James Madison Gray

James Madison Gray is a Georgia historical marker in Jones County, dedicated 1954.

US 129 at the former school in Gray.

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Gray, Georgia was named for James Madison Gray, regarded as Jones County's most outstanding citizen. He clothed the Gray Infantry, Company F, 45TH Georgia Regiment, C.S.A. and during the War fed soldiers and homeless families from his own smokehouses. At death he left the bulk of his estate to Mercer University, the "Gray Fund," to provide a better college for local boys. The railroad ran through the center of Gray's property surrounding the present town. Though he never married he was liked by all, slaves, share-croppers and plantation owners alike.

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1895 · Gen. map IX. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of South Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · N. & S. Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

N. & S. Carolina, 1927, covering the location of James Madison Gray, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — N. & S. Carolina, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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James Madison Gray

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