1. STOGNER 2 BRAY (PETER 1) 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 BULL 1, 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 Carolina 2.

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.

2. STOGNER JR. 3 BRAY (STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

Burial of STOGNER JR. BRAY: 1881, Milan, Sullivan County Missouri

Burial of SARAH SALLY ' POLLY' WATERS: Milan, Sullivan County Missouri

Children of STOGNER BRAY and SARAH WATERS are:

8. i. ABIJAH 4 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.

STOGNER BRAY Burial: Floyd County Georgia

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

PETER BRAY Burial: Whitley County Kentucky

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

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.

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.

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. FANNEY 3 BRAY (STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

FANNEY BRAY Burial: Bell County Kentucky.

RICHARD BULL Burial: Bell County Kentucky.

Child of FANNEY BRAY and RICHARD BULL is:

i. MARTHA JANE 4 BULL, b. Abt. 1815, Knox County Kentucky.

4. BRYANT 3 BRAY (STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

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. LEWIS 3 BRAY (STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

LEWIS BRAY Burial: Aft. 1870, Whitley County Kentucky

Children of LEWIS BRAY and UNKNOWN are:

i. MATILDA 4 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.

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. JANE 4 BRAY, b. 1859, Whitley County Kentucky 3.

6. SARAH 3 BRAY (STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

SARAH BRAY Burial: Bell County Kentucky

LARKIN WEBB Burial: 1859, Bell County Kentucky

Children of SARAH BRAY and LARKIN WEBB are:

i. TILDA 4 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.

LARKIN WEBB Burial: January 1887, Pineville, Bell County Tennessee.

7. BENJAMIN B. 3 BRAY (STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

BENJAMIN B. BRAY Burial: Cedar County Missouri.

Children of BENJAMIN BRAY and CATHERINE OGAN are:

10. i. PETER 4 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.

8. ABIJAH 4 BRAY (STOGNER JR. 3, STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

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.

MARY POLLY WEBB Burial: Aft. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee. Census: 1840, Claiborne County Tennessee: Webb Family #217 JESSE WEBB - age - 63 - 1M5 - 10 - 3M20 - 30 - 1M 50 - 60 - 1F - 20 - 30 - 1F 60 - 70.

Children of ABIJAH BRAY and MARY WEBB are:

11. i. MILLIE WEBB 5 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.

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 POLLY 4 WEBB (SARAH 3 BRAY, STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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 - 1 - M - 5 - 10 - 3 - M - 20 - 30 - 1 - M - 50 - 60 - 1 - F - 20 - 30 - 1 - F - 60 - 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- 1 - m - 5 - 1 - m - 5 - 10 - 1 m- 30 - 40 - 1 - f - 20 - 30.

Family# 218 MARY BRAY - 1 - m - 20 - 30, 1 - f - 20 - 30, 1 - f - 70 - 80

Family# 218 REBECCA BRAY - 1 - m - 5, 1 - f - 30 - 40.

Family# 238 THOMAS BRAY - 1 - m - 5 - 10, 1 - m - 15 - 20, 1 - m - 20 - 30, 1 - m - 50 - 60,1 - f - 15 - 20, 1 - f - 50 - 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 - 44c- TENNESSEE; FRANKLIN BRAY - 12 - TENNESSEE.

ABIJAH BRAY Burial: Bef. 1860, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee. Census: 1840, Claiborne County Tennessee lists: 1 m - 5 - 10. 1 - m 30 - 40, 1 f - 5, 1 - f - 5 - 10, 1 - f - 20 - 30. Children are listed above under (8) Abijah Bray.

10. PETER 4 BRAY (BENJAMIN B. 3, STOGNER 2, PETER 1) 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.

PETER BRAY Burial: 1900, Union, Fulton County Arkansas

ELIZABETH MAYES Burial: 1921, Union, Fulton County Arkansas

Children of PETER BRAY and ELIZABETH MAYES are:

i. GEORGE WILLIAM 5 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.

11. MILLIE WEBB 5 BRAY (ABIJAH 4, STOGNER JR. 3, STOGNER 2, PETER 1) was born 1831 in Claiborne County Tennessee, and died 1886 in Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, Jackson's Ridge, Hancock County Tennessee. She married JACKSON RUSSELL REED December 31, 1846 in Claiborne County Tennessee, son of MATTHEW RUSSELL and JANE HENDERSON. He was born 1828 in Claiborne County Tennessee, and died March 31, 1891 in Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, Jackson's Ridge, Hancock County Tennessee. MILLIE WEBB BRAY Burial: 1886, Family Cemetary on Jackson's Ridge in Woods behind Bray's Spring

Notes for JACKSON RUSSELL REED:

COMPANY D, 63RD TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT, CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA:

Organized May 13, 1862 from knox and Hawkins Counties. This manuscript originally in the possession of WILLIAM BURGESS GALBRAITH. Due to the physical condition of the manuscript, difficulty was encountered in transcribing some names, and errors could be present. This list is inconsistent with the list of Tennessee Soldiers in 'TENNESSEANS IN THE CIVIL WAR, PART II' ; Manuscript now in the collection of Hawkins County material of GEORGE E. WEBB, JR.

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D -

*Denotes that they are neighbors or kinfolk of my great great grandfather, JACKSON RUSSELL. Some were even brotherin laws of his brother in law, STOGNER BRAY, i.e. THOMAS W. ROSE, who married MARY JANE JACKSON BRAY'S sister. Hope to find more proof of his involvement in the war. DRF. January 10, 2002.

JACKSON RUSSELL REED Burial: 1891, Family Cemetary on Jackson's Ridge in Woods behind Bray's Spring. Military service: May 13, 1862, Company D, 63rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.

Children of MILLIE BRAY and JACKSON REED are:

i. JOHN W. RUSSELL 6 REED, m. MARTHA MANNING.

ii. SAMUEL RUSSELL REED, m. CORNELIA HELTON.

iii. WILLIAM RUSSELL REED.

iv. LUCINDA RUSSELL REED, m. JOSEPH DAVIS.

v. LOUVERNIE RUSSELL REED, m. ROBERT JARNIGAN.

vi. MANERVA RUSSELL REED, m. CALVIN HELTON.

vii. ELIZA JANE RUSSELL REED, m. ANDREW FADDIS.

viii. ANDREW JACKSON RUSSELL REED, m. VICTORIA RABY GRIFFIN.

ix. HENRY STOGNER RUSSELL REED, b. April 05, 1871, Caney Valley, Big Sycamore, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee; d. August 18, 1962, Big Creek, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee; m. SARAH MORGAN; b. May 22, 1875, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee; d. February 05, 1947, Big Creek, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

HENRY STOGNER RUSSELL REED Burial: 1962, Reed Family Cemetary, Big Creek, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

SARAH MORGAN Burial: 1947, Reed Family Cemetary, Big Creek, 7th District, Hancock County Tennessee.

1. (Source: Tennessee Marriages: 1801-1825, edited by Jordan R. Dodd, Liahona Research, Inc.).

2. (Source: Marvin D. Headley, The Bray Families of Giles County Tennessee, Descendants of Peter Bray included.).

3. (Source: Whitley County 1870 Census).