Rev. 26 Jan. 2012, Gen. 270
JOHN GRAVES/GREAVES
OF
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND & VIRGINIA
GENERATION 1
John
Graves(1) was born about 1665 and died after 1737. His wife's name is not known. It is believed that he was an immigrant to Virginia from
Northamptonshire, England (based on DNA testing, and the Bible record of
Solomon Graves in the Appendix), and his surname may have been spelled
Greaves in England (since all other proven relatives of his in England spelled
their name as Greaves). It was
previously thought that this John was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Graves
(descended from Capt. Thomas Graves of VA, genealogy 169), since the ages were
right, and there were no other known Graves of the right age to be the father
of this John. He is obviously too
old to be one of the Johns of the Abingdon Parish Register. Francis (genealogy 220, previously
thought to be youngest son of Capt. Thomas Graves of gen. 169) may possibly
have had a son John by a first marriage, but this John died in Essex Co. in
1720. He was also in Essex Co. at
the same time that John Sr. (1 (1) was in King and Queen and King
William Counties. Two John Graves
are in the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls, one in King and Queen Co. and one in King
William Co. The one in King and
Queen Co. might be the John bapt. 1677, Abingdon Parish, but it is also quite
possible that both Johns are one and the same person. As deeds show, John Sr. (1 (1) was of
King and Queen Co. in 1704 when he purchased land in King William Co. Therefore, it is quite possible that he
is listed for both areas. The Quit
Rent Rolls are obviously incomplete, as only seven Graves appear on them: Thomas and John in King William Co.,
John and Robert in King and Queen Co., Thomas and Jeffery of Gloucester Co.,
and James of James City Co. There
should be many more.
There are
several deeds that are crucial to establishing this line. They substantiate the birth dates of
John Sr.
(1 (1) and his son John Jr., and show that this is the same family
that later settled in Spotsylvania Co.
King William Co., Deed Book 1, pp. 195-7: John Clayton (or Clayborne) of
St. John's Parish, King William Co., sells 100 acres on the north side of the
Pamunkey River to John Graves of Stratton Major (Manor) Parish, King and Queen
Co., 6 May 1704.
King
William Co., Deed Book 1, p. 342: John Graves assigns over all rights, etc., to
the above 100 acres on the Pamunkey to his son John, 20 March 1706/7.
Spotsylvania
Co. Deed Book A, May 24, 1729.
Thomas Gambrill of St. Margaret's Parish, King William Co. In consideration of 100 acres of land,
a tract of land containing 200 acres in Spotsylvania Co. (one of the witnesses
to this deed was Thomas Graves).
This deed
does not describe the bounds of the 100 acres which John Jr. traded off in King
William Co., but inasmuch as he was described as being of King and Queen and
owning 100 acres in King William, it must be the same 100 acres assigned to him
as a Deed of Gift by his father John Graves Sr. There are no other records showing the disposal of the 100
acres or of any other John Graves owning 100 acres in this section.
Spotsylvania
Co. Deed Book F, p. 563, May 31, 1765. John and Frances Graves made a Deed of
Gift to their son, Joseph Graves, specifically mentioning the 200 acres content
and that it was purchased by them in 1729 from Thomas Gambrill.
Journal
of the House of Burgess, 1717-1726, p. 56: William Smith of King William Co. petitions for a bill to
make good the title on entailed land he sold to John Graves Jr., 16 Nov. 1713.
It is
obvious John Graves Jr. was of age by 1713 and most likely either of age or
very close in 1706/7 when given the land on Pamunkey by his father. Therefore, John Jr. was probably born
1685-90 and was the oldest of John Sr.'s known sons. By this same reasoning, John Sr. must have been born by 1670
and more likely by 1665.
Although
there is no record of John Sr. moving to Spotsylvania Co., Va., it is likely
that he moved with his sons. In
Spotsylvania Co. Order Book, 1735-38, p. 501, 7 June 1737, John Graves is set
free of any county levies, he being very ancient and unable to labor. There is no other John in the area to
whom this description would apply.
It is also more appropriate for a man born 1665 than the John who was
probably baptized 1677. John
Graves Sr. died sometime after 1737.
Thomas
Graves, in his will of 1768, specifically mentions Joseph Graves (son of John
Graves, Jr. of Spotsylvania Co.) as his nephew and makes him executor of his
will. This proves beyond
contention that John Graves, Jr. and Thomas Graves, both of Spotsylvania Co.,
were brothers and the sons of John Graves Sr. of King and Queen Co.
The
evidence for Joseph Graves as a son is discussed in the section on Joseph and
his family.
Miss
Louise Graves, in her book referenced at the end of this paragraph, has an
excellent discussion of the ancestry of this John Graves. On pages 47-50 of her book, she points
out the errors in the lineage of this line in the publications of Mrs. Hiden
and John Card Graves. She quotes
Mr. John Frederick Dorman as stating, "The John Graves of King and Queen
Co. who deeded 100 acres in King William Co. to his son is the only logical
John Graves to be the father of Thomas and John Jr.... The deed of 1706/7 appears to be an
adult John Jr., and if that is so we must put his birth as ca. 1685 and the
father's birth back before 1665.
This would make the father a contemporary of John Graves of St. Ann's
Parish, Essex Co. (will 1719-20) who was of age when he purchased 200 acres
there. Neither of these John
Graves is identified in Adventurers of
Purse and Person although they fall within the generations covered in that
book. They must be either sons of Thomas Graves, Jr., or Francis Graves, or
grandsons of John Graves, the eldest son of old Captain Thomas."
We now
know (as a result of DNA testing) that this John Graves was not descended from
Capt. Thomas Graves of VA. That
conclusion is also supported by the Bible record of Solomon Graves in the Appendix to this genealogy. (R‑14, R‑901)
Children - Graves
+2+2. John Graves, Jr., b.c. 1685, m. Frances ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
c. 1715, d. after 1772.
+3+3. Thomas Graves, b. 1691, m(1) Mary
Perkins, m(2) Ann Davenport, d. 1768.
+4+4. Joseph Graves, b.c. 1715, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 1774.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (1 (1)
John
Graves, Jr. (2 (2) was born about 1685-90, and
most likely about 1685, as shown in the deed discussed in the section on his
father. He was probably born in
either York Co. or New Kent Co., VA.
He died after 1772. He
married Frances ‑‑‑‑‑‑ about 1715. The first record of John's arrival in
Spotsylvania Co., VA is found in Deed Book A, p. 405: John Graves, Jr. of St.
Stephens Parish, King and Queen Co., VA purchases 200 acres of land in
Spotsylvania Co. for 100 acres of land in King William Co., VA from Thomas
Gambrill of St. Margaret's Parish, King William Co., 24 May 1729; wit: Thomas
Graves. This deed is the key to
the relationships of the Graves of King William Co. and King and Queen Co. to
those who were later in Spotsylvania Co.
It proves that John Jr. of Spotsylvania Co. is the same John Jr. who
received the 100 acres from his father in King William Co. in 1706. It also proves that Thomas Graves (#3
(#3) was a brother of John Jr., and therefore also a son of John Graves
Sr. In 1765, John and Frances
deeded this very same land to their son Joseph, reserving a lifetime tenancy
for themselves (Spotsylvania Co., Deed Book F, p. 563). This Joseph is named by Thomas Graves
as his nephew and an executor of his will, confirming that John Jr. and Thomas
were brothers.
John
Graves Jr. owned land in several counties, which he gave as gifts to his sons
over the years, but he maintained his original Spotsylvania Co. residency as
witnessed by the above deed.
Frances died between 1765 and 1772. John died sometime after 1772 when he made a final gift to
his son Joseph. (R‑14, R‑911,
R‑915)
Children - Graves
+5+5. Elizabeth Graves, b. 14 Feb. 1720, m.
William Sandidge, d. 6 Jan. 1826.
+6+6. Thomas Graves, b. by 1724, m. Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 1792.
+7+7. James Graves, b. by 1722, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 1781.
+8+8. Joseph Graves, b. by 1725, m(1) Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
m(2) Frances Coleman, d. 12 May 1785.
+9+9. John Graves, b.c. 1725, m. Mary McGehee,
by 1761, d. 17 Nov. 1798.
+10+10. Ann
Graves, b.c. 1725, m. John McGehee, by 5 Aug. 1743, d. before 2 Nov. 1798.
+11+11. Frances
Graves, b.c. 1730, m. Joseph Bush, d. 1778-1788.
Thomas
Graves
(3 (3) was born in 1691 (based on a deposition, Caroline O.B.
1746-54, p. 362), and died in 1768 in Spotsylvania Co., VAa. Mrs. Hiden states: "in the absence of documentary
proof, we can still feel confident that Thomas Graves was the son of a John
Graves who had lived in King and Queen Co. but was of the Gloucester Co.
family, born about 1670, son of Thomas and Mary Graves, son of Thomas, son of
Capt. Thomas."
Thomas
Graves consistently maintained his residence on the Pamunkey in Spotsylvania
Co., VAa. His wife Ann (or Anne or Sarah Ann) has generally been
thought to be a Davenport, daughter of William Davenport and Anne Woodruff, but
Mrs. Hiden thought she was more likely a Clark, or of that family
connection. Mrs. Taylor says she
was born before 1696. She lived
until 1782, and during the Revolution she furnished supplies to the Continental
troops.
It now
appears that the wife of Thomas Graves was definitely Ann Davenport, and that
she was a daughter of Davis Davenport of Pamunkey Neck, Virginia. For further information, see the
website at http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com.
It appears
that Thomas Graves first married Mary Perkins by 1715, and had by this marriage
only three children, two daughters and one son. His wife then died and he remarried by no later than 1721. The son was John Graves and one of the
daughters was Eleanor Graves, based on Thomas Kimbrough’s will dated 20 Sept.
1777 in Caswell Co., NC[1]. The source for the former statement is
a record from the Bible of Solomon Graves, son of Rev. Barzillai Graves (who
died 1827). A copy of the Bible
record was made by the NC Archives in 1971. A detailed discussion of this is in the Appendix of this book. A discussion of the research for determining the ancestry of
Thomas and his brothers is also in the Appendix, but it has now been determined that
the conclusions were wrong, since all researchers had made the incorrect
assumption that this family was descended from Capt. Thomas Graves (genealogy
169).
The will
of Thomas Graves (Spotsylvania Co. Rec. Will Book D, p. 318) was dated 17 Oct.
1767, probated 6 June 1768, but final settlement was not until July 1802. Thomas is credited with a total of 16
children. However, the estate
settlement plainly states there were only 15 legatees. There were probably other children who
died before reaching adulthood.
There is some question about some of the following children, and
additional proof is needed. Mrs.
Ethel Taylor suggests that there may also have been another child named Sarah.
Children - Graves, by Mary Perkins
+12+12. Eleanor
Graves, b. probably by 1712, m. Thomas Kimbrough, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
+13+13. John
Graves, b.c. 1715, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Herndon,
m(2) Isabella Lea, c. 1752, d. 18 Jan. 1792.
Children - Graves, by Ann Davenport[2]
+14+14. Thomas
Graves, b. by 1721, m. Isabella Susan Bartlett, by 1751, d. 18 Nov. 1801.
+15+15. Solomon
Graves, b. by 1723, m. Sarah Winfield, c. 1746, d.c. 1785.
+16+16. William
Graves, b. 1720-30, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d.c.
1791.
+17+17. Richard
Graves, b.c. 1725, m. Lucy Davenport, 1750, d. after 1788.
+18+18. Susanna
Graves, b. by 1740, m. William Pettus, 1759, d. by 1802.
+19+19. Rice
Graves, b.c. 1729, m. Jane Young, 1751-2, d. 1814.
+20+20. David
Graves, b.c. 1730, m. Agnes Holloway, d. Jan. (or Feb.) 1808.
+21+21. Nancy
Graves, b.c. 1735, m. William Lea, d. by 1809.
+22+22. Rosanna
Graves, m. John Spencer.
23 23. Louisa
Graves, m. Thomas Pulliam. He was
son of Thomas Pulliam Sr. who died testate, Spots. Co., 1758.
+24+24. Robert
Graves, b.c. 1735-40, m. Jean ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
25 25. Jonathan
Graves, married, d. by 1768. He
probably married a Davenport, since a William Davenport was made guardian of
his son William.
26 26. Mary
Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Campbell (?). John Bostick signed receipts for her in
all disbursements from her father's estate.
Joseph
Graves
(4 (4) migrated from Orange Co., VA to Rowan Co. or Surry Co., NC
prior to 1771, probably 1763-1769.
(Surry Co. was formed from Rowan Co. in 1770.) He married Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He may only have had the one child
listed below, since she is the only one mentioned in his will. His will in Surry Co., NC was dated 12
July 1774 and proved in August Court 1774. In it he mentioned his wife Sarah, his daughter Mary, and
his son-in-law Benjamin Cleveland.
It leaves portions of his estate to his daughter's two sons, Absalom and
John Cleveland, and states that Benjamin Cleveland, husband of his daughter, be
executor of his estate.
Joseph
lived in Orange Co., VA, and later on Roaring Creek, Rowan (later Surry, now
Wilkes) Co., NC. (Wilkes Co. was
formed from Surry Co. in 1777.)
Mrs. P.
W. Hiden found a 1752 Orange Co. land sale by a Joseph Graves with the consent
of his wife Sarah. Mrs. Hiden
thought this was Joseph6, son of John5 and Frances, and
nephew of Thomas5 who married Ann Davenport, descended from Capt.
Thomas Graves of VA. That Joseph
Graves was b. by 1725 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, d. 12 May 1785 in Orange Co.,
VA, m(1) Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(2) Frances
Coleman. However, that is not
possible, since that Joseph died 1785 in Orange Co., VA, whereas the Joseph
Graves of interest died 1774 in Surry Co., NC. The Joseph Graves who died 1785 was also too young to be the
father of Mary, since she was born about 1738.
A discussion
of the evidence for Joseph Graves as a son of John Graves is in the Appendix to this book.
[Prior to
determining the ancestry of this Joseph Graves, the following speculation was
being pursued: It does appear possible, however, that the Joseph Graves of this
genealogy was related to the Joseph Graves who married Frances Coleman. David Graves, son of Thomas Graves and
Ann Davenport, was in Surry Co., NC by 1762, before moving to Shelby Co., KY,
and it is likely that other members of this family also lived in Surry Co., NC
for a few years. Maybe the John4
Graves who was the father of John and Thomas had another son who had a son,
Joseph6 Graves.
Perhaps, also, there were two men named Joseph Graves in Orange Co., VA,
one who married Sarah, and the other who married Frances Coleman (with no first
marriage to a Sarah). These
possibilities need to be explored.
There was also another John Graves (genealogy 56) who died about 1764-68
in Orange Co., NC, may have had a wife Frances, and could have been the father
of Joseph Graves.] (R‑205, R‑210,
R‑211)
Children - Graves
+27+27. Mary
Graves, b.c. 1738, m. Benjamin Cleveland, c. 1758-60, d. 1800.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (2 (2) AND
FRANCES ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Elizabeth
("Betty") Graves (5 (5) was born 14 Feb. 1720 in
Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died 6 Jan. 1826 in Green Co., KY. She married William Sandidge (or
Sandridge), son of William Sandidge and Anne Pulliam. He died testate in Albemarle Co., VA, probated July 1777. His will was dated 16 Jan. 1776, and
mentioned all his children.
A note of
interest concerning the Sandridge name is that the original spelling is
Sandwich, pronounced Sandage or Sandige.
The letter "r" was added to the spelling of the name during
the Revolutionary War period, reason unknown.
According
to R‑256, there was another child named Nancy Sandidge, born 1762. (R‑14, R‑138, R‑169,
R‑256, R‑911)
Children - Sandidge
+28+28. Mary
Sandidge, b.c. 1748, m. Littleberry Lane, d. 1809.
29 29. Elizabeth
Sandidge, b.c. 1750, m. William Rowe, d. aft. 1826.
+30+30. Stephen
Sandidge, b.c. 1752, m. Sarah Henderson, d. after 3 July 1821.
31 31. William
Sandidge, b.c. 1754, m(1) Susannah Spencer (#183 (#183)[3], d.c. 1786.
William died testate in Albemarle Co., VA. He named one son Augustine, and asked his brother to take
him.
+32+32. Ann
Sandidge, b.c. 1756, m. Gideon Winston Carr.
+33+33. Mildred
Sandidge, b.c. 1756-58, m. John Hall, c. 1776, d. after 1821.
34 34. John
Sandidge, b. 25 Nov. 1760, m. Mary ("Polly") Wood, daughter of David
Wood and Mary Watson, d. 27 July 1832 (Wilson Hill, Green Co., KY). She was born about 1760 (Louisa Co.,
VA), and died 4 March 1824 (Wilson Hill, KY). Bur Sandidge Cem. (Green Co., KY).
35 35. Susannah
Sandidge, b.c. 1764, m. William Thurman, d. before 1826.
Thomas
Graves
(6 (6) was born by 1724, as his father, John Jr., gave him 200
acres on Muddy Run in 1745 (Orange Co., VA Deed Book 10, p. 24, 1745), and he
would have had to have been at least 21 to own land. Thomas and his wife Elizabeth sold this land on 22 April
1757. By then it had become part
of Culpeper Co., VA (Culpeper Deed Book C, p. 3). It is possible that Elizabeth was the widow Elizabeth
Simms. In commenting on this, Mrs.
Sue Davis said: "Mrs. Hiden thought it possible that Elizabeth was also
called Ann and a daughter of Thomas Sims who died testate 1785 in Culpeper Co.,
Va., naming a daughter Ann Graves.
This seems unlikely, as Thomas and Elizabeth's daughter married
Zachariah Sims, son of Thomas Sims, who died 1785. If Ann were her mother, she would have married her
uncle." However, the fact
that one of their grandchildren was named Thomas Sims Graves raises the
question of whether he may have been named after his great-grandfather.
Thomas
Graves died in 1792 (before 18 June 1792, the date his will was proved),
testate, in Culpeper Co., VA.
Elizabeth had died before this date, since she was not named in the
will.
According
to tradition, Thomas and Elizabeth had 13 or 14 children. The first 9 children listed below are
named in the will of Thomas, and the will gives no implication of other
children. Although Mrs. Hiden
credits Thomas with several other children, Mrs. Sue Davis (R‑14) knew of
no evidence to support this.
(See
correspondence of June 6, 1982 from Gerald Born for more information on this
part of the family.) (R‑12,
R‑14, R‑911, R‑912)
Children - Graves
+36+36. Thomas
Graves, b. Sept. 1747, m(1) Martha Ryan, possibly m(2) Mary Mason, d. 12 March
1834.
+37+37. Lewis
Graves, b.c. 1750, m(1) Ann Sims, bef. 1782, m(2) Rebecca (Starnes) Sims, aft.
10 Sept. 1805, d. 11 May 1810.
+38+38. Elizabeth
Graves, b. 1752, m(1) Zachariah Sims, m(2) John Creecy, d. bet. July 1829 and 4
Nov. 1831.
+39+39. Anne
Graves, b.c. 1755, m(1) Richard Wait(s), c. 1774, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Jones.
+40+40. William
Thomas Graves, b.c. 1755, m. Sarah Fisher.
+41+41. Philip
Graves, b.c. 1760, m. Elizabeth Jones, 25 Sept. 1785.
+42+42. Frances
Graves, b.c. 1760, m. John Wait, 11 Dec. 1781, d.c. 1844.
+43+43. James
F. Graves, b.c. 1765, m(1) Elizabeth Pratt, c. 1782, m(2) Elizabeth Parnell, 8
Sept. 1809, d. Dec. 1811.
+44+44. Joseph
Graves, b.c. 1767, m. Nellie Branham, 1 Jan. 1800.
45 45. Henrietta
Graves, b.c. 1769, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Hudson.
46 46. Mary
Graves, b.c. 1770, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Haynes.
47 47. John
Graves
+48+48. Charles
Graves, m. Ellender ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. March 1798.
49 49. Richard
Grant Graves
James
Graves
(7 (7) was born by 1722 and died in 1781. He married Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. James left a will, recorded in Culpeper
Co., Va., Book B, p. 416, bequeathing to the following: son John; daughter
Mary, wife of Richard Parks; daughter Jael, wife of William Jones. Also mentioned was James Parks as
executor, and son John who married Lucy Farquson 10 May 1772 (Genealogical Notes, by Slaughter). (R‑38, R‑911)
Children - Graves
+50+50. Mary
Graves, m. Richard Parks, c. 1765.
+51+51. Jael
Graves, m. William Jones.
+52+52. John
Graves, b. 4 Sept. 1745, m(1) Lucy Farquson, 10 May 1772, m(2) Catherine West,
1795, d. 24 June 1824.
Joseph
Graves
(8 (8) was born by 1725 in Spotsylvania Co., Va., and died 12 May
1785 in Orange Co., VA. He was
working in an iron foundry in Orange Co., VA. when he died. His will was probated in 1786. He first married Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He married second Frances
("Frankey") Coleman, daughter of John Coleman (b. 1728, d. 1764), who
supposedly served three years in the Revolutionary Army, but, if so, his death
date must have been later) and Eunice ("Nicie") Hawes (b. 1730, d.
1807), daughter of Samuel Hawes and ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Spencer). Frances was born Dec.
1744, and died Dec. 1843 in Fayette Co., KY. Joseph received from his parents deeds of land and chattels
on 2 June 1762 and 31 May 1765.
After he died, his wife and children except Joseph, moved to KY. All the following children are supposedly
by Joseph's marriage to Frances.
Frances’ will was written 22 April 1840 and probated in June 1845. (R‑57, R‑911, R‑915)
Children - Graves
+53+53. Nancy
Graves, b. 27 May 1765, m. James Coleman Goodwin, 6 Sept. 1782, d. 12 Aug.
1844.
+54+54. John
Coleman Graves, b. 13 April 1767, m. Elizabeth Parrish, 26 Oct. 1790, d. 14
April 1840.
+55+55. Joseph
Graves, b. 16 July 1769, m(1) Mary Goodwin, 26 Oct. 1790, m(2) Fanny Waller, 2
Nov. 1815, d. 6 June 1826.
+56+56. Benjamin
Franklin Graves, b.c. 1771 (or 9 April 1773), m(1) Mary Boxley, m(2) Polly
Dudley, d. Jan. 1813.
