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Jessey Gray (Foster KY Police Judge)

b. 1798-07-25 d. 1874-07-15

Bracken County, Kentucky, farmer, shoemaker, and police judge. Pennsylvania native. Married to May Gray. Married to Elizabeth Johnson Gray in Bracken County, Kentucky, on May 10, 1857. Father of Jesse Gray Farmer in Bracken County in 1850. Shoemaker in Bracken County in 1860. Police Judge of Foster, Bracken County, from October 1860 to March 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 430B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, District 1, p. 244.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bracken County Marriages, Film 000851644.

"Jessey Gray (1798-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 20318918, accessed September 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20318918.

KYR-0001-017-0005.

KYR-0001-031-0261.

Citation

Gray, Jessey. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210118 (November 12, 2026).

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