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Ms. Simmons,
I have looked at your query about Redd Grayson and have come up empty handed as to real hard evidence of him being in Loudoun County. Here is a scenario that might fit the evidence. There are marriage records for a Thomas Grayson and Silva Guider indicate that Thomas Grayson was the son of a free negro, Samuel born in 1823 and Harriet a slave. The birth records indicate that Harriet was a slave of James Mount in 1853.
In the 1850 census Samuel was listed with James Mount and was 27 years old. The theory is that Thomas is a son of Samuel and listed in the same area as Harriet, who was a slave. The birth dates are from the census and are approximate.
On the 1870 Census Samuel & Harriet List the following children: Lee born 1847, Thomas , who married Silva Guider born in 1849, Saphrona, born 1850, Broun born 1851, Alice born in 1851, Sam born 1854, and Deborah born 1852.
Maybe, your Redd was a son of Samuel & Harriet, but was born before the Loudoun County started taking names and he was out of the house hold by the1850 census records. I hope this helps. I checked the Free Negroes lists of Loudoun and births and death records and found no Redd Grayson.
I used the following sources: Abstracts of Loudoun County: Register of Free Negroes 1844-1861. (By Pat Duncan) Loudoun County Birth Records, Essence of a People vol. 1 & 2 By the Black History Committee, Loudoun County List of Free negroes, by Townsend Lucas. Also Loudoun County VA numbered Certificates of Free Negroes by Lucas, of which I found none of your Grayson Famiy
I hope this helps with your research. Good luck with your family heritage. Indian records before 1870 are hard to prove or disprove. They kept very few records.
Information received from:
Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Va.
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