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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.
Sincerely,
Library Assistant.
Thomas Balch Library of Leesburg, va.
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