+57+57. Sally
Graves, b.c. 1774, m. William Ball Chinn, d. 12 Feb. 1832.
+58+58. Polly
Graves, b.c. 1776, m. Joseph Chinn, d. 1819.
59 59. Eunice
("Nicie") Graves, b.c. 1778, never married, d. 18 April 1857.
+60+60. George
Graves, b. 21 March 1780, m(1) Mary Blaydes, 14 Aug. 1800, m(2) Polly Coleman,
16 Aug. 1814, d. 6 Sept. 1831.
+61+61. Hawes
Graves, b.c. 1782, m(1) Eunice Hawse Blaydes, m(2) Ann Bibb White, 8 April
1819, d.c. 1859.
62 62. Thomas
Coleman Graves, b.c. 1785, never married, d. 22 Jan. 1813. Col. in War of 1812. Killed at Battle of River Raisin.
John
Graves
(9 (9) was born about 1725 and died 17 Nov. 1798 in Spotsylvania
Co., VA. He married Mary McGehee,
daughter of Samuel McGehee of Louisa Co., VA, by 1761. He was living in St.
Martin's Parish, Louisa Co., VA on 31 Oct. 1761. He afterwards lived in Spotsylvania Co., VA. He received several gifts of land in
St. George Parish from his parents in 1761 and 1766, and he made many gifts to
his children in 1794 and 1797. (R‑911)
Children - Graves
63 63. Samuel
Graves, b.c. 1774-1776. Moved to
Fayette Co., KY.
64 64. John
Graves, b.c. 1774-1776.
65 65. James
Graves, b.c. 1774-1776, m. Elizabeth Ashton Garrett (?), 17 Nov. 1802 (?).
+66+66. William
Graves, b.c. 1765, m. Susannah Arnold, by 1797, d. 1819.
67 67. Susanna
Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Wigglesworth.
+68+68. Mary
Graves, b.c. 1770, m. Lewis Partlow, c. 1792, d.c. 1825.
69 69. Elizabeth
Graves
Ann
Graves
(10 (10) was born about 1725 and died before 2 Nov. 1798. She married John McGehee, son of
William McGehee and Mary Carr, by 5 Aug. 1743. He was born about 1718, died by 14 Sept. 1801, and his will
was proved in Louisa Co., VA (Will Book 5, pp. 44-45). (R‑282, R‑911)
Children - McGehee
+70+70. William
McGehee, b.c. 1747, m. Lavinia Smith, 30 Oct. 1783, d. 2 Oct. 1842.
+71+71. John
McGehee, Jr., b. 15 March 1749, m. Mary Stewart, 2 Feb. 1775, d. 4 June 1825.
+72+72. Augustine
McGehee, b. 28 Feb. 1750, m(1) Mary Harris, m(2) Sarah (Wyatt) Thomason
(Thompson), 4 Feb. 1790, d. 20 Dec. 1830.
73 73. Elizabeth
McGehee, b.c. 1755, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Bond, bef. 2
Nov. 1798.
74 74. Mary
(“Molly”) McGehee, b.c. 1757, probably never married, d. after 21 Dec.
1808. Her will was dated 21 Dec.
1808 (Louisa Co., VA).
75 75. Edward
McGehee, b. 16 Feb. 1758, m. Frances Lumsden, 28 Aug. 1781, d. 21 Feb. 1819.
76 76. Susannah
McGehee, b.c. 1759, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Mallory, by 2
Nov. 1798.
77 77. Agnes
McGehee, b.c. 1761, probably never married, d. after 21 Dec. 1808. She was a witness to her sister Mary’s
will.
78 78. Sarah
McGehee, b.c. 1763, probably never married, d. after 21 Dec. 1808. She was a witness to her sister Mary’s
will.
79 79. Lucy
McGehee, b.c. 1765, m. Reuben Cason, 12 (or 15) Oct. 1790 (Louisa Co.,
VA). Recorded twice in Louisa Co.,
VA Marriage Register 1766-1861 listing both dates.
80 80. Barbara
McGehee, b.c. 1767, m. Richard Groom, 9 March 1795 (Louisa Co., VA).
Frances
Graves
(11 (11) was born about 1730 and probably died about 1780 (between
1778 when her last known child was born and 1788 when the first known child of
her husband’s second wife was born).
She married Joseph Bush, son of Philip P. Bush and Mary Bryan. He was born 5 April 1741 in St. Thomas
Parish, Orange Co., VA, and died about 1809 in Caswell Co., NC. After Frances died, Joseph married
Maryann ‑‑‑‑‑‑ and had 4 more children:
Lowas Bush, b.c. 1786, Merah Bush, Rhoda Bush, b.c. 1788, and Mary Bush, b.c.
1795. (R‑521)
Children
- Bush
+81+81. Nancy
Ann Bush, b.c. 1770, m. Thomas Paul Harrelson, 18 Nov. 1787, d. before 27 April
1804.
82 82. Betsy
Bush, m. Pleasant Fleming.
+83+83. Frances
Bush, b.c. 1774, m. Forbes Harrelson, 24 Nov. 1790, d.c. 1791.
+84+84. Zenas
Bush, b. 11 May 1776, m(1) Liddy Rice, c. 1797, m(2) Martha Brooks, 27 Nov.
1805, d. 23 Feb. 1836.
+85+85. Zebba
Bush, b.c. 1778, m. Archibald Rice, 22 Feb. 1803, d.c. 1811.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (3 (3)
Eleanor
Graves
(12 (12) was probably born by 1712 in VA, and died after Sept.
1781 when her late husband’s will was divided in Caswell Co., NC[4]. She married Thomas Kimbrough, son of
John Kimbrough and Elizabeth Bradley.
He was born in 1690 (is this date correct?), and died in 1777 in Caswell
Co., NC. The probate of his will
in 1777 is recorded in Book A, p. 25.
They moved from Spotsylvania Co., VA in 1764 to Orange Co., NC. When Caswell Co., NC was formed from
Orange Co. in 1777, the family was living in the new county. (R‑127, R‑195, R‑910,
R‑911)
Children - Kimbrough
+86+86. Nancy
Ann Kimbrough, b.c. 1732, m. Henry Turner, d. aft. 15 Feb. 1810.
+87+87. John
Kimbrough, b.c. 1733, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d.
aft. Nov. 1817.
+88+88. William
Kimbrough, b.c. 1734, m. Elizabeth Gooch, 1 Aug. 1770, d. 1816.
89 89. Robert
Kimbrough, b.c. 1735, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
+90+90. Thomas
Kimbrough, b.c. 1736, m. Elizabeth Graves (#472 (#473), 29
March 1792.
+91+91. Susanna
Kimbrough, b.c. 1738, m. Edward Nowell, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
+92+92. Sarah
Kimbrough, b.c. 1740, m. Leonard Brown, d. 2 Aug. 1824.
93 93. Mary
Kimbrough, b.c. 1744, m. John Bryant, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
94 94. Nancy
Kimbrough, b.c. 1746.
95 95. Betty
(or Betsy) Kimbrough, b.c. 1747, m. Robert Bruce, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
96 96. Franky
(or Frankey) Kimbrough, b.c. 1748, m. Caleb Carmon (or Carmen or Cameron), d. by
Sept. 1781.
97 97. Graves
Kimbrough, b.c. 1751, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
Probably afflicted in some way, as his father made special provision for
him in his will.
John
Graves
(13 (13) was born about 1715, and died 18 Jan. 1792 in Caswell
Co., NC. Mrs. Hiden believed that
John may have married twice and that his first wife may have been a
Herndon. All authorities agree
that John married Isabella (or Isabel) Lea. John Card Graves states that Isabella was related to the
Herndon family of VA. Mrs. Louis
Balthasar states that Isabella was a daughter of James Lea and Ann Herndon
(which would provide the Herndon connection and make the idea of a previous
marriage less likely), and that she was married to John in 1752 or 1753. If this marriage date is correct, then
there must have been a previous marriage for John Herndon Graves to have been
born in 1749.
According
to a genealogy compiled by Charles T. Stamps, father of William T. Stamps (R‑179),
John's first wife was Catherine Herndon.
John and
Isabella moved from James City Co., VA, where most of their children were born,
to what is now Caswell Co., NC., and settled on County Line Creek in the
vicinity of what is now Yanceyville.
Deeds to John of property there, dated 4 Oct. 1771 and 2 April 1772, are
on record. (R‑910, R‑915)
Children - Graves
+98+98. John
Herndon Graves, b. Sept. 1749, m(1) Nancy Slade, 5 Feb. 1770, m(2) Elizabeth
Coleman, 28 Nov. 1808, d. 28 Aug. 1829.
+99+99. Mary
Graves, b. 26 Jan. 1754, m. John Kerr, d. 22 Feb. 1831.
+100+100. Thomas Graves,
m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(2) Hannah Simmons, d. before
1800.
+101+101. Barzillai Graves,
b. 12 Dec. 1759, m. Ursula Wright, 10 April 1783, d. 14 July 1827.
+102+102. Ann Graves, m.
Bartlett Yancey, d. 1818.
+103+103. Solomon Graves,
b. 29 April 1766, m. Frances Byrd Lewis, d. Oct. 1830.
+104+104. Azariah Graves,
b. 29 Oct. 1768, m. Elizabeth Williams, 3 June 1790, d. 1 March 1850.
105 105. James Graves, possibly
b.c. 1772, never married, d.c. Jan. 1790 (Caswell Co., NC). He died without heirs. It was previously mistakenly believed
that this was the James Graves (#486 (#487) who was a son of his
brother Thomas Graves (#100 (#100). Katherine Kerr Kendall, Caswell
County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814, copyright 1979 by author, 29,
will filed in Book B, p. 311, Caswell County, dated April 14, 1781, names
sister Ann Yancey, brother Thomas Graves (also named executor); witnessed by
Barzilla Graves and John Graves, Sr.; proved by oath of Barzillai Graves and
Azariah Graves who made oath that he believed John Graves, Sr. was a
‘concurring evidence to the said will at the time of execution of same.’
+106+106. Isabella Graves,
m. Thomas L. Slade, 12 Dec. 1782.
Thomas
Graves
(14 (14) was born by 1721 in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Co.,
VA, and died 18 Nov. 1801 in Fayette Co., KY. He married Isabella (or Isabel or Arabella) Susan Bartlett,
sometimes called Susan, by 1751 in VA probably Louisa Co.
The
marriage date is indicated by an Orange Co., VA deed dated 24 Oct. 1751, Thomas
Graves and wife Isabella of Orange Co. sell to William Warren 150 acres on
Negro Run of Northanna River, signed by Thomas Graves Jr. and Isabella (X)
Graves. Thomas had purchased this
land in May 1751 from William and Ann Lea of Louisa Co., VA.
Isabella
was a daughter of William Bartlett (d. 1775) and Susanna (or Susannah) ‑‑‑‑‑‑. William Bartlett was a son of Thomas
Bartlett of Spotsylvania Co., Va.
Isabella was born about 1737 or earlier in Spotsylvania Co., and died
April 1818 in Fayette Co., KY.
Thomas
Graves lived in Spotsylvania Co., then in Orange Co., VA, where he was
Constable in 1754, and later he is found in the records of Louisa Co., VA. In Louisa in 1777, his name appears on
a tax list being charged with 7 tithables (History
of Louisa Co., by Harris, p. 169).
About 1784 or 1785 he moved to Fayette Co., Kentucky, where he bought
and settled on a 700 acre tract of land (bought from Gen. William Christian of
the Revolutionary Army) situated about five miles north of Lexington, Ky. He was a cooper. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and
also contributed to the cause by furnishing food and supplies to the
Continental troops. He was at the
battle of Yorktown, and later stated that he had witnessed the surrender of
Cornwallis there (History of Kentucky,
by Collins). At one time his home
was headquarters for General Lafayette (History
of Fayette Co., Ky., by Perrin).
In a suit
filed in Fayette Co., Ky., Oct. 1788, "Henderson vs. Graves", Thomas
deposed that "sometime before I moved to Kentucky, my son William
purchased for me, from John Henderson of Orange Co., 10 bbls. of corn which was
sent to Fredericksburg for salt."
Although Thomas Graves died in 1801, his estate was not settled until
1819, and settlement is recorded in Fayette Co. Will Book E, p. 40. A brief abstract of his will, made in
Fayette Co., is as follows:
I desire my just debts be paid, to my son William Graves 500 acres
situate on Licking in the co. of Campbell, the title to me made by Lewis Craig,
Sr., also the money he has collected from my father's estate by virtue of a
power of attorney from me to him, the said William for that purpose. To my son Bartlett, a negro man named
Charles, also the one half of 700 acres on Green River, part of 1000 acres
purchased of Hubbard Taylor. To my
son John, the tract whereon I live at the death of my wife Isabel Graves, also
all my lands on the south side of Ky. river except 300 acres to James Randolph
and Rosannah his wife, and the one half of 700 acres to Bartlett Graves. To daughter Rosannah Randolph 300
acres. To daughter Isabel Hall
150-1/2 acres land situate in Campbell Co. and on the Ohio adjacent Wood and
Ware. To my daughter Ann Hancock a
negro named Rachel. To my daughter Sally Graves a negro named Dinah. To my daughter Mary Beeler a negro
named Jane. To my daughter Liddy
Graves a negro named Eve. To my
loving wife Isabel half of land whereon I live with the mansion house and
certain personality. Sons John and
Bartlett Graves and friend Bartlett Collins to be executors. Witnesses: James Martin, William Dickey,
Jeremiah Buckley. (R‑24, R‑910,
R‑915, R‑917)
Children - Graves
+107+107. William Bartlett
Graves, b. 19 Oct. 1755, m. Ann P. Pettus, 3 Feb. 1778, d. 7 Jan. 1818.
+108+108. Ann Graves, b. 22
July 1756, m. John Hancock, 7 May 1774, d. 6 March 1846.
+109+109. Isabella Graves,
b. 1764, m(1) John Hall, by 1801, m(2) William Nash.
+110+110. Roseanna (or
Rosannah or Roxanna) Graves, b.c. 1765, m. James Randolph, d.c. 19 Oct. 1827.
+111+111. Bartlett O.
Graves, b. 22 Nov. 1766, m(1) Frances Lane, 16 April 1787, m(2) Kitty
Patterson, 1793, m(3) Elizabeth Leathers, 7 Oct. 1806, d. 1855.
+112+112. Mary Susan
Graves, b.c. 1766, m. Samuel Beeler, 11 June 1790, d. 3 Nov. 1851.
113 113. Sarah
("Sally") Graves, b. 1768, m. Samuel Graves (#136 (#136), 17
Nov. 1783 (Louisa Co., VA). Moved
to Fayette Co., Ky., where she died.
No children.
114 114. Lydia Graves, b. 2 Oct.
1769, m. John Graves, 23 Dec. 1784, d. 7 Sept. 1856. See John Graves (#135 (#135), son of her uncle
Richard, for descendants.
+115+115. John C. Graves,
b. 2 March 1775, m. Margaret Cloud, 1792, d. before 14 Aug. 1848.
Solomon
Graves
(15 (15) was born in 1723 or before in Spotsylvania Co., Va., and
died about 1785 in Sussex Co. (created from Surry Co. in 1752), Va. His will was dated 17 March 1784 and
proved 17 Feb. 1785. He married
Sarah Winfield or Wingfield, daughter of Sarah and William Winfield, about
1746. She died about 1802, also in
Sussex Co., Va. Her will was dated 26 June 1801 and proved 4 Feb. 1802 in
Sussex Co. Solomon was a
farmer. He bought land in Surry
(later Sussex) Co., where he lived until he died. Their first four children were born in Surry Co., and the
others in Sussex Co., VA (although they probably did not move). (R‑63, R‑221, R‑910)
Children - Graves
116 116. William Graves, b. 5
Oct. 1747, died young (Surry Co., VA).
117 117. Thomas Graves, b. 29
Jan. 1749, d. aft. 1805.
+118+118. David Graves, b.
11 Nov. 1750, m. Martha Moore, c. 1772, d.c. 1821.
+119+119. Anne Graves, b.
12 Dec. 1752, m. Marcus Pennington, 28 July 1769.
+120+120. William Graves,
b. 13 Nov. 1754, m(1) Rebecca Williamson (?), m(2) Susanna ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d.c. 1816 or 1820-21.
+121+121. Sally Graves, b.
26 June 1760, m. John Pennington, 20 (or 26) Dec. 1786, d. 28 July 1811.
122 122. John Graves, b. 22 May
1762, m. Sarah Parham, 1 Dec. 1780 (Sussex Co., VA). She was a dau. of Nathaniel Parham. This is probably the John Graves at the
head of genealogy 835.
+123+123. Rebecca Graves,
b. 30 July 1764, m. William Charles Chambliss, Jr., 27 March 1782.
124 124. Martha
("Patsy" or "Patty") Graves, b. 21 June 1768, m. Thomas
Williamson, 17 Sept. 1785 (Sussex Co., VA), d. 30 May 1828 (Williamson Co.,
TN). He was a son of Arthur
Williamson.
+125+125. Richard Graves,
m. Dorothy Blunt, 21 Aug. 1783, d. bef. 1790.
126 126. Polly Graves, m. Balaam
Freeman, 13 Aug. 1789 (Sussex Co., VA), d. by 1798 (Sussex Co., VA).
William
Graves
(16 (16) was born about 1724 (?), and died between May 1790 and
Aug. 1790 in Henry Co., VA. He
married Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑. (R‑910)
Children - Graves
127 127. William Graves, Jr.;
probably went to Fayette Co., KY.
It has been believed by some that this was the William from whom Gov.
Bibb Graves was descended.
+128+128. Thomas Graves, b.
by 1769, m. Elizabeth Lanier, 16 Dec. 1800, d. 1844.
129 129. Elizabeth (“Betty” or
“Betsy”) Graves, b. after 1763, m. Robert Anderson, 4 Sept. 1794 (Henry Co.,
VA), d. after 1801.
130 130. Nancy Graves, b.c.
1762, m. James Pasbury, 10 May 1784 (Henry Co., VA), d. after 1801.
+131+131. Susannah Graves,
b.c. 1763, m. Joseph Martin, Jr., 24 Feb. 1784, d. 9 March 1837.
132 132. John Graves, b. after
1764, d. after 1801. Resident of
Fayette Co., KY in 1799.
+133+133. Mary Graves, b.c.
1759, m. Green Bouldin, 28 April 1791, d. by 1815.
+134+134. Sarah Graves, b.
aft. May 1775, m. Thomas East, 12 Aug. 1790, d. 4 Jan. 1866.
Richard
Graves
(17 (17) was born about 1725, and died after 1788 in Fayette Co.,
KY. He married Lucy Davenport in
1750. They moved to Fayette Co.,
KY, and settled 8 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio. They took 30 slaves with them. Kentucky Co., Virginia was divided in 1780 to form three
counties: Fayette, Jefferson, and
Lincoln. Fayette County originally
bordered Cincinnati, OH. (R‑179,
R‑910)
Children - Graves
+135+135. John Graves, b.
18 Dec. 1757, m. Lydia Graves (#114 (#114), 23 Dec. 1784, d. 31
Oct. 1843.
136 136. Samuel Graves, m. Sarah
(“Sally”) Graves (#113 (#113), 17 Nov. 1783 (Louisa
Co., VA). She was his first
cousin, a daughter of Thomas Graves and Isabella Bartlett. They moved to Fayette Co., KY. No children.
137 137. James Graves, b.c. 1760
(Louisa Co., VA), d. aft. 1 Sept. 1832.
Signed an affidavit for his brother John’s Revolutionary War pension
application on 1 Sept. 1832 in Fayette Co., KY.
+138+138. William B.
Graves, b.c. 1761, m. Judith (or Judah) Harrison, 29 Dec. 1779, d. by 2 May
1825.
Susanna
(or Susannah) Graves (18 (18) was born by 1740 and died by
1802. She married William Pettus,
son of Dabney Pettus and Ann Overton, in 1759. He was born in 1729, and died in 1798 in Spotsylvania Co.,
VA.
According
to The Pettus Family, compiled and
edited by A. Buhmer Rudd, 1957, pp. 22ff, it is more reasonable that William
Pettus was the father of William Pettus who married Susanna Graves. This is based on the connection with
the Hart name and family, and other evidence.
William
Pettus (who married Susanna) moved to Louisa Co., VA, where his father's
brother John lived. In 1751,
William Pettus witnessed a deed (Book A, p. 444) when his uncle bought 214
acres on Elk and Little Rocky creeks.
In 1756, John Pettus sold this 214 acres to William Pettus (Book B, p.
96). This was in St. Martin's
parish. Valentine calls him
"of Trinity" in 1773 (Trinity was made from St. Martin's) and
"of Spotsylvania" in 1788 (Valentine, pp. 103, 426). He was known as Col. William Pettus of
Louisa, this because he served in the militia of Louisa Co. before the
Revolution and was a militia Colonel after the war. He was on the Committee of Safety in 17‑‑ in
Louisa Co. He finally settled in
Spotsylvania Co., Va., probably because his wife's people were there.
In 1772,
Ann Graves, mother of Susanna (Graves) Pettus, gave a negro girl to her
granddaughter Barbara Pettus (Crozier, pp. 153, 296). Col. William Pettus's will, dated 18 Sept. 1795 and proved 4
Dec. 1798, listed children: Barbara, Anne, Susan, Louisa, William, Joseph,
James, and Hart. The last child
was called "Hart" in will and deeds, but Hart always signed as
Overton Hart and married as Overton Hart.
(R‑44, R‑109, R‑530, R‑910)
Children - Pettus
139 139. Ann P. Pettus, b. 1
Feb. 1760, m. William Bartlett Graves, 3 Feb. 1778, d. 12 Oct. 1815. See #107#107 for
descendants.
+140+140. Barbara Pettus,
m. John Arnold, 1775.
+141+141. William Pettus,
b. 1764, m. Lucy Waters Pettus, 9 Feb. 1784, d. 1813.
+142+142. Susannah Pettus,
m. John Davenport, c. 1778.
+143+143. Joseph Pettus, b.
6 June 1773, m. Lucy Graves, 12 Dec. 1796, d. 2 Jan. 1853.
+144+144. Louisa Maria
Pettus, b. 15 Sept. 1780, m. Aaron Arnold, 13 Dec. 1803, d. 12 Sept. 1870.
