Wilson Mirror, 27 June 1894.
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- Jno. Renfrow
- W.H. Vick — William Henry Vick.
- B.R Winstead — Braswell R. Winstead.
- Gray Newsom
In the 1870 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farm laborer Ben Newsom, 50; wife Edna, 31; and children Amos, 10, Gray, 7, Penelope, 6, and Mary, 2.
In the 1880 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farmer Benjamin Newsome, 53; wife Edna, 40; children Oliver, 21, Amos, 20, Gray, 18, Pennina, 16, Mary, 13, Louisa, 9, Larry, 7, and Joseph, 5; plus farmer Amos Atkinson, 35; wife Mary, 37; and his half-siblings John Hardy Boyett, 14, and Melvina Boyett, 18. (The Atkinsons and Boyettes were white.)
On 23 December 1883, Gray Newsome, 22, married Louvenia Barnes, 19, at Wilson Barnes’ in Wilson.
In the 1900 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: farm laborer Gray Newsom, 39, widower, and children General B., 15, Leonora, 9, Nettie V., 8, Louis H., 6, and Luther P., 2.
- S.A. Smith — Simeon A. Smith.
- Geo. H. White — George H. White.