Person:David Gray (32)

Disambiguation

NOT to be confused with Capt. David Gray of Augusta County, Virginia. (abt. 1735-1793). There are several Ancestry Member trees that have confused the two David Grays, that are not likely related.

1.   Genealogy.com.

   FOOTPRINTS OF DAVID GRAY
   Revolutionary Soldier
   Historical Sketch, read at the Eighth Annual Reunion of the Descendants of David Gray, held at College Corner, Ohio, August 19, 1923.
   The first we know of David Gray, soldier under General George Washington in the American Revolution, was his enlistment in the war August 1, 1776.At that time he was twenty-four years of age, a husky young Irishman, spoiling for a fight.The next was taking of the oath of Allegiance as directed by the State of Pennsylvania.That oath was:
   "I do hereby certify, that David Gray, of Warwick Township, Bucks County, hath voluntarily taken and subscribed the oath of affirmation, one allegiance one fidelity as directed by act of the General Assembly of Pensylvainia, passed on the 13th day of June, 1777 A.D.
   Witness my hand and seal, the 1st day of July A.D. 1777
   Joseph Sackett, Notary"
   His captians in the Revolutionary War were John Jamison, John Thomas, John Cope, and William Ramsey.He Participated in the battles of Staten Island, Brandywine, and Germantown.George Washington commanded in all three of these engagements.
   David Gray's residence at the time he enlisted was in Bucks County, Penn.He applied for a pension 6 November 1834, at the age of eighty-two years.The pension was granted and he always received it at Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana.
   Aunt Mary Gray Miller, (now ninety-four years of age ) remembers how he used to ride the old gray mare to Brookville to get his pension.He became so feeble that he had to get on a chair to mount his horse.
   His next appearance is in Nelson County, Kentucky, and where also some time between 1790 and 1800, he married Nancy Blackburn.He emigrated to Franklin County in 1810, in Bath Township, just over the line in Indiana, four miles west of where Oxford now stands.
   When he arrived there were no roads, no bridges, no schools, no churches, no neighbors, only an ocasional log cabin in this vast wilderness, which stood awaiting the strong arms of this sturdy Irishman to help subdue it.Here he lived until he was ninety-two years of age, dying in 1844 and is buried in a neatly kept grave back on his farm, not far from old Mixerville, Indiana.
   His children were: Isabel Gray Mclem; Matthew Gray; Nellie Gray Rhinehart; Elizabeth Gray; Nancy Gray Miller; David Gray; Whiteford Gray; William Gray; Martha Gray Swift; Susan Gray; Mary Gary Burris and John Gray, 12 in all.

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   DAVID GRAY
   Born: 1754, Antwerp, Antrim County, Ireland
   
   Died: Dec 27, 1839
   
   Burial: Gray Cemetery, Bath Township, Franklin county, Indiana.
   Cemetery is in section 36, Bath Township, R1W, South of Brookville Road, approximately 1/2 east of CR 200 W.
   Also buried there is David's wife Nancy and daughter Susan.
   These are the only graves at this site, this cemetery is listed in Franklin County, Indiana as a pioneer cemetery.
   
   Service: Enlisted Aug 1, 1776 from Bucks Co, Penn as private under Capt Jemison Col Smith in Penn Militia, served 11 months.
   At time of enlistment he was a resident of Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   Proof: Pension S 32282
   
   Married: Nancy BLACKBURN, March 18, 1799 in Bradston, Nelson County, KY
   born abt 1769 in Kentucky, died August 10, 1823 at age 43.
   
   Children:
   Isabella: Born 1796 in Nelson Co, Ky
   Mathew: Born Feb 27, 1799 in Nelson Co, Ky
   Elizabeth "Lizzie": Born 1801
   David Jr: Born June 13, 1803 in Nelson Co, Ky
   Nellie Eleanor : Born 1804
   Nancy: Born 1806
   Whiteford: Born May 10, 1808 in Marysville, Nelson Co, Ky
   William: married Rose Ann HANSEL
   Susan: Born May 29, 1812
   Martha: Born Aug 20, 1816
   Mary: Feb 3, 1819
   John:
   
   Directions: Grave Site of David Gray, Revolutionary Soldier from Bucks Co., PA
   
   http://graves.inssar.org/G/graydavi.html

3.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://person.ancestry.com/tree/962316/person/-2023126976/facts
   Note: Several Ancestry trees have confused this David Gray with Capt. David Gray of Augusta County, Virginia and several have combined the two.

4. ↑ Reifel, August J. History of Franklin County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions: with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of old families. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974)
   pg. 280.

   David Gray - Died December 27, 1839, aged 92 years; buried in Bath Township.

5. ↑ Find A Grave.

   David Gray
   Birth: 1754, Ireland
   Death: Dec. 27, 1839
   Franklin County
   Indiana, USA
   
   94yrs American Rev. War
   
   Family links:
   Spouse:
   Nancy Blackburn Gray (____ - 1823)
   
   Children:
   David Gray (1803 - 1887)*
   Whitford F Gray (1808 - 1898)*
   Susan Gray (1812 - 1851)*
   
   http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%253C/www.linkedin.com/in/johnmacomber/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47605449