+145+145. Overton Hart
Pettus, m. Barbara Cosby, 1795, d. 1812.
+146+146. James Overton
Pettus, b.c. 1773, m. Louisa Anna Shotwell, d. 1820.
Rice
Graves
(19 (19) was born about 1729 in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania
Co., VA, and died in 1814 in Louisa Co., VA. In Spotsylvania Records, O. Book 1738-49, p. 466, June 7,
1748, he is called "Rice Graves, son of Thos. Graves Sr." and would
hardly have been so designated had he then been 21 years of age.
He
married Jane Young, daughter of John Young and Christian Bruce, about 1751-2. (John Card Graves said this was his
second marriage.) Jane died in
1812.
We next
find Rice as defendant in a chancery suit brought by Thomas Graves on Feb. 6,
1752 (Spots. Rec., O. Book 1749-55, p. 166). In 1759, he was appointed to serve under John Robinson,
surveyor of roads (Spots. Rec., O. Book 1755-65, p. 140). In 1760, as Rice Graves of Spotsylvania
Co., he bought from William and Mary Macon of New Kent Co. 190 acres "on
North Anna River of Pamunkey" (Louisa Rec., Deed Book D, p. 31), and probably
moved at once into Louisa Co.
Parenthetically, it might be remarked that all the members of this
Graves family had their habitat, so far as can be determined, either on the
north side of the Northanna River in Spotsylvania Co., or on the south side in
Louisa Co. Not until John ventured
into North Carolina did any of them stray far from this river. In 1772, Rice added more land to his
holdings (Louisa Records, Deed Book D-1/2, p. 375), and in 1777 we find him
listed with five tithables (Harris' History
of Louisa Co., p. 169). Rice
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
He was administrator of his mother's estate, 15 Aug. 1782. He was on the first U.S. census in 1783
in Essex Co., VA, and his family then consisted of four whites and three blacks. In 1806 (Louisa Rec., Deed Book K, p.
253), describing himself as old and infirm, he appointed his son John to act as
trustee in an equal division of his property among his children. Louisa Co., Deed Book L, p. 225, July
11, 1809, begins: “This Deed entered
into betwixt John Tate executor of Elizabeth Tate, dec’d. of the first part and
William Arnett attorney in fact for Richard Graves of the second part, James
Arnett, Thomas Arnett, William Arnett and Susan Arnett who intermarried with
John Long of the fourth part, Lawrence Young attorney in fact for Thomas Graves
of the fifth part, William Graves of the sixth part Joseph Pettus of the
seventh part Benjn Graves of the eighth part, Nancy Graves of the ninth part
Catharine Graves of the tenth part and John Graves of the eleventh part”. It is not known if this is the exact
birth order, but the order is consistent with the list of children recorded in
Book K. .In the settlement of the
estate as returned by John Graves (Will Book 5, p. 572, July 10, 1815) occur
these entries: "Aug. 1812, to pd. Absalom Waller for preaching Mother's
funeral", and "Aug. 1814, to pd. Wm. G. Hiter for preaching Father's
funeral."
Other
sources believe Rice and Jane had two other daughters, Mildred or Amelia,
nicknamed Millie, and Judith.
Millie married William Abney in 1785 in Amherst Co., VA, and died about
1810 in Rockcastle Co., KY.
William married second Judith (Graves) Clark, widow of Joseph Clark, on
29 July 1811 in Estill Co., KY.
She died 10 Feb. 1853 in Rockcastle Co., KY. On the marriage record for ‘Milley’ Graves and William
Abney, her mother ‘Gean’ Graves gave consent for the marriage. However, Rice Graves was still alive and
would have been the likely person to give his consent. Neither of these daughters has been
added to this family.
Based on
the newly acquired deed information, Mildred/Amelia and Judith are not
daughters of Rice Graves. (R‑21,
R‑188, R‑219, R‑910, R‑915)
Children - Graves
+147+147. John Graves, m.
Mary Ragland, 24 Aug. 1795, d. 1843.
+148+148. Thomas Graves, b.
Oct. 1763, m(1) Mary Chilton, 25 Aug. 1785, m(2) Marley P. Walthall, 19 Oct.
1842, d. May 1847.
+149+149. Benjamin Graves,
b.c. 1765, m. Sallie Cole, d.c. 1846.
+150+150. Elizabeth Graves,
m(1) Enos Tate, 13 July 1772, m(2) Uriah Tate, 12 Oct. 1772, d. 18 May 1807.
+151+151. Richard Graves,
m. Sarah Arnett, 20 Nov. 1780, d. by 1811.
152 152. Susanna Graves, m.
James Chiles, 20 Dec. 1785 (Louisa Co., VA).
+153+153. Mary Graves, b.c.
1765, m. William Arnett, 11 Dec. 1781.
+154+154. William Graves,
b. 29 Jan. 1768, m. Lydia Ann Williams, 2 May 1793, d. 12 Dec. 1852.
155 155. Lucy Graves, m. Joseph
Pettus
(#143 (#143), 9 Feb. 1784.
See #143#143 for descendants.
156 156. Nancy Graves, m. Lewis
W. Johnson, 10 Nov. 1820 (Louisa Co., VA). Nancy made her home near Huntsville, Madison Co., AL. Her will dated 6 Aug. 1827 gave her
sister Lucy Pettus a negro woman, to her niece Maria Graves a negro woman, to
Thomas Arnett a negro boy, gifts to the heirs of her deceased niece Susannah
Long, to James O. Pettus a negro man and some furniture; to her sister
Catherine Graves a negro man, all of her household and kitchen furniture, stock
of horses, cattle and hogs, and her land; and appointed her nephew James O.
Pettus executor. It is likely that
her sister Lucy Pettus and family, Thomas Arnett, and her sister Catherine
Graves, were then living in Madison Co., AL, instead of KY.
157 157. Catherine
("Kate") Graves, unmarried in 1815.
David
Graves
(20 (20) was born about 1730 in Louisa Co. (or Spotsylvania Co.),
VA, and died in Jan. (or Feb.) 1808 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Agnes Holloway. She outlived David. By the settlement of his estate, they
had two sons and four daughters.
Agnes was
a daughter of Charles Holloway and his wife Hannah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. Charles died by Jan. 17, 1803, in
KY. In his will, witnessed by John
Graves, he did not name his children.
He mentioned his brother George Holloway in Virginia. In Spotsylvania Co., VA, William
Holloday/Holloway left a will dated 4 May 1746, and mentioned his sons Charles
and George, along with other children.
Also in Spotsylvania Co., VA, John Graves, Jr., left a will dated 2 June
1747. Witnesses to that will were
Joseph and Benjamin Hollowday.
David
Graves was in Surry Co., NC by 1762, when his son Edmund was born, and moved to
Shelby Co., KY as one of the early settlers. He is said to have served in the Revolutionary War.
In the
Louisa Co., VA Loose Papers, there is a bond dated Oct. 22, 1766 from John Day
to David Graves. On Sept. 20, 1779
in Surry Co., NC, David witnessed a deed.
In Fayette Co., KY, a David Graves is listed with 2 tithables, and in
the first tax list of Shelby Co., KY, David is listed with 220 acres on Buck
Creek.
The
Shelby Co., KY Grantor Deeds, 1789-1838, records that David gave a "deed
of Gift" to Thomas Martin, his son-in-law, on May 25, 1807, 196 acres on
Guist. Then on Feb. 8, 1808 there
is an agreement from Thomas Martin marked "division."
David's
will, on record in Shelby Co., was written 9 Jan. 1808, and was produced in
court on 8 Feb. 1808. His children
are not listed in the will by name, but his granddaughter, Agnes Conely, is
given a "two-year old mare and saddle and a bed and furniture such as his
wife Agnes shall give her."
David
also states that his wife, Agnes, shall have the possession of his estate
during her natural lifetime. He
wills that his daughter, Elizabeth Leatherman, shall receive an equal portion
but it is to be lodged in the hands of Richard Graves for her use and under his
direction. His son Richard is to
be the executor.
On June
18, 1819 the heirs of David are mentioned in a court order about a certain
tract of land in Shelby Co. on Beech Creek containing 248 acres. (R‑70, R‑148, R‑910)
Children - Graves
+158+158. Edmund Graves,
b.c. 1762, m(1) Nancy (or Jane) ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
m(2) Judith Holloway, 21 Aug. 1823, d. 12 July 1834.
159 159. William Graves, b.
1763. (May not be a child of
David.)
+160+160. Elizabeth Graves,
b.c. 1775, m. John Leatherman, 3 Feb. 1797, d. 10 June 1846.
+161+161. Richard Graves,
b.c. 1776, m. Nellie Tilley, 26 Dec. 1797, d. 13 Sept. 1847.
+162+162. Susannah Graves,
b.c. 1780, m. Thomas E. Martin, 22 (or 28) Aug. 1801, d. 19 Sept. 1851.
+163+163. Samuel Graves, b.
10 July 1791, m. Priscilla Hedden, 11 Jan. 1813, d. 7 March 1840.
164 164. daughter, m. William
Burgin.
+165+165. daughter, m.
William Connelly.
Nancy
Graves
(21 (21) was born about 1735, and died by 1809 in Wilkes Co.,
GA. (Mrs. Hiden had suggested the
possibility that this was Catherine or Katherine Graves.) She married William Lea, brother of
Isabella Lea. They moved to and
lived in Caswell Co., N.C. William
died testate May-July 1794 in Wilkes Co., Ga.
Nancy is
not documented as a daughter of Thomas and Ann, but there is circumstantial
evidence. A daughter did marry a
William Lea, and this William was a brother of Isabella Lea who married John
Graves. The names used in this
family are names used by this Graves line. (R‑14)
Children - Lea
166 166. Thomas Lea, m. Sally
Lea.
167 167. John Lea, m. Elizabeth
Bradley.
168 168. Jonathan Lea, m. Mary
Hightower.
169 169. Nancy Lea
170 170. Solomon Lea
171 171. Rosanna Lea, m. Gene
Sherwood, d. before 1809.
172 172. Sarah Lea, m. William
Roper, d. before 1794.
173 173. Jean (Jane) Lea
Rosanna
("Ann") Graves (22 (22) married John Spencer. They lived in Albemarle Co., VA. (R‑14, R‑60, R‑252, R‑902,
R‑910, R‑911)
Children - Spencer
174+174. John
Spencer, b.c. 1763, m. Mary Humphrey, 4 Nov. 1785, d. 22 July 1820.
175 175. Sharp Spencer
176 176. Abraham Spencer
177 177. Thomas Spencer; killed
at Guilford Court House during the American Revolution.
178 178. Elizabeth Spencer, m.
Dr. Melvin.
+179+179. Anna Spencer,
b.c. 1770, m. Thomas Maupin, 10 June 1784, d. 1848.
180 180. Sarah Spencer, m. David
Maupin, 13 Oct. 1785 (Albemarle Co., VA).
+181+181. Rosanna Spencer,
b.c. 1779, m. Thomas Chapman Naylor, 16 Jan. 1799, d. bet. 1811-1813.
+182+182. Mary Graves
Spencer, b. 25 Dec. 1779, m. Chapman White Maupin, 26 Dec. 1805, d. 23 July
1868.
183 183. Susannah Spencer, m.
William Sandidge (#31 (#31). He d. 1786. A
Susannah Sandidge m. Daniel Maupin on 27 Feb. 1792. This is a possible 2nd marriage for this Susannah, but could
be Susannah (#35 (#35), the sister of William,
instead.
184. Rachel Spencer, b.c. 1792, m.
William Humphreys, 16 July 1807, d. aft. 1850.
Robert
Graves
(24 (24) was born before 1755, based on the 1800 census for
Chesterfield Co., SC, showing him in the 45 and over age category. Based on the birth dates of his
children, his birth date may have been 1735-1740. His wife may have been Jean ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
since she was cosigner with him on one deed. Most of the following evidence is from Mrs. Sue Davis (R‑14).
Although
most of the evidence is circumstantial, it appears that Robert is the father of
at least the following three children.
He is the only Graves in SC land records to be in the right place at the
right time. The probability that he is a son of Thomas and Ann (Davenport)
Graves also explains the Davenport name for many of his descendants.
Robert
Graves was the only Graves in Chesterfield Co. records during at least 1770-80,
as evidenced by the deeds listed below.
Chesterfield Co. was created from Craven District. Both Lewis and Richard Graves owned
land on Thompson Creek in Anson Co., N.C., just across the state line.
S.C.
Memorials (land grants): A
memorial exhibited by Robert Graves for a tract of land containing 250 acres in
Craven Co. on the north side of Great PeeDee adjoining Lipham, Husband, Wise
and Claudius Pegues, certified 7 Nov. 1770, granted 15 March 1771.
A
memorial exhibited by Robert Graves for 150 acres on Thompson Creek, waters of
PeeDee, bounded by vacant sides.
Surveyed 1 Oct. 1771, granted 28 Nov. 1771.
Charleston,
S.C. Deed Records (all S.C. deeds prior to the Revolution were filed in
Charleston), Book C, p. 78, Robert Graves to James Blanton. Lease and release for 250 acres, 1 July
1772, Parish of St. David, County of Craven, land granted 15 March 1771, north
side of PeeDee, bound by Lipham, Husband, etc.
signed Robert Graves
Jean
(x) Graves
Family
papers or oral tradition in the Sholars family say Lewis Graves had brothers
Richard and John. Records seem to
bear this out. Richard Graves gave
testimony to Lewis' service in pension application. He witnessed an Anson Co., NC deed of Lewis Graves. He signed a receipt for Lewis on SC
Stub Indent. John Graves also
witnessed an Anson Co. deed. John
lived in the same district in Hancock Co., GA and in Jasper Co., GA as
Lewis. He was also a codefendant
in a law suit with Lewis in Hancock Co.
(R‑14)
Most of
the information on Robert Graves and all his known descendants was previously
published in Robert Graves of Anson Co.,
N.C. and Chesterfield Co., S.C., by Kenneth Vance Graves, 1980. (R‑916)
Children - Graves
+184+185. Lewis Graves, b.
17 July 1760, m. Ann or Amy Worthen, 1781, d. 1839.
+185+186. John L. Graves,
b.c. 1763, m. Rebecca Harris, c. 1792, d. 1851.
+186+187. Richard Graves,
b. 30 Dec. 1765, m. Nancy ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GRAVES (4 (4) AND SARAH ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Mary
Graves
(27 (27) was born about 1738, and died in 1800 at Fort Madison,
Pickens Co., SC. She married
Benjamin Cleveland about 1758-60. He was born 26 May 1738 in Blue Run, Orange
Co., VA, and died 15 Oct. 1806 in Fort Madison, Pickens Co., SC. They were buried on the Cleveland
Plantation, Fort Madison.
Col.
Benjamin Cleveland moved from VA to Yadkin, Rowan Co., NC about 1763 (Rowan
became Surry Co. in 1770 and Wilkes Co. in 1777), and lived there until after
the Revolution. Benjamin lost his
home in Wilkes Co., NC through a faulty title, and then moved to Pendleton
District, SC, on the Tugaloo River, where he was a judge, as he had been in NC.
Col.
Benjamin Cleveland was "the famous Colonel of Indian Wars in NC and of the
Revolution at the Battle of King's Mountain, and the terror of Tories whom he
hanged without ceremony."
Cleveland Co., NC and the town of Cleveland, TN are named for him.
It has
been incorrectly believed by some that Benjamin Cleveland had Graves ancestry,
descended from Jane Graves, a great-granddaughter of Capt. Thomas Graves of VA
through Thomas's son Francis[5]. It was believed that Jane Graves and
John Coffey had a daughter, Martha Elizabeth Coffey, who married John
Cleveland. However, that is not
correct. Elizabeth Coffey,
daughter of Edward Coffey and sister of John Coffey, is the one who married
John Cleveland. This couple lived
most of their lives at Blue Run, Orange Co., VA, and had several famous sons,
most notably Col. Benjamin Cleveland of Revolutionary War fame. This ancestry is discussed by George A.
Martin in "Virginia Cleveland Ancestor Discovered", Nat. Gen. Soc. Quarterly, vol. 46, no.
3, Sept. 1958, p. 152.
One
account says: Col. Ben's only daughter married General Wyly of Iredell Co., NC,
and their son, General James Rutherford Wyly, was a distinguished officer of
the War of 1812. He married Sarah
Hawkins Clark, granddaughter of Gov. John Sevier of TN, who was a General at
King's Mountain. It is possible
that Col. Ben’s daughter, Jemima, was adopted; that would explain why she was
left out of his will.
At least
the two sons were born in Albemarle Co., VA. (R‑20, R‑204, R‑205, R‑208, R‑209)
Children - Cleveland
+187+188. Absalom
Cleveland, b.c. 1759, m. Martha Harrison, 11 Nov. 1782, d. 1838.
+188+189. John Cleveland,
b. 1760, m. Catherine (Slocum) Montgomery, 9 June 1781, d. 1810.
189 190. Jemima Cleveland, b.
1765, m(1) James Wyly (or Wyley), 1780, m(2) Evangelist Eddards, m(3) Daniel
Cleveland, d. 1810 or 1832 (LA).
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH GRAVES (5 (5) AND
WILLIAM SANDIDGE
Mary
Sandidge (or Sandridge) (28 (28) was born about 1748 and died
in 1809. She married Littleberry
Lane. He died in 1807. (His name was given as William Lane by
one source.) Reference for the
information on this family is Layne-Lain-Lane
Genealogy compiled by Floyd Benjamin Layne, pp. 123-124. (R‑138, R‑256)
Children - Lane
190 191. Betsey Lane, m. William
Faris.
191 192. Unity Lane, m. Stephen
Rowe. He was the son of William
Rowe and Elizabeth Sandridge.
192 193. son, d. by 1790.
193 194. son, living with his
father 1799-1801.
194 195. Nancy Lane, m. Hezekiah
Faris.
195 196. William S. (Sandridge?)
Lane
196 197. Lucy Lane, m. Dennis
Reiley.
197 198. Polly Lane, m. Nathan
Sandage.
198 199. Frances T. Lane, m.
Pleasant Howard. She was his
second wife.
Stephen
Sandidge
(30 (30) was born about 1752 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died after
3 July 1821 in Franklin Co., TN.
He married Sarah Henderson.
She was born about 1753 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died in 1810 in
Franklin Co., TN. At least the
first 3 children listed below were born in Albemarle Co., VA. (R‑335)
Children - Sandidge/Sandridge
+199+200. John Sandidge,
b.c. 1773, m. Nancy ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d.c. 1825.
200 201. Dillard Sandridge, b.c.
1777, m. Hannah Epperson, 14 Oct. 1797 (Albemarle Co., VA), d. after 1860
(Albemarle Co., VA). She was b.c.
1776 and d. after 1860, both in Albemarle Co., VA.
+201+202. Nathan Sandridge,
b.c. 1778, m(1) Polly Lane, m(2) Catherine Modena, d.c. 1844.
202 203. Benjamin Thurmond
Sandidge
203 204. Joshua Sandidge
204 205. Reuben Sandidge, m.
Jester K. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, 9 Oct. 1800.
+205+206. William Sandidge,
b.c. 1780, m(1) Mary Wood, c. 1800, m(2) Elizabeth Garrison, 4 Jan. 1831, d. 10
April 1852.
+206+207. Sarah Henderson
Sandidge, b.c. 1784, m. Peter Eades, 28 May 1803, d. bet. 1860-1870.
Ann (or
JoAnne) Sandidge (32 (32) was born about 1756. She married Gideon Winston Carr. He was born about 1750 and died in 1844
in Dickson Co., TN. Their children
were born in Albemarle Co., VA. (R‑138,
R‑256)
Children - Carr
207 208. Elizabeth Carr, m.
James Wood.
208 209. Sally Carr
+209+210. Nancy Carr, b.c.
1770, m. William Cunningham, 24 Dec. 1795, d. 1834.
210 211. Meekins Carr, m. Mary
S. Hamner (or Hammer).
211 212. Susannah Carr, m. Minor
Bibb.
212 213. Anna Carr, m. Thomas
Gentry, 12 Dec. 1804 (Albemarle Co., VA).
213 214. John Bluford Carr, m.
Susannah Hamner (or Hammer).
+214+215. Mary Carr, b.c.
1787, m. James W. Carr, 3 Feb. 1806, d. 1863.
215 216. Martha Ann
("Patsy") Carr, b.c. 1791, m. Cornelius Beasley, d. 1886.
+216+217. Dabney Carr, May
1793, m. Mary Appleberry, 11 March 1817, d. 1872.
217 218. Micajah Walter Carr, m.
Ann Thurmond, 16 Dec. 1815 (Albemarle Co., VA).
Mildred
("Milly") Sandidge (33 (33) was born about 1756 and died
after 1821, both in Albemarle Co., VA.
She married John Hall, son of John Hall, about 1776. He was born in 1748 and died after 31
Jan. 1833 or 1834, both in Albemarle Co., VA. He was a tailor, and served in the Rev. War. (R‑174, R‑178, R‑311)
Children - Hall
+218+219. Elizabeth Graves
Hall, b.c. 1778-80, m. John Keen, d. 6 May 1864.
219 220. John Hall
220 221. Richard Hall
221 222. Mary Hall
222 223. Jane Hall
223 224. Peter Adam Hall, b.c.
1798 (Albemarle Co., VA), m. Lucinda Burton, 4 May 1819 (Orange Co., VA), d. 16
Sept. 1855 (Green Co., KY). She
was b.c. 1803 (Orange Co., VA), d. 18 Oct. 1855 (Liletown, Green Co., KY).
224 225. Susan Hall, b.c. 1790
(VA), never married, d. after 1860.
Recorded with nephew John S. Dowell on the 1860 census in Metcalfe Co.,
KY.
+225+226. Nancy Hall, b.c.
1795, m. Harrison Powell, 26 Dec. 1812, d. aft. 1850.
226 227. Mildred Hall, m.
Richard Powell, 25 Dec. 1812 (Albemarle Co., VA).
CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (6 (6) AND
ELIZABETH ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Thomas
Graves
(36 (36) was born Sept. 1747 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died 12
March 1834 in Lincoln Co., MO. He
married Martha Ryan, and possibly Mary Mason. [His son Thomas married Mary Mason on 20 Nov. 1795, so this
appears to be incorrect.] He moved
to Bourbon Co., KY, and was in Warren Co., MO in 1820. He was judge of the county court for
Warren and Montgomery Co’s., MO.
