Rev. 18 Dec. 2009, Gen. 74
DESCENDANTS OF ALEXANDER
GRAVES OF NC & GA
GENERATION 1
Alexander Graves (1) was born 26
Jan. 1806 in NC, died 11 Aug. 1875 in GA, and was buried in Liberty Hill Cem.,
Acworth, Paulding Co., GA[1]. He first married Sarah Philips Bailey
on 29 Nov. (or Oct.) 1828 in Henry Co., GA. She was a widow, and a member of the Phillips family in the
community. This is the earliest
record found for Alexander. There
were no children by this marriage. Alexander was listed as "Gravitt"
in the 1830 census of Henry Co., GA.
He secondly married Anna (or Ann)
Craft on 13 Dec. 1832 in Henry Co., GA.
She was born 15 (or 16[2]) July 1808 in GA, according to the
1850 Henry Co. census, died 25 Dec. 1857, and was buried in Liberty Hill Cem.,
Acworth, Paulding Co., GA.
After Anna's death in 1857,
Alexander married Ellender Harrison on 25 Jan. 1859 in Paulding Co., GA. She was born 15 April 1803 in SC, died
12 June 1883, and was also buried in Liberty Hill Cem., Acworth.
Alexander Graves signed an oath in
1866 in Cartersville, GA to uphold the Constitution.
It is believed that his father
could have been William S. Graves, because there is an 1834 tax receipt for
payment of taxes in Henry Co. by Alexander and William S. Graves signed by both
of them. Also, Alexander named his
first son William S., and that William S. named his first son William
Alexander.
The descendants believe that
Alexander had a sister who married a Davidson. They have a letter written to Alexander on 2 April 1872 from
Fares City, AR from John C. Davidson, addressed to Alexander Graves as
"Dear Uncle".
Four people named Alexander Graves
born in NC between 1800 and 1812 have been found. It is possible that a Graves female (or a male) married an
Alexander, and these Alexander Graveses could all be cousins. In fact William Graves, born 1752, a
descendant of Capt. Thomas Graves, had a daughter, Mary ("Polly")
Graves, who married Edmund Alexander.
It has been believed by some family
members that Alexander Graves was descended from Capt. Thomas Graves of VA
(gen. 169). If this is so, it is
probably through Ralph Graves who married Unity White, and the Graves family of
Granville Co., NC, and Giles Co., TN, some of whom went to Arkansas. The name Alexander is very common in
this part of the family, and there is even one occurrence of Avery as a middle
name.
Many of the submitted genealogies
online show William Graves and Anne Neal as the parents of Alexander
Graves. However, that is not
believed to be correct. Genealogy
169 shows that the Alexander Graves of that genealogy was born earlier (in
1800) and had a different set of children.
One of the daughters listed below
married John Tanner.
Alexander and Ellender were in the
1860 and 1870 censuses for Paulding Co., GA. He was a tanner in 1860 and a farmer in 1870. (R‑1, R‑2, R‑4)
Children - Graves, by Anna Craft
2. William S. Graves, b.c. 1833.
3. S. L. Graves (dau.), b.c. 1835.
4. M. A. Graves (dau.), b.c. 1837.
+5. John T. Graves, b. 13 July 1839, m. Caroline Elizabeth
McEver, 1860, d. 20 June 1903.
+6. George Lawrence Graves, b. 1 April 1840, m. Mary Jane
Tanner, 17 Dec. 1869, d. 31 May 1906.
7. Nancy A. Graves, b.c. 1842.
8. J. Hazeltine (or Hasseltine) Graves, b.c.
1844. He may have died before
1870, perhaps in the Civil War, since he has not been found in any censuses
after 1860.
+9. James Jefferson Graves, b. June 1846, m. Mary Denton, c.
1873, d. 1911.
10. Thomas M. Graves, b.c. 1849.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER GRAVES (1)
AND ANNA CRAFT
John T. Graves (5) was born 13 July
1839 in Henry Co., GA, died 20 June 1903, and was buried in Crossroads Baptist
Church Cem. (located on GA Hwy. 92, between Dallas and Acworth, in Crossroads
Community). He married Caroline
Elizabeth McEver in 1860 in Cobb Co., GA.
