Gray (Robert Hale) Cemetery
2002
Located on Spurgeon Lane in the Gray area of Washington County. There are 8 graves marked by fieldstones. The cemetery is set-aside in the deeds.
GPS Location: 36° 25.34 N 082°28.00 W
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Gray, Ida E. 17 Sep 1879 09 Mar 1886 Dau. Of J. & M. Gray
Gray, Melvina Wheelock 22 Jan 1846 06 Jan 1909 Wife of John Gray
Gray, John 26 Jan 1842 16 Sep 1923
Gray, Rachel Baskette [No date] [No date]
Gray, Robert Hale 1814 1889
Gray, Harvey H. 1866 1935
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web August 2002 by Donna Cox Briggs member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
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Additional information
Robert Hale Gray was the son of James Gray and Mary Polly Bright. Robert and father, James were both born in Washington County, Tennessee. Rachel Baskette was born in 1823 and died before 1857. She and Robert Hale Gray had the following children: John, Landon, James, Mary E., and Elbert Gray. After Rachel died, Robert married Letitia Ellis and had the following children: Samuel, Jacob, Rebecca J., and Harvey H. Gray.
Ida E. Gray is the daughter of John and Melvina Gray. Her siblings were: George Willard, Charles Thomas, Richard Citzmiller and Grover Cleveland Gray.
Melvina Wheelock was the daughter of William Kincheloe Wheelock and Mary Ann Brown. She was married to John Gray on October 7, 1877 in Washington County.
John Gray was a farmer and Assistant Superintendent of schools in Washington County.