According to Mrs. P. W. Hiden, Martha Ryan may have been Thomas' second
wife. She was first married to
William Sims, who died in 1769. (R‑12,
R‑911)
Children - Graves, by Martha Ryan
+227+228. Elizabeth Graves,
b. 5 Sept. 1771, m. Thomas Wright, 6 Sept. 1788, d. 8 Sept. 1807.
+228+229. Thomas Nelson
Graves, b.c. 1774, m. Mary Mason, 20 Nov. 1795, d. aft. 1850.
229 230. Nancy Graves
230 231. Lucy Graves
231 232. Waller Graves, b.c.
1782, m. Mary ("Polly") Rucker, d. 1833 (in prison). She was dau. of John Rucker (b.
Caroline Co., VA, d. 1794, Orange Co., VA) and Mary Burton (d. 1823). This is probably the Waller Graves who
was insane when he killed William Kent (husband of Mary Ann Zumwalt) at Newton
Howell's home on Oct. 2, 1830 in Montgomery, MO. Other sources identify the victim as ‘the father-in-law of
Henry B. Graves, his nephew’.
Lewis
Graves
(37 (37) was born about 1750 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died 11 May
1810 in Laurens, Laurens Co., SC[6]. Various deeds place his parents in
Culpeper from the 1740’s on. He
first married Ann Sims, daughter of Thomas Sims, before 1782 in Culpeper Co.,
VA. He married second Rebecca
(Starnes) Sims, daughter of Ebenezer Starnes and Anna Fields, after 10 Sept.
1805, when the will of her first husband, William Sims, was proved. She was born about 1760 in SC, and died
after 1850, probably in TN. She
apparently remarried after Lewis’ death to an unknown McWhorley, whom she
outlived. She was recorded with
Martin Graves on the 1850 census in Hardin Co., KY as Rebecca McWhorley. She would have been both mother-in-law
and stepmother to Martin Graves.
Lewis is
listed in the 1790 U.S. census of Laurens Co., SC as Lewis Greaves. He is found with this spelling
elsewhere as well. In reading the
will of his father, Thomas Graves of Culpeper Co., VA, one might interpret some
of the wording in the codicil to mean a family tift had developed between
father and son. Perhaps this was
the reason for his adoption of an alternative spelling. Lewis is listed in this census as
having one free white male over 16 (himself), 3 free white males under 16, 5
free white females, and 3 slaves.
Based on this data, we can conclude he probably had 3 young sons, a
wife, and 4 daughters.
On the
same page of the census are found Elizabeth Simms, probably his sister who was
widowed in 1789 and yet to marry Dr. John Creecy. She is listed with 1 male over 16, 4 males 16 and under, 5
females (including herself), and 4 slaves. Also on the same page is Aaron Stern (Starnes), the father
of Rebecca Starnes, wife of his son Lewis.
The 1800
census for Laurens Co., SC listed Lewis Graves with 1 male 0-10, 2 males 10-16,
1 male 26-45, 1 male over 45 (Lewis), 1 female 0-10, 2 females 16-26, 1 female
26-45, 6 slaves.
Even
though Lewis Graves was a justice of the peace and probated many wills, he
apparently died intestate. There
is an estate sale in the records of Laurens Co., SC. His heirs are listed as George C. Madden, Fanny Graves, John
Addams, and Lewis Graves.
Administrators are William and Martin Graves. Purchasers were Rebecca and Fanny Graves. This estate sale occurred on 31 May
1810 (bundle 29, package 7, Laurens Co., SC). The doctor bill was paid to Dr. John Creecy. John Wait was appointed to appraise the
estate. Another source has
slightly different data. No date
is given, but the administrators are the same William and Martin Graves. Heirs are not listed as such, but the
following purchasers are named: Rebecah Graves, Wm. Graves, Lewis Graves,
Fanney Graves, Martin Graves, Moses Madden, George Madden, Jacob Niswanger,
John Adams, John Williard (?), Richard Golden, John Newman, William Crocker,
John Creecy, John Boyce, Martin Shaw, James Sims, Martin Sims, George Morgan,
John Wait, Joseph Bolton, William McFerson, Isaac Mosely, Larkin Gaines, Samuel
Anderson, Thomas Brock, and Ebeneezer Harris. (Notice some of the spellings differ, but they were copied
exactly as written.)
From
another source, purchasers at the estate sale were: James Sims, John Sims, Joel
Sims, John Wait, Phillip Wait, Dr. John Creecy.
Lewis had
a sister Elizabeth (will of Thomas Graves, 1792; will of Dr. John Creecy; 1790
Laurens Co., SC census). Lewis
also had a sister Frances Wait (will of Thomas Graves, 1792; will of Dr. John
Creecy). Lewis was listed in the
Culpeper Co. personal property tax roll for 1782 and 1783; 1 slave, Winnie. He was in SC in 1792, according to the
will of Thomas Graves.
Pension
application of John Wait, no. 7812, filed 1834, from Laurens Co., S.C., states
he served from Culpeper Co., VA.
Elizabeth Creecy gave testimony that she had known Wait for 62
years. (Elizabeth was widow of Dr.
Creecy and widow of Zachariah Sims; see will of Creecy.) Witnessed by William Graves (son of
Lewis Graves who died 1810).
The first
2 children listed below were probably born in VA, the third one definitely was,
and the others were born in Laurens Co., SC. (R‑196, R‑202, R‑585, R‑920)
Children - Graves, by Ann Sims
+232+233. Nancy Ann Graves,
b.c. 1782, m. George Madden, d. 11 Feb. 1855.
+233+234. Lucy Graves, b.c.
1783, m. John Adams, d. bef. 1850.
+234+235. Martin Graves,
b.c. 1785, m. Ann(a) Sims, 31 Dec. 1807, d. bet. 11 Jan. 1854 and 7 March 1854.
+235+236. William Graves,
b.c. 1788, m. Mary Wait, d. bet. 1856-1860.
+236+237. Lewis Graves,
b.c. 1789, m. Rebecca Starnes, c. 1810, d. 1857.
237 238. Fanny Graves, b.c.
1790; no record found for a marriage.
238 239. Amey S. (Sims?) Graves,
b.c. 7 May 1799, d. aft. 7 May 1820.
Joseph Neely became her guardian on 18 May 1816 and payments were made
to him for her care by her brothers Martin, Lewis, or William Graves until she
became of age of 7 May 1820.
Elizabeth
Graves
(38 (38) was born about 1752 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died between
July 1829 and 4 Nov. 1831 in Laurens Co., SC. She first married Zachariah Simms (or Sims), son of Thomas
Simms and Rebecca Petty, in Culpeper Co., VA. He was born about 1748 in Culpeper Co., and died about 24
Aug. 1790 or before in Laurens Co., SC.
After the death of Zachariah, Elizabeth married second Dr. John Creecy
in Laurens Co., SC. He died before
15 Jan. 1812 in Laurens Co.
Zachariah
Sims, husband of Elizabeth Graves, appears in Culpeper Co., Va. records.
·
Culpeper Co. Will Book C, p. 129, named in will of his father,
Thomas Sims, 1784.
·
Deed Book L, p. 261, 17 March 1783, Zachariah Sims and wife
Elizabeth sell land to Samuel Delph.
·
1783 personal property tax roll of Culpeper Co. includes Zachariah
Sims, John Wait, and Lewis Graves.
Laurens
Co. Will Book I, 1810-1818, section D-1, p. 13. John Creecy to wife Elizabeth
and her children by Zachariah Sims, deceased: James Sims, Joel Sims, Zachariah S. Sims, and Fanny, wife of
Jacob Clemmons. John Wait, executor, 15 Jan. 1812. Witnesses: John
and Frances Wait.
From Abstracts of Early Records of Laurens Co.,
SC, 1785-1820, in Deed Book H: 2/4/1804-4/17/1806, Jesse Pugh and wife
Lydia to John Creecy for 75 acres on Black Cr. of Reedy R. bordering on Ezekiel
Andrews, John Wait & John Sims, Geo. Wharton. D. Anderson, JQ. D.R. (Dower Rights) of Lyda Pugh. In Deed Book J: 6/9/1810-2/5/1812, John
Creecy and wife Elizabeth (former widow of Zachariah Sims) marriage settlement
to equalize division of slaves among legatees: John Sims, Thomas Sims, Jesse
Pugh and wife Lyda, James Wait and Sarah, James Sims. Wit.: D. Anderson, John Wait, William Fulton, J.P.
There is
a question as to whom the children of Elizabeth Graves were. The will of John Creecy lists as
children of Elizabeth’s first marriage James, Joel, Zachariah S., and
Fanny. The marriage settlement of
John Creecy and Elizabeth lists as legatees John Sims, Thomas Sims, James Sims,
Lydia (Pugh), and James Wait.
Since James Wait was probably a nephew (son of Elizabeth’s sister Frances),
how can we be sure that John, Thomas and Lydia were also children? Perhaps John and Thomas were children
of Joel or Zachariah, since neither of them were listed in the settlement, or
perhaps the people not mentioned in the settlement had already been provided
for separately. (R‑140, R‑233,
R‑247)
Children - Sims
239 240. Rebecca Sims, b.c. 1772
(VA), m. Lewis Pugh, d. Jan. 1841 (AL).
He was b.c. 1772 (VA), and d. 1836 (AL).
240 241. John Sims, b.c. 1774.
+241+242. Frances Sims,
b.c. 1776, m(1) Zachariah Simpson, c. 1790, m(2) Jacob Hilliard Clements, c.
1797, d. 3 Feb. 1856.
+242+243. Lydia Sims, b.c.
1777, m. Jesse Pugh, c. 1794, d. Sept. 1864.
+243+244. Joel Sims, b.c.
1779, m. Elizabeth McGlathery, d. 1 Dec. 1829.
244 245. Son, b.c. 1780.
245 246. Thomas Sims, b.c. 1782.
246 247. Sarah Sims, b.c. 1784,
m. James Wait (#251 (#252), bef. 1800, d. aft.
1870. See #251#252 for
descendants.
+247+248. James Sims, b.c.
1785, m(1) Mariah Parks Wait, #270#271, m(2) Sarah Razor, d. bet.
1829-1841.
248 249. Zachariah S. Sims
Anne
(“Nancy”) Graves (39 (39) was born about 1755 in
Culpeper Co., VA, and died in Laurens Co., SC. She first married Richard Wait(s) about 1774. He was born about 1750 in VA, and died
about 1785 in Culpeper Co., VA.
She married second ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Jones
about 1785 in Culpeper Co., VA. He
was born in Culpeper Co., VA, and died in Laurens Co., SC. (R‑45)
Children - Wait
249 250. Child
+250+251. Elizabeth Wait,
b.c. 1775, m. Isaiah Jones, c. 1794, d. Feb. 1838.
+251+252. James Wait, b.c.
1779, m. Sarah Sims (#246 (#247), bef. 1800, d. aft.
1840.
William
Graves
(40 (40) was born about 1755 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died in 1833
at the old home place in Mackville, Washington Co., KY. It is possible that his full name was
William Thomas Graves, but there is no proof of that. He married Sarah Fisher of Culpeper Co., VA, possibly on 22
Dec. 1790 (although there is some belief that that is the marriage date to a
second wife).
It was
previously believed that the son Thomas was Thomas Sims Graves, born 13 July
1794 in Culpeper Co., VA, died 6 May 1859 in Nelson Co., KY, who first married
Harriet R. Gist and married second Mary E. Graves. Through DNA analysis, it has been conclusively proven that
Thomas Sims Graves was not a descendant of Capt. Thomas Graves (genealogy 169)
nor of genealogy 270. Uriah Noah
Graves was also confirmed by DNA testing to be a brother of Thomas Sims Graves,
and both have been put in genealogy 94.
Both these men were sons of a William Graves. The birth date of William
Graves has been given as about 1755 by some researchers and about 1776 by
others, and he has been listed with different wives and different
children. The most likely answer to this confusion is that there are two
different men named William Graves. We need to separate the two families
and perform DNA testing on any lines that are still questionable. It is likely that some of the other
children listed below also belong in genealogy 94. (R‑190, R‑276, R‑911, R‑912)
Children - Graves
252 253. Ony Graves, b. 1770 (or
1786), m. Adam Pierce, 6 Dec. 1798.
Her name has also been given as Amy. Some researchers have incorrectly given her parents as
William Graves and Nancy Buckler, descended from John Graves and Sarah Noble of
MD & KY (genealogy 96). That
William Graves was b.c. 1780-1790, so he couldn’t possibly have been Ony’s
father.
253 254. Jean Graves, m. John
Pierce, 6 Jan. 1811 (VA).
+254+255. John Graves, b.
19 Aug. 1775, m(1) Margaret Stinnette, 2 Feb. 1795, m(2) Delilah (Smith)
Bailey, d. 9 Nov. 1838 (or 16 May 1839).
+255+256. William Graves,
Jr., b.c. 1781, m. Elizabeth Sweeney, 4 Nov. 1805, d. 24 Dec. 1850.
+256+257. Elizabeth Graves,
b.c. 1786, m. Jesse Peter, 6 Dec. 1814, d. 6 April 1842.
+257+258. Nancy Graves,
b.c. 1788, m. Zachariah Lawson, 10 March 1806, d. by 25 March 1850.
+258+259. Thomas Graves, b.
15 Jan. 1790, m. Sarah Lawson, 22 Feb. 1812, d. 1855.
+259+260. James Graves,
b.c. 1793, m(1) Ruth Sherrell, 10 Feb. 1814, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 11 May 1865.
+260+261. Lewis Graves, b.
25 Oct. 1798, m. Sarah J. Milbourne, 6 Feb. 1822, d. aft. 16 Aug. 1850.
+261+262. Edward J. Graves,
b.c. 1803, m(1) Lucinda Schooling, 7 Aug. 1823, m(2) Lydia Wisdom, 2 June 1835,
d.c. July 1868.
Philip
Graves
(41 (41) was born about 1760. He married Elizabeth Jones on 25 Sept. 1785 in Culpeper Co.,
VA. He was on the 1788 tax list
for Culpeper Co. He left Culpeper
Co. in 1804 and appeared in Madison Co., VA in 1810. After 1820 he left Madison Co. They supposedly had at least 10 children. The following
children were all born in Madison Co., VA. (R‑911)
Children - Graves
262 263. Nancy Graves, m. John
Ross, 2 March 1811 (Madison Co., VA).
263 264. Frances Graves, m. John
Wilson, 18 April 1811 (Madison Co., VA).
264 265. Malinda Graves, m. John
Hunt, 28 Jan. 1813 (Madison Co., VA).
265 266. Elizabeth Graves, m.
Richard Holmes, 14 Nov. 1816 (Madison Co., VA).
266 267. son, b. 1800-1810.
Frances
Graves
(42 (42) was born about 1760 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died about
1844 in Laurens Co., SC. She
married John Wait on 11 Dec. 1781[7]
in Culpeper Co., VA. He was born
15 Aug. 1757 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died 7 March 1836 in Laurens Co., SC[8]. Their first five children were born in
Culpeper Co., VA and the last three in Laurens Co., SC. (R‑45)
Children - Wait
+267+268. Philip Wait, b.
20 Sept. 1782, m. Rhoda Francis Powell, 1 Feb. 1807, d. bet. June 1850-6 Feb.
1851.
+268+269. Franklin Wait,
b.c. 1784, m(1) Orphie Hansel Sims, 27 April 1828, m(2) Sarah West, 5 April
1837, d. 1838.
+269+270. Peachy (or
Peachey) Wait, b. 2 March 1786, m. William J. Crocker, d. aft. 1860.
270 271. Mariah Parks Wait, b. 3
April 1788, m. James Sims, (#247 (#248), d. 22 Nov. 1815. See #247#248 for
descendants.
+271+272. Frances Wait, b.
14 Feb. 1790, m. James Anderson, d. 1865.
272 273. Elizabeth Wait, b. 27
Feb. 1791, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Simms.
273 274. Mary Wait, b.c. 1793,
m. William Graves, (#235 (#236), c. 1815, d. bef. 10
June 1844. See #235#236 for
descendants.
274 275. John W. Wait, b. 10
July 1794, d. bef. 28 March 1829 (Laurens Co., SC).
James F.
Graves
(43 (43) was born about 1765, and died in Dec. 1811. He was described as being 16-21 in 1783
in Culpeper Co., Va. He was out of
the county in 1784-85 and there in 1786.
He first married Elizabeth Pratt of Culpeper Co., daughter of Thomas
Pratt and Maryann ‑‑‑‑‑‑, about 1782. He married second Elizabeth Parnell on
8 Sept. 1809. In 1810 he moved to
New Madrid, MO, where he died in Dec. 1811.
There is
some question regarding the following children, since one source lists the
first three, then lists Mary E. Graves who married her first cousin Thomas S.
Graves, and then does not show any of the other children. (R‑179, R‑911, R‑912)
Children - Graves, by Elizabeth Pratt
275 276. Mary Ann Graves, b.c.
1783, d. in infancy.
+276+277. William Graves,
b.c. 1785, m. Sarah Evans, d.c. 1843.
+277+278. Susanna Graves,
b. 15 Dec. 1787, m. John Collier, Jr., 8 April 1803, d. 30 Jan. 1850.
278 279. Mary Ann Graves, b.c.
1789 (probably KY), m. William Whitesides, 5 Sept. 1809 (Rockcastle Co., KY).
279 280. Lucy Graves, b.c. 1791,
m. Elijah Collier, 1 April 1809 (Lincoln Co., KY).
280 281. Elizabeth Graves, b.c.
1793, m. Samuel McCoy, 20 May 1809, d.c. 1878. Her full name may have been Mary Elizabeth Graves, and she
may have m(2) Thomas Sims Graves (Gen. 94).
281 282. Sally Graves, b.c.
1797, married. No children.
+282+283. Joseph Graves,
b.c. 1799, m. Sarah Ann Howe, 22 Dec. 1821.
Joseph
Graves
(44 (44) was born about 1767. He married Nellie Branham on 1 Jan. 1800 in Culpeper Co., VA[9].
It was
previously believed (incorrectly) that this was a George Graves, and that he
might be descended from Johann Sebastian Graff, an immigrant from the German
Palatinate, who lived in PA, NC and TN.
There is
no proof that Horace Graves was a son of this Joseph Graves. However, the 1850 census for Gallatin
Co., KY showed him living very close to Lorenzo D. Graves, and the 1820 and
1830 Boone Co., KY censuses for Joseph Graves showed 3 sons of the right ages
to be those listed below. (R‑197)
Children - Graves
+283+284. Hedgeman Bratten
Graves, b.c. 1810, m(1) Mahala Glore, 13 Oct. 1831, m(2) Mary A. Richardson
Wilson, 1863, d. 1876.
+284+285. Horace Graves,
b.c. 1813, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+285+286. Lorenzo D.
Graves, b.c. 1818, m. Virginia Hampton, 21 Dec. 1845.
286 287. Howard Graves
John
Graves
(47 (47) married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He moved to KY. There were probably more children than
the one listed below. The
following information is incorrect; Mary Cloud (“Polly”) Graves is #600#600
in this genealogy, daughter of John C. Graves and Margaret Cloud. William W. Graves is #752#753
in this genealogy, son of Benjamin Graves and Sallie Cole. (R‑179)
Children - Graves
287 288. Mary
("Polly") Graves, b. 1797, m. W. W. Graves (#290 (#291).
Charles
Graves
(48 (48) married Ellender ‑‑‑‑‑‑. His will was dated 22 March 1798 and
proved 3 April 1798 in Washington Co., KY. (R‑179)
Children - Graves
288 289. Charles Graves, b. 1
Sept. 1787.
289 290. John Graves, b. 1792.
Richard
Grant Graves (49 (49) married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. The child listed below is incorrect;
William W. Graves is #752#753 in this genealogy, son of
Benjamin Graves and Sallie Cole.
Mary Cloud (“Polly”) Graves is #600#600 in this
genealogy, daughter of John C. Graves and Margaret Cloud. (R‑911, R‑912)
Children - Graves
290 291. W. W. Graves, b. 5 Oct.
1787 (Culpeper Co., Va.), m. Mary Graves (#287 (#288).
CHILDREN OF JAMES GRAVES (7 (7) AND SARAH ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Mary
Graves
(50 (50) was baptised 1747 in Culpeper Co., VA. She married Richard Parks about 1765 in
Culpeper Co., Va. He was born
about 1745 and died about 1817. He
married again to Anne Farrer in 1796 in Culpeper Co. (Geneal. Notes, by Slaughter, p. 52). His will, probated 2 March 1817, names wife Anne, and
mentions seven children, but not all by name. (R‑38)
Children - Parks
291 292. James Parks (named for
Mary's father, James Graves), m. Lucinda Colvin, 1816.
292 293. Gabriel Parks, m.
Millie ‑‑‑‑‑‑, 1812.
293 294. Peggy Parks, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Halle.
+294+295. Sarah Parks,
bapt. 1769, m. Thomas Tutt, 23 Aug. 1787, d.c. 1820.
Jael
Graves
(51 (51) married William Jones. (R‑911)
Children - Jones
295 296. James Graves Jones
Colonel
John Graves (52 (52) was born 4 Sept. 1745 in
Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Va., and died 24 June 1824. He served as Ensign and Lieutenant in
the company commanded by Maj. George Slaughter in the 8th Va. Regt. commanded
by Col. Abraham Bowman in the Revolutionary War. The company was designated at various times as "Capt.
George Slaughter's Co." and as "Lieut. John Graves' Co." He was commissioned 26 Jan. 1776 and
resigned 22 April 1778 (Record and Pension Office, War Dept.). He was in the battles of Brandywine,
Germantown, Monmouth and Yorktown.
He was a trusted officer of Gen. Nathaniel Greene in N.C. and was
detailed by him to oppose the passage of part of Cornwallis' force across the
Yadkin, which he did with conspicuous and distinguished gallantry.
After the
war, probably in 1781, he moved to Wilkes Co., Ga., and in 1786 was Colonel
commanding a Georgia regiment against the Creek Indians. Another source stated that he moved to
Ga. in 1823, and that his nephew, William Francis Strother, went with him. William was a son of Anne Fargeson,
sister of John Graves' first wife.
