You might want to contact a fella named Clyde McGrady. He lives on Longbottom Road in Wilkes, knows the Wilkes McGrady heritage well. He also works as a narrator at Stone Mountain State Park. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MFederle" <gypsy97@charter.net> To: <NCWILKES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: [NCWILKES] McGRADY > In a search on Ancestry.com for GRAYs and McCRADYs in North Carolina, I > note that there are a number of McGRADY marriages. > > My ggg-grandmother was Martha Ann McCRADY, supposedly born in Tennessee > about 1814. I have no idea who her parents were or where they came from. > There are no McCRADYs that I have been able to find still living there. > > Martha McCRADY married James A. GRAY (b. 1814 in Halifax Co. VA) in > Williamson Co. TN in 1837. In reading copies of abstracts from old > newspapers in that county, the death of an Andrew McCRADY was mentioned, > as was the marriage of Dorcas McCRADY in about 1835. I cannot determine > if these are related to Martha or anything about their families. > > On the chance that there is any knowledge of McGRADY in Wilkes County, I > am hoping that someone can provide any information at all about this > family or families, especially if any of them migrated to Tennessee in the > early 1800's. > > Thank you very much. > > Martha Federle > Swannanoa, NC > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message