The Gray surname

In the chronology 15 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

• Gray, Alson 1 entry, 1850
  • 1850: Circuit rider Alson Gray organizes Orange Chapel Methodist Church
• Gray, Beecher 3 entries, 1987–1993
  • 1987–1994: Discrimination grievances in the UNC police, 1987–1994
  • June 10-12, 1992: Officer Keith Edwards's discrimination grievance over a 1990 promotion goes to a state hearing
  • January 15, 1993: Administrative law judge finds Keith Edwards did not prove bias in a 1990 promotion
• Gray, Bowman 1 entry, 1945
  • February 1945: Chapel Hill High forms its first swimming team under UNC coach Willis Casey
• Gray, Bowman, Jr. 5 entries, 1935–1961
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• Gray, Bowman, Sr. 1 entry, 1938
  • April 1938: The Bowman Gray Memorial Pool opens in the new Woollen Gymnasium
• Gray, Clarence 1 entry, 1964
  • July 3, 1964: Clarence's Bar and Grill turns away an integrated group the day after the Civil Rights Act
• Gray, Gordon 19 entries, 1935–1975
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• Gray, James A., Jr. 2 entries, 1927
  • Spring 1927: Chase has an institute researcher's study of Winston-Salem Black businesses destroyed
  • 1927: Charles T. McCormick becomes dean of the law school
• Gray, James Alexander 3 entries, 1919–1941
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• Gray, John 10 entries, 1752–1775
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• Gray, John 1 entry, 1768
  • April 8, 1768: Regulators rescue a seized horse at Hillsborough
• Gray, Lieutenant Colonel 1 entry, 1768
  • April 1768: Orange militia is called out against the Regulators, and only 120 armed men appear
• Gray, Nathalie 1 entry, 1938
  • March 25, 1938: The P.W.A. formally presents the new gymnasium to the University
• Gray, Preston L. 1 entry, 1898
  • March 1898: Robert Bingham sues to keep Preston Gray from using the Bingham School name at Mebane
• Gray, Preston Lewis 5 entries, 1890–1908
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  • 1890–1913: The Bingham School at Mebane after the 1890 fire, 1890–1913
  • 1891: Bingham School leaves Orange County for Asheville
  • 1897: Preston Lewis Gray takes charge of the Mebane school and renames it the William Bingham School
  • by April 7, 1898: Judge Hoke rules that the Mebane school may keep the Bingham School name
  • by October 15, 1908: Preston Lewis Gray buys the Bingham School property near Mebane

In books and archives 9 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

• Gray family family, 1 work
• Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982 18 works
• Gray, Bowman 3 works
• Gray, James Alexander, 1889-1952 2 works
• Gray, George, Active 1846-1879 1 work
• Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 1 work
• Gray, Robert Lilly, 1875-1945 1 work
• Gray, Samuel Wiley, 1842-1863. 1 work
• Gray, William Lee, Active 1819-1822 1 work

In the historical records 236 records

50 deeds, 8 records of enslaved people, 37 marriages, 124 court minutes, 7 tax list entries and 10 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Gray marriages in full · Search the name in every collection