Descendants of Stogner Bray

Submitted by Debra Reed

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  STOGNER2 BRAY  (PETER1) was born Abt. 1750 in Brunswick County Virginia, and died Aft. 1830 in Possibly Franklin County Tennessee.  He married UNKNOWN Abt. 1765 in Surry County North Carolina or Virginia.. 

       

Children of STOGNER BRAY and UNKNOWN are:

2.                i.    STOGNER JR.3 BRAY, b. 1785, Surry County North Carolina; d. February 21, 1881, Milan,  Sullivan County Missouri.

3.               ii.    FANNEY BRAY, b. Abt. 1780, Surry County North Carolina; d. Bell County Kentucky.

                 iii.    NANCEY BRAY, b. Abt. 1780, Surry County North Carolina; m. JOSEPH BULL1, June 07, 1810, Grainger County Tennessee; b. Abt. 1780.

4.              iv.    BRYANT BRAY, b. Abt. 1783, Surry County North Carolina; d. Aft. 1840, Knox County Kentucky.

5.               v.    LEWIS BRAY, b. 1793, Virginia; d. Aft. 1870, Whitley County Kentucky.

6.              vi.    SARAH BRAY, b. Abt. 1795, Surry County North Carolina; d. Bell County Kentucky.

                vii.    JOHN BRAY, b. Abt. 1810, Surry County North Carolina2.

               viii.    KENCHEN BRAY, b. Abt. 1790, Surry County North Carolina.

7.               ix.    BENJAMIN B. BRAY, b. Abt. 1793, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1865, Cedar County Missouri.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  STOGNER JR.3 BRAY (STOGNER2, PETER1) was born 1785 in Surry County North Carolina, and died February 21, 1881 in Milan,  Sullivan County Missouri.  He married SARAH SALLY 'POLLY' WATERS June 07, 1810 in Grainger County Tennessee.  She was born 1790 in Possibly Ohio?, and died in Milan, Sullivan County Missouri.

 

More About STOGNER JR. BRAY:

Burial: 1881, Milan,  Sullivan County Missouri

 

More About SARAH SALLY 'POLLY' WATERS:

Burial: Milan, Sullivan County Missouri

       

Children of STOGNER BRAY and SARAH WATERS are:

8.                i.    ABIJAH4 BRAY, b. Abt. 1815, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

                  ii.    BENJAMIN BRAY, b. Abt. 1810, North Carolina; d. Arkansas.

                 iii.    STOGNER BRAY, b. 1817, Franklin County Tennessee; d. Aft. 1870, Floyd County Georgia.

 

More About STOGNER BRAY:

Burial: Floyd County Georgia

 

                 iv.    PETER BRAY, b. 1820, Knox County Kentucky; d. Aft. 1870, Whitley County Kentucky.

 

More About PETER BRAY:

Burial: Whitley County Kentucky

 

                  v.    MILLIE BRAY, b. 1824, Claiborne County Tennessee; d. Sullivan County Missouri.

 

More About MILLIE BRAY:

Burial: Sullivan County Missouri

 

                 vi.    HENRY BRAY, b. 1828.

                vii.    WILLIAM BRAY, b. 1829, Claiborne County Tennessee; d. 1883, Polk Township, Sullivan  County Missouri.

 

More About WILLIAM BRAY:

Burial: 1883, Polk Township, Sullivan  County Missouri

 

               viii.    RICHARD JEFFERSON BRAY, b. November 1831, Indian (Probably Vigo County); d. Aft. 1900, Clay Township, Sullivan County Missouri.

 

More About RICHARD JEFFERSON BRAY:

Burial: Aft. 1900, Clay Township, Sullivan County Missouri

 

                  ix.    ELIZABETH 'SALLY' BRAY, b. 1833, Tennessee.

                   x.    MALISSA 'POLLY' BRAY, b. May 1836, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1900, Polk Township, Sullivan  County Missouri.

                  xi.    JANE BRAY, b. 1837, Tennessee.

                 xii.    MARIAH BRAY, b. 1838, Tennessee.

                xiii.    SARAH BRAY, b. 1842.

