NOT CERTAIN that this individual is interred at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. His death certificate does not report place of burial, and a newspaper account states his remains were to be shipped to "his people," although a home address was not available for publication. His mother resided at 132 Maple Street in Atlanta at the time of his death, and when she died several years later, she was buried at Chestnut Hill. However, he may have been buried with some of her kin, either in Troup County, where the family resided in 1900, or in Harris County, where John was born.
Son of Pope William & Caroline "Carrie" (BILLINGER) GRAYSON. Single at the time of his death and not known to have married or had issue. Died at the Camp Benning hospital, which was in Chattahoochee County, of gunshot wounds received in an apparent domestic dispute in Columbus, Georgia.
GRAYSON's World War I service card reports that he was born in Hamilton, Georgia, and was 22 years & 7 months old when he enlisted as a resident of Columbus, Georgia, in the U.S. army at the Regular Army Columbus Barracks in Ohio on 21 SEP 1914. He served with TR I [= Training Company I?], 10th Cavalry, until his discharge. He was made Corporal on 18 OCT 1917, and Sergeant on 01 MAR 1919. He re-enlisted on 18 MAR 1919 and was on active duty at Camp Benning (later Fort Benning) at the time of his death.
Sgt. GRAYSON may be found (born Jan 1892 in Georgia) residing in his widowed mother's 1900 household at West Point in Troup County, Georgia. In 1920, he was a Sergeant in the Cavalry, stationed at Fort Huachuca Military Reservation in Cochise County, Arizona.
If Sgt. GRAYSON's grave is not marked and his burial place can be proved, he is eligible to receive a military headstone free from the Veterans Administration, as a benefit of his service.
"NEGRESS FACES MURDER CHARGE: Mattie COOK, Alleged to Have Shot John DRAYSON [sic - GRAYSON], Negro Soldier, Who Died This Morning. // With the death of John DRAYSON, negro soldier of Co. C, I. S. D., which occurred early this morning in the Camp Benning post hospital, where he was taken yesterday after having been shot once in the neck and once in the side. Mattie (Tannie) COOK, negress, who was held yesterday in connection with the shooting on a charge of assault with intent to murder, and in whose home the events took place, is now resting at police headquarters without bond, charged with murder in the first degree. // Date for the defendant’s preliminary hearing in police court had not been set today, pending the retaining of counsel, but it was given out that it would probably be disposed of by the recorder some time this week. // No witnesses of the shooting have been introduced and the only account of the affair is that given by the alleged murderess, which is substantially that she and DRAYSON, who she claims was her lover, were quarreling; and that when he was stooping over a receptacle containing coal, about to grasp a lump presumably, on her part, to use as a weapon, she shot him twice. Not immediately incapacitated by the wounds, it is stated that DRAYSON succeeded in obtaining a missile with which he struck the negress on the top of her head, knocking her down. // The injury received by Mattie COOK necessitated surgical aid and three stitches were taken. // Though unable to give the home address of the victim of the affray, camp authorities stated today that the remains would be shipped to the former’s people. // The woman charged with the murder of DRAYSON is said by members of the police force to be a notorious character and that her house at 725 Sixth avenue has been under surveillance for some time, because of the crowds that frequent it.” [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 11 OCT 1921, pp. 1 & 7. Last mention found of this matter, in the Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper of 16 NOV 1921, reports that the matter was continued over until the next session of the grand jury, pending further investigation. Mattie COOK was living at home on 17 APR 1922, when her house was reported to have been slightly damaged by a roof fire.]
Son of Pope William & Caroline "Carrie" (BILLINGER) GRAYSON. Single at the time of his death and not known to have married or had issue. Died at the Camp Benning hospital, which was in Chattahoochee County, of gunshot wounds received in an apparent domestic dispute in Columbus, Georgia.
GRAYSON's World War I service card reports that he was born in Hamilton, Georgia, and was 22 years & 7 months old when he enlisted as a resident of Columbus, Georgia, in the U.S. army at the Regular Army Columbus Barracks in Ohio on 21 SEP 1914. He served with TR I [= Training Company I?], 10th Cavalry, until his discharge. He was made Corporal on 18 OCT 1917, and Sergeant on 01 MAR 1919. He re-enlisted on 18 MAR 1919 and was on active duty at Camp Benning (later Fort Benning) at the time of his death.
