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Major James Gray

Major James Gray

Male 1755 - 1836  (81 years)


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  • Name James Gray 
    Prefix Major 
    Birth 25 Feb 1755  Augusta Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Oct 1836  Rutherford Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12103  MyTree
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2014 

    Father Samuel Gray,   b. 1720, Londonderry, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1775, Rutherford Co., NC (old Tryon Co.) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Agnes McClung,   b. Abt 1730, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1809, Rutherford or Polk Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1748  Rutherford Co., NC (old Tryon Co.) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel McClure,   b. 23 Jan 1755, Rutherford Co., NC (old Tryon Co.) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1826, Rutherford Co., NC (old Tryon Co.) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1776  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Gray,   b. 13 Mar 1777, Rutherford Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, Cannon Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F6067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 

  • Notes 

    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: James Gray
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: VA
      Birth Year: 1755
      Spouse Name: Isabel Mcclure
      Spouse Birth Year: 1755
      Marriage
      Year: 1776

      Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800
      Name: James Gray
      Spouse: Elizabeth Dooran
      Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1787
      Marriage Location: Augusta County, Virginia

      Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
      Name: James Gray
      Date: 14 Jun 1787
      Spouse Name: Elizabeth Doren
      Notes: This marriage record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
      Description: Spouse
      Bond Date: 6 Jun 1787

      A further connection between the Grays and the Moores in Tryon/Rutherford County occurred in 1802 when Joseph Gray's nephew Samuel Gray (son of James) made bond for his marriage to Frankey Moore (Rutherford County Marriage Bond, Samuel Gray to Frankey Moore, signed "James Gray for Samuel Gray" dated 22 Dec. 1802, the same date as the bond of Joseph Gray for his marriage to Elizabeth Williams, which James Gray had also signed).

      U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
      Name: James Gray
      Death Date: 21 Oct 1836
      Cemetery: Gray's Chapel
      Cemetery Location: Rutherfordton, North Carolina

      Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1716-2012
      Name: Maj James Lewis Gray
      Birth Date: 25 Sep 1755
      Age at Death: 80
      Death Date: 21 Aug 1836
      Burial Place: Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA