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Family Lines of the Georgia Grays
and the Mississippi Taylors:
stitching the lines of love throughout eternityGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-71214546689895922972017-08-04T06:02:00.001-07:002017-08-04T06:02:17.203-07:00The Gray Taylor<a href="http://thegraytaylor.blogspot.com/2016/07/blog-post_13.html?m=1">The Gray Taylor</a>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-22262881254818111532016-07-13T10:53:00.001-07:002016-07-13T11:04:25.074-07:00Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-20425043224689991942016-07-13T10:53:00.000-07:002016-07-13T11:04:46.550-07:00Happy 12th Birthday to Kiera Natalia (Lia) Thompkins, the most beautiful girl in Fort Myers!<br />
"you is kind; you is smart and you is important!" (The HELP)<br />
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Sarah Jane, Sufronia and Pearlean...women that make me what I am.Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-86147019694252795322016-07-10T15:49:00.001-07:002016-07-10T17:00:38.163-07:00The Batman Quilt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXbZ-jMoG7kDD6XMJcQ51WccZRnWLk6B8aDXA-NdkGSCWr41QMC7zlsAY2VXtBAMmFUiX1y6ycj7KQAdD5d-tYtWCtqaQuTYfjMP6-gXdTdbj8pwNh0rZG4oAfPqqnKu3uWflGjGoNk6C/s1600/Alexi+Quilt-20160612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3LnyfWxRhWAEr9B5Bd1-6kpFBgoEjiRrcAZuMeqP4cCODD6EynAzg6PITn3H1uzryd2Y353XIWkqsquvf5Bnbmu23Tm4tw1UtlhFdIb7OlHUXY0IOJ9GcmjmOJ2PmvLHW0ZeVD3RSlTQ/s1600/blue.JPG" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzthG8MHBu0kH4HJtciglKYciZmEZBxmVcB7aNZ5j6cCIIhMXI90XCbLingjYuaaCeCQ54fXbepPxlSudOqDKxvfNFYTfHaXimn3p_mrQaXRgJyQEbwuFJQCpWy5U6Mrfw-rmc7Oisw0Z/s1600/Alexi_201606.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzthG8MHBu0kH4HJtciglKYciZmEZBxmVcB7aNZ5j6cCIIhMXI90XCbLingjYuaaCeCQ54fXbepPxlSudOqDKxvfNFYTfHaXimn3p_mrQaXRgJyQEbwuFJQCpWy5U6Mrfw-rmc7Oisw0Z/s640/Alexi_201606.jpg" width="640" /></a>Well, it had been a while and it was time for a new quilt from "Bella." This was a 10th birthday gift for Alexi Xavier in June 2016. Batman is one of his favorite action heroes. It's not perfect, but Alexi is very forgiving. He is a great little guy!<br />
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<br />Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-22359472860039333992016-07-10T14:48:00.001-07:002016-07-10T14:48:30.724-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XqpyEHZpdwaJ7trozNWwIj0ZrJ-2m66112j6wIJxXIAxR-iuuU6V5ZZglI13qBsNHGCzpyJtlx-mLoesouyHnSYuKNb7zoeEuu3ko2u2NJbtRj4gqHLZJnEaU0hzRzVVZD5guJQ12rOh/s1600/Destiny+and+Clovise_2016-1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XqpyEHZpdwaJ7trozNWwIj0ZrJ-2m66112j6wIJxXIAxR-iuuU6V5ZZglI13qBsNHGCzpyJtlx-mLoesouyHnSYuKNb7zoeEuu3ko2u2NJbtRj4gqHLZJnEaU0hzRzVVZD5guJQ12rOh/s320/Destiny+and+Clovise_2016-1.jpg" width="222" /></a>Destiny Candace Jackson and Auntie Clovise Gray Culpepper (May 2016)...TWO CHAMPIONS. One arriving on earth looking like a new born bird (but beautiful, of course) and the other surviving breast cancer. Unbeatable Role Models!!!Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-50718198795983241782016-07-10T14:42:00.000-07:002016-07-10T14:42:08.309-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This young Mormon Missionary, Sis. Grover, served in Bunnell, FL for a while and she came over and cleaned for Miss Momma and listened to her stories. She sent us this pic we took just before she left for home.Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-438024347172915652014-10-07T21:30:00.003-07:002014-10-07T21:30:46.763-07:00Grandma Amy and little Lisa<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=915775198436030&set=pcb.915775665102650&type=1">She carried me the first 2 years of my life and I carry her with me every day! Miss my Grandma! When grandmamas were grandmamas!</a>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-83050162468558264642014-10-07T21:30:00.001-07:002014-10-07T21:30:13.440-07:00Grandma Amy and Auntie Jessie<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=915775321769351&set=pcb.915775665102650&type=1">Grandma always wore dresses and said that women should never cut their hair! Yes, my mama had a jheri curl too! LOL</a>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-42901231738011879872014-10-07T21:28:00.001-07:002014-10-07T21:28:42.345-07:00Amerson D. Thompkins about 1990?<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=915775145102702&set=pcb.915775665102650&type=1">Duck lip pose before their was a duck lip pose. Do it granny 199?</a>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-31899065860929887572014-09-30T16:36:00.000-07:002014-09-30T16:36:07.568-07:00<!--[if !mso]>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Holmes County Mississippi – Land of my Maternal Roots</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://mdah.state.ms.us/timeline/people/governor-david-holmes/"><span style="color: blue;">Governor David Holmes</span></a></span></b></div>
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David
Holmes, a U. S. Representative from Virginia, was appointed the fourth and
final governor of the Mississippi Territory in 1808 by President Thomas