John
Graves first married Lucy Farquson (or Fargeson), daughter of Samuel Fargeson
of Culpeper Co., Va., on 10 May 1772.
He married second Catherine West in 1795. She was born 1763 in Holland,
and died in 1841. (R‑160, R‑915)
Children - Graves, by Catherine West
+296+297. John Temple
Graves, b.c. 1796, m. Sophia Dickinson, c. 1816, d. 21 Oct. 1826.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GRAVES (8 (8) AND
FRANCES COLEMAN
Nancy
Graves
(53 (53) was born 27 May 1765 in VA, and died 12 Aug. 1844 in
Fayette Co., KY. She married her
first cousin James Coleman Goodwin, son of Peter Goodwin and Sarah Coleman, on
6 Sept. 1782 in VA. He was a
farmer in Caroline Co., VA, and was living in Spotsylvania Co., VA in Oct.
1788. . They moved to Pendleton Co., KY, and later to Fayette Co.,
KY. (See Wm. & Mary Quarterly, 1st series, vol. 6, p. 25.) He died 9 Feb. 1814 in Fayette Co.,
KY. Their children were born in
Pendleton Co., KY. (R‑275)
Children - Goodwin
297 298. Sarah
("Sally") Coleman Goodwin, b. 23 Feb. 1785, m. Francis
("Frank") Flourney, 25 Sept. 1800 (KY), d. 20 June 1858 (Scott Co.,
KY).
+298+299. Joseph Graves
Goodwin, b. 26 Feb. 1789, m(1) Frances Coleman Graves (#312 (#313), 25
Dec. 1810, m(2) Rachel Downey, 10 June 1831, d. 23 June 1872.
+299+300. Lloyd King
Goodwin, b. 17 Nov. 1791, m. Mary Jane Graves (#313 (#314), 25
Aug. 1813, d. 9 Jan. 1878.
300 301. Mary
("Polly") Coleman Goodwin, b. 1 June 1802, m. Lewis Barber, 6 Sept.
1822.
John
Coleman Graves (54 (54) was born 13 April 1767 (or
1768) in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died 14 April 1840 (or 12 Aug. 1844) in
Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. He
married Elizabeth Parrish in 1788 in Louisa Co., VA. He sold 100 acres bequeathed him by his father and moved
from Virginia to Kentucky in 1781.
(R‑911, R‑915)
Children - Graves
301 302. Malinda Graves, m.
Zachariah Graves (#682 (#683), 12 Sept. 1814[10]. See #682#683
for descendants.
302 303. Mary Graves, m. Asa
Graves
(#681 (#682), 15 Dec. 1814.
See #681#682 for descendants.
303 304. Mariah (or Marrah)
Kimbrough Graves, m. John D. Thomas, 1819.
304 305. Hannah Graves, m.
Hamlet Hansboro.
305 306. Frances
("Fannie") Coleman Graves, b.c. 1800, m. Hamlet Hansboro (could this
be the same as the husband of Fannie's sister Hanna?), 13 Jan. 1828, d. 26
March 1870. Lived and died in
Lexington, KY.
+306+307. Joseph K. Graves,
b.c. 1800, m. Susan G. Price, 10 March 1842, d. bet. 1853 and 1860.
307 308. Benjamin F. Graves, b.
16 Feb. 1802, never married, d. March 1874. Bur. 14 March 1874 Lexington Cem. (Lexington, KY). He was a lawyer,and mayor of Lexington,
KY. He was a county judge for 16
years.
308 309. James P. Graves
309 310. Barbara P. Graves, m(1)
David D. Chinn (#332 (#333), 1 (or 10) March 1824
(Fayette Co., KY), m(2) Daniel Hemmingway (or Hemingway).
310 311. Eliza Ann Graves, m.
Theophilus Walker (Harrison Co., KY), d. March 1865.
Joseph
Graves
(55 (55) was born 16 July 1769 (or 10 July 1760) in Spotsylvania
Co., VA, and died 6 June (or July[11])
1826 in Fayette Co., KY. He first
married Mary Goodwin, daughter of Robert Goodwin and Jane Tulloch, on 26 Oct.
1790 in Louisa Co., VA. She was
born 28 Sept. 1772 in Louisa Co., VA, and died 11 Jan. 1815 in the "Red
House", Spotsylvania Co.
After the death of his wife, he moved his family to Kentucky and settled
in Fayette Co. He was the last
member of his father's family to move to KY. He married second Fanny Waller, sister of Absolom Waller, on
2 Nov. 1815 in Orange Co., VA. She
died in 1818. (John Card Graves
said they married after Joseph moved to Ky. Did he return to Va. to marry? R‑275 said he moved to KY after his second marriage.) (R‑275, R‑292, R‑911,
R‑915)
Children - Graves, by Mary Goodwin
311 312. Eliza Tulloch Graves,
b. 18 Dec. 1791, m(1) Jesse Bibbs Key (or Keyes), 18 Dec. 1809, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Garrett, d. 15 May 1855. Jesse d.
15 Dec. 1830.
312 313. Frances Coleman Graves,
b. 26 Oct. 1793, m. Joseph Graves Goodwin (#298 (#299), 25
Dec. 1810, d. 25 Sept. 1823. Her
tombstone inscription reads: Mrs. Frances C. Goodwin/ born December 26, 1793/
died September 25 1823/ She opened her mouth with wisdom./ Her tongue was the
law of kindness.
313 314. Mary Jane Graves, b. 14
Jan. 1796, m. Lloyd King Goodwin (#299 (#300), 25 Aug. 1813, d. 9
Sept. 1880. See #299#300
for descendants.
+314+315. Adeline Graves,
b. 15 April 1798, m. James Allen Cartwright, 11 April 1817, d. 5 Sept. 1893.
315 316. George L. Graves, b. 7
March 1800. Died young.
316 317. Barbara Garland Graves,
b. 4 (or 14) Sept. 1802, m. (Dr.) Joseph Graves Chinn (#334 (#335), 30
Dec. 1820 (Fayette Co., KY), d. 19 March 1849.
317 318. Eleanor (or Eleanora or
Elenora) Burnley (or Burley) Graves, b. 28 Nov. 1804, m. (Rev.) Buford Early
Allen, 7 Feb. 1833, d. 22 April 1873.
He was b. 19 June 1801, d. 9 Dec. 1861.
+318+319. Elizabeth Chapman
Graves, b. 28 Jan. 1806, m. Samuel L. Coleman, 22 Nov. 1825, d. 7 Feb. 1893.
+319+320. Joseph Graves, b.
1 March 1809, m. Margaret A. Hayes, 1 Feb. 1830, d. 23 March 1885.
+320+321. Benjamin Robert
Graves, b. 19 April 1813, m. Jane Rachel Hughes, 18 Dec. 1844, d. 7 Sept. 1887.
Maj.
Benjamin Franklin Graves (56 (56) was born 9 April 1773 (or in
1771) in Spotsylvania Co., VA and died 22 (or 23) Jan. 1813. He was killed at the battle of River
Raisin in Michigan when Gen. Winchester was defeated Jan. 22, 1813, and when
his brother, Col. Thomas Coleman Graves was also killed. He first married Mary Boxley. She died in 1803 in Spotsylvania
Co. In the year of her death he
and Mary sold a house lot, which she had inherited from her father, to her
brother George Boxley. They had no
children.
He
married second Polly Dudley, daughter of Rev. and Capt. Ambrose Dudley and Ann
Parker. Polly was born 6 Sept.
1783 in Fayette Co., KY, and died 15 Aug. 1868 in St. Louis, MO where she had
resided for 40 years. In 1858, she
applied for an extension of the pension she had been receiving based on Benjamin’s
War of 1812 service. This was
signed on 30 Nov. 1858 in Pike Co., KY.
Ann
Parker was a daughter of William Parker and Susanna Winslow of Spotsylvania
Co., Va., where the Dudleys were also seated. Ambrose Dudley was a son of Robert Dudley and Joyce Gale/Gayle,
and was an officer in the Revolution.
In 1805
Benjamin and Polly Graves sold to his brother Joseph Graves 80 acres in
Spotsylvania Co. bequeathed to Coleman Graves by their father. The will of Benjamin Graves mentions
his wife Polly Graves, his mother, and brother Thomas C. Graves. His mother, brothers John C. Graves and
George Graves, and brother-in-law James Dudley, were executors of his will.
Benjamin
was a member of the Kentucky Legislature from Fayette Co. from 1801 to
1806. He engaged in agricultural
pursuits and was an amiable, shrewd, and vigorous man. He was among the first to volunteer
after war was declared against the British in 1812. He was made Major of the 5th Ky. Regt. commanded by Col.
Lewis, and proved to be a vigilant and gallant officer. He and his brother Coleman Graves were
killed in Jan. 1813 at the Battle of River Raisin. Graves Co., KY was named for him in 1823. According to the family Bible, six
children were born to Benjamin and Polly, all in Fayette Co., Ky.
Even
though it is said that Benjamin and his first wife Mary had no children, and
that Benjamin and Polly only had 6 children, James Dudley Graves is listed as a
child. The rationale for this is
that descendants believe this is the proper placement, it seems reasonable
based on name, date and place of birth, and there is no better place to put
him. It is also possible that he
could be the same as Ambrose Dudley Graves, or that Benjamin and Polly actually
had 7 children but only 6 lived.
(R‑7, R‑115, R‑507, R‑911, R‑915)
Children - Graves, by Polly Dudley
+321+322. James Dudley
Graves, b.c. 1800, m. Mary Elizabeth Chandler.
322 323. Ambrose Dudley Graves,
b. 1802.
323 324. Nancy C. Graves, b.
1804.
324 325. Francis H. Graves, b.
1806.
325 326. Lucien W. (or Lucian
B.) Graves, b. 1808.
+326+327. Elizabeth Mary
Graves, b. 16 Sept. 1810, m(1) Alfred William Carr, 1828, m(2) Adam Black
Chambers, 28 Oct. 1833, d. 2 Jan. 1886.
327 328. Marion W. Graves, b.
1812.
Sally
Graves
(57 (57) was born about 1774 and died 12 Feb. 1832. She married William ("Will")
Ball Chinn. He was born 14 Feb.
1770 and died 17 Feb. 1830. (R‑179)
Children - Chinn
328 329. Matilda Chinn, m. E. R.
Wilmott.
329 330. Frances Chinn, m.
Richard Harcourt.
330 331. Polly Chinn, m. (Major)
William Burton.
331 332. Susan Chinn, m. J. H.
McHatton.
332 333. David D. Chinn, m.
Barbara P. Graves (#309 (#310), 1 (or 10) March 1824
(Fayette Co., KY).
333 334. William Chinn, died in
infancy.
334 335. Joseph Graves Chinn, b.
1 April 1797, m(1) Barbara Garland Graves (#316 (#317), 30
Dec. 1820 (or 1 Jan. 1822) (Fayette Co., KY), m(2) Mrs. J. W. Shepperd, 22
Sept. 1850, m(3) Mrs. Katherine Lawson (when she was almost 90), 1877, d. 6
Sept. 1891.
Polly
Graves
(58 (58) was born about 1776 and died in 1819. She married Joseph
Chinn, brother of William Ball Chinn. (R‑70, R‑179, R‑241)
Children - Chinn
+335+336. Sarah Chinn, b.
22 Nov. 1800, m(1) Henry Smith Hawkins, 27 Nov. 1822, m(2) Hubbell Shropshire,
2 July 1853, d. 27 April 1890.
336 337. Alexander Chinn, b. 22
June 1802, m. Polly Hardin.
337 338. Coleman Chinn, b. 2
April 1804, m(1) Penelope Chinn, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Peters.
338 339. Milton Chinn, b. 4
April 1806, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Chinn. She was the dau. of William Chinn.
+339+340. Christopher
Chinn, b. 11 Feb. 1808, m. Nancy (Shropshire) Parrish, 11 Feb. 1830, d. 6 April
1871.
+340+341. Penelope Chinn,
b. 15 Feb. 1810, m. Walter Shropshire, 23 June 1828, d. 3 Aug. 1866.
341 342. Margaret Chinn, b. 13
Dec. 1811, never married.
342 343. Matilda Chinn, b. 8 May
1814, m. Silas Corbin.
343 344. Benjamin Graves Chinn,
b. 5 April 1816, never married.
344 345. Elvyra Eloise Chinn, b.
6 Dec. 1822, m. Dr. Carson.
345 346. Richard Mitchell Chinn,
b. 8 March 1825, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Burton.
George
Graves
(60 (60) was born 21 March 1780 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, died 6
Sept. 1831, probably in Fayette Co., KY, and was buried in “Cherry Hill”
Cem. He first married his cousin
Mary Blaydes, daughter of William Blaydes and Mary Ann Coleman, on 14 Aug.
1800. On 20 Aug. 1804 they, with
Hawes and Nicie Graves of Albemarle, sold to Joseph Graves of Spotsylvania Co.
their share in their father's estate.
Mary died 14 June 1813.
George married second Polly Winston Coleman on 16 Aug. 1814. Polly was born 24 Oct. 1791, and died
in Dec. 1864 at the home of her daughter Ormasinda Hayes. George lived in Lexington, Fayette Co.,
KY where he raised pedigreed horses.
In
addition to the children listed below, John Card Graves also included Annie and
Mary by the second marriage. (R‑70,
R‑179, R‑915)
Children - Graves, by Mary Blaydes
+346+347. Benjamin Hawes
Graves, b. 14 Feb. 1802, m. Julia Owings, 25 May 1827, d. aft. 1860.
347 348. Spencer Coleman Graves,
b. 15 Feb. 1803, m. Martha Ellis, 7 April 1842 (Fayette Co., KY), d. aft.
1850. He owned fine thoroughbred
horses in Lexington, KY. One set a
record of a mile in 1 min., 47 sec. in 1848. He was listed in the 1850 census for District 2, Fayette
Co., KY, page 229, age 45, with Nicy Graves (probably his step-mother), age 67.
348 349. Martha Ann Graves, b.
26 Jan. 1810, m. Samuel Carrington (of Mt. Sterling, KY), 9 Dec. 1831 (Fayette
Co., KY).
349 350. Frances Graves, b. 15
Nov. 1811, m. William S. Ellis (of Paris, KY), Dec. 1831 (Fayette Co., KY).
350 351. Joseph Graves
Children - Graves, by Polly Coleman
351 352. Thomas C. Graves, b. 10
July 1815, d. 18 June 1836. Bur
“Cherry Hill” Cem.
352 353. Lucy Coleman Graves, b.
9 Sept. 1817, m. Joseph J. Goodwin (#1150 (#1164), 25 Oct. 1837, d. 21
May 1850. See #1150#1164 for
descendants.
+353+354. Ormasinda Graves,
b. 30 Jan. 1821, m. Samuel T. Hayes, 22 Oct. 1835, d. Feb. 1884.
354 355. John W. (or Julian)
Graves, b. 9 Sept. 1822, d. 26 Dec. 1850.
355 356. Julian Graves
Hawes
Graves
(61 (61) was born about 1782 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died
about 1859 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. He was a farmer and magistrate. He first married Eunice ("Nicie") Hawse (or Hawes)
Blaydes. She was a sister of
George Graves' wife, Mary Blaydes, and daughter of William Blaydes and Mary Ann
Coleman.
In 1806,
Hawes Graves, in Fayette Co., KY, gave power of attorney to John C. Blaydes to
act for him in making joint deed with his brother George Graves for land
bequeathed to him by William Blaydes, and to act in the matter of legacies left
him by his grandfather John Coleman.
In 1810 he lived in Fayette Co.
Hawes
married second Ann Bibb White, only daughter of John White and Martha Key, on 8
April 1819 in Spotsylvania Co., VA.
She was born about 1798 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, died 24 March 1830 in
Fayette Co., KY, and was buried in the White Family Cem., Montgomery Co.,
KY. Her father was born about 1765
and died about 1837 and her mother was born about 1759, and died about 1853. (R‑179, R‑351, R‑911,
R‑915)
Children - Graves, by Eunice H. Blaydes
356 357. Mary Ann Graves, b. 17
March 1803, m. Jefferson Graves (#687 (#688), 31 Oct. 1823, d. 22
March 1829. See #687#688
for descendants.
+357+358. Coleman Graves,
b. 24 April 1806, m. Elizabeth Virginia Chiles, 21 Nov. 1830, d. 21 April 1874.
Children - Graves, by Ann B. White
358 359. John Graves, b. 1819
(KY), d. 27 July 1838 (Davidson Co., TN).
359 360. Martha Graves, b. 19
Jan. 1822 (Montgomery Co., KY), m. William B. Ewing, 22 March 1838 (Davidson
Co., TN), d. 22 April 1908 (Davidson Co., TN). Bur. Mt. Olivet Cem. (Nashville, TN).
+360+361. Edmund Pendleton
Graves, b. 25 Jan. 1824, m. Helen Clarissa Streck, 14 June 1845, d. 23 Jan.
1905.
361 362. Louisa C. Graves, b.c.
1828 (Montgomery Co., KY), m(1) Ethelbert H. Hatcher, m(2) Dr. Jesse McClain.
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (9 (9) AND MARY
McGEHEE
William
Graves
(66 (66) was born about 1765 in Louisa and St. George’s Parish,
Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died in 1819 in Spotsylvania Co., VA. He married Susannah Arnold by 1797,
probably about 1788, in Spotsylvania Co., VA. (R‑146)
Children
- Graves
362 363. Tazewell Graves, b.c.
1790. He was in the 1820 census
for Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., VA.
363 364. Woodson Graves, b.c.
1792.
364 365. William H. Graves, b.c.
1794.
365 366. Mansera E. Graves, b.c.
1796.
366 367. Emily Graves, b.c.
1798.
Mary
Graves
(68 (68) was born about 1770 in Louisa Co., VA, and died about
1825 in Spotsylvania Co., VA. She
married Lewis Partlow, son of John Partlow, Jr. and Sarah Reynolds, about 1792. He was born 18 Feb. 1769 in Carolina or
Spotsylvania Co., Va. He gave the
name of his post office as Partlow, Spotsylvania Co., VA.
From
Spotsylvania Co. (Va.) Records, Will Book A, p. 975 (p. 45 of book): John
Partlow, Spotsylvania Co., d. Dec. 11, 1789, Executor Bond dated April 6,
1790. Wit. Thomas Minor, Martin
Devenport, Robert Hackney, Carr Walker.
Ex. wife Sarah, son Lewis.
Benjamin Waller, Thomas Minor.
Leg. wife Sarah, son Benjamin Partlow. 250 acres in Culpeper Co.,
daughter Lucy Yates; daughter Dorothy; son John, land joining Martin Devenport,
Col. Jonathan Clark and Thomas Waller's estate; son Lewis; daughter
Sarah Devenport; son Elijah; daughters Polly and Sarah.
In the
will of Mary's father John, he listed daughter Mary Partlow, and named Lewis
Partlow (Spotsylvania Co. Will Book F, p. 67). (R‑81)
Children - Partlow
+367+368. John Graves
Partlow, b. 17 Feb. 1793, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(2)
Malinda Grimes, 3 Oct. 1822, d. 19 Jan. 1870.
368 369. Baldwin L. Partlow, b.
4 May 1794, d. before 1845 (was not in his father's will).
369 370. Elizabeth Partlow, b.
24 Aug. 1795, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Hackney.
370 371. Boswell Y. Partlow, b.
11 June 1797.
371 372. Eliza Partlow, b. 8
Sept. 1798, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Graves.
372 373. Lancelot Partlow, b. 12
June 1800, m(1) Nancy Henry Dickenson (or Dickerson), 20 Sept. 1825, m(2) Mary
Ann E. Pulliam, 18 Jan. (or 6 June) 1848.
373 374. Sarah Partlow, b. 24
Dec. 1802, m. James Crawford.
374 375. Mary A.
("Polly") Partlow, b. 18 Dec. 1805, m. Garland S. Chewning.
CHILDREN OF ANN GRAVES (10 (10) AND JOHN
McGEHEE
William
McGehee
(70 (70) was born in 1747 in VA, and died 2 Oct. 1842. He married Lavinia (or Lavina or
Levina) Smith, daughter of David Smith and Elizabeth Ragland, on 30 Oct.
1783. The children listed below
are questionable except for Augustine S. McGehee. R‑918 has Thompson and Mary McGehee marrying brother
and sister Mary and Richard Thompson in 1799; if the marriage date of William
and Lavinia is correct, Thompson and Mary would have been quite young. It is probable that they are the children
of William’s brother Augustine and his second wife Sarah (Wyatt) Thompson. (R‑179, R‑282, R‑918)
Children - McGehee
375 376. Nancy McGehee, b. 31
Oct. 1783.
+376+377. Augustine S.
McGehee, b.c. 1786, m. Mary M. Hester, 1 Aug. 1812, d. 1845.
377 378. Thompson McGehee, m.
Mary Thompson, 19 Nov. 1799 (Louisa Co., VA). No record of this marriage has been found.
378 379. Mary McGehee, m.
Richard Thompson, 19 Nov. 1799 (Louisa Co., VA). No record of this marriage has been found.
379 380. Elizabeth McGehee
John
McGehee, Jr. (71 (71) was born 15 March 1749 in
VA, and died 4 June 1825. He
married Mary Stewart on 2 Feb. 1775 in Louisa Co., VA. She was born 17 July 1756, and died 25
Oct. 1846 in Louisa Co., VA. (R‑23,
R‑918)
Children - McGehee
+380+381. John Stewart
McGehee, b. 2 Nov. 1775, m. Lucy Harris, 25 Nov. 1811, d. by 4 June 1825.
381 382. Nancy McGehee, b. 3
Oct. 1777, m. John Edwards, 9 Jan. 1797 (Louisa Co., VA).
382 383. Lucy McGehee, b. 8 Feb.
1780, m. George Hicks, 11 Feb. 1799 (Louisa Co., VA).
383 384. Charles McGehee, b. 25
Oct. 1782, christened 24 Dec. 1782, died in infancy.
384 385. Mary (“Polly”) McGehee,
b. 29 April 1785, m. James Williams, 20 Jan. 1812 (Louisa Co., VA).
385 386. Jean (“Jeanie”)
McGehee, b. 7 Aug. 1787, christened 13 Oct. 1787 (Goochland Co., VA), m.
William Williams, 20 Nov. 1810 (Louisa Co., VA).
386 387. Dillard McGehee, b. 11
May 1790, christened 1 Nov. 1795 (Goochland Co., VA), m. Elizabeth Talley, 16
Dec. 1817 (Louisa Co., VA), d. 18 July 1853 (Todd Co., KY).
387 388. Agnes McGehee, b. 25
Jan. 1793, died in infancy.
388 389. Carr McGehee, b. 25
June 1795, christened 1 Nov. 1795 (Goochland Co., VA, m. Lucy Tate, 20 April
1815 (Louisa Co., VA), d. 7 Oct. 1852 (Todd Co., KY).
389 390. Martha (“Patsy”)
McGehee, b. 18 Oct. 1797, m. Francis Tate, 2 Feb. 1819 (Louisa Co., VA).
+390+391. Garrett Conner
McGehee, b. 16 Nov. 1799, m. Elizabeth Lewis Cole, 15 Jan. 1824, d. 9 Aug.
1878.
Augustine
McGehee
(72 (72) was born 29 Feb. 1750 in VA, and died 20 Dec. 1830 in Washington
Co., VA. He first married Mary
Harris. She died before 1790. He married second Sarah (Wyatt)
Thompson, daughter of Richard Wyatt and Amy Chiles, on 4 Feb. 1790 in Louisa
Co., VA. She was born about 1754
in Caroline Co., VA, and died 26 Jan. 1830 in Washington Co., VA. Sarah had first married Matthew
Thompson. The Douglas Register lists the births of three children of ‘Saray’ and
Matthew Thompson. (R‑282, R‑918)
Children - McGehee, by Mary Harris
391 392. William Graves McGehee,
b. 19 Jan. 1786 (Louisa Co., VA).
Children - McGehee, by Sarah Wyatt
+392+393. Wyatt McGehee, b.
11 Nov. 1790, m. Jane Anderson, 1 Sept. 1814, d. 5 Aug. 1873.
393 394. Walter McGehee, b. 13
Jan. 1793 (VA), bapt. 7 May 1793.
+394+395. Thompson McGehee,
b.c. 1793, m. Mary Thompson, d. 1857.
395 396. Amie Chiles McGehee, b.
3 Oct. 1795 (VA), bapt. 22 April 1796, m. John Harris, 2 Feb. 1815 (Washington
Co., VA).
Edward
McGehee
(73 (73) was born 16 Feb. 1758, and died 21 Feb. 1819 in Louisa
Co., VA. He married Frances Lumsden,
daughter of George Lumsden, on 28 Aug. 1781 in Louisa Co., VA. She was born 20 Aug. 1762 and died 3
Aug. 1841, both in Louisa Co., VA.
(R‑282, R‑918)
Children - McGehee
396 397. Dabney O. McGehee, b.
13 Dec. 1782, m. Esther Meriwether, 3 April 1806 (Abbeville, SC), d. 1 Nov.
1843 (Greene Co., AL). Of
Abbeville District, SC in 1819 (from Louisa Co., VA Deed Book Q, p. 21).
397 398. Nancy Esther McGehee,
m. Nelson Mordecai Cooke, 21 Nov. 1803 (Louisa Co., VA).
398 399. Matilda McGehee, m.
Ralph Tandy, 14 March 1808 (Louisa Co., VA).
399 400. Oswell (Oswald)
McGehee, m. Martha Cooke, 25 Oct. 1813 (Louisa Co., VA).
400 401. Frances Barbara
McGehee, m. William Bibb Blaydes, 4 Dec. 1829 (Louisa Co, VA).
CHILDREN
OF FRANCES GRAVES (11 (11) AND JOSEPH BUSH
Nancy Ann
Bush
(81 (81) was born about 1770 and died before 27 April 1804, both
in Caswell Co., NC. She married
Thomas Paul Harrelson, son of Nathaniel Harrelson and Dorcas Forbes, on 18 Nov.
1787 in Caswell Co., NC. He was
born about 1760. All their
children were born in Caswell Co., NC.
(R‑521)
Children
- Harrelson
401 402. Frances Harrelson, b.c.
1788, d. before 4 April 1845 (Caswell Co., NC).
402 403. Elizabeth Harrelson,
b.c. 1790, d. 20 Oct. 1855.
403 404. Nathaniel Harrelson
404 405. Sarah Harrelson, b.c.
1794.
405 406. Dorcas Harrelson, b.c.
1796, m. Henry Willis, 21 Feb. 1821.
He was b.c. 1794.
406 407. Nancy Harrelson, b.c.
1798, m. Asa Gunn, c. 22 Nov. 1819 (Caswell Co., NC), d. Bowling Green, Pike
Co., MO. He was b. 18 April 1797,
and d. July 1841 in Bowling Green, Pike Co., MO.
Frances
Bush
(83 (83) was born about 1774 and died about 1791. She married Forbes Harrelson, son of
Nathaniel Harrelson and Dorcas Forbes, on 24 Nov. 1790 in Caswell Co., NC. He was born about 1761 in NC, and died
in Oct. 1824 in Caswell Co., NC.
(R‑521)
Children
- Harrelson
407 408. Bennett Harrelson, b.c.
1791 (Caswell Co., NC), m. Anna Bradsher, 14 Aug. 1815, d. Henry Co., MO. She was b.c. 1781.
Zenas
Bush
(84 (84) was born 11 May 1776 and died 23 Feb. 1836. He first married Liddy Rice about
1797. He married second Martha
Brooks on 27 Nov. 1805 in Caswell Co., NC. She was born about 1787. (R‑521)
Children
- Bush
+408+409. Nathan W. Bush,
b. 29 April 1811, m. Judith Ann Thacker, 2 Jan. 1836, d. 1882.
409 410. George Brooks Bush
410 411. Elizabeth Bush, m.
Robert Brice McNutt.
411 412. William Tandy Bush, b.
1819, m. Zillah N. Sherrill, d. 1888.
She was b. 11 Aug. 1820 and d. 21 Aug. 1857.
+412+413. Howard Brooks
Bush, b.c. 1820, m. Panthea B. Ellis, d. Jan. 1862.
413 414. Eustasia A. Bush, b. 1
Oct. 1826, m. W. H. Pearson, d. 29 Aug. 1850.
Zebba
Bush
(85 (85) was born about 1778 and died about 1811. She married Archibald Rice, son of
Nathaniel Rice and Susannah Butler, 22 Feb. 1803 in Caswell Co., NC. He was born 19 Dec. 1782 in Caswell
Co., NC, and died 14 Oct. 1849 in Jackson Co., MO. (R‑521)
Children
- Rice
414 415. Eunice Rice, b.c. 1805,
m. Reuben McFarland, 17 Jan. 1828 (Cooper Co., MO).
415 416. Frances Rice, m.
William Adams, 2 Oct. 1828 (Ralls Co., MO), d. 10 Dec. 1830.
416 417. Susan Rice, b. 15 March
1805 (Caswell Co., NC), m. Jerre Jackson, 22 March 1827 (Ralls Co., MO), d. 5
Aug. 1871 (Dallas, TX). He was b.
22 Sept. 1804 in Caswell Co., NC.
CHILDREN OF ELEANOR GRAVES (12 (12) AND
THOMAS KIMBROUGH
Nancy Ann
Kimbrough
(86 (86) was born about 1732, and died after 15 Feb. 1810 when she
was mentioned in the sale of her late husband Henry’s estate[12]. She married Henry Turner. He was born 25 Sept. 1721, and died 9
Dec. 1809 in Caswell Co., NC. In
his will dated 9 May 1807 (Will Book F, pp. 82-83, Caswell Co., NC), sons John,
Henry, Billey [sic], Thomas, and James and daughters Elizabeth Lipscomb,
Frankey Martin, Milley Jones, Nancy Kimbrough, Sally French and Mary Cochran
are mentioned. (R‑539)
Children - Turner
+417+418. John Turner, m(1)
Catherine Cheeks, m(2) Sarah Kimbro (#433 (#434), 14 Feb. 1787 (Caswell
Co., NC), d. 1804 (Williamson Co., TN).
+418+419. James Turner, b.
19 June 1756, m(1) Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑, 27 June
1778, m(2) Catherine White, 2 Sept. 1811, d. 24 May 1835.
419 420. Thomas Turner, d. 10
July 1823 (Caswell Co., NC)., d. aft. 1807.
420 421. Henry Turner, d. bet.
1807-1809 (Caswell Co., NC).
+421 422. William
Turner, m. Ann Bartlett, 4 Dec. 1802 (Caswell Co., NC).
422 423. Elizabeth Turner, m.
Thomas Lipscomb, 14 Oct. 1799 (Caswell Co., NC).
423 424. Frances (“Frankey”)
Turner, m. Richard Martin, 25 Oct. 1783 (Caswell Co., NC), d. aft. 1807.
424 425. Milley (or Milly)
Turner, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Jones.
425 426. Nancy Ann Turner, b. 18
March 1764, m. James Kimbro (#429 (#430), 27 Dec. 1787 (Caswell Co., NC), d. 22 Jan. 1843. (Whitley Co., KY or Giles Co., TN). Another source
has her married to John C. Cummins, c. 1778 (Guilford Co., NC). Since the births of children from each
marriage and the marriages seem to overlap, no continuation of Nancy’s
family/families is shown here.See #429#430 for
descendants
+426+427. Sally Turner,
b.c. 1766, m. Benjamin French, 10 Nov. 1784, d. 26 Aug. 1822.
+427+428. Mary Turner, m.
John Cochran, d. aft. 1807.
+428+429. Susannah Turner,
b.c. 1764, m. James Donoho, 22 April 1802, d.c. 1820.
John
Kimbrough
(87 (87) was born about 1733 in VA, and died after Nov. 1817. His will was dated in Nov. 1817, and
the sale of his estate was recorded in April 1823, Book I, p. 62, entry 205 in
Caswell Co., NC. He married
Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑
(Turner, or Warwick or Lassiter).
She died after 1817. (R‑127,
R‑195, R‑241, R‑530)
Children - Kimbrough
+ 429+430. James
Kimbrough, b.
30 Oct. 1765, m. Nancy AnnB.
Turner,
(#425 (#426) 27 Dec. 1787, d. 12 Sept. 1841. (Caswell Co.,
NC).
430 431. Thomas Kimbrough, d. by
April 1823.
431 432. John Kimbrough, Jr., m.
Isabel Yancy (#505 (#505), c. 1790, d. by July
1802. See #505#505 for
descendants.
432 433. William Kimbrough
433 434. Sarah Kimbrough, m.
John Turner (#417 (#418), 14 Feb. 1787 (Caswell
Co., NC), d. by April 1823. See #417#418
for descendants.
434 435. Nancy Kimbrough, m.
Jacob Graves (#485 (#486). See #485#486 for
descendants.
+435+436. Frances
Kimbrough, b.c. 1774, m. Robert Browning, 13 Dec. 1791, d. 22 Sept. 1846.
436 437. Patsy Kimbrough, m.
David Thomas, 14 April 1799 (Caswell Co., NC).
+437+438. Tabitha
Kimbrough, b.c. 1782, m. Nathaniel Snipes, 16 June 1801, d. 1855.
William
Kimbrough
(88 (88) was born about 1734 in New Kent Co., VA, died in 1816 in
LaVergne, Rutherford Co., TN, and was buried in Kimbrough Cem., but was later
moved to Maple View Cem., Smyrna, TN.
He married Elizabeth Gooch, daughter of William Gooch and Frances Rice
(or Kenaiah Ann Hart[13]), on 1 Aug.
1770. She was born in 1750 in
Hanover Co., VA, died in 1826 in LaVergne, Rutherford Co., TN, and was buried
in Kimbrough Cem., but was also moved to Maple View Cem. Their children were born in Caswell
Co., NC.
William
and Elizabeth were among the first settlers in middle Tennessee. They purchased a tract of 200 acres in
Davidson Co. In 1799 William
purchased an additional 250 acres.
Both purchases became part of Rutherford Co., TN. (R‑127, R‑141)
Children - Kimbrough
+438+439. John Kimbrough,
b. 11 April 1771, m(1) Beth Ann Morton, c. 1804, m(2) Nancy Bearden, 13 March
1812, m(3) Martha Walden, 15 Sept. 1815, m(4) Tabitha Burnett, 28 Dec. 1841, d.
10 Feb. 1852.
439 440. Nancy Kimbrough, b.c.
1776 (Davidson Co., TN), m. Matthew Hunt, 13 Nov. 1797 (Davidson Co., TN). He was b.c. 1776.
+440+441. Elizabeth
Kimbrough, b. 13 Nov. 1779, m. Mark Hart, 20 July 1799, d. 16 Nov. 1845.
+441+442. William G.
Kimbrough, b. 13 Dec. 1780, m. Lucinda Basye, 5 Aug. 1813, d. Nov. 1824.
442 443. Sarah Kimbrough, b.c.
1782, m. John Gambull, 1 Nov. 1798 (Davidson Co., TN), d. 1816 (Stewart Creek,
Rutherford Co., TN). He was b.
1771 and d. 1843.
+443+444. Azariah
Kimbrough, b. 1 March 1783, m. Nancy Ann Basey, 5 Aug. 1813, d. 6 Feb. 1864.
+444+445. Joseph A.
Kimbrough, b. 10 Dec. 1790, m. Lucinda Tait Gooch, 2 Feb. 1822, d. 1 Nov. 1860.
Thomas
Kimbrough
(90 (90) was born about 1736 in VA, and died between 8 June 1802
when he witnessed Edward Noel’s will[14]
and 1803 when an inventory of his property is found in Record Book B, p. 19,
both in Caswell Co., NC. He
married Elizabeth (“Betsy”) Graves (#472 (#473), daughter of John
Herndon Graves and Nancy Slade, on 29 March 1792 in Caswell Co., NC[15]. She was born 29 Jan. 1771 in
Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC, and died in 1828. Verification for the children listed below is found in
Elizabeth's will, dated 5 Oct. 1827, probated 1828, Will Book L, p. 89, entry
266.
All the
following children, except for Vincent and John, were mentioned in the will of
John Herndon Graves (Caswell County, NC
Will Books, Book L, p. 97, entry 462). (R‑127)
Children - Kimbrough
445 446. Azariah Graves
Kimbrough, d. by 12 Nov. 1834 (Caswell
County, NC Will Books, Book M, p. 119, entry 452).
+446+447. Nancy Graves
Kimbrough, b.c. 1793, m. Goodwin Evans, 5 Jan. 1814, aft. 1860.
+447+448. Mary Jennings
Kimbrough, b. 27 March 1794, m. John Chandler, 16 Dec. 1822, d. 7 Oct. 1865.
448 449. Marmaduke W. Kimbrough,
b.c. 1797, m. Salley Love, 30 Nov. 1818 (Caswell Co., NC).
+449+450. Elijah G. Kimbrough,
b. 22 July 1799, m. Mildred Crowder, d. 20 Aug. 1878.
450 451. Vincent Tucker
Kimbrough, b.c. 1799.
451 452. John Kimbrough
Susannah
(“Sucky’) Kimbrough (91 (91) was born about 1738, and
died after July 1803 when she was recorded as an insolvent[16]. She married Edward Noel (or
Nowell). His will was dated 8 June
1802 in Caswell Co., NC[17]. The children below were recorded in his
will. (R‑539)
Children - Noel
452 453. Nancey Noel
453 454. Ellenor Noel
454 455. Margret Noel
455 456. Betsy Noel
456 457. Martha Noel
457 458. Reubin Noel
458 459. William Noel
459 460. Thomas Edward Noel
460 461. James Noel
461 462. Joel Noel
Sarah
Kimbrough
(92 (92) was born about 1740 in Orange Co. (probably the part that
became Caswell Co. in 1777), and died 2 Aug. 1824 in Caswell Co., NC. She married Leonard Brown. He was born about 1737 in that part of
Orange Co. that became Caswell Co., NC, and died 8 Aug. 1824 in Sumner Co.,
TN. Their children were probably
born in that part of Orange Co., NC that became Caswell Co. in 1777. (R‑18, R‑467, R‑469)
Children - Brown
+462+463. Eleanor Brown,
b.c. 1763, m. William Dorris, Jr., 15 Jan. 1785, d. aft. 1850.
+463+464. Elizabeth Brown,
b.c. 1764, m. M. R. Crickman, d. 1835-1840.
464 465. daughter, b.c. 1766.
+465+466. William Brown,
b.c. 1766-1767, m. Nancy ‑‑‑‑‑‑, c. 1788.d.
10 Dec. 1808.
+466+467. Thomas Brown,
b.c. 1768-1769, m. Sarah Murray, 15 Dec. 1795, d. 1 Aug. 1855.
+467+468. Robert Brown,
b.c. 1770, m(1) Lydia Harris, 19 Dec. 1795, m(2) Susannah Brown, 11 June 1812,
d. Nov. 1849.
+468+469. Susanna Brown,
b.c. 1771, m. John Milton, c. 1788, d. aft. 1840.
+469+470. Solomon Brown,
b.c. 1772, m. Hannah Cantrell, 5 April 1790, d. 1 May 1849.
+470+471. Sarah Brown, b.c.
1776, m. John Askew, 26 Oct. 1799, d. aft. 1841.
+471+472. Leonard Brown, b.
1780-1785, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(2) Phoebe (‑‑‑‑‑‑)
Brown, 28 Oct. 1850, d. 28 Sept. 1851.
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (13 (13)
John
Herndon Graves (98 (98) was born Sept. 1749,
probably in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died 28 Aug. (or Oct.) 1829 in Caswell
Co., NC. He was a captain in the
Revolutionary War and was wounded in the battle of Guilford Court House, 15
March 1781, and left on the field.
He lived in Caswell Co., NC during the Revolution.
He first
married Nancy Slade, daughter of Thomas Slade and Hannah Miles (or Anne Talbot)[18],
on 5 Feb. 1770. She died 4 June
1807 at Yanceyville, NC. He
married second Elizabeth Coleman on 28 Nov. 1808 in Caswell Co., NC. There were no children by his second
marriage. His will (Caswell Co.,
NC. Book L, p. 462) was dated 9 Jan. 1826, codicil dated 26 Aug. 1829, probated
1830. His will was witnessed by
Jeremiah Graves, probably his nephew.
He was a
representative in the NC State Assembly in 1788, 1791, 1792 and 1793, and a
member of the State Convention to consider the Federal Constitution in 1788 and
1789. (R‑910, R‑915)
Children - Graves, by Nancy Slade
472 473. Elizabeth Graves, b. 29
Jan. 1771, m. Thomas Kimbrough (#90 (#90), 29 March 1792, d.
1828. See #90#90 for
descendants.
+473+474. Catherine Graves,
b. 23 Feb. 1773, m. Groves Howard, 12 Feb. 1792, d. 12 Jan. 1860.
+474+475. Thomas Slade
Graves, b. 5 Feb. 1775, m. Mary Lee Bennett, 7 May 1800, d. 17 March 1847.
475 476. Azariah Graves, b. 1
Nov. 1776, never married, d. 30 April (or 1 May, according to his grave stone)
1837. He was a merchant, teacher,
and justice of the peace.
476 477. Elijah Graves, b. 8
Dec. 1778, never married, d. 29 Oct. 1855. According to his gravestone, he was 76 yrs., 10 months, 21
days of age at death.
+477+478. William Graves,
b. 27 Oct. 1780, m(1) Isabella Graves, 21 Nov. 1805, m(2) Anne Lea Graves, 25
May 1815, d. 25 Dec. 1845.
+478+479. Barzillai Graves,
b. 16 April 1782, m(1) Frances Williams, 2 May 1811, m(2) Mary Thomas
(Marshall) Royal, d. 10 Oct. 1850.
+479+480. Delilah Graves,
b. 7 Sept. 1784, m(1) David Womack, 24 March 1800, m(2) Abner Miles, 24 Nov.
1818, d. 13 April 1848.
480 481. Nancy Graves, b. 3 Dec.
1786, m. Bartlett Yancey, Jr. (#510 (#510), 8 Dec. 1808, d. 8 April
1855. See #510#510 for
descendants.
481 482. Mary ("Polly"
or "Molly") Graves, b. 15 Jan. 1792, m. James Mebane, 1835 (or 1833),
d. 3 Feb. 1846.
Mary
Graves
(99 (99) was born 26 Jan. 1754 and died 22 Feb. 1831. She married Hon. John Kerr. He was born 29 (or 26) Jan. 1753 in
Caswell Co., NC, and died 22 Feb. 1816.
He served seven terms in Congress from NC. They had 9 children.
For more information, see Tyler's
Magazine, vol. 4, pp. 39-40.
(R‑179)
Children - Kerr
+482+483. John Kerr,
married.
+483+484. Isabella Kerr, b.
12 June 1790, m. Christopher William Brooks, 28 Nov. 1812, d.c. 1851.
Thomas
Graves
(100 (100) was born about 1740 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died
by April 1799, when an inventory of his estate was ordered. The division of land was approved at
January Court 1800. Almost 2500
acres were allotted to his 10 children.
He first
married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Miles about 1770. She was a daughter of Jacob Miles who
mentioned four of his Graves grandchildren in his will, to wit: Jacob, John,
James, and Martha Graves. Thomas
married second Hannah Simmons, a relative of his first wife. Her father, Thomas Simmons, named
Thomas Graves, son-in-law, as executor of his will in 1794. Hannah’s will dated 27 July 1802 listed
“sons Azariah and Major, my 4 children Isbell, Azariah, Lewis, and Major
Graves, and Isbell Moore if in case Isbell Moore should die before lawful age
then to return to my 4 children”.
The
following list of children is not necessarily in order of birth, but rather in
order of their drawing for land. However, Hannah’s will shows
that her four children are Isbell, Azariah, Lewis, and Major. (R‑910, R‑931)
Children -- Graves, by ------
Miles
484 485. John Graves, m. Mildred
George (or possibly Mary Yancey (#507 (#507), 13 Feb. 1794), 9 May
1817 (Pittsylvania Co., VA).
+485+486. Jacob Graves,
b.c. 1772, m. Nancy Kimbrough (#434 (#435), c. 1793, d. 1826.
