Swink Family History - Person Page 20

Caroline Charlotte ("Lettie") Fowler

F, #478, (3 May 1787 - 13 Jan 1838)

Parents

Father	John Fowler
Mother	Mary ?

Family: Zachariah ("Zack") Gray (1783 - 11 Jul 1854)

Daughter	Mary Gray (28 Jun 1809 - 28 Jul 1893)
Son	Jesse Gray (1811 - )
Daughter	Elizabeth Gray (1814 - )
Daughter	Eliza Gray (25 Nov 1816 - 26 Feb 1901)
Son	William Edward Gray (12 Sep 1819 - 24 Jun 1904)
Son	Green S. Gray (1822 - )
Son	Thomas Gray (1824 - )
Son	J. Harvey Gray (1826 - 17 May 1907)
Son	Robert Adams Gray+ (12 Sep 1828 - 30 May 1904)
Son	Walker Gray (1831 - )
Son	Nathan Anderson Gray (12 Oct 1835 - 25 Nov 1925)

Biography

Birth	3 May 1787	Caroline Charlotte ("Lettie") Fowler was born on 3 May 1787.¹
Marriage	bef 1806	Zachariah ("Zack") Gray and she were married bef 1806. Another sources lists the date of marriage as abt 1808.^2,1
Death	13 Jan 1838	She died on 13 Jan 1838 at age 50. Other sources list the date of death as 1836.³

Person Source

Caroline Charlotte ("Lettie") Fowler had person sources.^1,4,5

Last Edited

14 May 2020

Citations

[S32] Applications for Membership, DAR, by Helen Gray Crotwell (Member #569697), Copy courtesy of Neal Crotwell Posey, Source Medium: Manuscript, Working papers for application for John Gray.
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "John Gray, Gentleman" by Wil Lou Gray, p 201
[S25] Sara M. Nash, Ancestors & Descendants: Nash, Gray, etc., Source Medium: Book, p 109
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, "Gray Family History" by Charles Horace Gray, p 200
[S56] Emmie Marguerite Tolbert, Family Journal of the Gray Reunions for 1937 & 1938, Source Medium: Book, 1937: p 3

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Zachariah ("Zack") Gray

M, #479, (1783 - 11 Jul 1854)

Parents

Father	John Gray, Sr (abt 1735 - bet 8 Mar 1806 and 4 Aug 1806)
Mother	Ailsie Green (1740 - abt 1795)

Family: Caroline Charlotte ("Lettie") Fowler (3 May 1787 - 13 Jan 1838)

Daughter	Mary Gray (28 Jun 1809 - 28 Jul 1893)
Son	Jesse Gray (1811 - )
Daughter	Elizabeth Gray (1814 - )
Daughter	Eliza Gray (25 Nov 1816 - 26 Feb 1901)
Son	William Edward Gray (12 Sep 1819 - 24 Jun 1904)
Son	Green S. Gray (1822 - )
Son	Thomas Gray (1824 - )
Son	J. Harvey Gray (1826 - 17 May 1907)
Son	Robert Adams Gray+ (12 Sep 1828 - 30 May 1904)
Son	Walker Gray (1831 - )
Son	Nathan Anderson Gray (12 Oct 1835 - 25 Nov 1925)

Biography

Birth	1783	Zachariah ("Zack") Gray was born in 1783 in Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,2,3,4
Marriage	bef 1806	He and Caroline Charlotte ("Lettie") Fowler were married bef 1806. Another sources lists the date of marriage as abt 1808.^2,1
Marriage	abt 1840	He and Martha Patsy Childress were married abt 1840.⁵
Death	11 Jul 1854	He died on 11 Jul 1854 at age ~71 in Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,3,4

Person Source

Zachariah ("Zack") Gray had person sources.^3,1,6,2

Last Edited

25 May 2019

Citations

[S32] Applications for Membership, DAR, by Helen Gray Crotwell (Member #569697), Copy courtesy of Neal Crotwell Posey, Source Medium: Manuscript, Working papers for application for John Gray.
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "John Gray, Gentleman" by Wil Lou Gray, p 201
[S56] Emmie Marguerite Tolbert, Family Journal of the Gray Reunions for 1937 & 1938, Source Medium: Book, 1937: p 3
[S25] Sara M. Nash, Ancestors & Descendants: Nash, Gray, etc., Source Medium: Book, p 109
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, p 200
[S162] Washington Judicial District, South Carolina, Pre-1822 Equity Records for Laurens County, Equity Court Case #8, 1820, Reel LR14, Box 9, South Carolina State Archives

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Martha Patsy Childress

F, #482, (1800 - 1881)