Jefferson. During his tenure, <a href="http://mdah.state.ms.us/timeline/people/?section=places&pid=9"><span style="color: blue;">Jefferson College</span></a> opened in Washington,
Mississippi, the territorial capital. The Mississippi Territory at that time
included both of the present-day states of Mississippi and Alabama. In 1816,
Congress decided to divide the territory into two states. The western half
would become the state of Mississippi. The constitutional convention was held
in Washington, Mississippi, in 1817. David Holmes served as president of the
convention and was elected the first governor of the new state. Natchez was
made the state capital. Holmes served one term as governor, during which time
the judicial system was established and the legislature organized. Holmes was
appointed to the U. S. Senate in 1820, where he served until being re-elected
governor in 1825. Holmes County, Mississippi, is named in his honor. </div>
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These are the sons of Ora Lee Crump and Levosey Gray (AKA Bit). L-R, James Edward (1935-1984) and Champion Nathanial (1933-1954)<br />
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Ora Lee Gray and her companionGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-42201848965325758962014-02-22T16:10:00.001-08:002014-02-22T16:10:59.595-08:00Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/y6Sxv-sUYtM" width="480"></iframe>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-43038293882518549602014-02-16T17:38:00.001-08:002014-02-16T17:38:05.510-08:00Family History Fair, January 22, 9:30 am, 312 Stadium Dr. Tallahassee, FL 32303<br />
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It's been a great year. And I am ready for Christmas and the New Year.<br />
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A question for you…I have 2 pictures that some say are the same
person. What do you think? Is this the same man at different times in his
life? Can you provide any insight into the time period?<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Aparajita; font-size: 20.0pt;">ufronia Wilson and
L.C. Taylor, my grandparents from Holmes
County Mississippi</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aparajita;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holmes
County is located in the west central
part of Mississippi.
It was created February 19, 1833 out of the land originally ceded by the
Choctaw Indians in the Treaty of Doak's Stand, October 18, 1820 and known as
the "New Purchase." Out of the original large county
of Hinds was formed Yazoo County,
and Holmes was formed from Yazoo in 1833. A
portion of western Holmes County was contributed to the formation of Humphreys County in 1918. Holmes
County was named for Governor David
Holmes, fourth Territorial governor, first Mississippi state governor, and later U.S.
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<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">Between
1820 and 1830, nearly 30,000 people moved into the lands opened up by the
Doak's Stand Cession. The population of Mississippi
increased 175 percent during that decade. Between 1833 and 1837, prices
"rose like smoke," and Mississippi
land offices sold over seven million acres of land on a seemingly limitless
supply of credit. Towns sprang up overnight, and the charlatans, gamblers and
speculators swarmed into Mississippi,
ready to make their fortunes. The land boom created an atmosphere much like California would
experience in 1849. The bubble burst in 1837, when Andrew Jackson ordered
federal land offices to accept nothing but hard cash for land, and land prices
plummeted. There was a mass movement westward, often to Texas, as speculators went broke and moved
on to a new start.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">Not
all immigrants were speculators or charlatans, however. Great numbers of small
farmers moved into these lands from the soil-weary seaboard states, attracted
to the virgin soil. Census schedules often reflect the migration patterns of
these families, as often the birthplace of the parents was Virginia, North
Carolina or South Carolina, that of their older children Tennessee or Alabama
and the younger children and grandchildren, Mississippi. Very few settlers in
these counties were foreign-born. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">Holmes</span><span style="font-family: Aparajita;"> County</span><span style="font-family: Aparajita;"> attracted many of these immigrants, drawn to its
rich soil. All crops grew well, but the area was especially suitable for
farming grain and fruit. Timber was abundant, and there were numerous rivers
and lakes. The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad connected Durant and
Tchula with the county seat, Lexington,
and this farming region shipped large quantities of produce to northern markets
through the connection in Durant with the Illinois Central Railroad. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">Four
of the oldest settlements in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Holmes</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> County</b> are now extinct: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rankin</b>, Montgomery, Vernon and Georgeville.
