynch, Nancy >Gray Sampson, Hosea Gray and Benjamin Gray. I thought Elizabeth Gray Posey >might be the fifth child for the following reasons: > >1. She's the right age. According to the 1840 census, Abraham had a >daughter between the ages of 15 and 20. > >2. She was born in South Carolina. The Grays moved from South Carolina to >Georgia about 1828. > >3. She and her husband James are buried in the Countyline Cemetery of the >Christian Church. Abraham and all of his other children are buried there. > >4. William Bishop was a witness to her husband's will. The Gray family and >the Bishop family were close. There are several marriages between the two >families. > >5. She and James had a son named Benjamin. If this Elizabeth is the >daughter of Abraham, she had a brother named Benjamin. > >If anyone has any information to prove or disprove this theory, please let >me know. > >Carol Hoyt > >Neodesha, KS > >choyt@terraworld.net