Jean, I am originally from Clarke County and lived near the Moore Cemetery. My aunt died in 1918 and is buried outside the fence at Moore Cemetery. My grandparents were not able to afford to buy a space in the cemetery so they had to bury her outside the fence. The cemetery was located on the Moore place about 5 miles north of Quitman on highway (now 145) 45. For years it was kept up by Dr. Moore who lived in Meridain. Several years ago when I was there it was kinda grown up and you had to know where it was to find it. It is a small cemetery and was basically a family cemetery. I had given Bennie directions to it at one time but dont think he got around to recording the graves. Sorry I cant tell you who all is buried there but if you are interested I can give you more precise directions to it. Jack Riley Jean Silverthorne wrote: > Marion, > > I have been following the discussion about the Graysons and the Crosbys. My > interest in the Graysons is that they married some of Isaac Moore's > descendants. I. Henry Moore's daughter, Lizzie, married a William > Grayson. Missouri Belle Moore (dau of Owen Moore) was married to Jack > Grayson. > > The part that really drew my interest is the Crosby connection. In the old > Moore Cemetery, there is a Mary Crosby, "70 yrs old" who died in 1910. The > headstone was not visible when I visited there in 1992 or 93. In the 1910 > census for Clarke Co, there was a W. W. Crosby age 60 and wife Mary Crosby > age 70. With them is a Martha Moore age 50 (white) who was listed as a > servant. > > In 1880, there was a W. M. Crosby (age unclear in my notes/ looks like 32) > M.A. Crosby. He was born in MS and she in AL. There are 5 children listed. > Do you have any knowlege of these Crosbys? > > I have put out queries in the Clarke Co. Tribune and have asked questions > galore about the Moore Cemetery and those who are buried there. Nobody > seems to have any knowlege of any of this. > Thanks, Jean > -----Original Message----- > From: MGRAYSON98@aol.com <MGRAYSON98@aol.com> > To: MSCLARKE-L@rootsweb.com <MSCLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, September 21, 2000 11:02 AM > Subject: GRAYSON INFO....... > > >Okay, I've discovered some more clues, and I need help digesting it, and if > >anyone can fill in the blanks...................... > > > >1) I NOW know that our JAMES C. GRAYSON was James CAMERON Grayson, son of > >Cameron Grayson and Sarah_______. > >(per James' death certificate filed with State of Mississippi). > > > >2) CAMERON GRAYSON was listed in court records during the disposition of > >JOHN CROSBY SR's will, as married to SARAH, grand-daughter of John Crosby > Sr. > > (With that said, it is not certain if her last name was CROSBY or not, but > >at this time I am going to say it is.) > > > >3) Children of Cameron Crosby & Sarah Crosby......... > >Lavenia b. ca 1833 > >Thomas b. ca 1836 > >William (Bill) b. ca 1838 d. 1882 > >Reubin b. ca 1840 d. 16 Apr 1906 > >JAMES b. 25 Mar 1843 d. 10 Jan 1894 married Martha Carter > >Dallas b. ca 1846 > >Bruce b.18 Nov 1848 d. 4 Aug 1915 > >Eloiza b. 1849 (Listed in 1850 Census but not in Cam Family Bible) > >Samuel b. ca 1853 > >Edward b. ca 1857 > >Note: According to the 1850 and 1860 MS Census, SARAH's ages are different > >enough, and with the span of births between Eloiza and Samuel, I'm going to > >go out on a limb and say there were 2 Sarah's, (James C. Grayson's death > >certificate states "Mother's name unknown"....which is another reason to > >believe that if Sarah #1 died prior to 1853, James would have been less > than > >10 years old, which would lend credibility to not knowing her name) and > then > >it is known that Cameron Grayson married Margaret Griffith. They were also > >both members of the East Pleasant Grove Church in Quitman, Clarke, MS. > > > >NOW......with all that said, you would think I'd be thrilled to have the > >above info and the proof of who our JAMES C. GRAYSON's family was. YOU'D > >THINK! But of course, now I'm ready to go another generation back! (We > >genealogists are never satisfied!) > > > >Here's a supposition that I need your help on........so if you have any > >records to substatiate my theory, please let me know........... > > > >In some MS legislature records was