Rankin was located about five miles from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tchula.</b>
Montgomery was on the west bank of Big Black River at Pickens Ferry. Vernon
was about 12 miles north of Lexington,
and was once a thriving town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(http://msgw.org/holmes/history/history.htm)</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">My
grandparent Sufronia and L.C. Taylor, were born in Rankin
County and Pickens, Mississippi,
respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lived all their lives
in Mississippi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandmother Sufronia died in Homles County
at the young age of 49; she was buried in Marigold, Mississippi where her mother was
buried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandfather L.C. gradually
migrated to Bolivar
County where he died.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">The
area from Tchula to Pickens, Lexington
and Durant might seem like a short distance, but it was often walked or
traveled by horse and wagon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
driven these roads and they are still pretty rural.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">As
sharecroppers, the only work for my grandparents was farming, raising
cotton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granddaddy raised sugar cane and
made cane syrup, selling some and keep some for his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you can bet he made some pretty good
"white lightning."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
grandfather loved the drink!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">This
depot in Durant, MS remained active until well into the
1990s!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I road the train from Durant to
Chicago a number of times during the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Grandmother Sufronia's sisters all migrated to Chicago; and we got to visit during the
summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aparajita;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aparajita;"><img alt="1927" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\carolyn\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" width="796" /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">As
sharecroppers, the only work for my grandparents was farming, raising
cotton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granddaddy raised sugar cane and
made cane syrup, selling some and keep some for his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you can bet he made some pretty good
"white lightning."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
grandfather loved the drink!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Aparajita;">This
depot in Durant, MS remained active until well into the
1990s!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I road the train from Durant to
Chicago a number of times during the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Grandmother Sufronia's sisters all migrated to Chicago; and we got to visit during the
summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aparajita;"></span></div>
Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-6611663708428740322012-09-17T15:04:00.000-07:002013-12-17T15:22:31.645-08:00A Simple Blacksmith<h2>
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<span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century; font-size: 28.0pt;">eath of
Nelson Gray</span></h2>
<span style="color: #993300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;">My great
grandfather, Nelson Gray, was born in 1822 on a plantation in Georgia.
His mother was a house servant named Sarah and his father, James Gray, was the
brother of the plantation owner (Archie Gray). Until a cousin found this newspaper
article, we only had census records and stories written about him by one of his
sons. It seemed odd that a man would live on this earth for 77 years and
leave nothing more than a census report behind documenting his presence.</span><br />
<span style="color: #993300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;">Great
Grandfather Nelson was a blacksmith by trade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Blacksmiths were very important to the community in the 1800s because
they worked with metal to provide weapons, farm tools, cooking utilities, etc.
and they also made repairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the onset
of the Civil War, great grandfather Nelson would have been about 39 years old
with a wife and several children living on a plantation with extended family on
near by McCrary, Riley and Mitchell plantations.</span><br />
<span style="color: #993300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;">He is
listed in the 1880 Census of Carsonville, District
of Taylor County Georgia,
Race-Mulatto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here he is listed with his
wife Cassie and their children, James, Martin, Josephine, Josie, Amy, John,
Admon, Cassie Ann Ellen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A grandchild
Marietta Brooks (This would have been the daughter of Cassie’s first son, not
Nelson’s son.) and his maternal uncle Peter B. Gray. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another child, Georgia Gray, is listed;
however, her relationship cannot be verified at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is likely “Georgia” was an error in
documentation and should be Archie Gray as he was born in 1879.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three children were not listed on the 1880
Census, Sarah Gray who would have been married and out of the family home and
Archie and Champion (my grandfather).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Champion (1882) was not yet born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century;">OBITUARY</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century; font-size: 20.0pt;">Nelson Gray,</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: small;">aged 77 years, died
at his home near Carsonville, on Monday morning
the 20th inst., after a long but patient illness. He was an honest, faithful
servant, a blacksmith by trade, who in early life did a broad range of work in
Taylor, Talbot and Upson counties. He was an excellent workman, kind and obliging and was liked by all who knew him. But the
toil and hardships with him are ended; the last note upon his anvil has been