She was born 12 April 1837 in Cobb Co., GA, and died 24 June 1908 in
Paulding Co., GA. They lived in
Acworth, Paulding Co., GA, where at least their first 3 children were
born.. (R‑3, R‑4)
Children - Graves
11. Margaret Graves, b. 1861.
+12. John T. Graves, Jr., b. 14 July 1864, m. Sarah E.
Kennedy, 20 Feb. 1887, d. 21 June 1940.
+13. William A. Graves, b. 8 Aug. 1866, m(1) Elma Elizabeth
Harrison, 13 Oct. 1888, m(2) Minnie Elizabeth Garrison, 1 June 1895, d. 20 Oct.
1939.
14. Sarah Graves, b. 1868, m. J. J.
Browner, 28 Aug. 1886.
George Lawrence Graves (6) was born
1 April 1840 in GA, and died 31 May 1906 in Gwinnett Co., GA. He settled in Gwinnett Co., GA in
1876. He entered the Civil War, after
enlisting in the Confederate Army in Richmond, VA, on 21 Aug. 1861. He served in Co. A, 18th Regt. for 3
years in Virginia, and went home as soon as his time was up.
He married Mary Jane Tanner,
daughter of Joseph Tanner and Elizabeth Bruner (?), on 17 Dec. 1869 in Walton
Co., GA. She was born 2 Sept. 1842
in Walton Co., GA, and died 10 (or 14[3])
Dec. 1909 in Gwinnett Co., GA.
They were both buried in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cem., Tucker,
GA. (R‑2, R‑4)
Children - Graves
+15. Annie Graves, b. 17 Jan. 1874, m. Charles E. Leavell, 21
Jan. 1900, d. 13 Nov. 1907.
+16. Joseph E. Graves, b. 17 Feb. 1877, m. Mittie C.
Langford, 18 Feb. 1904, d. 13 July 1954.
+17. John Thomas Graves, b. 11 Feb. 1882, m. Jennie Evelyn
Cofer, 23 Aug. 1903, d. 1 Aug. 1960.
+18. George William Graves, b. 13 June 1888, m. Hattie Lee
Ola Purcell, 4 Oct. 1908, d. 18 Feb. 1978.
James Jefferson Graves (9) was born
in June 1846 in GA, and died in 1911[4]
in OK. He married Mary Denton
about 1873. She was born in Jan.
1850 in TN. They were in the 1900
census for Brinton Twp., Pottawatomie Co., OK, with their son Franklin living
almost next door. All 3 of their
children were living in 1900, all born in GA. James was a farmer.
(R‑5)
Children - Graves
+19. Franklin Abraham Graves, b. 14 Feb. 1874, m. Sarah
Luella Miller, 12 Dec. 1897.
20. Addie Graves, b. Dec. 1875.
21. William A. Graves, b. June
1876. (His date of birth seems too
close to AddieÕs.)
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF JOHN T. GRAVES (5)
John T. Graves, Jr. (12) was born
14 July 1864, died 21 June 1940, and was buried in Liberty Hill Cem., Acworth,
GA. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. They lived in Acworth, Paulding Co.,
GA. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
+22. Raymond Floyd Graves, b. 28 Sept. 1904, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 11 April 1977.
William A. Graves (13) was born 8
Aug. 1866 in Paulding Co., GA, and died 20 Oct. 1939 in Acworth, Paulding Co.,
GA. He first married Elma
Elizabeth Harrison on 13 Oct. (or Dec.?) 1888. She was born 9 Oct. 1869, and died 19 Oct. 1893 in Paulding
Co. He secondly married Minnie
Elizabeth Garrison on 1 June 1895.
(R‑4)
Children - Graves
+23. Minnie Elizabeth Graves, b. 30 Sept. 1889, m. Jessie
Matterson Dawson, 25 Dec. 1910, d. 19 Aug. 1935.
CHILDREN OF GEORGE L. GRAVES (6)
AND MARY J. TANNER
Annie Graves (15) was born 17 Jan.
1874 in Norcross, GA, and died 13 Nov. 1907. She married Charles E. Leavell (or Level) on 21 Jan.
1900. (R‑2, R‑4)
Children - Leavell
24. Paul Leavell, b. 21 Aug. 1901, d.
28 Oct. 1928.
25. Mary Lou Leavell, b. 25 Oct. 1902,
d. 24 Dec. 1923.
