SS has b 9/27/1928 d 11/6/1996
once a resident of Canada
After 1900 Francis Marion and Jennie left Meigs County for
Oklahoma
14 APR 1930 Enum. as housekeeper for John Saxon at Watumpka, Hughes Co., OK as a widow, age 63
Children
Effie WARD b: 1893 in Meigs Co., TN
Millie WARD b: 1904 in Meigs Co., TN
WARD b: BET 1888 AND 1910 in Meigs Co., TN
WARD b: BET 1888 AND 1910 in Meigs Co., TN
Francis Marian WARD b: AFT 1910 in Prob. Oklahoma
in 1860 census in Knox cty Ky
in 1880 US census living in West Fork , Washington cty Ar
was a farmerfrom Knox cty Ky records
known as Section No. 6, and that Uriah Smith be, and he is appointed, overseer of the road from said Smith's to Barbourville Court House, known as Section No. 7,Sonny
another has father as John Edgar Smith?
Source:
The American Assoc. Papers
Martha Jane King was listed as a daughter of Polly King and married to
Uriah Smith
also seen as Cord
The family Bible shows that James B. Gray was born on December 19, 1830.
According to family oral history, the "B" stands for Berry, which was his mother's
maiden name. He had a twin brother, Jeff. They were born in Kentucky.The 1840 U.S. Census shows two male children, age 5-10, listed under Nathaniel
Gray, Salem District, Livingston County, Kentucky.The 1850 Census lists Nathaniel Gray, along with twin sons, James B. and J.C., age
19. It shows that both young men were born in Kentucky. In 1850, the family lived in
Missouri Township, Pike County, Arkansas.James B. Gray was appointed Postmaster, Huddleston, Pike County, Arkansas, on
November 18, 1852 (Record of Appointment of Postmasters, vol. 14, 1842-1858,
page 68), and again on April 22, 1861, vol. 25B, 1857-1875, page 69 (courtesy David
Kelley).He married Victoria A. Stewart on May 16, 1858, in Clark County, Arkansas (Clark
County Computerized Marriage Records, Book D1, page 0060 & family Bible).The 1860 census for Pike County, Arkansas, lists J. B. Gray, clerk, age 29, along with
V. A., age 17, and N. P., female, age 2/12.On October 10, 1861, James B. Gray enlisted in Antoine, Pike County, Arkansas, as a
private in Captain Speer's Company (Company A), 19th Arkansas (Dawson's) Infantry
Regiment, Confederate States of America (Confederate Military Records, National
Archives, Washington, D.C.). He was honorably discharged on account of disability
(Phlhisis Pulmonalis - a form of pulmonary tuburculosis) as diagnosed by the Regimental
Surgeon, on the order of Colonel C.L. Dawson, Regimental Commander, in July, 1862.
This diagnosis was probably wrong because James Berry Gray lived until 1899. It was
also fortunate for him, given the fate of the 19th (Dawson's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment
during the War Between the States.he handwritten discharge record is in the possession of his descendants along with a
pardon, signed by President Andrew Johnson on November 9, 1865. The part of the
discharge record written by William B. Speer, Capt., Company A, 19th Arkansas
Infantry Regiment describes James Berry Gray as being 6 feet "high," of light
complexion, and having blue eyes.It is interesting to note that James Berry Gray's oath of amnesty was recorded in the
County of Hempstead, Arkansas, and was accepted by a William G. Stewart. Although
we don't have documentation that Stewart was James' brother-in-law, Mary Jane Gray
(James' sister) married a William G. Stewart, brother of Victoria A. Stewart Gray, on 8
September 1853.
1880 US census has birth as 1838
father b in Ms, mother in La