sounded, and as he tried to live, so say a consistent member of the Baptist church; we trust
his soul is at peace with its God.”</span><br />
</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century;"> </span></i></b><i><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century;"> <b>Taylor</b><b>
County Tracer" Vol-9, Issue-9; Butler, Ga.,
Tuesday, March 28, 1899 (Newspaper), Vol. XXIII No. 22</b></span></i></span><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Century; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome Aaron Michael!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So much has occurred since I last posted. I am shocked that it has taken so long...life just life. I plan to begin from the latest and try and catch up, filling in from 2010 (only the big things:)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made a new I-Spy quilt for the latest of my descendants, Aaron. I thought he might need something to spit, pee and poop on as he learned to crawl. There are pics of animals under each flap. I am hoping he will learn to love animals and not fear them.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aaron is number 7 of my grands, number 33 of the great-grands.</span></span>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-28090142235659890372010-11-19T23:58:00.000-08:002010-11-20T12:10:37.104-08:00The passing of time:<div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The passing of time: historical events are important to the everyday life of a people. Although, we are not always affected, for good or bad, by events around us, we are often changed by these events in some way, often without our awareness. <i>(Hindsight is clear</i>)</span></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">On February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted Black men (not women) the right to vote. My great grand parents were alive and well; however, I have no yet located evidence to indicate they voted. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In 1882, Thomas Edison switched on the first commercial electric lights in New York Central Station. If you have ever tried to live without electricity, even for a couple of days, you can appreciate the value to the electric light. I have tried living on oil burning lamps for a couple of days. The dim light, the smell of burning oil, and the milk smoke in the air is not romantic.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In 1882, the outlaw Jessie James was shot and killed by one of his partners. Sometimes we die as we have lived. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In 1882, congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, suspending entry into <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region> of all Chinese laborers for 10 years. So what the railroad construction was complete?</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In 1882, Pace v. <state w:st="on">Alabama</state>--Supreme Court ruled that an <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Alabama</place></state> law providing severer punishment for illegal interracial sexual intercourse than for illegal sexual intercourse in which both parties were of the same race did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. Enough said!</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In 1882, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy" style="color: #3d85c6;" title="Polygamy"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Polygamy</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> became a felony by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmunds_Act" style="color: #3d85c6;" title="Edmunds Act"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Edmunds Act</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> as passed by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_United_States" style="color: #3d85c6;" title="Congress of the United States"><span style="text-decoration: none;">U.S. Congress</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>So someone has a problem with me having two husbands?!</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In 1880, ten years after the 15<sup>th</sup> amendment granted Black men the right to vote, Cassie Cashion Gray was a 38-year-old free woman living with her free 65-year-old blacksmithing husband, Nelson, in Carsonville, <placename w:st="on">Taylor</placename> <placename w:st="on">County</placename>, <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Georgia</country-region></place>. She was a housewife and mother of 12. Nelson and Cassie had been slaves in this area and they remained there after slavery. In 1880, two children, Brooks and Sallie, had married and moved out of the home. Remaining with the family was:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">James Gray, age 17</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Martin Gray, age 14</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Josephine and Josie, age 12</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Amy Gray, age 9</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">John T. Gray (aka Saul Riley), age 8</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Admon Gray, age 6</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Elin C. Gray (Cassie), age 3</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Georgia Gray, granddaughter, age 1</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">9.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Marietta Brooks, age 2</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">10.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Peter Gray (uncle), age 75</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Grandchildren, Georgia and <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Marietta,</place></city> were in the home as was Uncle Peter, grandmother Sarah’s brother, who, by the way, was still farming, no retirement for Uncle Pete.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The Gray family was not complete. The 1880 Federal Census was taken in June and Uncle Archie Gray was born in July 1879, a year earlier; however, he was not listed on the census. It is likely he was napping or he might have been with another family member, an aunt or a cousin. In the next two years, the Grays would complete their family (at least for this set of Nelson’s children) with the birth of Champion Nathaniel Gray on 22 January 1882. </span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gLz-ORi0vWdFMDQuFsKnygnlCkcYM6Bqw6V3C7QqVVhXs_5mYebn0R2ww9ZSabpS52oEV0zKd4j8ezcF2VZC3PzboSb_q73R7ajXLHyGiIHKR9ZiJWqYzpr8mWXNLKcjZd5m7sK18D82/s1600/C.N+Gray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gLz-ORi0vWdFMDQuFsKnygnlCkcYM6Bqw6V3C7QqVVhXs_5mYebn0R2ww9ZSabpS52oEV0zKd4j8ezcF2VZC3PzboSb_q73R7ajXLHyGiIHKR9ZiJWqYzpr8mWXNLKcjZd5m7sK18D82/s1600/C.N+Gray.