Jane (Smith) Gray (1801 - 1869)

Born 6 Nov 1801 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Wife of Horatio Nelson Gray Sr — married 30 Jul 1823 (to 5 Aug 1829) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Wife of Edward Aiken — married 1 Nov 1830 (to 16 Dec 1831) in Leon, Florida, United States

Wife of William Anthony Carr — married about 18 Feb 1835 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1869 at age 68 in Georgia, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Gary Gray [send private message]

Biography

Burial: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia. This is also the burial place of her last husband, William Carr.

Reference

Reference: 153

Sources

• WikiTree profile Smith-32896 created through the import of GLGray.GED on Oct 10, 2012 by Gary Gray. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Gary and others.

• Find-a-Grave, Memorial ID 22720055

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22720055/horatio-nelson-gray

• Find-a-Grave, Memorial ID 259139708

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259139708/jane_aiken_carr

• Find-a-Grave, Memorial ID 9044059

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9044059/edward_aiken

• Find-a-Grave, Memorial ID 259110538

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259110538/william_anthony-carr

• William A. Carr Bible, Births

• Index to Marriages, Leon County, Florida

• State Agency Series Listing at the Maryland State Archives. Chancery Court (Chancery Papers) 1823-1825, MSA SSF 512

• Leon County Florida Genealogical Research Site. 1825-1850 Marriages. The FLGenWeb project. [Site is no longer active]

• Excerpt from correspondence from Sherry Suedkamp, gg granddaughter of Dr. Horatio Nelson Gray (1825-1908) and ggg granddaughter of Rev. Horatio Nelson Gray.

• "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYLF-B2ZM : 12 February 2020), Jane Smith, 1804

• "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NR-6JH : 16 January 2020), Horatio Nelson Gray, 1823.

"I wanted to let you know I came across information in the archives of the Georgia University library that pretty much confirmed my hunch that Jane Gray (Horatio's mother) married William A. Carr of Athens, GA. According to University records, a student had to be at least sixteen to enter the university as a student. In "The Southern Banner" newspaper printed in Athens, Georgia and dated, Friday, April 9, 1841 in the list of students, as a freshman was H.N. Gray and his place of residence was listed as Mr. Carr's house of Athens, GA. I can't tell you how relieved I was to find this little piece of confirmation that the Carr track was the right track."

The preponderance of evidence leaves little doubt that Jane Smith Gray, the mother of Dr. H.N. Gray, married Col. William A. Carr in Georgia.