Biography

Birth	1800	Martha Patsy Childress was born in 1800.¹
Marriage	abt 1840	Zachariah ("Zack") Gray and she were married abt 1840.²
Death	1881	She died in 1881 at age ~81.¹

Fact1³
Person Source		Martha Patsy Childress had person sources.^3,1

Last Edited

22 Jun 2019

Citations

[S25] Sara M. Nash, Ancestors & Descendants: Nash, Gray, etc., Source Medium: Book, p 109
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, p 200
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, "John Gray, Gentleman" by Wil Lou Gray, p 201

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Walker Gray

M, #487, (1831 - )

Parents

Father	Zachariah ("Zack") Gray (1783 - 11 Jul 1854)
Mother	Caroline Charlotte ("Lettie") Fowler (3 May 1787 - 13 Jan 1838)

Biography

Birth

1831

Walker Gray was born in 1831.¹

Person Source

Walker Gray had person sources.¹

Last Edited

18 Oct 2016

Citations

[S25] Sara M. Nash, Ancestors & Descendants: Nash, Gray, etc., Source Medium: Book, p 110

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Robert Lee Gray

M, #488, (10 May 1864 - 23 Nov 1932)

Parents

Father	Robert Adams Gray (12 Sep 1828 - 30 May 1904)
Mother	Hannah Childress Abercrombie (29 Jul 1834 - 18 Sep 1883)

Family: Emma Cornelia Dial

Daughter	Laurie Gray
Daughter	Gladys Gray
Son	Robert Albert Gray
Son	Carroll Dial Gray
Son	Cecil Gray
Son	Robert Lee Gray
Son	Jerome Christopher Gray
Son	Malcolm Cornelius Gray
Son	Ellis Barksdale Gray (29 Dec 1893 - )

Gray, Robert Lee

Biography

Birth	10 May 1864	Robert Lee Gray was born on 10 May 1864 in Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,2,3
Marriage	25 Dec 1888	He and Emma Cornelia Dial were married on 25 Dec 1888 in Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,2
Death	23 Nov 1932	He died on 23 Nov 1932 at age 68 in Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina. Another source list the day of death as the 3rd Nov 1932.²

Occupation		Robert Lee Gray was an Established a mercantile firm in Gray Court, one of oldest merchants in Laurens County.²
Person Source		He had person sources.^1,2
Occupation	bet 1909 and 1931	Bet 1909 and 1931 Robert Lee Gray was a President of Bank of Gray Court.²

Last Edited

14 May 2020

Citations

[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "Robert Lee Gray" by James P. Sloan, pp 201-202
[S62] David Duncan Wallace, History of South Carolina, Source Medium: Book, Vol IV, p. 838
[S22] 1970 Gray Reunion, Source Medium: Manuscript, p. 3

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Emma Cornelia Dial

F, #489

Parents

Father	Capt Albert Dial
Mother	Rebecca Barksdale

Family: Robert Lee Gray (10 May 1864 - 23 Nov 1932)

Daughter	Laurie Gray
Daughter	Gladys Gray
Son	Robert Albert Gray
Son	Carroll Dial Gray
Son	Cecil Gray
Son	Robert Lee Gray
Son	Jerome Christopher Gray
Son	Malcolm Cornelius Gray
Son	Ellis Barksdale Gray (29 Dec 1893 - )

Biography

Marriage

25 Dec 1888

Robert Lee Gray and Emma Cornelia Dial were married on 25 Dec 1888 in Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,2

Person Source

Emma Cornelia Dial had person sources.¹

Last Edited

18 Oct 2016

Citations

[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "Robert Lee Gray" by James P. Sloan, pp 201-202
[S62] David Duncan Wallace, History of South Carolina, Source Medium: Book, Vol IV, p. 838

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William Lafayette Gray

M, #490, (7 Mar 1856 - 3 Aug 1932)

Parents

Father	Robert Adams Gray (12 Sep 1828 - 30 May 1904)
Mother	Hannah Childress Abercrombie (29 Jul 1834 - 18 Sep 1883)

Family 1: Sarah Lou Dial (11 Mar 1857 - 16 Jan 1893)

Son	Albert Dial Gray
Daughter	R. Coke Gray
Daughter	Wil Lou Gray (29 Aug 1883 - 10 Mar 1984)

Family 2: Mary Montgomery Dunklin (abt 1873 - aft 1932)

Daughter	Hattie D. Gray
Son	William L Gray, Jr

Biography

Birth	7 Mar 1856	William Lafayette Gray was born on 7 Mar 1856 in Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,2,3
Marriage	4 Dec 1879	He and Sarah Lou Dial were married on 4 Dec 1879.¹
Marriage	17 Dec 1895	He and Mary Montgomery Dunklin were married on 17 Dec 1895.^3,4
Death	3 Aug 1932	He died on 3 Aug 1932 at age 76 in Laurens County, South Carolina.⁵
Burial	1932	He was buried in 1932 at Laurens City Cemetery in Laurens, South Carolina.⁶

