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John W. Gray (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1823-05-29 d. 1915-12-30

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary T. Gray. Father of Sarah C. Gray, William B. Gray, and Susan H. Gray. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850 and 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860, three as a guardian for Mary Gray. Mary Gray owned an additional five enslaved persons.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 336; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 57; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 17; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 5, p. 4; Find A Grave, "Judge John W. Gray (1823-1915)," Memorial #27791112, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27791112 (accessed May 25, 2017).

Citation

Gray, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205621 (November 12, 2026).

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