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Personal data Gray Bynum 

• He was born on December 20, 1737 in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America.
• Resident:
• on November 27, 1788: Deed, 27 Nov 1788 Stokes Co., NC, Ezekiel Young to Richard Heath, 640 acres in Surry Co., witnessed by Gray Bynum (published abstract).
• on December 21, 1789: Deed, 21 Dec 1789 Stokes Co., NC, Anthony Collins to Wm. Cook, witnessed by Gray Bynum (Absher, Stokes County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts - Book 2, p. 10).
• on July 12, 1790: Deed, 12 July 1790 Stokes Co., NC, Henry Fry and wife Elizabeth to Gray Bynum and Charles McAnnally, Commissioners for Stokes Co, 14 3/4 acres on Buffalo Creek (Absher, Stokes County, North Carolina Record of Deeds Vol. 1, p. 5).
• on July 12, 1790: Deed, 12 July 1790 Stokes Co., NC, Michael Fry to Gray Bynum and Charles McAnnally, Commissioners for Stokes Co, 7 1/2 acres (Absher, Stokes County, North Carolina Record of Deeds Vol. 1, p. 5).
• on June 5, 1792: Deed, 5 June 1792 Stokes Co., NC, Gray Bynum et al., commissioners and trustees for town of Germanton, to Samuel Steffins, 2 half-acre lots on west side of Main St. (published abstract).
• on June 8, 1792: Deed 8 June 1792 Stokes Co., NC, Gray Bynum et al., Commissioners for town of Germantown, to Lewis Blum, Lots 32, 33, 34 on Salem Street (published abstract).
• on June 25, 1792: Deed, 25 June 1792 Stokes Co. NC, Commissioners for town of Germanton to Joseph Bitting, 4 lots where Main St. intersects courthouse lot, signed by Gray Bynum (published abstract).
• on March 8, 1793: Deed, 8 Mar 1793 Stokes Co., NC, Commissioners of Germanton including Gray Bynum to Gray Bynum, lot 13, corner courthouse lot and Main St. (published abstract).
• (MARR) in the year 1761: Spouse: Margaret Bynum (born Hampton).
• He died on February 22, 1814 in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, he was 76 years old.
• He is buried on February 25, 1814 in Bynum Family Cemetery, Germanton, Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.
• A child of John Bynum and Mary Gray

Household of Gray Bynum

He is married to Margaret Hampton.

They got married in the year 1761, he was 23 years old.

Spouse: Gray Bynum

Child(ren):

1. William Bynum  1762-1768
2. Dicey Bynum  1764-1784
3. Mary Hardin Bynum  1766-1795 
4. John Bynum  ± 1767-????
5. Benjamin Bynum  1772-1836
6. Martha Bynum  1772-1843
7. Amelia Bynum  1774-????
8. Sarah Bynum  1775-1803
9. Rebecca Elizabeth Bynum  1775-1846 
10. Ann Bynum  1779-1843
11. Gray Bynum  1782-1853
12. Hampton Bynum  1783-1860 
13. Elizabeth Bynum  

Notes about Gray Bynum

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A017996 DAR Ancestor # A017996]owned by the Hampton family. Not surprisingly, he '''married Margaret Hampton in 1761, daughter of Anthony Hampton'''. They had twelve children. Their youngest son, Hampton, married Mary Coalman Martin, a daughter of John (Jack) Martin who built the Revolutionary War era Rock House. he area that was to become Stokes County. During the Revolutionary War, he was known as a Tory, but not a very outspoken one, because he was on friendly terms with the determined Whigs such as Anthony Hampton and Joseph Winston. sentenced to serve in the army. However, he paid for his release and gave security and did not serve at that time. Later on, he is mentioned as Captain Gray Bynum and did serve in the Continental Army. It appears that his politics changed and he became convinced that independence was best for the country. lish the county seat at Germanton when Stokes was formed from Surry in 1789. The first court of Stokes County was held in his home until the courthouse could be built. , Joseph Winston, he purchased his plantation, which joined his own land holdings along Town Fork Creek about two miles east of Germanton. Upon the death of Gray on 22 February 1814, his son, Hampton, inherited his father’s estate and continued to develop the Bynum property. by Judge William Preston Bynum, son of Hampton Bynum and Mary Coalman Martin. The house still stands today. The Bynum family graveyard is located down a gentle hill several hundred yards behind the house. Buried there are Gray Bynum, Margaret Beth Hampton (Gray’s wife), Hampton Bynum, Mary Coalman Martin (Hampton’s wife), Martha J. Chambers, Major Benjamin Franklin Bynum, Charity Henrietta Morris, Benjamin Franklin Bynum Jr., John Gray Bynum, Anna Bynum, Doctor James P. Bynum, Henrietta Bynum, Abram Jay Martin, Harriett H. Martin, and Mary Ruth Martin. There could be other unmarked graves as well. Located just outside the wrought-iron fence that surrounds the graveyard, to the north, are four Winston family graves. Only one of the four headstones contains a legible inscription. It reads, “To The Memory of E. H. Winston”. The birth/death dates are illegible. It should be noted that Revolutionary War hero, Joseph Winston, was first buried here and later re-interred at the location of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in Guilford County.------- Co, North Carolinace''': Deed, 21 Dec 1789 Stokes Co., NC, Anthony Collins to Wm. Cook, witnessed by Gray Bynum (Absher, Stokes County, North Carolina Deed Abstracts - Book 2, p. 10) - Dec 21 1789ed, 12 July 1790 Stokes Co., NC, Henry Fry and wife Elizabeth to Gray Bynum and Charles McAnnally, Commissioners for Stokes Co, 14 3/4 acres on Buffalo Creek (Absher, Stokes County, North Carolina Record of Deeds Vol. 1, p. 5) - July 12 1790s County, North Carolina Record of Deeds Vol. 1, p. 5) - July 12 1790l Steffins, 2 half-acre lots on west side of Main St. (published abstract) - June 5 1792 Lewis Blum, Lots 32, 33, 34 on Salem Street (published abstract) - June 8 1792 Main St. intersects courthouse lot, signed by Gray Bynum (published abstract) - June 25 1792y Bynum, lot 13, corner courthouse lot and Main St. (published abstract) - Mar 8 1793es?indId=externalindividual-ed65d03fcdab7356856b6d3343f90f8f&mrid=90907488a6d2762c2eadeb5e5f76b656 MyHeritage Family Trees] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Aug 4 2018, 13:40:51 UTC''

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