Thanks for all the work, Ginny. I did know about the Brevard, Hubbard connections. James & John's mother was Sarah, maiden name unknown, and she married 3 times. I have followed leads on other Grays in TN but the one in LCT is a perfect match (except for the naming traditions and the fact that I expected to find Martha E Gray in Obion County rather than Lincoln. Family stories speak of g-grandma visiting Woodland Mills (Ob.Co.). One of Martha & James' daughters married and settled for a time in Woodland Mills, so this may have been what they were talking about. Most of the others settled in Fulton Co. KY, just across the border from Obion. Martha E, Davis died in 1880, so possibly James married again and moved somewhere in the vicinity of Obion TN/Fulton KY counties. I haven't found any family Martha may have traveled to MO with, but I might not know the names to look for. James was born in TN also with roots in NC, and there families may go back a long way. She had two younger sisters, Nancy & Ellen, and I thought one of them could have possibly gone with her, but it was 9 yrs since she left and the next census, so a younger sister might have returned back to TN or married in MO. I haven't heard of any aunts in that area though. One of James & Martha's granddaughters (whom they didn't live long enough to see) turned 100 yrs old this month! She is in NY and I would love to talk to her, although I don't know what she would remember. Martha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer in LasVegas" <ginnykeefer@cox.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:34 AM Subject: [LCT] Re: [LCTGray connections > Martha, this is not really a answer to what you asked but might open a new > door? I am not related and found this on Ancestry.com > > Dist 14, Cape Girardeau, MO 1850 census > HH 587 > Edward Hubbard 40 physician b NC > Sarah W. 42 b NC wife > James Davis 20 farmer b NC > John P. Davis 17 b NC > Nancy Brevard 12 b MO > Robert Brevard 9 MO > Ann Smith age 38 b NC > > ** > 1880 Randol Twp. Cape Girardeau MO. HH 167-169 > James Davis 50 b NC > Martha E. 39 b TN > Mary E. 13 b MO > Clary? J. 16 dau. > Avie? A. 13 dau. > Frank 10 > James R. 8 > Nancy C. Brevard 40 b MP, half sister. > Remember Nancy and his brother Robert in above HH with James- all living > with Dr and wife. Wonder if there is a relationship with the Hubbard > family too? > [If Nancy Brevard and Robert Brevard were half siblings to James or Martha > E. there was another marriage to a Brevard to look for. ] > > HH 2026-986 1860 George's Store, Lin Co TN census. > B.P. Gray 37 TN > Elizabeth 30 TN > Note, James and Martha had a son John P. Davis 17 NC in 1850 census. > Wonder about a couple of P. middle initials.? Ginny > > 1850 LCT Subd 2, census > HH 192 > Burgess Gray 44 b NC [ born 20 May 2805 Iredell Co NC, died 4 Feb 1868 > LCT] > Elizabeth 38 [Ancestry.com says her maiden name was Cunningham, b 8 Oct > 1811 Rowan Co NC, md 23 Jan 1835 Lin Co TN.] > One submitter on Ancestry post said Burgess was son of Thomas Gray b 1 Feb > 1786 Rowan Co NC and Jane McGahee b NC. > a second submitter said Burgess Gray's father was John Gray and wife > Kisseah-sic > > Genealogy.com > query states > I am looking ofr info on John E. Gray of Lin Co TN, born ca 1790 TN, > married Kesiah/ Children were; > 1. Mary Gray b ca 1833 md 1st John Bass, md 2nd Philip Reeder. She md in > Shelby Co TN in 1844 to one of them. Looks like John? > 2. Burgess b ca 1806 > 3. Thomas b ca 1808 > 4. Lowery b ca 1814 > 5. James b ca 1815 > 6. David L. born 1818 > 7. Robert b 1823 > 8. L. born 1837. > Submitter K. Poole June 2003, E Mail then was; > glhsmom@yahoo.com if still good? > > > > > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Please support the LCT Genealogical Society :-) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >