William R Gray

1745 - 1780  (35 years)

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• Name	William R Gray  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1745	Gillingham, Dorset, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of American Revolution: #: A047778  [4]
  		Seal-DAR
  _MILT	1777	North Carolina, USA   [3, 5]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War: 1st North Carolina Militia; died at Kings Mountain.
  		Battle of Kings Mountain
  Death	18 Oct 1780	Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War
  	Died at the Battle of Kings Mountain
  Person ID	I13756	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Lydia gray,   b. 1747, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 1820, Burke County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1765	Burke County, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Arabella Jemima Gray,   b. 1768, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Apr 1860, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA (Age 92 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F4749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 1745 - Gillingham, Dorset, England Marriage - 1765 - Burke County, North Carolina, USA _MILT - American Army - Revolutionary War: 1st North Carolina Militia; died at Kings Mountain. - 1777 - North Carolina, USA Death - Cause: Killed in Action - Revolutionary War - 18 Oct 1780 - Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S189] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S550] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 075. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [S1312] DAR: Veren Balch, GRAY, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A047778. Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 1745 ENGLAND Death: ANTE 5-20-1780 BURKE CO NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: HUGGINS, BURKE CO NC LAND RECS, 1778, VOL 1, P 76 Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, BURKE CO, 30 SEPT 1778 http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A047778 [S3654] Wikipedia: Battle of Kings Mountain, (Name: Wikipedia;). The Battle of Kings Mountain was a military engagement between Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Patriots. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, 9 miles south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. In what is now rural Cherokee County, South Carolina, the Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. The battle has been described as "the war's largest all-American fight". . . . The battle was a pivotal event in the Southern campaign. The surprising victory of the American Patriot militia over the Loyalists came after a string of Patriot defeats at the hands of Lord Cornwallis, and greatly raised the Patriots' morale. With Ferguson dead and his Loyalist militia destroyed, Cornwallis was forced to abandon his plan to invade North Carolina and retreated into South Carolina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain