Family Group Sheet
NameZachariah Brown
Birthabt 1849, Morgan Co., Kentucky
FatherIsaac Brown (~1817-)
MotherMary Ann “Polly” Adkins (~1814-)
Marriage30 Dec 1868, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseGatsy Ann Gray
Birthabt 1855, Kentucky
FatherSamuel F. Gray (~1820-1878)
MotherNancy Jarrells (~1821-)
Notes for Zachariah & Gatsy Ann (Family)
Morgan Co. marriage records list marriage on 30 Dec 1868 of Zachariah Brown and Patsy Ann Gray, at Samuel Gray’s on the Little Sandy River, by M. L. Carter, witnesses S. H. Gray and D. C. A. Gray.
Census
This couple is listed twice in the 1870 census of Elliott Co., Ky:
In North Fork precinct, as family #36:
Brown, Zachariah, 21, farmer, b. Ky; Getsey Ann, 15, b. Ky, married April.
(The marriage date is in conflict with their marriage record in Morgan Co.)
And in Martinsburg precinct, living with Gatsy’s parents:
Gray, Samuel F., 50, farmer, Va; Nancy, 49, Ky; Ellen, 20, Ky; John, 15, Ky; Julana, 14, Ky; Nancy, 12, Ky; Malissa, 10, Ky; Margarett, 4, Ky; Brown, Zach, 21, farm hand, Ky; Gatsean, 18, house keeper, Ky.
1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, lists as family #70:
Brown, Zach, 28, Ky Va Va; Mary G., 21, wife, Ky Ky Ky; Nancy E., 7, dau; John W., 5, son; Amos F., 4, son; Mandy S., 3, dau; Lewis D., 6/12, son. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
(Although the age is very different from Gatsy’s in the 1870 censuses, I think this is still Gatsy Ann Gray. It might be a misreading of 27.)
In North Fork precinct, as family #36:
Brown, Zachariah, 21, farmer, b. Ky; Getsey Ann, 15, b. Ky, married April.
(The marriage date is in conflict with their marriage record in Morgan Co.)
And in Martinsburg precinct, living with Gatsy’s parents:
Gray, Samuel F., 50, farmer, Va; Nancy, 49, Ky; Ellen, 20, Ky; John, 15, Ky; Julana, 14, Ky; Nancy, 12, Ky; Malissa, 10, Ky; Margarett, 4, Ky; Brown, Zach, 21, farm hand, Ky; Gatsean, 18, house keeper, Ky.
1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, lists as family #70:
Brown, Zach, 28, Ky Va Va; Mary G., 21, wife, Ky Ky Ky; Nancy E., 7, dau; John W., 5, son; Amos F., 4, son; Mandy S., 3, dau; Lewis D., 6/12, son. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
(Although the age is very different from Gatsy’s in the 1870 censuses, I think this is still Gatsy Ann Gray. It might be a misreading of 27.)