Occupation		William Lafayette Gray was an admitted to the bar in 1878 but gave up practice of law for merchandising.^7,1
Occupation		William Lafayette Gray was a teacher & was principal of Laurensvillle Male Academy after gradualting from Wofford College.³
Person Source		He had person sources.^8,2,9,1
Education	1876	He was educated at Wofford College, graduating in 1876.¹

Last Edited

22 Jun 2019

Citations

[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "William L. Gray," p 202
[S61] Yates Snowden, History of South Carolina, Source Medium: Book, Vol 3, p 194
[S66] J. C. Garlington, Men of the Time: Sketches of Living Notables, Source Medium: Book, p 173
[S167] Marguerite Tolbert, Irene D. Elliott, & Dr. Wil Lou Gray (Compiliers), South Carolina's Distinguished Women of Laurens County, Book, p 73, "Mary Montgomery Dunklin Gray" by William L. Gray Jr & Harriet Gray Blackwell
[S167] Marguerite Tolbert, Irene D. Elliott, & Dr. Wil Lou Gray (Compiliers), South Carolina's Distinguished Women of Laurens County, p 79, "Mary Montgomery Dunklin Gray" by William L. Gray Jr & Harriet Gray Blackwell
[S58] Find A Grave.com, Source Medium: Internet, Memorial #8160479
[S61] Yates Snowden, History of South Carolina, Vol 3, p. 194
[S25] Sara M. Nash, Ancestors & Descendants: Nash, Gray, etc., Source Medium: Book, p 111
[S167] Marguerite Tolbert, Irene D. Elliott, & Dr. Wil Lou Gray (Compiliers), South Carolina's Distinguished Women of Laurens County, pp 112-121, "Dr. Wil Lou Gray" by Erin Spence Kohn

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Sarah Lou Dial

F, #491, (11 Mar 1857 - 16 Jan 1893)

Parents

Father	Capt Albert Dial
Mother	Rebecca Barksdale

Family: William Lafayette Gray (7 Mar 1856 - 3 Aug 1932)

Son	Albert Dial Gray
Daughter	R. Coke Gray
Daughter	Wil Lou Gray (29 Aug 1883 - 10 Mar 1984)

Biography

Birth	11 Mar 1857	Sarah Lou Dial was born on 11 Mar 1857.¹
Marriage	4 Dec 1879	William Lafayette Gray and she were married on 4 Dec 1879.²
Death	16 Jan 1893	She died on 16 Jan 1893 at age 35.¹

Person Source

Sarah Lou Dial had person sources.^3,4

Last Edited

30 May 2019

Citations

[S58] Find A Grave.com, Source Medium: Internet, Memorial #8160478
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "William L. Gray," p 202
[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, "William L. Gray," p 202, name listed as Loula S.
[S167] Marguerite Tolbert, Irene D. Elliott, & Dr. Wil Lou Gray (Compiliers), South Carolina's Distinguished Women of Laurens County, Book, pp 112-121, "Dr. Wil Lou Gray" by Erin Spence Kohn

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Wil Lou Gray

F, #492, (29 Aug 1883 - 10 Mar 1984)

Parents

Father	William Lafayette Gray (7 Mar 1856 - 3 Aug 1932)
Mother	Sarah Lou Dial (11 Mar 1857 - 16 Jan 1893)

Gray, Wil Lou - 1963

Biography

Birth	29 Aug 1883	Wil Lou Gray was born on 29 Aug 1883 in Laurens County, South Carolina.^1,2,3
Death	10 Mar 1984	She died on 10 Mar 1984 at age 100 in Columbia, South Carolina.⁴
Burial	1984	She was buried in 1984 at Laurens City Cemetery in Laurens, South Carolina.⁵

Occupation		Wil Lou Gray was an educator, started teaching in one room school house, was superintendent of schools, and pioneered adult education with the opprtunity schools in SC and consulting nationally & internationally. Wil Lou Gray acquired a former army base and created a permanent year round boarding school for those over 16 who had not completed their education and called it the South Carolina Opportunity School.^4,6,3
Misc		She received numerous awards including being inducted in SC Hall of Fame (1974), Woman of the Year by SC Conference on Status of Women, honored by SC General Assembly, and honorary doctorates from Columbia College (SC), Winthrop College, Clemson University & Wofford College.^4,6
Person Source		She had person sources.^1,7
Education	bet 1903 and 1911	She was educated bet 1903 and 1911 at colleges: (1) receiving college degree from Columbia College in SC, (2) graduate work at Vanderbilt University, and (3) masters degree in political science in 1911 from Columbia University in NY.^4,8,1

Last Edited

22 Jun 2019

Citations

[S99] Laurens County Historical Society & Laurens County Arts Council, Scrapbook: Laurens County, Source Medium: Book, "Wil Lou Gray" by DaMaris Ayres, pp 202-203
[S111] Tombstone, Source Medium: Tombstone
[S167] Marguerite Tolbert, Irene D. Elliott, & Dr. Wil Lou Gray (Compiliers), South Carolina's Distinguished Women of Laurens County, Book, pp 112-121, "Dr. Wil Lou Gray" by Erin Spence Kohn
[S168] Obituary of Wil Lou Gray, State (Columbia, SC) 11 Mar 1984, p 1 & Columbia Record (Columbia, SC) 12 Mar 1984, p 1
[S168] Obituary of Wil Lou Gray, Columbia Record, Columbia, SC, 12 Mar 1984, p 1
[S169] Mabel Montgomery, South Carolina's Wil Lou Gray, Book, 1963
[S61] Yates Snowden, History of South Carolina, Source Medium: Book, Vol 3, p 194
[S169] Mabel Montgomery, South Carolina's Wil Lou Gray, p 2, pp 16-20

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Aaron Springer

M, #493

Biography

Person Source

Aaron Springer had person sources.^1,2

Last Edited

2 Jun 2019

Citations

[S172] Estate Papers of Jonas Little, Union County Probate Court, Box 11, Pkg 28, South Carolina Archives Microfilm roll C2560, First name spelled Aron
[S58] Find A Grave.com, Source Medium: Internet, Memorial #17591263

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Issac Gray

M, #494, ( - bef 1820)

Parents

Father	John Gray, Sr (abt 1735 - bet 8 Mar 1806 and 4 Aug 1806)
Mother	Ailsie Green (1740 - abt 1795)

Biography

Death

bef 1820

Issac Gray died bef 1820.¹

Person Source

Issac Gray had person sources.²

Last Edited

10 May 2019

Citations

[S162] Washington Judicial District, South Carolina, Pre-1822 Equity Records for Laurens County, Equity Court Case #8, 1820, Reel LR14, Box 9, South Carolina State Archives, Not mentioned as an heir
[S56] Emmie Marguerite Tolbert, Family Journal of the Gray Reunions for 1937 & 1938, Source Medium: Book, 1937: p 3

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Jemima Garrett

F, #495

Biography

Person Source

Jemima Garrett had person sources.¹

Last Edited

18 Oct 2016

Citations

[S56] Emmie Marguerite Tolbert, Family Journal of the Gray Reunions for 1937 & 1938, Source Medium: Book, 1937: p 3

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Ephraim Gray

M, #496, ( - bef 1820)

Parents

Father	John Gray, Sr (abt 1735 - bet 8 Mar 1806 and 4 Aug 1806)
Mother	Ailsie Green (1740 - abt 1795)

Biography

Death

bef 1820

Ephraim Gray died bef 1820.¹

Person Source

Ephraim Gray had person sources.^2,3,4

Last Edited

25 May 2019

Citations

[S162] Washington Judicial District, South Carolina, Pre-1822 Equity Records for Laurens County, Equity Court Case #8, 1820, Reel LR14, Box 9, South Carolina State Archives, Not mentioned as an heir
[S56] Emmie Marguerite Tolbert, Family Journal of the Gray Reunions for 1937 & 1938, Source Medium: Book, 1937: p 3
[S32] Applications for Membership, DAR, by Helen Gray Crotwell (Member #569697), Copy courtesy of Neal Crotwell Posey, Source Medium: Manuscript, Working papers for application for John Gray.
[S149] Joseph T. Maddox & Mary Carter, South Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots, & Dependents, Vol I, p 35

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Rosa Irby

F, #498

Biography

Person Source

Rosa Irby had person sources.¹

Last Edited

18 Oct 2016

Citations

[S56] Emmie Marguerite Tolbert, Family Journal of the Gray Reunions for 1937 & 1938, Source Medium: Book, 1938: p. 17

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Jesse B Gray

M, #500, (abt 1833 - )

Parents

Father	Hezekiah (Ezekiah) Gray (5 Sep 1806 - 27 Nov 1854)
Mother	Purchase Riddlesperger (abt 1806 - 14 Dec 1844)

Biography

Birth

abt 1833

Jesse B Gray was born abt 1833.¹

Person Source		Jesse B Gray had person sources.¹
Census	1850	He appeared in the census in 1850 in Laurens County, South Carolina.¹

Last Edited

22 May 2019

Citations

[S8] 1850 Census, Source Medium: Microfilm, Series M432, Roll 855, p 259A, Image 118.