Gray Family Cemetery, Wayne County, Mississippi

Gray Family Cemetery

Wayne County, Mississippi

- Submitted By Jerry D. Mason

Thomas W. Norsworthy

Co C, 37 REGT MISS INF C S A

June 1 1832 - Sept 22 1905

Chelly Gray Norsworthy; Aug. 18, 1820 - July 11, 1887

John James Norsworthy; Dec. 8, 1853 - Dec. 21, 1862

Unknown grave with sandstone marker

Molly Polly Gray; Apr. 26, 1813 - July 14, 1888

GRAY

Clinch Gray; Feb. 21, 1775 - Mar. 20, 1823

Margaret Evans Gray; Sept. 25, 1778 - Mar. 14, 1838

"Clinch Gray, son of Thomas Gray, who was council to the Crown in 1765, Virginia State Legislator 1779 - 1794. Tennessee Lawyer and Legislator 1795 - 1829.

Clinch Gray, accompanied by Fann Grease Settled at this site in 1805.

In 1811, He was appointed Surveyor General by the U. S. Government for the Mississippi Territory, Appointed Tax Collector for Wayne and Greene Counties and Commissioned Assessor of Wayne County. He married Margaret Evans.

In 1812, He was commissioned Assessor and appointed Clerk or the Court of Wayne County.

In 1817, He was a member of the First Constitutional Convention at Old Washington and signed the Constitution of the State of Mississippi on Aug 15 th.

In 1818, he was commissioned Justice of the quorum for Wayne County and served on Committee To Improve Navigation Of Chickasawhay And Pascagoula Rivers.

Died of Malaria Fever on March 20, 1823

Fann Grease; Jan. 20, 1774 - Feb. 10, 1822

Thomas Evans Gray; May 24, 1815 - Oct. 13, 1822

Clinch Gray, Jr.; Jan. 25, 1823 - Aug. 19, 1823

In Memory of Caroline Salter Gray, wife of Maj. J. L. Gray and Mother of Truman & B. D. Gray;

Born Dec. 1832 - Married Sept. 19, 1852 - Died Mar. 18, 1856

John L. Gray; Born Oct. 21, 1816 - Died July 28, 1900, aged 83 yrs. 9 mos. 7 ds.

Married to Caroline Salter, Sept. 19, 1852 - Married to Mary A. McLeod, Jan. 9, 1857

Mary A. Gray; Born Dec. 27, 1836 - Married to John L. Gray, Jan. 8, 1957 - Died Nov. 17, 1901

Aged 64 years 10 mos. & 20 days.

Sidney Johnson Gray; born March, 12, 1862 (headstone is broken in two) died April 5, 1884

Sallie J., wife of Quitman Gray; born ____,1865 (headstone is broken in two and glued together)

"FATHER"

Clinch M. Gray,; 1849 - 1902

Infant son of C. M. & M. J. Gray

Thomas Jefferson Gray; SN US Coast Guard

Dec. 28, 1931 - Mar. 7, 1986

T. J. Gray; Feb. 27, 1856 - March 11, 1937

Married Alma Davis Aug. 12, 1917

GRAY

Harry Gray; Born Oct. 18, 1818 - Died Mar. 20, 1905

Married to Miss Mary Harrelson Nov. 25, 1847.

"Our Father Has Gone To A Mansion Of Rest

To the Glorious Land By The Deity Blest.

Gone But Not Forgotten."

Mary Harrelson, wife of Harry Gray;

Born 7, 1824 - Married Nov. 25, 1847 - Died Apr. 19, 1907

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

GRAY

Sallie Sarah Gray; Born Oct. 18, 1859 - Died May 30, 1952

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

Infant Son of Truman & Elizebeth Gray; Died Feb. 9, 1892

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