+486+487. James Graves,
b.c. 1772, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Wright, m(2) Mary
Slade, 15 April 1800, d. 1 July 1826.
+487+488. Nancy Graves, m.
William Moore, 25 Nov. 1799, d. before 1803.
Children - Graves, by Hannah
Simmons
+488+489. Azariah Graves,
b. 23 June 1787, m. Penelope Simpson, 16 May 1809, d. 11 June 1868.
489 490. Lewis Graves, m.
Elizabeth Williams Graves (#520 (#520, according to R‑931),
12 Nov. 1818 (Caswell Co., NC).
490 491. Major Graves, d. aft. 1802.
491 492. Thomas Graves, never
married, d. before 1802.
492 492. M. Martha (“Patsy”) Graves,
m. Thomas Gunn, 22 Sept. 1792 (Caswell Co., NC), d. before 1802.
493 493. Isabel Graves, m.
William Graves (probably #477#478), 25 Nov. 1805.
Rev.
Barzillai Graves (101 (101) was born 12 Dec. 1759 and
died 14 July 1827. He married
Ursula Wright, daughter of William Wright and granddaughter of John Wright who
married Miss Parsons, on 10 April 1783.
She was born 26 (or 28) April 1755 and died 27 Nov. 1843. Barzillai lived and died in Caswell
Co., NC about three miles from Yanceyville. He was the most distinguished Baptist clergyman of his time
in Virginia, NC, and TN. He was in
the N.C. Senate in 1814-1815 and in the House from 1818 to 1822. He was a taxpayer in Gloucester
District of Caswell Co., N.C. in 1790.
(R‑910, R‑915)
Children - Graves
+494+494. Solomon Graves,
b. 14 Feb. 1784, m. Mary Cleveland Franklin, 10 April 1817, d. 28 April 1861.
+495+495. Jeremiah Graves,
b. 4 Jan. 1786, m. Delilah S. Lea, 14 March 1816, d. 23 Sept. 1868.
+496+496. Isabella Graves,
b. 18 March 1788, m. Hosea MacNeill, 16 March 1807, d. 26 Dec. 1861.
497 497. Barzillai Graves, b. 17
Oct. 1790, never married, d. 6 Dec. 1828.
498 498. Elizabeth
("Betsey") Graves, b. 2 March 1793, m. James Lea, Jr., 15 April 1815
(Caswell Co., NC), d. 1854. Moved
to TN.
499 499. Margarette (or
Margaret) Graves, b. 3 July 1795, m(1) William Lipscomb, m(2) J. V. Cross, d.
1853. Moved to TN.
500 500. Mary Graves, b. 15
Sept. 1798, m. Thomas Williams Graves (#1510 (#1528), 17 July 1828, d. 24
Aug. 1875. See #1510#1528 for
descendants.
Ann
Graves
(102 (102) died in 1818.
She married Bartlett Yancey.
He was born about 1736 in Hanover Co., VA[19],
and died 18 April 1785 in Caswell Co., NC. Bartlett, a native of Granville Co., NC, of Welsh descent,
moved to Caswell Co., NC, and settled some six miles south of what is now
called Yanceyville. His parents
were James Yancey (b. 1717, d. 1779) and Ann Thornton, who had migrated from
Hanover Co., VA, to Granville Co., NC.
(See Granville Co. wills.)
The following list of children is found in her will and in
administration records of Caswell Co., NC. (R‑151, R‑177, R‑910)
Children - Yancey
+501+501. John Graves
Yancey, b.c. 1764, m. Elizabeth Lightfoot Moore, 24 Feb. 1789, d. Nov. 1818.
+502+502. James Yancey,
b.c. 1772[20], m(1) Lucy Kerr, 14 Jan. 1794, m(2) Zilpah Johnston, 24
June 1811, d. 17 Oct. 1829.
+503+503. Thomas Yancey,
b.c. 1769, m(1) Keziah Simmons, 24 Feb. 1789, m(2) Elizabeth Tate, 2 (or 10)
Feb. 1802, d. 1804.
+504+504. Elizabeth Perry
Yancey, b.c. 1770, m. Nathaniel Slade, 26 June 1792, d. 1854.
+505+505. Isabel (or
Isabelle) Yancey, b.c. 1774, m(1) John Kimbrough (#431 (#432), c.
1790, m(2) Joseph Collier, 17 Sept. 1805.
+506+506. Sarah Yancey,
b.c. 1777, m. Isaac Rice, 6 July 1811, d. before 1816.
+507+507. Mary Yancey, b.c.
1768 (or 1774), m(1) John Graves (possibly #484#485), 13 Feb.
1794, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Riddle (or Biddle).
508 508. Nancy Yancey, b.c. 1770
(or 1775), m. Isaac Johnston, 10 Dec. 1795 (Caswell Co., NC).
+509+509. Frances W.
Yancey, b.c. 1780 (or 1784), m. Alexander Wiley, 2 Oct. 1804, d. before 1816.
+510+510. Bartlett Yancey,
Jr., b. 19 Feb. 1785, m. Nancy Graves, 8 Dec. 1808, d. 3 (or 30) Aug. 1828.
Solomon
Graves
(103 (103) was born 29 April 1766 in Caswell Co., NC, died Oct.
1830 in Newton Co., GA, and was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cem., Newton Co.,
GA. He married Frances Byrd Lewis
of Virginia, daughter of Iverson Lewis and Frances Bird.. He moved to Newton Co., GA about
1819. He was in the NC House of
Commons in 1795 and 1797. (R‑96,
R‑915)
Children - Graves
+511+511. William Byrd
Graves, b. 20 Aug. 1791, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. June
1864.
+512+512. John Lewis
Graves, b. 12 Feb. 1793, m. Martha W. (Graves) Dick (#522 (#522), 20
May 1824, d. 26 Oct. 1854.
+513+513. Frances Lewis
Graves, b. 15 July 1797, m. Dr. William P. Graham, 3 Nov. 1825, d. Oct. 1850.
+514+514. Iverson Lea
Graves, b. 20 June 1799, m(1) Elizabeth W. Paine, 2 Oct. 1828, m(2) Sarah Ward
Dutton, 29 Oct. 1834, d. 2 Oct 1864.
+515+515. Barzillai Graves,
b. 12 March 1802, m. Sarah Maria Goneke, 6 July 1837, d. 21 Dec. 1867.
+516+516. Solomon Graves,
Jr., b. 12 Sept. 1803, m(1) Rebecca Littleton Lane, 23 April 1828, m(2) Anne Slade
Graves, 21 May 1836, m(3) Catherine Goneke, d. Aug. 1850.
517 517. Sidney Graves, b. 14
March 1806, never married, d. 1833.
Gen.
Azariah Graves (104 (104) was born 29 Oct. 1768 in
Caswell Co., NC, and died 1 March 1850.
He married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Williams, daughter of John
Williams who was a Col. in the Rev. War, on 3 June 1790. She was born 15 Oct. 1773 in Orange
Co., NC, and died 21 Aug. 1841. In
the War of 1812, Gen. Graves was in command of the 16th Brigade, 3rd Division,
of the N.C. State Militia. He was
a prominent and influential man, member of the State Senate from 1805 to
1811. He was taxed in the
Gloucester District, Caswell Co., NC in 1790. They lived in Caswell Co.
It is
believed by some that he (or someone in his household) may have had a daughter,
Nancy Ann Graves, by a slave.
Nancy is said to be a mulatto slave owned by Azariah Graves and given to
his daughter, Frances Lea Graves, as a wedding present about 1826. See genealogy 115 for more
information. (R‑910, R‑915)
Children - Graves
+518+518. John Williams
Graves, b. 4 March 1792, m. Martha Elizabeth Hinton, 26 Oct. 1814, d. 9 Feb.
1847.
519 519. Ann Lea Graves, b. 5
Jan. 1794, m. William Graves (#477 (#478), 25 May 1815, d. 10 Oct.
1857. See #477#478 for
descendants.
520 520. Elizabeth
Williams Graves, b. 2 Feb. 1797, m. Lewis Graves (#489 (#490,
according to R‑931), 12 Nov. 1818 (Caswell Co., NC).
27 Aug. 1821. (According to John Card Graves, he was
a son of her uncle James (#105 (#105), but that is incorrect, since James had
no children. She was also said to
have been the first wife of James L. Graves (#1511 (#1522).
+521+521. Henrietta
Williams Graves, b. 7 April (or 4 July) 1799, m. Thomas Settle, 21 Sept. 1820,
d. 1886.
522 522. Martha W. Graves, b. 2
June 1801, m(1) John W. Dick, 31 May 1822, m(2) Dr. John L. Graves (#512
(#512), 20 May 1824, d. June 1868.
See #512#512 for descendants.
+523+523. Calvin Graves, b.
3 Jan. 1804, m(1) Elizabeth Lea, 2 (or 9) June 1830, m(2) Mary L. Lea, 4 Feb.
1859, d. 11 Feb. 1877.
+524+524. Frances Lea
Graves, b. 2 Sept. 1807, m. Josiah Thomas Settle, 8 June 1826, d. 7 Oct. 1829.
+525+525. Mary Kerr Graves,
b. 15 April 1810, m. Alexis Howard, 7 Dec. 1842.
526 526. Rebecca Williams
Graves, b. 8 Oct. 1812, m. Henry Lee Graves, Feb. 1836, d. 18 Nov. 1865. See #1475#1494 for
descendants.
+527+527. Azariah Graves,
Jr., b. 10 Aug. 1815, m(1) Meekey Harden Slade, 26 June 1844, m(2) Elizabeth
Jane Neal, 1 July 1846, m(3) Isabella Howard, 17 March 1858, d. 8 July 1897.
Isabella
Graves
(106 (106) married Thomas L. Slade on 12 Dec. 1782 in Caswell Co.,
NC. His will is dated 27 Aug.
1827, proven in Caswell Co., NC.
(R‑179)
Children - Slade
528 528. Isabella Slade, m.
William Russell, 29 May 1825.
529 529. Susan Slade
530 530. William Slade
531 531. John Slade
532 532. Polly Slade, m. James
Graves, 15 April 1800 (Caswell Co., NC).
After the death of her husband, her nephew Milton Stamps lived with her
in Rockingham Co., NC.
533 533. Thomas Slade
534 534. Milton Slade
535 535. Emily Slade
+536+536. Nancy Slade, b.c.
1792, m. John Stamps, Jr., 13 Jan. 1808, d. before 10 Nov. 1844.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (14 (14) AND
ISABELLA S. BARTLETT
William
Bartlett Graves (107 (107) was born 19 Oct. 1755 and
died 7 Jan. 1818, both in Louisa Co., VA.
He married Ann (or Anne) P. ("Nancy") Pettus (#139
(#139), daughter of Col. William Pettus and Susannah Graves, on 3 Feb. 1778 in
Louisa Co., VA. Ann was William's
first cousin. She was born 1 Feb.
1760, and died 12 Oct. 1815 in Louisa Co., VA. The will of William B. Graves is recorded in Louisa Co.,
VA. He was a Revolutionary War
patriot. They are said to have
moved to Todd Co., KY. (R‑13,
R‑109, R‑306, R‑910)
Children - Graves
537 537. Mary Graves, b. 19
March 1779, m. George Wash, 14 Feb. 1804 (Louisa Co., VA by Rev. William
Cooke). Marriage bond was dated 2
Feb. 1804.
+538+538. Ann Pettus
Graves, b. 13 May 1781, m. Charles Thompson, 14 Dec. 1800, d. 24 July 1858.
539 539. Overton Hart Graves, b.
1 June 1783.
+540+540. Susannah Pettus
Graves, b. 16 May 1785, m. John Hancock, 24 Aug. 1813, d. 1862.
+541+541. Hulda Graves, b.
24 Feb. 1788, m. James C. Hall, 22 Dec. 1809, d. 7 July 1852.
+542+542. Amelia Graves, b.
8 Feb. 1790, m(1) James Wash, 28 Jan. 1805, m(2) Mills Tandy, d. 14 Sept. 1843.
+543+543. Joseph Robert
Pettus Graves, b. 4 June 1792, m(1) Mary Ann Pettus, 14 Jan. 1813, m(2) Mary
Elizabeth Smoot, 13 April 1845, d. 14 July 1855.
544 544. William Overton Graves,
b. 31 May 1796, m. Jane Frances Garnett, 26 May 1824 (Christian Co., KY), d. by
20 April 1829. Jane, daughter of
James Garnett and Frances Chiles, was b. 22 Sept. 1808 (probably in Albemarle
Co., VA), d. 9 May 1837 (Pembroke, Christian Co., KY), and was bur. Rosedale
Cem. (Pembroke, KY). She m(2)
James S. Quisenberry, 24 April 1829 (Christian Co., KY, intentions filed 20
April 1829).
+545+545. James Otho
Graves, b. 7 Oct. 1798, m. Ann Mills Perry, c. 1820, d. 20 Aug. 1875.
+546+546. Caswell Thomas
Graves, b. 8 Aug. 1801, m. Delphia Eads, 28 July 1806, d. 2 Aug. 1875.
Ann
("Nancy") Graves (108 (108) was born 22 July 1756 in
Spotsylvania Co., VA, and died 6 March 1846 in Butler Co., OH. She married John Hancock, son of
Benjamin Hancock and Mary (“Polly”) Beadles of Hanover Co., VA, on 7 May 1774
in Louisa Co., VA[21]. He was born 4 March 1753 in Hanover
Co., VA, and died before 27 Oct. 1827 in Butler Co., OH, when an appraisal of
his estate was recorded..
The
family lived in Louisa Co., VA during the Revolutionary War, where John served
and was appointed Captain in the Militia on April 13, 1779. For this service, he received a land
warrant for bounty land. The
family moved to Kentucky about 1788, where they settled in Woodford Co. for a
short time, then moved to Franklin Co.
Sometime between 1805 and 1812, they moved to Butler Co., OH, where it
is said John Hancock built the first cabin on what is now the town square of
Oxford. This location was at the
crossing of two Indian trails and because of the scarcity of water, he
abandoned it and moved closer to what is now Hamilton, OH. He died there in Hanover Twp. before
Oct. 27, 1827, when an appraisal of his estate was recorded.
Nancy
died in Reily Twp., Butler Co., OH, and both were buried on a part of their
property which they set aside as a burial ground. A few years ago, a committee was appointed in Butler Co. to
locate the graves of the early pioneers who died there before 1860. The graves of John and Nancy Hancock
were located and their remains were moved to Oxford Cem. at Oxford, OH (Butler Co. Graveyard Records by Jane Knox
Skinner). (R‑13, R‑16,
R‑122)
Children - Hancock
+547+547. Thomas Graves
Hancock, b. 15 May 1776, m(1) Jemima Hayden, 19 Jan. 1801, m(2) Elizabeth Cox,
27 Nov. 1810, m(3) Eleanor Cook, c. 1825, d. 26 Sept. 1848.
+548+548. Susannah Hancock,
b. 7 Aug. 1779, m. Henry C. Crutcher III, 19 April 1802, d. 16 July 1849.
+549+549. Bartlett Hancock,
b. Oct. 1786, m. Sophia Dixon, 28 Jan. 1812, d. 13 May 1859.
+550+550. John Alexander
Hancock, Oct. 1786, m. Lucy Smith, 15 June 1806, d. bef. 21 Oct. 1850.
+551+551. Joel Hancock, b.
15 March 1788, m(1) Sarah Jane Lintner, 11 Jan. 1816, m(2) Sarah Hall, 24 May
1822, d. 12 Oct. 1863.
552 552. Nancy Ann Hancock, b.c.
1790, m. Jonas Jones, 20 July 1809 (Butler Co., OH), d. 1840-1850.
+553+553. Graves Hancock,
b.c. 1790, m. Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d.c. 1820.
+554+554. Isabella Hancock,
b.c. 1793, m. Henry Clem, 2 April 1812, d. July 1826.
+555+555. James Bartlett
Hancock, b. 30 Sept. 1794, m. Lucinda Sheeley, Nov. 1824, d. 21 Dec. 1871.
+556+556. Henry Graves
Hancock, b. 19 March 1797, m(1) Sarah Ella Watson, 28 May 1822, m(2) Jane Camp,
d. 5 Sept. 1876.
557 557. William Thomas Hancock,
b. 27 Sept. 1802, d. 18 Sept. 1853.
Isabella
(or Isabel or Arabella) Graves (109 (109) was born in 1764 (or about
1750 according to another source) in VA, and died in Shelbyville, Shelby Co.,
KY. She first married Col. John
Hall by 1801. He died by
1819. The children listed below
were named in John's will probated in Scott Co., KY, in June Court 1819 and
recorded in Scott Co. Will Book C, pages 247-248. She married second Col. William Nash. (R‑137, R‑182)
Children - Hall
558 558. Warren Hall
559 559. John Hall
560 560. Emily Boswell Hall
561 561. William Hall
562 562. Charles W. Hall
563 563. Malinda Darniby Hall
+564+564. Braxton P. Hall,
b. 12 March 1786, m. Catherine Shroyer, c. 1810, d. 20 May 1859.
565 565. Thomas G. Hall
566 566. Bartlett Hall
567 567. Washington Hall
Children - Nash
568 568. William Nash, Jr.
Roseanna
(or Rosannah or Roxanna) Graves (110 (110) was born about 1765 in VA,
and died about 19 Oct. 1827 in Hancock Co., GA, and was buried about ten miles
from Sparta, Hancock Co., GA, possibly in the Powelton Baptist Church Cem. She married James Randle about 1770,
possibly in Louisa Co., VA. He was
born about 1745 in VA, son of James Randle, and died before 13 Aug. 1803 in
Hancock Co., GA. Their children
were born in Brunswick Co., VA. (R‑54)
Children - Randle
+569+569. John Randle, b.c.
1764-1767, m. Susanna Coffee, d. 1806.
570 570. Thomas Graves Randle,
b.c. 1771, m. Rebekah Robinson, 4 July 1973 (Greensville Co., VA), d. bef. Dec.
1799 (Greensville Co., VA).
Rebekah was b. 16 Jan. 1775 (Brunswick Co., VA), dau. of Littleberry
Robinson and Susanna Rottenberry, and d. 29 May 1827 (Morgan Co., GA). She m(2) Isaac Rowe Walton, 24 May 1800
(Greenville Co., NC).
+571+571. William Randle,
b.c. 1778, m. Susan Robinson Rives, 24 Sept. 1802, d. 19 Oct. 1830
+572+572. Willis Randle, b.
bef. 1782, m(1) Milly Moore, 17 Jan. 1809, m(2) Tabitha C. Huckaby, d. bef. 3
Jan. 1826.
+573+573. Washington
Randle, b.c. 1788, m. Sarah Hendricks, 12 Dec. 1811, d. aft. 1840.
+574+574. Peter Randle,
b.c. 1789, m(1) Martha Long, bef. 1815, m(2) Eliza A. Foster, 19 Feb. 1857, d.
14 June 1869.
+575+575. James Graves
Randle, b.c. 1790, Sarah C. Coleman, 26 Jan. 1808, d. 1863.
+576+576. Edmund Randle, b.
26 May 1793, m. Sarah Hines Colquitt, 25 Oct. 1814, d. 18 Nov. 1838.
Bartlett
O. Graves
(111 (111) was born 22 Nov. 1766 in VA, and died in 1855. He first married Frances Lane, daughter
of Henry Lane, on 16 April 1787 in Louisa Co., VA. She died in 1793.
He married second Kitty Patterson in 1793. She died in 1805.
They apparently had no children.
He married third Elizabeth Leathers on 7 Oct. 1806 in Campbell Co.,
KY. She was born in 1781 in VA,
and died in 1867.
Bartlett
was in the 1820 and 1830 censuses for Campbell Co., KY. He was in the 1840 census for Kenton
Co., KY. He was in the 1850 census
for Kenton Co., KY, when he and wife Elizabeth were living with his son
Milton. Elizabeth was in the 1860
census for Kenton Co., KY in Milton’s household. (R‑910)
Children - Graves, by Frances Lane
+577+577. Henry Bartlett
Graves, b. July 1788, m. Nancy ‑‑‑‑‑‑, 12
Jan. 1823, d. 3 April 1871.
578 578. Mary (“Polly”) Graves
+579+579. Bartlett L.
Graves, b. 29 Feb. 1793, m. Hannah D. Estill McCreary, 1 Jan. 1817, d. 19 Oct.
1847.
Children - Graves, by Elizabeth Leathers
+580+580. John Leathers
Graves, b. 10 April 1807, m(1) Maria W. Graves, 4 Feb. 1836, m(2) Martha Lucas,
d. 29 Jan. 1890.
581 581. Louisa Graves
+582+582. Milton White
Graves, b. 22 Aug. 1809, m. Catherine A. Osborn, d. 13 Dec. 1893.
583 583. Clarissa Graves
584 584. Arminta Graves
+585+585. Joseph Addison
Graves, b. 15 Nov. 1814, m. Anna C. Harrison, d. 19 March 1867.
586 586. Thomas C. Graves, b.c.
1820, d. 14 Aug. 1845 (age 25 years, 9 months, 29 days).
587 587. William B. Graves, b.c.
1821, d. 25 July 1822 (age 1 year, 4 months, 7 days).
588 588. Benjamin Graves, b.c.
1822, d. 8 Oct. 1841 (age 18 years, 9 months, 7 days).
589 589. Elizabeth Graves
+590+590. Mary Jane Graves,
b. 1829, m. Williams A. Williams.
Mary
Susan ("Polly") Graves (112 (112) was born about 1766,
probably in Louisa Co., VA, died 3 Nov. 1851 (or 1831?) in McLean Co., IL, and
was buried in East Grove Cem., McLean Co., IL. She married Col. Samuel Beeler, son of Capt. Samuel Beeler
and Amelia Hurst (?), on 11 June 1790.
He was born 27 Jan. 1761 (or 1760) in Virginia, died 14 Jan. 1840 in
McLean Co., IL, and was also buried in East Grove Cem. They lived in Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Butler Co., Ohio, and McLean Co., IL.
They were Methodists. He
was a farmer and was in the War of 1812.
John Card Graves said she was called Susan, married Samuel Bealert in
Va., moved to Fayette Co., Ky., and then to Ohio. (R‑1, R‑24, R‑915)
Children - Beeler
591 591. Samuel Beeler III, b.