Joseph E. Graves (16) was born 17
Feb. 1877 in Norcross, GA, and died 13 July 1954 in Gwinnett Co., Ga. He married Mittie C. Langford (or
Lankford?) on 18 Feb. 1904. She
was born 28 July 1878 and died 9 Feb. 1932. (R‑2, R‑4)
Children - Graves
26. Allie (or Alley) Graves, b. 24 Dec.
1904.
27. Joseph M. Graves, b. 17 June 1918,
m. Grace Strickland.
John Thomas Graves (17) was born 11
Feb. (or Dec.[5]) 1882 and died 1 (or 25)
Aug. 1960, both in Gwinnett Co., Ga.
He married Jennie Evelyn Cofer (or Crawford2)
on 23 Aug. 1903. She was born 22
March 1883, and died 2 April 1975 in Gwinnett Co., Ga. They both lived in Gwinnett Co. all
their lives and were buried in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cem., Tucker,
DeKalb Co., Ga. All their children
were born in Gwinnett Co. (R‑2)
Children - Graves
+28. George DeWitt Graves, b. 23 Aug. 1904, m(1) Clara
Burnett Thomas, 21 Nov. 1925, m(2) Ruby Denmark, 1945, m(3) Blanche
Hollingsworth, m(4) Johnnie Mae (Haney) Pennington, April 1962, d. 1 Jan. 1984.
29. Ruby Jane Graves, b. 25 May 1907,
m. Earl Haller, d. 25 Oct. 1945 (Fulton Co., Ga.). No children.
+30. John Lester Graves, b. 23 Nov. 1909, m. Grace Truman
Story, 8 Dec. 1929, d. 20 Nov. 1985.
+31. Bernice Ethel Graves, b. 23 Sept. 1911, m. Robert Faye
Cown, 18 Aug. 1929, d. 28 Aug. 1985.
+32. William Dorsey Graves, b. 30 July 1914, m. Sarah
Elizabeth Story, 12 Nov. 1932.
+33. Jennie Louette Graves, b. 28 Aug. 1916, m. James Edward
Sorrells, 18 Nov. 1934.
+34. Emma Grace Graves, b. 3 April 1919, m. James Chester
Duncan, d. 7 July 1989.
+35. Sidney Seldon Graves, b. 25 Feb. 1922, m. Sarah Montine
Biggers.
George William Graves (18), called
ÒWillÓ, was born 13 June 1888 in Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA, and died 18 Feb.
1978 in Gwinnett Co., GA. He
married Hattie Lee Ola Purcell, called Ola, daughter of Jackson McKenny Purcess
and Mary Emma Hazelrigg, on 4 Oct. 1908 in Norcross, GA. She was born 20 March 1893 and died 10
Jan. 1980, both in Norcross, Gwinnett Co., GA. They were both buried in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cem.,
Tucker, GA. The gravestone at the
cemetery has her name spelled Pursell, which is what her father changed it to
because of a difference of opinion with his family. All their children were born in GA. (R‑2, R‑4)
Children - Graves
+36. Avery Anderson Graves, b. 9 Aug. 1909, m. Ava Myrtle
Dickens.
+37. William Lawrence Graves, b. 2 June 1911, m. Fannie
Talitha Warbington, d. 2 Feb. 1994.
38. Fred McKenny Graves, b. 4 March
1922.
CHILDREN OF JAMES J. GRAVES (9)
AND MARY DENTON
Franklin Abraham Graves (19) was
born 14 Feb. 1874 in Paulding Co., GA.
He married Sarah Luella Miller on 12 Dec. 1897. She was born 29 June 1880 in Benton
Co., TN. They have not been found
in the 1880 census. They were in
the 1900 census for Brinton Twp., Pottawatomie Co., OK, when he was a
farmer. They were in the 1920
census for Forest Twp., Pottawatomie Co., OK, when her widowed mother was
living with them, and he was a foreman for the electric company. All their children were born in
OK. (R‑5)
Children - Graves
+39. William Ardis Graves, b. March 1899, m. Pearl French, c.
1918.
40. Anna V. Graves, b.c. 1803.
41. Frank (ÒFrankieÓ) Graves, b.c.
1905.
42. Bessie I. Graves, b.c. 1912.
+43. John Jefferson Claude Graves, b. 21 Aug. 1917, m. Elinor
Kate Todd, 27 June 1936, d. 24 May 1984.
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