Hi George, We haven't corresponded in quite a while. I have a few Grays in my family. Sarah Gray married James Roberts (Wilkes Co, I beleive) Their daughter Margaret married Spencer Warren (Dick) and were my great grand parents. Don't know much about this family. Does it look like it is the same family> http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbnor&id=I00508 Barb [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > VAGRAYSO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 54 > > Today's Topics: > #1 GRAY OF VA ["George Basden" <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from VAGRAYSO-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: GRAY OF VA > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:34:33 -0600 > From: "George Basden" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I am researching the following GRAY family and hopefully someone can help > fill in some details. > > Thomas Gray born abt 1803 died abt 1867. Married Sarah "Sally" Davis in > Wythe Co, VA on or abt December 20, 1827. Sarah is the daughter of Joseph > Davis Sr. and Elizabeth James. Thomas and Sarah had the following children: > James abt 1830 > David abt 1832 > George abt 1834 > Marshall abt 1836 > Matilda abt 1838 > ***Mary abt 1840 > Emory July 15, 1844 > Sarah abt 1847 > > ***Mary married a James Wilcox. They had three children - Manerva abt 1869, > Washington June 29, 1870 and Alice abt 1879. I am a descendant of the > Washington Wilcox - Mary Carrico marriage. > > Mary's husband died in Antoine, AR and she took the three children back to > VA. At one time she is listed on the census living on the farm with her > brother Emory. > > I have a copy of Thomas' will (dtd 1867) and in it he mentions his daughter > "Betty Wilcox". Could Betty be a nickname for Matilda? If so, who is the > Wilcox that she married. I do believe that Mary Gray's husband James Wilcox > had two sons from his previous marriage. James is originally from > Tennessee. > > George E. Basden > Basden Photography > http://www.basden.com > [email protected]