LENOIR COUNTY, NC - Bible - John Gray Family Bible.

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                        JOHN GRAY FAMILY BIBLE

A copy of this Bible in the Collection of Ima Mewborn. There is no front
page.

BIRTHS

John Gray was borned October the third day in the year of our Lord A. D.
1786

Parrott M. Gray son of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned December
the 15 1808

Elizabeth Gray Daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned the 26
of May 1810

Lydia Gray Daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned July 26th
1812 or 1813

William Gray Son of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned October the
15th 1815

Julian Gray Daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned May third
1817

George Mewboorn Gray son of John Gray & Edith Gray his wife was borned
December the 8th 1820

Edithan Gray Daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned April 1st
1823

John Gray Son of John Gray was (sic) & Edith his wife was borned May 14
1825

Elizabeth Gray daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned 21st of
April 1828

Nancy C. Gray Daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned 23 of
April 1831

John Gray son of Parrott M. Gray & Nancy his wife was borned February
the 8 - 1837

Edith Gray daughter of Parrott Mewboorn and Lidia Mewboorn was borned
September the 7th A. D. 1791 the wife of John Gray

William Gray Son of John Gray Died the 6th day of June 1901

John P. Gray Sone of William Gray an (sic) Maryan his wife was borned
November the 12 1837

Elizabeth Gray Daughter of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife was bornd Febuary
the 1 - 1839

Parrott M. Gray sone of Wm. Gray & Mary Ann his wife was bornd February
the 09 - 1841

Wm T. Gray sone of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife was borne July the 24,
1843

George M. Gray Sone of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife was bornd feb. the 12
1846

Thomas M. Gray Sone of Wm. Gray & Mary Ann his wife was bornd June the
28, 1848

Bennet Frances Gray Sone of Wm. Gray & Mary Ann his wife was July 26,
1849

Thomas Woodly Gray Sone of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife was bornd feb the
5 1852

Cornelius Gray sone of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife wa (sic) born March
the 30 1854

James Ather ? Gray Sone of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife was borned
January the 4 1857 (Note: his middle name was Osborne although that is
not what is written in the Bible)

Mary Ann Lavina Gray Daughter of Wm Gray & Mary Ann his wife was born
March (the month cut off at the bottom of the page on the copy) 16, 1860

MARRIAGES

John Gray was borned October the third day in the year of our Lord A. D.
1786

Parrott M. Gray son of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned December
the 15 - 1808

Elizabeth Gray daughter of John Gray & Edith his wife was borned the of
May 26, 1810

There is another entry on this page which is too faded to read

DEATHS

John Gray the son of John an Elizabeth Gray Died August 16, 1842

Edith Gray wife of John Gray Dide August 12th - 1844

Parrott M. Gray Died November 12 - 1844

Elizabeth Gray Died July 22 1827

Mary Ann Gray wife of William Gray Dide Se the 31 - 1861

Mary An Lavina Gray Dide No the 11, 1862

Thomas M. Gray Dide July th 26 1864

Elizabeth Mewborn Gray Dide Oct the 17 - 1884

The next two entries are too faded to read except for a few words - the
name Benjamin Sutton is readable - Mary Ann, wife of William Gray was
the daughter of Benjamin Hardy Sutton and this appears to be an entry of
her birth - in the next entry the name Sutton is also readable but
nothing else

Mary Ann Elizabeth Dide July th 1, 1881

Melia Cornelius Dide May the 28 - 1888

Elsy Sutton Col Dide November the third 1896 age 66 years old