Gray Family Cemetery - Waynesboro, MS
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N 31° 44.444 W 088° 39.127
16R E 343501 N 3512885
Located on US 45 just north of Waynesboro, this marker notes one of the founding families of the area. The cemetery is located to the west about 1 mile at the end of the marker road.
Waymark Code: WMNB52
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2015
Views: 4
Marker Text:
This family was estab. in Wayne County by Clinch Gray, a native of North Carolina. He immigrated to this region in 1808, one yr. before the Co. was organ. within the Mississippi Terr. Gray signed Miss.'s first const. in 1817. He was buried here, 1824.
This marker contains unorthodox abbreviations. It should normally read:
This family was established in Wayne County by Clinch Gray, a native of North Carolina. He immigrated to this region in 1808, one year before the County was organized within the Mississippi Territory. Gray signed Mississippi's first constitution in 1817. He was buried here, 1824.
Date Installed:: 1978
Organization that placed the object:: The Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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