William McCRAY & Mariah KOONTZ & Sarah HENDRY & Nancy BRYANT & Martha DAVIS

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William McCRAY
Mariah KOONTZ
Sarah HENDRY
Nancy BRYANT
Martha DAVIS

Husband: William McCRAY
Birth: 23 Apr 1789, Jonesborough, Washington Co., NC [now TN]
Death: 13 Mar 1849, Grundy Co., MO
Military Service: War of 1812: Sgt., East Tennessee Militia, Capt. Henry McCray's Co.
Father: Daniel McCRAY
Mother: Sarah NODDING

Marriage-1: 7 Jul 1807, Washington Co., TN

Wife-1: Mariah KOONTZ
Death: 1809

Marriage-2: 24 Mar 1812, Carter Co., TN

Wife-2: Sarah "Sallie" HENDRY
Birth: 7 Jul 1792
Death: 23 Mar 1830, Monroe Co., TN
Father: William HENDRY
Mother: Chloe __?__

Marriage-3: 1830, TN

Wife-3: Nancy Anderson BRYANT
Birth: ca. 19 Mar 1802
Death: 26 Mar 1848, Grundy Co., MO
Other Spouse: m1. Reuben JOHNSON

Marriage-4: 22 Nov 1848, Mercer or Grundy Co., MO

Wife-4: Martha DAVIS or Martha ATHERTON

Child with Mariah KOONTZ:

1. Maria B. McCRAY, b. 10 Mar 1809, Washington Co., TN

Children with Sarah HENDRY — born in Washington Co., TN:

2. Marshall A. McCRAY, b. 16 Jan 1813
3. Thomas McCRAY, b. 12 Jan 1815; d.s.p. 25 Jan 1816, Washington Co., TN
4. Elijah H. McCRAY, b. 16 Dec 1816
5. Minerva McCRAY, b. 24 Apr 1819
6. George Clinton McCRAY, b. 23 Mar 1821
7. Fedoria McCRAY, b. 1822
8. McEwen McCRAY, b. 23 May 1823; d.s.p. 16 Dec 1823, Washington Co., TN
9. William Henry McCRAY, b. 21 Mar 1825
10. Nancy R. McCRAY, b. Feb 1828

Children with Nancy BRYANT — born in Monroe Co., TN:

11. Priscilla McCRAY, b. 4 Aug 1831
12. Caroline P. McCRAY, b. 31 Oct 1833
13. Mary Louisa McCRAY, b. 20 Feb 1836
14. Rachel E. A. McCRAY, b. 11 Nov 1837

Children with Martha DAVIS:

none

Sources:

1. Family Group Sheets prepared by Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati and her grandmother, Maude Irene (Thompson) Rose.

2. Philip Roger McCray. 1993. McCrays of America. 2nd ed. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, p. 144.

3. William McCray Family Bible: William McCray married Mariah Koontz 7 July 1807 in Washington Co., TN.

4. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Tennessee Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Res., Orem, UT (Broderbund, Marriage Index CD-229):

Mccray, William Koontz, Maria 1 Jul 1807 Washington Co.

Mccray, William Hendry, Sarah 24 Mar 1812 Carter Co.

5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

McCray, William TN Monroe Co. p. 80

6. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

Mc Cray, William MO Livingston Co. Monroe Twp. p. 265

7. Grundy County, MO, 1850 Census (online at the Grundy County MOGenWeb site): Dist. #35, Grundy Co., MO, 133/133, enumerated 15 Aug 1850:

Johnson Wm. J. 25 M Farmer 250 Tenn

McCray Percilla 18 F Tenn

McCray Caroline 16 F Tenn

McCray Mary 15 F Tenn

McCray Rachel 12 F Tenn

Oston Thomas 26 M Farmer Tenn

Oston Jane 24 F Tenn

Oston Nancy 6 F Mo

Oston Susan 3 F Mo

Oston Emily 9/12 F Mo

These are the four orphaned daughters of Nancy (BRYANT) McCRAY. Apparently the girls chose not to live with their new step-mother, Martha. They are living next door to Manerva (McCRAY) NEWTON, their older half-sister.

8. Mrs. O.L. Livingston & Mrs. B.F. Hoover. 1964. Newton-McCray (aka Johnson) Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Grundy Co., MO (online at the Grundy County MOGenWeb site):

McCRAY Nancy ___ 26 Mar 1848 46y 7d

9. Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's JavaScript Birthday Calculator.

Entered Result

26 Mar 1848 46y 0m 7d 19 Mar 1802

(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

10. Marjorie Hood Fischer. 1996. Tennesseans before 1800, Washington County. Frontier Press, Galveston, TX. On p. 201:

Name Record Type Number
of
Records

McCray, Wm. Deed 1

McCray, Wm. Daniel Inventory 1

Our subject was only 11 years old in 1800, so I wonder that he is mentioned in the court records, at all; and I don't know what to make of "Wm. Daniel." These records are available on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library in Nashville and the LDS Family History Library. The book, page, and microfilm roll numbers are given by Fischer for each entry.

11. War of 1812, Soldiers from Washington County, Tennessee (online at the Washington County TNGenWeb site):

East Tennessee Militia...
Colonel Ewin Allison...
Captain Henry McCray's Company
(5 January 1814 - 23 May 1814)...
McCray, William; SGT; prom from CPL 5 April 1814...

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