Person:Margaret Anderson (137)

About Margaret Anderson

It appears that Margaret "Peggy" Anderson was married to a Mr. Wilson, who died prior to 1819 when she re-married to Daniel Gray of Montgomery and Pulaski County, Virginia. Joshua Wilson provided surety for her marriage with Daniel Gray. It is assumed that Joshua Wilson was likely related to Peggy Anderson's first husband [likely a son of Joshua Wilson, Sr. that had died] Additional research is needed.

Marriage Record is listed as follows:

Marriage Record, Montgomery County, VA: Gray, Daniel and Peggy Wilson, Joshua Wilson, surety - 2 March 1819. [Source: Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), pg. 18].

Margaret "Peggy" Gray is named in the will of her mother, Christiana [Wyser] Anderson, as follows:

The last will and testament of Christiana Anderson dated 10 April 1846 naming “the children of my dec’d. son George Anderson, The children of my dec’d daughter Nancy Shepherd, The children of my dec’d. daughter Susan Hues, and my other children Elizabeth Woolwine, Peggy Gray, Eve Songer, Polly S. Barger, Jacob Anderson & William Anderson,” and leaving her estate to William Anderson with whom she was living. Source: Southern Campaign American Revolutionary War Service Declarations - of Jacob Anderson, husband of Christiana.

She is also listed in the Revolutionary War Pension Application of her father, Jacob Anderson, as follows:

Anderson, Jacob - entered service 1777 in Frederick County, Virginia; born 7/5/1758; granted Pension 1832 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died 2/21/1842 in Pulaski County, Virginia; married 3/24/1779 to Christina/Christiana Wyser/Wiser/Weyser at home of her parents Adam & Eliza Wyser near Winchester [Frederick County], Virginia; widow applied for Pension age 83 in Pulaski County, Virginia, 1843; Pension Application rejected for insufficient proof of marriage & died there 7/28/1846; when children: George dec'd, Nancy Shepperd dec'd, Susan dec'd, Elizabeth Woolwine, Peggy Gray, Eve Sanger/Songer, Polly S. Barger, Jacob & William; widow was 3rd child of parents & she had brothers George & Henry & sisters Margaret & Catherine; in 1845 Mary S. Barger of Pulaski County, Virginia stated that she was sister of Christina & was 8th child of parents; Mary Shufflebarger, age 85, stated in 1857 that she was sister of Christiana & in 1843 Capt. Henry Wyser, brother of Christiana, age 83 & died in 1844; in 1843 Henry Wyser Jr. was Justice of the Peace in Pulaski County, Virginia & was nephew of Christiana, he being age 79 in 1857. R55.

1. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Name: Margaret Gray
   Gender: Female
   Age: 54
   Birth Year: abt 1796
   Birthplace: Virginia
   Home in 1850: District 68, Wythe, Virginia, USA
   Cannot Read, Write: Y
   Line Number: 9
   Dwelling Number: 317
   Family Number: 317
   Household Members: Name Age
   Daniel Gray 66
   Margaret Gray 54
   Anderson Gray 28
   Mary Gray 20
   William Gray 18
   Lesander Gray 16
   Crockett Gray 14
   Calvin Gray 12

2.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   Name: Margaret Gray
   Age: 63
   Birth Year: abt 1797
   Gender: Female
   Birth Place: Virginia
   Home in 1860: District 68, Wythe, Virginia
   Dwelling Number: 1301
   Family Number: 1154
   Cannot Read, Write: Y
   Household Members: Name Age
   Daniel Gray 79
   Margaret Gray 63
   Calvin Gray 20

3.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).

   Name: Margaret Gray
   Age in 1870: 85
   Birth Year: abt 1785
   Birthplace: Virginia
   Dwelling Number: 295
   Home in 1870: Newbern, Pulaski, Virginia
   Race: White
   Gender: Female
   Post Office: Newbern
   Occupation: Keeping House
   Cannot Read: Y
   Cannot Write: Y
   Household Members: Name Age
   Margretta Gray 9
   Daniel Gray 86
   Margaret Gray 85
   Anderson Gray 45
   Crockett Gray 34

4.   Worrell, Anne Lowry. A brief of wills and marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle counties, Virginia, 1773-1831. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957)
   pg. 18.

   Marriage Record: Gray, Daniel and Peggy Wilson, Joshua Wilson, surety - 2 March 1819.