found the following.......... > >"To authorize Catherine GRAYSON, widow and administratrix of the estate of > >Reuben GRAYSON, late of Wayne County, to sell a certificate for a tract of > >land, being the southwest quarter of S36-T7-Rl7W, of the district of Pearl > >River. Said widow cannot make payment of the balance due for land without > >serious inconvenience to her or her orphan children. > >5th sess., Nov. 1821, p. 9. " > > > >1816 MS State Census.. > >Reuben Grayson 1 M 21 + > > 5 M -21 > > 1 F 21+ > > 3 F -21 > > > >1819 MS State Census > >Reuben Grayson (no stats given in record I found) > > > >In the 1820 Wayne County, MS Census, there is listed: > >Katharine > >2M -10 (b. ca 1810-1819) > >1 M 10-15 (b. ca 1805-1810) > >1 M 16-18 (b. 1802-1804) > >2 F-10 (b. ca 1810-1819) > >1 F 10-15 (b. ca 1805-1810) > >1 F 18-25) b. 1795-1802 > >1 Foreign Born > > > >My SUPPOSITION? That Reuben Grayson and Catherine (unk), were the parents > of > >CAMERON GRAYSON (b. 16 Feb 1810), CHESTERFIELD b. 1810-1811, GEORGE W. > >GRAYSON b. ca 1813, all of which were in Wayne and Clarke County. Both > >Cameron and Geo. W. named sons THOMAS, WILLIAM, JAMES, AND REUBEN. I > >haven't determined who the other children were, but the possibilites are > >SAMUEL b. 1797 and LEE b. 1800. > > > >My other wonder? Was the WILLIAM GRAYSON b. 1756 Culpepper Co, VA d. 1801 > >Montgomery Co., VA that married RACHEL COOLEY b. 1754 the parents of the > >above REUBEN? > > > >In the 1840 Clarke County Census there are a Nelson Cooley (20-30 years > old) > >and Daniel Cooley (30-40 years old) listed on the same page as CAMERON > >GRAYSON. Coincidence?? > > > >I will also mention that in the 1850 Wayne Co. Census Cameron shows to be > >born in "Fin". It has always been assumed by me that it's a misread and > >should be TEN (as later Census' state), but thanks to Melissa, I had to > >rethink this as possibly being FINCASTLE. As you may or may not know > >Fincastle later became Montgomery Co. VA. And guess what? JOHN GRAYSON > and > >BARBARY (UNK) lived there. And....they had children John Clan Grayson b. 9 > >Aug 1770 in Fincastle, d. 29 Jul 1826 Madison Co., AL....and another one of > >thier sons was WILLIAM GRAYSON that married RACHEL COOLEY. AM I > REACHING??? > > > >Another coincidence??? > >1) I have also discovered that GEORGE TEMPLETON and CHESTERFIELD GRAYSON > were > >assignees on a couple land transactions to a JAMES VANCE. > > > >2)There was a GEORGE TEMPLETON, ROBERT GRAYSON, AND LEWIS GRAYSON in the > 7th > >Batt'n of Peter Perkins' Mississippi Militia during the War of 1812 (from > the > >Mississippi Territory which later became Madison County). I have also found > >JAMES VANCE enumerated next to a CATHERINE GRAYSON in the 1820 Wayne MS > >census. > > > >3) 0n 25 Nov 1812 The MS Territorial Legislature granted a charter for a > boys > >school in Madison County. Among the first trustees.....Peter Perkins and > >JOHN GRAYSON. (John Clan Grayson). > > > >HELP! I'm going through information overload and I need your help to > >decipher all this. Can someone else out there tell me if they come to a > >different conclusion....or if their is evidence that would prove or > disprove > >what I'm supposing? I could sure use your help! > > > >Thanks for taking the time to read this. Please answer to everyone I sent > >this to, so we can all decipher it together. > > > >Marion in TX :) > >http://hometown.aol.com/mgrayson98/genealgy/index.htm > >http://www.my-ged.com/grayson > > > > > >==== MSCLARKE Mailing List ==== > >Clarke Co., MS Records at Ben's Genealogy Corner: > >http://www.netpathway.com/~bennie/clarke.html > >MSGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msclarke/index.html > > > >============================== > >Know the town name but not the county? Look it up at: > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > > > > ==== MSCLARKE Mailing List ==== > Clarke Co., MS Records at Ben's Genealogy Corner: > http://www.netpathway.com/~bennie/clarke.html > MSGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msclarke/index.html > > ============================== > http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews > FREE newsletter on the current events and topics important to today's > family historian.