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Needham C. Gray (Caldwell/ Lyon Co., Ky, farmer )

b. 1820-10-06 d. 1884-07-31

Caldwell County and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Robert Gray, Sr., and Charlotte Coleman Gray. Married to Eliza Jane Freeman Gray in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on February 22, 1845. Father of Frances A. Gray, Mary J. Gray, Sarah A. Gray, Robert W. Gray, Tabitha C. Gray, Isabella E. Gray, James M. Gray, Ida L. Gray, Lucy J. Gray, and Caty G. Gray. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1830. Household owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1830. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 166.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 379A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 802.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 738.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 414B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, District 1, p. 28A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1786-1878, Film #000851644.

"Needham Coleman Gray (1820-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19330559, accessed February 15, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19330559.

Citation

Gray, Needham C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202247 (November 12, 2026).

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