 

 

3.  FANNEY3 BRAY (STOGNER2, PETER1) was born Abt. 1780 in Surry County North Carolina, and died in Bell County Kentucky.  She married RICHARD BULL May 11, 1805 in Grainger County Tennessee.  He was born Abt. 1780, and died in Bell County Kentucky.

 

More About FANNEY BRAY:

Burial: Bell County Kentucky

 

More About RICHARD BULL:

Burial: Bell County Kentucky

       

Child of FANNEY BRAY and RICHARD BULL is:

                   i.    MARTHA JANE4 BULL, b. Abt. 1815, Knox County Kentucky.

 

 

4.  BRYANT3 BRAY (STOGNER2, PETER1) was born Abt. 1783 in Surry County North Carolina, and died Aft. 1840 in Knox County Kentucky.  He married UNKNOWN.  She was born Abt. 1760.

 

More About BRYANT BRAY:

Burial: Knox County Kentucky

       

Child of BRYANT BRAY and UNKNOWN is:

                   i.    UNKNOWN JAMES OR NATHAN?4 BRAY, b. Abt. 1800, North Carolina or Tennessee.

 

 

5.  LEWIS3 BRAY (STOGNER2, PETER1) was born 1793 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1870 in Whitley County Kentucky.  He married (1) UNKNOWN.  She died Bef. 1850.  He married (2) CASSIE UNKNOWN.  She was born 1810 in Kentucky.

 

More About LEWIS BRAY:

Burial: Aft. 1870, Whitley County Kentucky

       

Children of LEWIS BRAY and UNKNOWN are:

                   i.    MATILDA4 BRAY, b. 1827.

                  ii.    SARAH BRAY, b. 1829.

                 iii.    MAHALA BRAY, b. 1831.

                 iv.    MADISON BRAY, b. 1835.

                  v.    WILLIAM 'BILL' BRAY, b. April 1836, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1870, Whitley County Kentucky.

 

More About WILLIAM 'BILL' BRAY:

Burial: Aft. 1870, Whitley County Kentucky

 

                 vi.    MARY B. BRAY, b. 1837.

                vii.    JOSHUA F. BRAY, b. 1839, Whitley County Kentucky; m. MARY HOPKINS, June 26, 1862, Whitley County Kentucky; b. 1846, Whitley County Kentucky.

 

       

Child of LEWIS BRAY and CASSIE UNKNOWN is:

               viii.    JANE4 BRAY, b. 1859, Whitley County Kentucky3.

 

 

6.  SARAH3 BRAY (STOGNER2, PETER1) was born Abt. 1795 in Surry County North Carolina, and died in Bell County Kentucky.  She married LARKIN WEBB June 07, 1810 in Grainger County Tennessee.  He was born Abt. 1790 in Hawkins County Tennessee, and died January 1859 in Bell County Kentucky.

 

More About SARAH BRAY:

Burial: Bell County Kentucky

 

More About LARKIN WEBB:

Burial: 1859, Bell County Kentucky

       

Children of SARAH BRAY and LARKIN WEBB are:

                   i.    TILDA4 WEBB, b. 1811.

                  ii.    NANCY WEBB, b. April 26, 1813.

                 iii.    JAMES ROCHE WEBB, b. 1815.

9.              iv.    MARY POLLY WEBB, b. 1818, Grainger County Tennessee; d. Aft. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

                  v.    BARTHENA WEBB, b. 1821.

                 vi.    MEATHER WEBB, b. 1825.

                vii.    LARKIN WEBB, b. Abt. 1814, Grainger County Tennessee; d. January 02, 1887, Pineville, Bell County Tennessee; m. MARGARET 'PEGGY' DANIELS.

 

More About LARKIN WEBB:

Burial: January 1887, Pineville, Bell County Tennessee

 

 

7.  BENJAMIN B.3 BRAY (STOGNER2, PETER1) was born Abt. 1793 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 1865 in Cedar County Missouri.  He married CATHERINE OGAN April 08, 1827 in Grainger County Tennessee, daughter of PETER OGAN and HANNAH WOLFE.  She was born March 06, 1797 in Virginia, and died August 23, 1891.

