Rev. 21 Dec. 2000, Gen. 15
DESCENDANTS OF CONRAD GRAVES AND
MARY FRASER
OF PA & ROWAN CO., NC
GENERATION 1
Conrad Graves (1) was born about 1745, possibly in Berks Co., PA, and died in 1822 in Rowan Co., NC. He married Mary Fraser, daughter of Phillip Jacob Fraser, on 9 Jan. (or July) 1767 in Rowan Co., NC. His will was dated 11 May 1820 and was probated in May 1822. The children were named in his will. The sons are in order of birth as are the daughters, but the relative order of sons and daughters is not known. Mary died before 1820.
According to Mr. Murphy, Conrad Graves supposedly migrated from the Heidelburg School area of Bucks (or Berks?) Co. or Lancaster Co., PA to Rowan Co., NC as a young unmarried man. He has found only two Conrads, both of whom fit the right time and place. One Conrad was a son of Johan George Graff and Catharine nee Graf. He was born in Lancaster on 20 Aug. 1744 and died 11 Aug. 1784. He married Susanna Schwarz on 24 Jan. 1775 and had 3 sons, all who died young and unmarried, obviously not the right Conrad. The other Conrad was John Cunradt Graff, a son of John Michael Graff of Lancaster Co., PA. He was born 22 Sept. 1734 and was baptized 13 Oct. 1734. His sponsors were John Cunradt Fey/Fry and his wife Anna Elizabetha. He is the most likely candidate for Conrad Graves.
John Michael Graff was from Elsenz in the Northern Kraichgau. He was called "the miller's servant" in the records there. His wife was Catharina by whom he had an unknown child in 1728 and arrived in Pennsylvania on the Dragon in 1732. He married a second time, wife's name unknown, and had John George, born 6 April 1739, and John Cunradt, both of whom were baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster, PA. There was also a daughter Maria Catarina born 9 Nov. 1742 who appears in the records of Muddy Creek Lutheran Church. Since no further records of John Cunradt Graff have been found in PA, he may have joined the migration southward to Rowan Co., NC.
There was a German Lutheran Church in Davie Co. (formed from Rowan Co. in 1836) where Conrad settled. It was called New Jerusalem, and nothing remains today but the cemetery. A fraction of the records have made it through the years and contain some few references to the Graff family, mainly Conrad's sons John George and Phillip Jacob. (R-1, R-2)
Children - Graves
+2. Catharine C. Graves, m(1) John Mock, 4 Oct. 1790, m(2) Charles Hase, 1808.
+3. George Graves, b.c 1770, m. Elizabeth Booe, 8 (or 18) Dec. 1792, d. 1837.
4. Philip Jacob Graves, m. Elizabeth ------.
+5. John Graves, b.c. 1780, m. Amelia Adams, 2 April 1806, d. 1847.
6. Eve Graves, m. ------ Hamilton.
7. Elizabeth Graves, m. Asa Wyatt, 2 Feb. 1813.
8. Sarah Graves, m. Josiah D. Potts, 19 Sept. 1812.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF CONRAD GRAVES (1) AND MARY FRASER
Catharine C. Graves (2) first married John Mock on 4 Oct. 1790 in Rowan Co., NC. She secondly married Charles (?) Hase (or Hays) in 1808. (R-2)
Children - Mock
9. Sarah Mock, b. 6 Aug. 1791, bapt. 9 Jan. 1792 (Heidelburg Lutheran Church, Rowan Co., NC), m. John Cook.
10. Anna Mock, b. 2 April 1793, bapt. 2 June 1793 (Heidelburg Lutheran Church, Rowan Co., NC). Is she the same person as Nancy Mock?
+11. Nancy Mock, b. 12 April 1793, m. Champion T. Harris, 18 Nov. 1826.
12. Barbara Mock, m. Tennison Cheshire.
13. Mary Mock, m. David Hudlin.
+14. George Mock, b. 1802, m. Lucinda Pippin, 4 March 1819, d. 12 Dec. 1881.
