Son of Deacon John Gray III and Agnes Rose McGowan
Sergeant Major Virginia Militia (1742-1763) King George's War and French and Indian War
"John Gray and his son Samuel were among the inhabitants of the Virginia frontier who in 1742 petitioned Royal Governor William Gooch to appoint officers to raise militia for defense of the frontier settlements against Indians raids.
Wed: Agnes Nancy McClung January 17, 1748, Augusta County, Virginia
Lived in Mill Creek, Augusta County, Virginia until 1765, when they sold their lands in the Borden Tract and moved southward. They were in Tryon County (Now Rutherford), North Carolina by 1769, when Samuel Gray entered his land grant for 300 acres on the Broad River.
Moved with his father from Pelham, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1742 to Mill Creek, Augusta County, Virginia and purchased a Borden Tract SW, 175 acres
(Borden Tract SW, 175 acres, 1742 & an adjoining 66 acres, 1754) as shown on the map drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer.)
In his father's Will (Ref. Augusta County, Va. Will Book 1, p.396, will dated 23 Apr. 1751, proven 27 Nov. 1751)
Samuel Gray made his will in Tryon County 22 Apr. 1775 proven "the next morning after 4th Tuesday of July 1775" (Tryon/Lincoln County Court Records, 1769-1782, pages unnumbered.) The will named his wife Agnes Gray and children: (1) John Gray; (2) Major William Gray Revolutionary office, moved to Jefferson Co., Tn; (3) Major James Gray, Revolutionary officer (captain and major) (4) David Gray; (5) Ann Gray; (6) Joseph Gray
Son of Deacon John Gray III and Agnes Rose McGowan
Sergeant Major Virginia Militia (1742-1763) King George's War and French and Indian War
"John Gray and his son Samuel were among the inhabitants of the Virginia frontier who in 1742 petitioned Royal Governor William Gooch to appoint officers to raise militia for defense of the frontier settlements against Indians raids.
Wed: Agnes Nancy McClung January 17, 1748, Augusta County, Virginia
Lived in Mill Creek, Augusta County, Virginia until 1765, when they sold their lands in the Borden Tract and moved southward. They were in Tryon County (Now Rutherford), North Carolina by 1769, when Samuel Gray entered his land grant for 300 acres on the Broad River.
Moved with his father from Pelham, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1742 to Mill Creek, Augusta County, Virginia and purchased a Borden Tract SW, 175 acres
(Borden Tract SW, 175 acres, 1742 & an adjoining 66 acres, 1754) as shown on the map drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer.)
In his father's Will (Ref. Augusta County, Va. Will Book 1, p.396, will dated 23 Apr. 1751, proven 27 Nov. 1751)
Samuel Gray made his will in Tryon County 22 Apr. 1775 proven "the next morning after 4th Tuesday of July 1775" (Tryon/Lincoln County Court Records, 1769-1782, pages unnumbered.) The will named his wife Agnes Gray and children: (1) John Gray; (2) Major William Gray Revolutionary office, moved to Jefferson Co., Tn; (3) Major James Gray, Revolutionary officer (captain and major) (4) David Gray; (5) Ann Gray; (6) Joseph Gray
Gravesite Details
Founding members of Brittain Presbyterian Church, Rutherford County, North Carolina (1769-1775)
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