John Marion Gray

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1794-06-15

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1881-01-16

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White

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"John Marion Gray" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00005008, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Seamands Gray. Father of James M. Gray, George W. Gray, Fielding "Fielder" W. Gray, Madison H. Gray, and Elizabeth M. Gray. Veteran of the War of 1812. Farmer in Fleming County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850 and four in 1860. Justice of the peace for Hillsboro District No. 4 in Fleming County in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, 2nd Division, p. 390A-B; Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, 2nd Division; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 63; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 10; Find A Grave, "John Marion Gray (1794-1881)," Memorial #21149797, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=GRAY&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=19&GScntry=4&GSsr=1601&GRid=21149797& (accessed May 4, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0354.

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