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Champion is my paternal grandfather. I am not sure of the date of this picture. It was given to me by Cassie Gray, great Uncle Martin Gray's daughter, way back in the 1980's. The three brothers were on the picture together. He appears to be a mature man; however, there is no record oral or otherwise that I have "yet" located to indicate Champion was with his brothers John T. and Martin after he was married and living in <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Mississippi</place></state>. He was a small man, slight in built and short in stature. His only daughter, Cassie, my mother, and my aunts recall him as firm, rigid, and mean. I love him very much.</span></span></div></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-67415909742306002712010-11-15T18:39:00.001-08:002010-11-15T18:39:16.856-08:00Then there were three…<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Then there were three…</div><div class="MsoNormal">My grandfather, Nelson, married a young slave named Cassie.<span> </span>Cassie came to the plantation from North Carolina.<span> </span>She told her children that her last name was Cashion and her mother’s name was Annie. <span> </span>She was born around 1840.<span> </span>She would later tell her children that she never knew what slavery was until she came to Georgia.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Cassie had a son, Brooks Gray, before she married Nelson.<span> </span>To this family of three, Cassie and Nelson added 12 children, one set of twins.<span> </span>The couple remained in the Taylor County Georgia area nearly all their lives.<span> </span>Nelson died in this area about 1890.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">By 1900, Cassie Gray, age 57, had experienced the pain from which no woman truly recovers: the death of her husband and the death of a child.<span> </span>Her first daughter, Sarah Gray Duncan (aka Sallie), died in 1905.<span> </span>In 1900, Cassie was living with her 3 youngest sons, Admon (25), Archie (20), Champion (18), and a granddaughter, Florence Gray (10).<span> </span>Her world was changing fast with Admon’s marriage to Lulu in 1903 and Archie’s marriage to Emma Little in 1906.<span> </span>Her nest was emptying and she was finding herself with less work to do. <span> </span>Her children were scattering to Alabama, Mississippi, Michigan, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Texas, and Tennessee. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>In 1910, Cassie, age 69 with no children to cook, garden, sew, wash, or chastise, found herself living in Worth County Georgia with her and Nelson’s first son, James G. Gray and his wife, Evelina Raines, and children.<span> </span>Momma Cassie is believed to have died in Worth County Georgia, as she does not appear with any of her children after 1910.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Her son, Martin Gray, wrote that she was a beautiful woman, half-Cherokee/half white, small in stature, stubborn, sharp-tongued with hair like taffy and the color of a Roan horse.<span> </span>In spike of her spicy personality, she must have been loved deeply by her family.<span> </span>In 1880, she had two grandchildren and Nelson’s uncle Peter living with them in Carsonville, Georgia.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Her name, <i>Cassie</i>, has followed every generation since her death, my aunts, my sister, my cousins, and my nieces, all have been named for a little spicy-mouthed half-breed woman from North Carolina.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Her baby, Champion, is my grandfather.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-66356048276015113942010-11-14T18:34:00.000-08:002010-11-14T18:34:46.497-08:00The Male Child, Nelson<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal">About 1820 in Taylor County Georgia, a male child was born of mixed ethnicity.<span> </span>His mother was a young slave girl named Sarah.<span> </span>Sarah lived on the plantation of Archibald Gray, her owner.<span> </span>Sarah was not alone on the Archie Gray plantation.<span> </span>Her brothers Jack, Adam, and Peter also lived on the plantation, along with her two sisters.<span> </span>Neither the parents of the slaves nor the names of the sisters have been identified. <span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">The male child was called Nelson and he is my great-grandfather.</div>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-14246046188762528082010-11-13T16:40:00.000-08:002010-11-13T16:40:36.627-08:00Crawling thru data...<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I started gathering family history data in 1980. I have tons of data and sources, nearly 8000 records. The Atlanta Family History Expo hyped me up and caused me to remember some "rules of the game" that I learned years ago, and that I have pushed to the back of my file box. I am repenting! I will be more focused! I will be more organized! Nevertheless, I will reply "NO" more often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">My purpose for this work is to introduce and to create pathways for the next generation to love, respect, and honor those who came before us. I am not naive enough to think that everything my ancestors did was done for us. However, some of it was, even a small bit of their life choices were for me and the next generation...and for that I find joy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I am happy to have met everyone and I hope to see you again soon, working permitting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Many thanks and much love...</span>Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811126068978683010.post-64659484624826672822010-11-13T08:07:00.000-08:002010-11-13T08:07:15.261-08:00My First Blog!My First Blog!<br />
I am in Atlanta learning about family history. I want to share my Gray Family from Georgia and my Taylor Family from Mississippi.Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218270979011453257noreply@blogger.com8