The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.

Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.

John Gray and his family moved in 1737 to Timber Ridge, Augusta Co., Virginia, from either Ireland or New Jersey. He died in 1751.