This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Virginian Pioneer Figures in Gray Township History
Grayville and Gray Township history recounts early settlers and businesses from 1830s to WWII era. Mentions John B. Jolly dry goods, Sam Orange general store, wagon making, doctors in Grayville, first mail route, plank road attempt, steam packet line, Civil War volunteers, late 19th century infrastructure, street lights, Carnegie Library, World War I hospitalization, James M. Helm Post, oil boom, 1941 Pearl Harbor, and a Psalm quote and closing reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayville
Albion
John B. Jolly
Mayo
Abner Carey
George M. Weed
Sam Orange
George Pope
Frances M. Charles
Henry Charles
White County
Loren Burdick
Garrick
C. R. Smith
FE. W. Mitchell
James Stokes
F. Hutchinson
Gray Township
William Gilvert
D. S. Coulter
W. G. Wheatcroft
John Yelm
James M. Helm
Annapolis
Edith Benham
Helm
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
F. D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Chicago
Carnegie Library
Oxford Post No
Admiral Helm
Pearl Harbor