Sgt. GRAYSON may be found (born Jan 1892 in Georgia) residing in his widowed mother's 1900 household at West Point in Troup County, Georgia. In 1920, he was a Sergeant in the Cavalry, stationed at Fort Huachuca Military Reservation in Cochise County, Arizona.
If Sgt. GRAYSON's grave is not marked and his burial place can be proved, he is eligible to receive a military headstone free from the Veterans Administration, as a benefit of his service.
"NEGRESS FACES MURDER CHARGE: Mattie COOK, Alleged to Have Shot John DRAYSON [sic - GRAYSON], Negro Soldier, Who Died This Morning. // With the death of John DRAYSON, negro soldier of Co. C, I. S. D., which occurred early this morning in the Camp Benning post hospital, where he was taken yesterday after having been shot once in the neck and once in the side. Mattie (Tannie) COOK, negress, who was held yesterday in connection with the shooting on a charge of assault with intent to murder, and in whose home the events took place, is now resting at police headquarters without bond, charged with murder in the first degree. // Date for the defendant’s preliminary hearing in police court had not been set today, pending the retaining of counsel, but it was given out that it would probably be disposed of by the recorder some time this week. // No witnesses of the shooting have been introduced and the only account of the affair is that given by the alleged murderess, which is substantially that she and DRAYSON, who she claims was her lover, were quarreling; and that when he was stooping over a receptacle containing coal, about to grasp a lump presumably, on her part, to use as a weapon, she shot him twice. Not immediately incapacitated by the wounds, it is stated that DRAYSON succeeded in obtaining a missile with which he struck the negress on the top of her head, knocking her down. // The injury received by Mattie COOK necessitated surgical aid and three stitches were taken. // Though unable to give the home address of the victim of the affray, camp authorities stated today that the remains would be shipped to the former’s people. // The woman charged with the murder of DRAYSON is said by members of the police force to be a notorious character and that her house at 725 Sixth avenue has been under surveillance for some time, because of the crowds that frequent it.” [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 11 OCT 1921, pp. 1 & 7. Last mention found of this matter, in the Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper of 16 NOV 1921, reports that the matter was continued over until the next session of the grand jury, pending further investigation. Mattie COOK was living at home on 17 APR 1922, when her house was reported to have been slightly damaged by a roof fire.]
NOT CERTAIN that this individual is interred at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. His death certificate does not report place of burial, and a newspaper account states his remains were to be shipped to "his people," although a home address was not available for publication. His mother resided at 132 Maple Street in Atlanta at the time of his death, and when she died several years later, she was buried at Chestnut Hill. However, he may have been buried with some of her kin, either in Troup County, where the family resided in 1900, or in Harris County, where John was born.
Son of Pope William & Caroline "Carrie" (BILLINGER) GRAYSON. Single at the time of his death and not known to have married or had issue. Died at the Camp Benning hospital, which was in Chattahoochee County, of gunshot wounds received in an apparent domestic dispute in Columbus, Georgia.
GRAYSON's World War I service card reports that he was born in Hamilton, Georgia, and was 22 years & 7 months old when he enlisted as a resident of Columbus, Georgia, in the U.S. army at the Regular Army Columbus Barracks in Ohio on 21 SEP 1914. He served with TR I [= Training Company I?], 10th Cavalry, until his discharge. He was made Corporal on 18 OCT 1917, and Sergeant on 01 MAR 1919. He re-enlisted on 18 MAR 1919 and was on active duty at Camp Benning (later Fort Benning) at the time of his death.
Sgt. GRAYSON may be found (born Jan 1892 in Georgia) residing in his widowed mother's 1900 household at West Point in Troup County, Georgia. In 1920, he was a Sergeant in the Cavalry, stationed at Fort Huachuca Military Reservation in Cochise County, Arizona.
If Sgt. GRAYSON's grave is not marked and his burial place can be proved, he is eligible to receive a military headstone free from the Veterans Administration, as a benefit of his service.
