William Gray (1731-1801) was a politician who represented Bertie County in the North Carolina Colonial Assembly in 1760-1761 and 1764-1768 and also at the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776. He helped establish the town of Windsor. In 1777 he served as a cosigner for two bonds in which the primary designee refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina and consequently promised to leave the state within 60 days. One of these bonds was for his brother-in-law, Thomas Clark. Later in 1778 he signed his own oath swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence. In 1779 he signed a petition to the North Carolina General Assembly asking that William Burket be exempted from militia service.