Butts County GaArchives Photo document.....Gray Bible-Allen & Peletiah(O'Neal)Gray 1984
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Larry Knowles knonga@bellsouth.net August 27, 2004, 2:23 pm

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THE GRAY FAMILY BIBLE- (1984 photo, top closeup, scanned gray-"O'Nail" births)

The Gray Family Bible is an excellent family heirloom. It contains birth, 
marriage, and death information on five generations. A copy of all of the 
record pages is in the Georgia Archives. The bible was first owned by Allen and 
Peltiah(O'Neal)Gray of Butts Co. GA. A descendant, Mrs. Gladys Floyd of 
McDonough, Henry Co. had it when these photos were made. Allen Gray was the son 
of James Sr. and Elizabeth(Johnson)Gray, who migrated to Georgia from the 
Abbeville District of SC. James Sr. purchased lot #133/8D.- then in Henry Co.
(in 1822-?). When Butts Co. was formed, the new countyline almost divided the 
lot in half, diagonally. James Gray Sr. died in June 1830. Son, Allen Gray and 
Peletiah O'Neal married in November 1832. In February 1833, Allen Gray 
purchased 135 acres, the Butts Co. portion, from his father's estate. The Gray 
Cemetery is on this section; provided for in Allen Gray's will. Peletiah
(spelled several ways)was the daughter Zachariah O'Neal(O'Nail in early 
records). He, too, had purchased Henry Co. land(#249/1D.)in February 1822. This 
lot was also taken into Butts Co.(O'Neal Cemetery located there). In the family 
bible, "Pelly Gray" recorded the births of her siblings, and perhaps, the death 
of her mother, Sarah. [See four other bible photos. Also, Gray and O'Neal 
cemetery photos & text]

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