"NEGRESS FACES MURDER CHARGE: Mattie COOK, Alleged to Have Shot John DRAYSON [sic - GRAYSON], Negro Soldier, Who Died This Morning. // With the death of John DRAYSON, negro soldier of Co. C, I. S. D., which occurred early this morning in the Camp Benning post hospital, where he was taken yesterday after having been shot once in the neck and once in the side. Mattie (Tannie) COOK, negress, who was held yesterday in connection with the shooting on a charge of assault with intent to murder, and in whose home the events took place, is now resting at police headquarters without bond, charged with murder in the first degree. // Date for the defendant’s preliminary hearing in police court had not been set today, pending the retaining of counsel, but it was given out that it would probably be disposed of by the recorder some time this week. // No witnesses of the shooting have been introduced and the only account of the affair is that given by the alleged murderess, which is substantially that she and DRAYSON, who she claims was her lover, were quarreling; and that when he was stooping over a receptacle containing coal, about to grasp a lump presumably, on her part, to use as a weapon, she shot him twice. Not immediately incapacitated by the wounds, it is stated that DRAYSON succeeded in obtaining a missile with which he struck the negress on the top of her head, knocking her down. // The injury received by Mattie COOK necessitated surgical aid and three stitches were taken. // Though unable to give the home address of the victim of the affray, camp authorities stated today that the remains would be shipped to the former’s people. // The woman charged with the murder of DRAYSON is said by members of the police force to be a notorious character and that her house at 725 Sixth avenue has been under surveillance for some time, because of the crowds that frequent it.” [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 11 OCT 1921, pp. 1 & 7. Last mention found of this matter, in the Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper of 16 NOV 1921, reports that the matter was continued over until the next session of the grand jury, pending further investigation. Mattie COOK was living at home on 17 APR 1922, when her house was reported to have been slightly damaged by a roof fire.]
Son of Pope William & Caroline "Carrie" (BILLINGER) GRAYSON. Single at the time of his death and not known to have married or had issue. Died at the Camp Benning hospital, which was in Chattahoochee County, of gunshot wounds received in an apparent domestic dispute in Columbus, Georgia.
GRAYSON's World War I service card reports that he was born in Hamilton, Georgia, and was 22 years & 7 months old when he enlisted as a resident of Columbus, Georgia, in the U.S. army at the Regular Army Columbus Barracks in Ohio on 21 SEP 1914. He served with TR I [= Training Company I?], 10th Cavalry, until his discharge. He was made Corporal on 18 OCT 1917, and Sergeant on 01 MAR 1919. He re-enlisted on 18 MAR 1919 and was on active duty at Camp Benning (later Fort Benning) at the time of his death.
Sgt. GRAYSON may be found (born Jan 1892 in Georgia) residing in his widowed mother's 1900 household at West Point in Troup County, Georgia. In 1920, he was a Sergeant in the Cavalry, stationed at Fort Huachuca Military Reservation in Cochise County, Arizona.
If Sgt. GRAYSON's grave is not marked and his burial place can be proved, he is eligible to receive a military headstone free from the Veterans Administration, as a benefit of his service.
"NEGRESS FACES MURDER CHARGE: Mattie COOK, Alleged to Have Shot John DRAYSON [sic - GRAYSON], Negro Soldier, Who Died This Morning. // With the death of John DRAYSON, negro soldier of Co. C, I. S. D., which occurred early this morning in the Camp Benning post hospital, where he was taken yesterday after having been shot once in the neck and once in the side. Mattie (Tannie) COOK, negress, who was held yesterday in connection with the shooting on a charge of assault with intent to murder, and in whose home the events took place, is now resting at police headquarters without bond, charged with murder in the first degree. // Date for the defendant’s preliminary hearing in police court had not been set today, pending the retaining of counsel, but it was given out that it would probably be disposed of by the recorder some time this week. // No witnesses of the shooting have been introduced and the only account of the affair is that given by the alleged murderess, which is substantially that she and DRAYSON, who she claims was her lover, were quarreling; and that when he was stooping over a receptacle containing coal, about to grasp a lump presumably, on her part, to use as a weapon, she shot him twice. Not immediately incapacitated by the wounds, it is stated that DRAYSON succeeded in obtaining a missile with which he struck the negress on the top of her head, knocking her down. // The injury received by Mattie COOK necessitated surgical aid and three stitches were taken. // Though unable to give the home address of the victim of the affray, camp authorities stated today that the remains would be shipped to the former’s people. // The woman charged with the murder of DRAYSON is said by members of the police force to be a notorious character and that her house at 725 Sixth avenue has been under surveillance for some time, because of the crowds that frequent it.” [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 11 OCT 1921, pp. 1 & 7. Last mention found of this matter, in the Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper of 16 NOV 1921, reports that the matter was continued over until the next session of the grand jury, pending further investigation. Mattie COOK was living at home on 17 APR 1922, when her house was reported to have been slightly damaged by a roof fire.]
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