 

More About BENJAMIN B. BRAY:

Burial: Cedar County Missouri

       

Children of BENJAMIN BRAY and CATHERINE OGAN are:

10.              i.    PETER4 BRAY, b. April 27, 1829, Grainger County Tennessee; d. July 11, 1900, Union, Fulton County Arkansas.

                  ii.    JOHN BRAY, b. 1833.

                 iii.    GEORGE W. BRAY, b. 1828.

                 iv.    ALICE 'ALLIE' BRAY, b. 1832.

                  v.    HANNAH BRAY, b. Abt. 1837.

                 vi.    WILLIAM BRAY, b. Abt. 1839.

                vii.    JAMES BRAY, b. Abt. 1841.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

8.  ABIJAH4 BRAY (STOGNER JR.3, STOGNER2, PETER1) was born Abt. 1815 in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1860 in Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.  He married MARY POLLY WEBB January 1838 in Claiborne County Tennessee, daughter of LARKIN WEBB and SARAH BRAY.  She was born 1818 in Grainger County Tennessee, and died Aft. 1860 in Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

 

Notes for ABIJAH BRAY:

1840 CLAIBORNE COUNTY CENSUS - Other BRAY'S living next door to ABIJAH BRAY -Family #248

       

Family #249 ELIZABETH BRAY - 1m5-10, 1f-5, 1f15-20, 1f20-30, 1f50-60

 

Family# 250 PETER BRAY- 1m-5, 1m5-10, 1m30-40, 1f20-30

 

Family# 218 MARY BRAY - 1m20-30, 1f20-30, 1f70-80

 

Family# 218 REBECCA BRAY - 1m-5, 1f30-40

 

Family# 238 THOMAS BRAY - 1m5-10, 1m15-20, 1m20-30, 1m50-60,1f15-20, 1f50-60

 

1850 CLAIBORNE COUNTY CENSUS - Other BRAY'S living next door to ABIJAH BRAY -

 

Family    #491-      MARY BRAY       65    F      TENNESSEE

                THOMAS BRAY 27    M    TENNESSEE

                ELIZA BRAY        21    F      TENNESSEE

                MELVINY BRAY 6      F      TENNESSEE

                CLINTON BRAY  5      M    TENNESSEE

                JAMES BRAY      3      M    TENNESSEE

                MELISSA BRAY  7/12 F      TENNESSEE

 

Family    #493        JAMES S. BRAY  31    M    TENNESSEE FARMER

                NANCY BRAY     26    F      TENNESSEE

                THOMAS BRAY 7      M    TENNESSEE

                MARY BRAY       2      F      TENNESSEE

 

Family    #498        EDMOND BRAY 26    M    TENNESSEE FARMER

                EMILY A. BRAY  18    F      TENNESSEE

 

               

Family    #552 -    REBECCA BRAY         44    TENNESSEE

                FRANKLIN BRAY       12    TENNESSEE

 

 

 

 

More About ABIJAH BRAY:

Burial: Bef. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee

Census: 1840, Claiborne County Tennessee lists: 1 m5-10. 1m 30-40, 1f-5, 1f5-10, 1f20-30.

 

More About MARY POLLY WEBB:

Burial: Aft. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee

Census: 1840, Claiborne County Tennessee: Webb Family #217JESSE WEBB, age 63, 1M5-10,3M20-30,1M50-60,1F20-30,1F60-70

       

Children of ABIJAH BRAY and MARY WEBB are:

11.              i.    MILLIE WEBB5 BRAY, b. 1831, Claiborne County Tennessee; d. 1886, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, Jackson's Ridge, Hancock County Tennessee.

                  ii.    STOGNER BRAY, d. Abt. November 1886, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, Jackson's Ridge, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee; m. MARY JANE JACKSON; b. Abt. 1838, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, Jackson's Ridge, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee; d. Abt. November 1886, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, Jackson's Ridge, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

 

Notes for STOGNER BRAY:

COMPANY H, 61ST TENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY, CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

 

