Second Generation

8. Joshua J. Bray^1,3,5,6. Birth: about 1815, Tennessee. His birth date is estimated from his Civil War record. He was 45 years old in 1864.

Census: 1830, Anderson County, Tennessee, Age 15-19, enumerated Household of his father John Bray.

He appeared in the tax list in 1837 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 4, 1 poll.

He appeared in the tax list in 1838 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 3, 1 poll.

Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee,

p.20, line 4, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1840
Joshua Bray 21001-00001

00-04 2 0 1836-1840 Joseph D. Bray, Joshua F. Bray
05-09 1 0 1831-1835 Thomas P. Bray
10-14 0 0 1826-1830
15-19 0 0 1821-1825
20-29 1 1 1811-1820 Joshua J. Bray, Annie M. (Annie) Hall

Missing from census: 1850,.

Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Anderson County, Tennessee, 16 Jul 1860, Andersonville PO; page 36b, dwelling number 504, family number 504; Bray Joshua 45 m w farmer TN cannot R/W; Anny 45 f w TN; Joshua 21 m w day laborer TN; Susannah 14 f w TN; Pery 12 m w TN; Millia J. 9 f w TN; Archelius 8 m w TN; Obediance 6 f w TN; James 3 m w TN.

Joshua served in the military between 8 November 1864 and 7 March 1865. Rank: Sergt.
Age: 45
Enlisted: Nov 8 64 Mustered: Mar 7 65
Remarks: Appointed March 10 65 He appeared in the tax list in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 4, 1 poll.

Death: about 1870, age 55, [Anderson County], [Tennessee]. He appeared on the 1860 census, and his wife appeared to have been a widow in the 1870 census. However, he did appear on the 1870 tax list. So the guess is that he died shortly before the 1870 census. (RGB)

Joshua J. Bray and Anne M. (Annie) Hall Marriage: 2 April 1834, Robertsville, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Anne M. (Annie) Hall^1,3,5, daughter of David Hall and Obedience Braswell,. Birth: 1815, Robertsville, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee, Age 20-29, enumerated with her husband Joshua Bray.

Missing from census: 1850,.

Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee, Anny 45 f w TN.

Census: 1870, Knox County, Tennessee, Dist. 6, Knox County, Tennessee, 7 Jul 1870, Heiskell Station PO, page 143a, dwelling number 117, family number 117, Bray Anna 55 f w keeping house TN, Archy 16 m w TN, Perry 21 m w TN, Obedience 16 f w TN, James 12 m w TN,

Death: 1918, age 103, Campbell County, Tennessee.

Annie's parents are a guess based on the fact that she was married in 1834 in Anderson County, and based on the fact that the only Hall male in the 1830 Anderson County census who was the right age to be her father was David Hall. Also, Annie had a daughter named Obedience Bray, surely named for her grandmother Obedience Braswell. (RGB)

Joshua J. Bray and Anne M. (Annie) Hall had the following children: