| Name |
Octavia Saunders, S536, F |
| Birth Date |
May 184812,73 |
| Birth Place |
Franklin County, Virginia |
| Father |
Sandy Saunders, M (1815-) |
| Mother |
Mary Saunders, F (1823-) |
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| Marriage Date |
23 Jun 186712 |
| Marriage Place |
Franklin County, Virginia |
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| Notes for Octavia Saunders |
| Marriage Record of Henry Gray and Octavia Saunders lists her parents as Sandy and Mary Saunders. Henry and Octavia Saunders are listed as a separate family in the 1870 Franklin County census with two sons Duprey and William. 1900 Bland County Census states Henry and Octavia have been married 33 years, number of children 13 number living 6. |
| Notes for Henry (Spouse 1) |
| Oral History has it that Henry Gray and Mc Ferguson were cousins. 28In trying to determine parents of Henry Gray. Marriage liscense lists mother as Diana Ferguson, father unknown. Will of George Ferguson of Franklin Co. VA74 Lists two slaves Diana and Reuben willed to his son Charles Ferguson. Henry Gray and McHenry Ferguson lived next door to one another in Franklin County in 1870 per census. 75They moved to Bland County together. J. W. Woods property in Bland County Chancery records in Walker Vs Woods is listed as the old Henry Gray property. |
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