Rhinehart & Bassett Family Tree

David Gray

M, #17603, d. 27 December 1839

Pedigree

Birth*

David Gray was born.¹

Marriage*

He married Nancy Blackburn.¹

Death*

27 December 1839

David Gray died on 27 December 1839 at Franklin Co., Indiana.^1,2

Burial*

He was buried at Gray Cemetery, Bath, Franklin Co., Virginia.²

Newspaper*

25 August 1923

On 25 August 1923 David Gray was in the newspaper: at Hamilton Evening Journal, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, 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 captains 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 occasional 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 Clem; 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. (there is more at the beginning and the end of the news article)
https://newspaperarchive.com/hamilton-evening-journal-aug-25-1923-p-2.

Family

Nancy Blackburn b. 1769, d. 10 Aug 1823

Children

Isabella Gray¹ b. 2 Feb 1796
Matthew Gray¹ b. 2 Feb 1796, d. 28 Mar 1846
Elizabeth Gray¹ b. 1801, d. 9 Sep 1905
David Gray¹ b. 18 Jun 1803, d. 14 Apr 1887
Nellie Eleanor Gray¹ b. 1804
Nancy Gray¹ b. 1806, d. 15 Sep 1885
Whiteford Gray¹ b. 10 May 1808, d. 25 Aug 1888
Susan Gray¹ b. 29 May 1812, d. 17 Aug 1851
Martha Gray¹ b. 20 Aug 1816, d. 5 Jun 1890
Mary Gray¹ b. 3 Feb 1819, d. 8 Nov 1890

Last Edited

5 Apr 2020

Citations

[S1631] Trees on Ancestry or other unsourced places (so is a lead only that needs verifying).
[S1901] Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com, Memorial ID 47605449.