Captain:         S.E. MITCHELL

1st Lieutenants:     JOHN E. DAY

2nd Lieutenants:    J.M.P. CLARK & J.S. SANDERS

1st Sergeant:  W.E. DUNSMORE

Sergeants:       WILEY BARTLETTE

               J.H. JOHNSON

               JAMES D. ROYSTON

               J.R. SPRADLING

Corporals:      P.L. BREEDING

               D.R. DUNSMORE

               PRESTON DUNSMORE

               C.F. NOBLIN

               HIRAM THACKER

Privates:                 BENJAMIN BARNARD              HENRY MARTIN

               GEORGE BARNARD           T.B. MASON

               HENDERSON BARNARD           A.L. MASON

               JOHN BARNARD                        S.T. MCMILLON

               WILLIAM BARNARD         G. MCNEIL

               ROBERT BARTLETTE                J.F. MCNEIL

               STOGNER BRAY *                      JOHN A. MCNEIL

               S. BRAYES                     F. MCVEY

               G.P. BUNCH                 THOMAS C. MCVEY

               S.P. BURDINE                       HIRAM MOLES

               W.R. CARR                    HENDERSON MOSELY

               WILLIAM BUTLER CHESTER           JOHNATHAN MOSELY

               JOSEPH COLLINS                        J.A. NEILL

               JOSHUA DAVIS                   CALLOWAY NUNN

               P.H. DEVAULT                     J. NUNN

               E.H. DUNSMORE                 STERLING NUNN

               MARTIN EPPERSON*                SAMUEL OWENS

               S.M. EPPERSON*                 GARLAND RIDDLE

               B.F. FUGATE                        THOMAS W. ROSE*

               J.C. GARDNER                     J.G. SIMMONS

               J.H. GODFREY                     JOHN SLATE

               R.N. GREEN*                        A.H.STONE

               JOHN HOWERTON                     ISHAM SUTTON*

               DANIEL HURST                   HENRY TAYLOR

               J.C. HURST                   JOHN THACKER

               RODMAN HURST                       PETER THACKER

               WILLIAM L. HURST                   WILLIAM WALKER

               P. JACKSON                 GEORGE WEST

               JOEL JACKSON                   MITCHELL WILSON

               GEORGE JOHNSON            DAVID YOUNG

               THOMAS KELLEY

               JOSEPH LAMB

               RILEY LAYCOCK

               WILLIAM LAFOLLETTE

               CARR LEA*

               HENRY LEA*

               STERLING L. LEABO

               A. LEE*

              

       *Denotes kinfolks or neighbors of my great uncle Stogner Bray that lived in Caney Valley with him in the 7th District.  Thomas W. Rose is his brother in law through his wife Mary Jane Jackson.  I believe P. JACKSON to be her brother, PETER JACKSON.   DRF. January 10, 2002 **This roster provided by Compatriot STEPHEN HOWERTON, whose ancestor is found with these lists.

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More About STOGNER BRAY:

Military service: Company H, 61st Mounted Infantry, C.S.A.

 

                 iii.    PERLINA BRAY.

                 iv.    RACHEL BRAY.

                  v.    ABIJAH JR. BRAY.

 

 

9.  MARY POLLY4 WEBB (SARAH3 BRAY, STOGNER2, PETER1) was born 1818 in Grainger County Tennessee, and died Aft. 1860 in Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.  She married ABIJAH BRAY January 1838 in Claiborne County Tennessee, son of STOGNER BRAY and SARAH WATERS.  He was born Abt. 1815 in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1860 in Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

 

More About MARY POLLY WEBB:

Burial: Aft. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee

Census: 1840, Claiborne County Tennessee: Webb Family #217JESSE WEBB, age 63, 1M5-10,3M20-30,1M50-60,1F20-30,1F60-70

 

Notes for ABIJAH BRAY:

1840 CLAIBORNE COUNTY CENSUS - Other BRAY'S living next door to ABIJAH BRAY -Family #248

       

Family #249 ELIZABETH BRAY - 1m5-10, 1f-5, 1f15-20, 1f20-30, 1f50-60

 

Family# 250 PETER BRAY- 1m-5, 1m5-10, 1m30-40, 1f20-30

 

Family# 218 MARY BRAY - 1m20-30, 1f20-30, 1f70-80

 

Family# 218 REBECCA BRAY - 1m-5, 1f30-40

 

Family# 238 THOMAS BRAY - 1m5-10, 1m15-20, 1m20-30, 1m50-60,1f15-20, 1f50-60

 

1850 CLAIBORNE COUNTY CENSUS - Other BRAY'S living next door to ABIJAH BRAY -

 

