Arabella Jemima Gray b. 1768 Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Apr 1860 Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA: Smith Family Tree

Arabella Jemima Gray

1768 - 1860 (92 years)

Name	Arabella Jemima Gray [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Birth	1768	Rowan County, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 5, 6]
Gender	Female
Census	1840	Austin County, Texas, USA [7]
Census	Austin Colony Pioneers
DAR/SAR	Daughter of the Republic of Texas
DAR/SAR		Seal-DRT Daughters of the Taxas Republic
Residence	1846	Washington County, Texas, USA [3]
Death	12 Apr 1860	Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA [1, 5, 6]
Burial	Walker Cemetery, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA [5, 6]
	Arabella Dever Gray Harrington ~ Republic of Texas
		Burial-HARRINGTON Arabella Arabella Dever Gray Harrington - Walker Cemetery, Brenham TX ~ Republic of Texas + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9474347/ arabella
		Walker Cemetery Brenham, Washington, Texas Find a Grave: #7441
		Memorial-HARRINGTON Arabella (Republic of Texas) REPUBLIC OF TEXAS - Arabella Dever Gray Harrington -- Arabella married John Walton HARRINGTON about 1812 in NC. They were coming to Texas when John was killed in a sawmill accident in Arkansas. She arrived in Texas in the 1820s while it was still under Mexican rule and settled in present day Brenham, Washington County. Much of downtown Brenham…
Person ID	I13679	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	William R Gray, b. 1745, Gillingham, Dorset, England d. 18 Oct 1780, Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA (Age 35 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Lydia Richardson, b. 1747, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 1820, Burke County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1765	Burke County, North Carolina, USA [8, 9]
Family ID	F4860	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	John William Harrington, b. 1760, Virginia, USA d. 1826, Arkansas, USA (Age 66 years)
Marriage	15 Sep 1814	Livingston County, Kentucky, USA [2, 4, 5, 6]
Family ID	F1154	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Nathaniel Deaver, b. 11 Oct 1760, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA d. Dec 1810, Randolph County, Illinois, USA (Age 50 years)

Marriage Aft 1800 [5, 6]

Children

1. Mary Mariah 'Polly' Deaver, b. 6 Dec 1810, Randolph County, Illinois, USA

d. 15 Jun 1892, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA

(Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F2628 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 1768 - Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
	Marriage - 15 Sep 1814 - Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
	Census - Austin Colony Pioneers - 1840 - Austin County, Texas, USA
	Residence - 1846 - Washington County, Texas, USA
	Death - 12 Apr 1860 - Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA

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Ancestors

~j GRAY Arrabella Deaver
Arabella Jemima Gray Deaver Harrington - Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Arms Icons & Insignia

Seal-DRT
Daughters of the Taxas Republic

Biographies and Histories

Bio-HARRINGTON Arabella Gray
Arabella Gray Deaver Harrington - D. L. Vest, Watterson Folk of Bastrop County, (Waco: Texian Press, 1963), Joyce Martin Murray

Burials		Burial-HARRINGTON Arabella Arabella Dever Gray Harrington - Walker Cemetery, Brenham TX ~ Republic of Texas + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9474347/ arabella
Burials		Memorial-HARRINGTON Arabella (Republic of Texas) REPUBLIC OF TEXAS - Arabella Dever Gray Harrington -- Arabella married John Walton HARRINGTON about 1812 in NC. They were coming to Texas when John was killed in a sawmill accident in Arkansas. She arrived in Texas in the 1820s while it was still under Mexican rule and settled in present day Brenham, Washington County. Much of downtown Brenham…

Historic Documents

(Historic) Program for HARRINGTON Arabella Dever
Program from family reunion showing the headstone for Arabella Gray Dever Harrington

Sources

[S1424] Ancestry.com, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;).
[S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 2318.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.
[S1425] Ancestry.com, Texas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;).
[S213] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;).
[S7475] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): GRAY Amanda Harrington, (Name: SmithLC.com;), DEVER Arabella Jemima Dever Harrington 1810-1892.
Arabella Jemima GRAY was born in 1768 to William GRAY and Lydia (Richardson) GRAY in Rowan County, NC. She married Nathaniel DEAVER in 1791 at Buncombe County, NC. Nathaniel died in 1812 in the Illinois Territory. (They had several children.) Arabella married John Walton HARRINGTON about 1812 in NC. They were coming to Texas when John was killed in a sawmill accident in Arkansas. She arrived in Texas in the 1820s while it was still under Mexican rule and settled in present day Brenham, Washington County. Much of downtown Brenham is built on the Harrington League.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9474347/arabella-jemima_dever-harrington
[S7475] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): GRAY Amanda Harrington, (Name: SmithLC.com;), Arabella Jemima Dever Gray Harrington.
Birth 1768, Rowan County, North Carolina Death 12 Apr 1860 (aged 91–92), Brenham, Washington County, Texas Burial Walker Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, Texas Memorial ID 9474347

Arabella Jemima GRAY was born in 1768 to William GRAY and Lydia (Richardson) GRAY in Rowan County, NC. She married Nathaniel DEAVER in 1791 at Buncombe County, NC. Nathaniel died in 1812 in the Illinois Territory. (They had several children.) Arabella married John Walton HARRINGTON about 1812 in NC. They were coming to Texas when John was killed in a sawmill accident in Arkansas. She arrived in Texas in the 1820s while it was still under Mexican rule and settled in present day Brenham, Washington County. Much of downtown Brenham is built on the Harrington League.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9474347/arabella-jemima_dever-harrington
[S1426] Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers, Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers.

Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers
Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers
[S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 075.

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 075

[S10484] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Revolutionary War), GRAY William - American Army - 1745-1780 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION).
Died at the Battle of Kings Mountain
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216968407/william-gray

Memorial: Kings Mountain Battlefield
Kings Mountain Battleground Cemetery (Also known as King) - Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA NOTE: There are no headstones in the cemetery. Bodies were buried wherever they could. + https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/70465/kings-mountain-battleground-cemetery

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