1. Joseph Gray
Estimate of family members based on 1810 Warren Co., KY census:
male 0-10 yr [2] = George & Isaac
male 10-16 yr [1] = William
male 16-26 [0]
male 26-45 [1] = Joseph
male 45 & up [0]
female 0-10 [2] = Rachel & Sarah
female 10-16 yr [1] = Hannah
female 16-26 yr [0]
female 26-45 yr [1] = Mary
female 45 & up [0]Montgomery Co., Missouri - Original Land Entries: 13 Nov. 1818
Joseph was the eldest of the children born to George and Mary Gray. His birth date was thought to be in the year 1772, and his place of birth, Rowan County, North Carolina. He moved with the family to Philadelphia about 1774, the time that his father volunteered to join the patriot forces in the War for Independence. Joseph married Mary FINLEY at Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; lived at one time in Warren county, Kentucky, and finally settled on Brush Creek, Montgomery County, Missouri.
From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri" by Wm. S. Bryan and Robt. Rose. Page 238-239 Montgomery County, Missouri:
"GRAY: George Gray, of Scotland, emigrated to America previous to the
revolution, and when that war began he joined the American Army and
served the entire stuggle. He had several brothers in the British army
during the same war. Before leaving Scotland, he married Mary Stuart,
and they settled first in Philadelphia, but afterward removed to North
Carolina, and from there to Bryan's Station in Kentucky. Here their son
Joseph married Mary Finly, and settled in Warren County, Kentucky. In
1818 he removed to Missouri, and settled on Brush creek in Montgomery
county, where he died in 1830. His children were - Hannah, William,
Isaac, George, Sarah, Rachel, James, and Mary. Hannah married Asa
Williams, who was an early settler of Montgomery county. William, Isaac
and Geroge married sisters, named Price, of Kentucky. William had three
children, who settled in Missouri after the death of their parents.
Isaac and George also settled in Montgomery county, but the latter
removed to Clark county in 1837, where he still resides. Sarah married
Stephen Finley, who settled in Wisconsin in 1846. Rachel married John
P. Glover, who settled in Oregon. James married Margaret Williams, of
Ohio. Mary married Presley Anderson, who died in 1848, and who was
Sheriff of Montgomery county at the time. He left a widow and five
children, who still live in Montgomery county."
LDS has a marriage record for Joseph Gray and Mary Finnel, 1796, Clark Co., KY
6. Sarah Gray
Possibly she is Sarah Jane, and her husband died on the Oregon Trail? Jane Finley, b. IL in 1803, listed in Oregon City, OR in 1850. p.27-28
Found Stephen Finnell on the 1830 census for Montgomery Co., MO with family of:
1 male child under 5
2 females under 5
1 male 5-10
1 male 20-30
1 female 20-30