Family    #491-      MARY BRAY       65    F      TENNESSEE

                THOMAS BRAY 27    M    TENNESSEE

                ELIZA BRAY        21    F      TENNESSEE

                MELVINY BRAY 6      F      TENNESSEE

                CLINTON BRAY  5      M    TENNESSEE

                JAMES BRAY      3      M    TENNESSEE

                MELISSA BRAY  7/12 F      TENNESSEE

 

Family    #493        JAMES S. BRAY  31    M    TENNESSEE FARMER

                NANCY BRAY     26    F      TENNESSEE

                THOMAS BRAY 7      M    TENNESSEE

                MARY BRAY       2      F      TENNESSEE

 

Family    #498        EDMOND BRAY 26    M    TENNESSEE FARMER

                EMILY A. BRAY  18    F      TENNESSEE

 

               

Family    #552 -    REBECCA BRAY         44    TENNESSEE

                FRANKLIN BRAY       12    TENNESSEE

 

 

 

 

More About ABIJAH BRAY:

Burial: Bef. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee

Census: 1840, Claiborne County Tennessee lists: 1 m5-10. 1m 30-40, 1f-5, 1f5-10, 1f20-30.

       

Children are listed above under (8) Abijah Bray.

 

10.  PETER4 BRAY (BENJAMIN B.3, STOGNER2, PETER1) was born April 27, 1829 in Grainger County Tennessee, and died July 11, 1900 in Union, Fulton County Arkansas.  He married ELIZABETH MAYES Abt. 1849 in Hancock County Tennessee, daughter of BEVERLY MAYES and MARY HITTSON.  She was born September 22, 1829 in Claiborne County Tennessee, and died April 29, 1921 in Union, Fulton County Arkansas.

 

More About PETER BRAY:

Burial: 1900, Union, Fulton County Arkansas

 

More About ELIZABETH MAYES:

Burial: 1921, Union, Fulton County Arkansas

       

Children of PETER BRAY and ELIZABETH MAYES are:

                   i.    GEORGE WILLIAM5 BRAY, b. October 20, 1850, Hancock County Tennessee; d. July 15, 1928, Salem, Fulton County Arkansas; m. (1) MARTHA ANN CORNELIUS, Abt. 1872, Izard County Arkansas; m. (2) EMMALINE CAMPBELL, September 02, 1917, Fulton County Arkansas.

                  ii.    TROY BRAY, b. Abt. 1853, Hancock County Tennessee; d. Bef. 1860, Benton TWP, Cedar County Missouri.

                 iii.    POLLY MOLLIE BRAY, b. February 28, 1855, Hancock County Tennessee; d. October 16, 1938, West Plains, Howell County Missouri; m. WILLIAM SPENCER 'BUCK' JOHNSON, February 05, 1872, Izard County Arkansas.

                 iv.    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRAY, b. June 10, 1857, Benton TWP, Cedar County Missouri; d. August 23, 1932, Byron, Fulton County Arkansas; m. MARY ELIZABETH BYLER, Abt. 1877, Izard County Arkansas.

                  v.    JAMES CALVIN BRAY, b. May 18, 1860, Benton TWP, Cedar County Missouri; d. March 06, 1912, Fulton County Arkansas; m. MARY ADALINE J. COOPER, Abt. 1882, Izard County Arkansas.

                 vi.    CATHERINE BRAY, b. September 22, 1864, Lunenburg, Izard County Arkansas; d. January 01, 1912, McKinney, Collin County Texas; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON BYLER, Abt. 1881, Izard County Arkansas.

                vii.    WILLIAM BRAY, b. March 05, 1867, Lunenburg, Izard County Arkansas; d. Bef. 1880, Lunenburg, Izard County Arkansas.

               viii.    ALICE BRAY, b. November 28, 1869, Lunenburg, Izard County Arkansas; d. Bef. 1900, Fulton County Arkansas; m. ASA T. DANIELS, December 20, 1893, Fulton County Arkansas.

                  ix.    SARAH ELIZABETH BRAY, b. December 28, 1872, Lunenburg, Izard County Arkansas; d. January 26, 1948, Batesville, Independence County Arkansas; m. ARMSTEAD BLAVINS LAWRENCE, August 11, 1900, Byron, Fulton County Arkansas.

 

 

Generation No. 4

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