12 July 1791, m. Sarah Dollahan, 10 Dec. 1818, d. 8 April 1865 (IN). 5 children.
592 592. Isabella Beeler, b. 10
Feb. 1793 (OH), m. Francis Rockhild, 4 March 1824, d. 14 April 1844. 6 children.
+593+593. William Beeler,
b. 26 Sept. 1796, m(1) Mary Hall, 12 May 1818, m(2) Elizabeth Sheely, d. 3
March 1878.
+594+594. Mary Elizabeth
Beeler, b. 4 Oct. 1797, m. William E. Henry, 12 May 1818, d. 26 July 1881.
595 595. Elizabeth Beeler, b.c. 1800,
m. Milton Dollahan, Sr. She was
buried near Cedar Rapids, IA. 2
children.
596 596. George Beeler, b. 6
Sept. 1802 (KY), m. Delilah Sheely, 9 Oct. 1823, d. 4 Aug. 1855. Bur. McLean Co., IL. 4 children.
597 597. Amelia Beeler, b.c.
1805, m. Patrick Kelly, 22 Sept. 1833.
She was buried near Cedar Rapids, IA. 4 children.
598 598. Nancy Beeler, b. 4
April 1809, m. Jesse Hill, 18 Aug. 1831, d. 1833. 4 children.
599 599. Lavina Beeler, b.c.
1810, m. Isaac Rynearson, 12 Feb. 1830.
She was bur. near Cedar Rapids, IA. 2 children.
John C.
Graves
(115 (115) was born 2 March 1775 (or 1773 according to John Card
Graves, or 2 March 1767 according to H. Gordon Kenney; however, this latter
date seems unlikely, since it was less than 4 months after his brother Bartlett
was born) in Louisa Co., VA, and died before 14 Aug. 1848 in Fayette Co.,
KY. He married Margaret Cloud,
daughter of Henry Cloud (who died 6 Aug. 1787), in 1792. She was born 1773 in Shenandoah Co.,
VA, and died 11 March 1849 in Fayette Co., KY. They were buried in Fayette Co., KY. John served in the War of 1812 as a
Col. in the 10th Ky. Regt., State Militia. At least their first four children were born in Fayette Co.,
KY. (R‑53, R‑910, R‑915)
Children - Graves
600 600. Mary Cloud Graves, b.
15 Feb. 1797, m. William W. Graves (#752 (#753), 18 Oct. 1815, d. 13
March 1901. See #752#753
for descendants.
+601+601. Harvey Cloud
Graves, b. 19 Feb. 1804, m(1) Lucinda Garth, 1829, m(2) Martha Rebecca
Crockett, 7 March 1837, d. 14 Aug. 1885.
+602+602. Louisa Graves, b.
19 Feb. 1806, m. Jesse Beauchamp, 4 Nov. 1822, d. 29 Feb. 1884.
603 603. Eliza (or Elizabeth)
Ann Graves, b. 4 April 1810, m. John Madison Garth, 20 Sept. 1831 (Fayette Co.,
KY), d. 23 March 1879 (Scott Co., KY).
He was b.c. 1811, son of John Garth and Sarah Griffith, and d. 1898
(Scott Co., KY).
604 604. William C. Graves, m.
Sally Ann Walker, 14 Dec. 1837, d. 26 July 1890.
605 605. Thomas C. Graves, m.
Mary Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+606+606. George W. C.
Graves, b. 11 March 1808, m(1) Sidney Jane Daugherty, 7 Oct. 1829, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Shropshire, d. 1894.
CHILDREN OF SOLOMON GRAVES (15 (15) AND
SARAH WINFIELD
David
Graves
(118 (118) was born 11 Nov. 1750 in Surry Co., VA, was christened
11 Dec. 1750 in Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA, and died about 1821 in Sussex
Co., VA. He married Martha Moore,
daughter of Thomas Moore and Sarah Sands (widow), about 1772. She was born 15 Feb. 1753 in Surry Co.,
VA, was christened 6 May 1753 in Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA, and died
before 1816. David was a
farmer. Their children were born,
married, and died in Sussex Co., Va., with the possible exception of Ann whose
death place is not known.
David was
probably the one in the 1820 census for Sussex Co., VA, page 224, with 1 male
26-45, 1 male 45+, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 45+, and 34 slaves. (R‑63, R‑910)
Children - Graves
+607+607. Rebecca Graves,
b.c. 1773, m. Willis Adkins, 13 July 1793, d. April 1850.
+608+608. Sally Graves, m.
Thomas Lee Chambliss, 28 Feb. 1793, d. 1827.
+609+609. Solomon Graves II,
b.c. 1775-1794, m. Polly Pennington, 22 April 1807, d. 1825.
610 610. Lucy Graves, m. Thomas
Potts, 3 Sept. 1807 (bond dated 29 Aug. 1807, Sussex Co., VA), d. by March
1816.
611 611. Elizabeth Graves, m.
Robert Moore, 7 Feb. 1811 (Sussex Co., VA bond).
612 612. Susanna Graves, b.c.
1792, m. Williamson Howle (or Howell), 6 Oct. 1821 (Sussex Co., VA), d. 26
April 1870.
613 613. Ann Graves, m.
Alexander Rainey, 20 Dec. 1808 (or 12 Jan. 1809) (Sussex Co., VA).
614 614. Martha Graves, m. James
Bell, 3 Sept. 1801 (Sussex Co., VA).
Anne (or Ann) Graves (119
(119) was born 12 Dec. 1752 in Surry Co., VA. She married Marcus Pennington on 28 July 1769 in Sussex Co.,
VA. He was born in 1744. (R‑90, R‑185, R‑186)
Children - Pennington
+615+615. Sarah Pennington,
b.c. 1777, m. Edward Marable, 21 Oct. 1794.
616 616. Polly Pennington, b.c.
1780, m. Solomon Graves (#609 (#609), 22 April 1807. See #609#609 for
descendants.
+617+617. Graves
Pennington, b.c. 1783, m(1) Frances Graves, 11 Aug. 1803, m(2) Martha M. Bondurant,
7 June 1820, d. 1854.
William
Graves
(120 (120) died about 1820 or 1821. He first married Rebecca Williamson (?). She died 20 Jan. 1774. He married second Susanna ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She may be the one in the 1820 census
for Sussex Co., VA, page 224, with 1 female 45+, and 9 slaves. (R‑910)
Children - Graves
618 618. Sally Graves
619 619. Mariah Graves
620 620. Williamson Graves
621 621. Thomas Graves
622 622. James Graves
623 623. Patsy Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Moore.
624 624. Elizabeth Graves, m.
James Rogers, 17 April 1800.
Sally
Graves
(121 (121) was born 26 June 1760 and died 28 July 1811, both in
Sussex Co., VA[22]. She married John Pennington, son of
Joseph Pennington and Elizabeth ‑‑‑‑‑‑, on
20 (or 26) Dec. 1786 in Sussex Co., VA.
He was born 1 Dec. 1760 in Surry Co., VA, and died 20 Jan. 1823 in
Sussex Co., VA. All their children
were born in Sussex Co., VA. (R‑90)
Children
- Pennington
625 625. Patsy Pennington, b. 20
March 1788.
626 626. Thomas Pennington, b.c.
1790.
627 627. Nancy Pennington, b. 19
Oct. 1791.
+628+628. David Pennington,
b. 29 Sept. 1793, m. Martha Wilson Holleman, 18 Dec. 1817, d. 13 June 1832.
+629+629. Henry Pennington,
b. 23 Oct. 1796, m. Lucy Graves Adkins, d. 25 Oct. 1849.
630 630. William Graves
Pennington, b. 22 Feb. 1797.
+631+631. Richard
Pennington, b. 15 Jan. 1800, m. Sally Lamb, 25 Nov. 1825, d. 7 July 1837.
632 632. Rebecca Pennington, b.
12 Jan. ‑‑‑‑, m. Crosher Graves, 23 Nov. 1826 (Sussex
Co., VA). There seems to be some
disagreement about this marriage.
Some people apparently say that Crosher Graves married Sally Henry Lacy
or Martha Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
Rebecca
Graves
(123 (123) was born in 1764.
She married William Charles Chambliss, Jr., son of William Charles
Chambliss and Elizabeth Rives (?), on 27 March 1782 in Sussex Co., VA. He was born in 1760 in VA.
The
original consent filed among the loose papers of the Circuit Court for the
County of Sussex, Va., and recorded in Marriage Register 1754-1850, page 30,
states: "This is to certify that I have given my consent for my daughter
Rebeccah Graves of Sussex County to marry to William Chambliss of the said
County. Given under my hand this
24th day of March 1782. Solomon
Graves. Witness: John (?) Graves, Thomas Chambliss." The marriage bond was also recorded
with the consent, and was signed by William Chambliss and witnessed by James
Chambliss. (R‑59)
Children - Chambliss
633 633. Polly Chambliss, b. VA,
m. Mitchell Grigg, 27 Dec. 1808 (Sussex Co., VA) or 4 Jan. 1809.
+634+634. John Graves
Chambliss, b. 1800, m. Celia Jane Mabry Cain, 1818, d. 19 May 1865.
Richard
Graves
(125 (125) died in Dinwiddie Co., VA. He married Dorothy ("Dolly") Blunt, daughter of
Richard Blunt, on 21 Aug. 1783 in Sussex Co., VA. Most of the following information is from the family Bible
of Richard Graves' son, George Graves.
(R‑267)
Children - Graves
+635+635. Robert Graves, b.
30 May 1791, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 15 Sept. 1844.
+636+636. George Graves, b.
30 May 1796, m. Ann Booth Tyus, 1 Oct. 1818, d. 19 Feb. 1845.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GRAVES (16 (16) AND MARY
‑‑‑‑‑‑
Thomas
Graves
(128 (128) was born by 1769 and died in 1844. He married Elizabeth Lanier, daughter
of David Lanier, on 16 Dec. 1800 in Henry Co., VA. She was born about 1783 in VA, and died 28 Oct. 1855 in
Giles Co., TN at the home of her daughter Mary New.
Elizabeth
was recorded as the head of household on the 1850 census in Giles Co., TN. Living with her were her grandsons
David L. Graves, 21, and William R. Graves, 9. They were the sons of William Branch Graves, below. Elizabeth was living with son-in-law
and daughter, Pleasant and Mary Louisa New, when she died. (R‑11, R‑46, R‑238)
Children - Graves
+637+637. William Branch
Graves, b. 1803, m. Harriet Huldah Abernathy, by 1827, d. Aug. 1859.
+638+638. Ann Graves, b. 21
Aug. 1804, m. Alexander Graves, 25 Dec. 1825, d. aft. 1860. See Gen. 169 for their descendants.
639 639. Thomas Martin Graves,
b.c. 1811 (VA), m(1) Eliza J. (‑‑‑‑‑‑)
Wilburn, 2 Sept. 1845, m(2) Eliza K. Gray, 2 Sept. 1854 (Maury Co., TN), d.
aft. 1859. His first wife was the
widow of Benjamin O. Wilburn; she died 28 Dec. 1852. His 2nd wife was the widow of Matthew Gray. This marriage ended in divorce on 19
March 1856 (Maury Co., TN). Thomas
was listed
ofin his father’s estated
in 1859 as recorded in the Giles Co., TN.
Chancery Court Minutes.
640 640. James L. Graves, b. May
1819 (NC), m(1) Nancy E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(2)
Sallie M. Thompson, 23 Dec. 1865, d. 12 Dec. 1872.
641 641. Sarah Graves, m.
Granderson Booth, d. bef. July 1891.
Moved to Phillips Co., AR.
642. Eliza Graves, m. James Gibson. Moved to MS.
+642+643. Mary Louisa
Graves, b.c. 1823, m. Pleasant New, Jr., d. 13 July 1873.
643 644. John L. Graves, d. 17
May 1840. Assassinated d. Died without wife or children.
Susannah
Graves
(131 (131) was born about 1763, and died 9 March 1837 in Henry
Co., VA. She married General
Joseph Martin, Jr., son of Joseph Martin, Sr. and Susannah Chiles, on 24 Feb.
1784 in Henry Co., VA. He was born
18 Sept. 1740 in Albemarle Co., VA, died 18 Dec. 1808 in Henry Co., VA, and was
buried at "Bell Monte" on Leatherwood Creek, Henry Co. Susannah was Joseph's third wife. He first married Sarah Lucas in 1762. Sarah died 17 March 1782 in Henry Co.,
Va. Children by this marriage were
Susannah, b. 1763, m. Jacob Burns, d. 1844; Col. William, b. 1765, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Donelson, d. 1846; Elizabeth, m. Carr Waller, d. 1805; Brice, b. 1770, m.
Malinda Perkins, d. 1856; Polly, m. Daniel Hammock; Martha, m. William
Cleveland; Nancy, m. Aichilus Hughes.
After his appointment as Indian Commissioner (while his first wife was
living) Joseph married Elizabeth Ward, a Cherokee princess (probably half
Indian), and had children James, b. 1781, and Nannie. He was still her husband in 1800. His Indian name was Gulkalu or Longknife. Both his white wives knew of the Indian
one. According to R‑259, he
married Mary Emory as his fourth wife.
All the children of Susannah and Joseph were born in Henry Co., VA. (R‑8, R‑317)
Children - Martin
+644+645. Joseph Martin
III, b. 22 Sept. 1785, m. Sarah Hughes, 27 April 1810, d. 3 Nov. 1859.
+645+646. Jesse Martin,
b.c. 1786, m(1) Annie Armistead, 16 Nov. 1808, m(2) Cecelia Reid, 17 June 1812,
d. 28 Nov. 1836.
+646+647. Thomas W. Martin,
b.c. 1788, m. Nancy Carr, 20 Jan. 1812, d. bef. 1838.
+647+648. Sarah Martin,
b.c. 1792, m. Samuel Armistead, 7 Feb. 1807, d.c. 1813.
648 649. Patrick Henry Martin,
b.c. 1792, never married, d. April 1815.
D. after his return from TN serving in Jackson’s Army.
649 650. Polly Martin, b.c.
1793, m. Reuben Hughes, 7 March 1812 (Henry Co., VA), d.c. 1839 (Henry Co.,
VA). He was b.c. 1790.
+650+651. Lewis Graves
Martin, b. 1 April 1793, m(1) Belinda America Rucker, 16 Sept. 1816, m(2) Alice
H. Conn, 4 March 1839, d. 27 March 1877.
+651+652. Susannah Martin,
b.c. 1799, m. George W. King, 6 May 1816, d. after 1860.
+652+653. Alexander Martin,
b. 5 Dec. 1799, m. Elizabeth Carr, 4 Nov. 1819, d. 15 Dec. 1850.
+653+654. John Calvin
Martin, b.c. 1803, m. Sofiah Rucker, d. aft. 1860.
+654+655. George Wythe
Martin, b. 7 July 1805, m(1) Eliza Starling, m(2) Caroline H. Watkins, 25 Oct.
1837, d. 27 Oct. 1857.
Mary
("Polly") Graves (133 (133) was born before 1775 in
Pittsylvania Co., VA, and died by 1815.
She married Capt. Green Bouldin, son of Thomas Bouldin II and Martha
Moseley, on 28 April 1791 in Henry Co., VA. He was born in 1760 (or 2 Oct. 1767) in Charlotte Co., VA,
and died 16 Oct. 1830 in Morgan Co., AL.
He married second Elizabeth (Jiggets) Driver about 1815. She was born in Henry Co., VA, and died
about 1829. Her daughter from her
first marriage to William Driver married his son Green Bouldin. (R‑203, R‑316, R‑544)
Children - Bouldin
655 656. Amey G. Bouldin, b. 25
Dec. 1791 (Charlotte Co., VA), m. Thomas Payne, 13 Jan. 1816 (Henry Co., VA).
+656+657. Richard T.
Bouldin, b.c. 1792, m. Sarah East (#670 (#671), 29 Nov. 1817, d. aft.
1860.
+657+658. William Graves
Bouldin, b. 21 March 1792, m. Elizabeth Purnell Hammond, 11 July 1821, d. 30
Sept. 1857.
+658+659. James Massey
Bouldin, b. 13 March 1795, m(1) Margaret Bouldin, 18 Oct. 1824, m(2) Mary
Tabitha J. Hammond, 26 Oct. 1831, d. 8 Nov. 1844.
+659+660. Green Bouldin,
b.c. 1796, m. Margaret Ann Driver, d. 1883.
+660+661. Thomas U.
Bouldin, b.c. 1798, m. Mary Ann Dedman, 10 Dec. 1829, d.c. Oct. 1833.
661 662. Mary Bouldin, b. 8 Feb.
1799 (Henry Co., VA), m. Noble G. Majors, d. aft. 1850 (probably Bedford Co.,
TN).
662 663. Elizabeth Bouldin, b.
Jan. 1802 (Henry Co., VA), m. Frederick Hood.
663 664. Massey Bouldin, b.c.
1804, m. Thomas S. Dupree, 15 Sept. 1822 (Morgan Co., AL). Their marriage was also recorded in
Limestone Co., AL.
Sarah
("Sally") Graves (134 (134) was born sometime after
May in 1775 in Pittsylvania Co., VA (in what later became Henry Co.), died 4
Jan. 1866, most likely at her son Joseph's home in Savannah, Hardin Co., TN,
and was buried in Savannah Cem.
She married Thomas East on 12 Aug. 1790. He was born in 1765 in VA, probably Halifax Co., since his
father owned land there from 1764 to 1777 (in what later became Henry Co.), and
died 4 Oct. 1844 in Waynesboro, TN, probably at the home of his son Joseph, who
had moved there soon before 1840 from the Lynnville area.
Thomas
and Sarah moved to Giles Co., TN in 1823 or 1824, and settled at old Lynnville
(the present site of Lynnville is about five miles from the site of the
1830's), along with many of their children. Thomas bought 80 acres in Giles Co. in 1826, and he and
Sarah lived there in the 1830's near their son Barzley. Many of their children were members of
the Roberson Fork Church of Christ at Linnville, so there is good reason to
assume that Thomas and Sarah were members also.
By May of
1849 (after Thomas had died) Sarah was living in McNairy Co. with or near her
son Barzley. On that date she gave
him power of attorney to collect a debt owed her from someone in Hardin Co.,
and gave her place of residence as McNairy Co. She could not write. In the early 1800's it was not uncommon
for the women to be illiterate, since there were few public schools and there
was little need for the women to work outside the home.
In the
early 1850's Sarah moved to Savannah, TN, in nearby Hardin Co., where she
died. Their children were born in
Henry Co., VA. (R‑85)
Children - East
664 665. William East, b. 29
June 1791.
665 666. Elizabeth East, b. 26
Aug. 1792.
+666+667. Joseph East, b. 5
Jan. 1794, m. Mildred Payne, 19 Nov. 1816, d. 12 Nov. 1868.
+667+668. John East, b. 8
June 1795, m. Elizabeth Payne, 30 Nov. 1816, d. 11 Oct. 1827.
668 669. Patsy East, b. 26 Jan.
1797.
669 670. Thomas Massey East, b.
2 March 1799, d. by 15 June 1810 (probably in Henry Co., VA).
670 671. Sarah (“Sally”) East,
b. 7 Dec. 1800, m. Richard T. Bouldin (#656 (#657), 29 Nov. 1817. See #656#657 for
descendants.
671 672. Susan East, b. 7 May
1802, d. 18 Aug. 1834.
+672+673. Maria East, b. 7
Oct. 1803, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Abernathy, d. after
1858.
673 674. Evelyna W. East, b. 18
Jan. 1807, d. after 1858.
+674+675. Thomas Martin
East, b. 15 June 1810, m. Sarah Jane Alderson, 8 Oct. 1829, d. after 1850.
+675+676. Barzley Graves
East, b. 15 Dec. 1812, m(1) Nancy Jones, 22 Feb. 1833, m(2) Elizabeth Frances
Tanner, before 1863, d. 29 Sept. 1889.
+676+677. Edward Wallace
East, b. 11 Oct. 1814, m. Willmirth Metilda Greer, 2 Oct. 1839, d. 29 May 1884.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD GRAVES (17 (17) AND LUCY
DAVENPORT
Col. John
Graves
(135 (135) was born 18 Dec. 1757 in Louisa Co., VA, and died 31
(or 10[23])
Oct. 1843 in Fayette Co., KY. He
married Lydia Graves (#114 (#114), daughter of Thomas
Graves and Isabella Bartlett (his uncle and aunt), on 23 Dec. 1784 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She was born 2 Oct. 1769 in
VA, and died 7 Sept. 1856. She was
recorded on the 1850 census in the household of her son Jefferson in Scott Co.,
KY.
The
consent of her father to the marriage is filed with the marriage bonds of the
county. The pension record of John
Graves (Bounty Land Warrant 26 574-160-55) shows that he was born in Louisa Co.
Dec. 18, 1757, that he resided for a while in Spotsylvania Co. and later in
Orange Co., VA, enlisting in Spotsylvania Co. in 1776. After his death, on April 8, 1844, his
son John applied for his pension to be continued to Lydia, the widow. Lydia made oath that she was 74 years
old on Oct. 2, 1843, and had married John Graves on Dec. 23, 1784, thus proving
that she was the daughter of Thomas Graves and Isabella Bartlett.
John
stated that he went to KY Dec. 5 or 6, 1786, that his brother, now living 8
miles this side of Cincinnati on the turnpike road, went out the year before
and “purchased the place of John and Elijah Craig for my Father; Father, Mother
and myself came out with 30 blacks.
My brother who had remained came by water.”[24]
The Bible
record of John and Lydia’s children was included in the pension papers, and
provided the data for all of the children listed below. (R‑910)
Children - Graves
677 678. Nancy Graves, b. 5 Aug.
1786, m. George Gorham, 18 Sept. 1808 (Fayette Co., KY), d. 9 April 1878. George m(1) Sally Graves, her sister.
678 679. Betsy Graves, b. 23
April 1789, m. Joseph Barby, 4 Aug. 1807 (Fayette Co., KY).
679 680. Sally Graves, b. 11
Oct. 1790, m. George Gorham, 2 July 1807 (Fayette Co., KY), probably d. 1807 or
1808. George m(2) Nancy Graves,
her sister.
680 681. William B. Graves, b.
27 April 1792.
+681+682. Asa Graves, b. 7
Nov. 1793, m. Mary Graves (#302