15. John Mock, m(1) Betsey Pippin, (Orange Co., IN), m(2) Eleanor Tenery. He may also have married Clarissa Parsons.
George Graves (3) was born about 1770 in Rowan Co., NC, and died in 1837 in Davie Co., NC (formed from Rowan Co. in 1836). He married Elizabeth Booe on 18 (or 8) Dec. 1792 in Rowan Co., NC. (R-1)
Children - Graves
+16. Sarah Graves, m. James Foster.
17. Elizabeth Graves, m. James Torrentine, 21 Dec. 1826.
18. John Graves, possibly m. Susanna Fox.
19. Margaret Graves, m. Wesley Jones, 12 Sept. 1822.
20. Rachel Graves, m. Moses Burgess.
21. George Graves, Jr.
John Graves (5) was born about 1780 and died in 1847, both in Rowan Co., NC. He married ------.
There was a John C. Graves who married Nancy ------ and had at least 1 child: Nathan (or Nathaniel) Graves, b.c. 1826 in Davie Co., NC, m. Rebecca Booe. Could John C. be the same or related to this John Graves? John's brother George married Elizabeth Booe. (R-1)
Children - Graves
22. Henry F. Graves, m. Mary E. Foster, d. before 1847.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF CATHARINE C. GRAVES (2) AND JOHN MOCK
Nancy Mock (11) was born 12 April 1793 in Rowan, NC. She married Champion T. Harris on 18 Nov. 1826 in Surry Co., NC. He was born about 1805 in NC. All their children were born in NC. (R-3)
Children - Harris
+23. Lewis A. Harris, b. 10 Sept. 1827, m. Elizabeth Gray, 23 Sept. 1848, d. 1 April 1905.
24. Eliza Harris, b.c. 1830.
25. Edmund J. Harris, b.c. 1832, m. Jane Pettijohn, 31 Dec. 1853 (Wilkes Co., NC). She was b. 1 Jan. 18-- in Wilkes Co., NC.
26. Malissa Harris, b.c. 1834.
27. Martha Harris, b.c. 1835.
28. Hiram Harris, b.c. 1839, m. Martha Aldrage. She was b. 2 Mrch 18-- in Yadkin Co., NC.
29. Nancy Harris, b.c. 1841, m. ------ Money.
30. Elizabeth Harris, b.c. 1843.
George Mock (14) was born in 1802 in Rowan Co., NC, and died 12 Dec. 1881 in Edgar Co., IL. He married Lucinda Pippin, daughter of Arthur Pippin (served in War of 1812) and Mary Hudnall, on 4 March 1819 in Orange Co., IN. She was born in 1801 in Edgecombe Co., NC, died 28 Oct. 1883, and was buried in Edgar Co., IL. Their first 6 children were born in Orange Co., IN, and the others in IL. It is interesting to note that there are two sets of twins among the following children. (R-2)
Children - Mock
31. Mary Mock, b. 10 Nov. 1819, m. Perry Wilson, 16 Oct. 1839 (Edgar Co., IL).
+32. Nancy Mock, b. 2 Sept. 1820, m(1) Paul Thatcher, 24 Sept. 1839, m(2) John Rogers, 4 April 1850, d. 24 Sept. 1910.
33. David Mock, b. 30 July 1822, d. before 1830.
34. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Mock, b. 25 March 1825, m. Elisha Clark, 25 May 1851 (Edgar Co., IL), d. 28 Sept. 1853.
35. Sarah Mock, b. 25 March 1827, m. Franklin Childress, 20 Jan. 1851 (Edgar Co., IL).
36. John Nelson Mock, b. 15 Sept. 1829, m. Mary T. Cissell, 28 Sept. 1854 (Edgar Co., IL).
37. Franky Jane Mock, b. 14 Jan. 1831, m. David M. Graham, 6 Feb. 1849 (Edgar Co., IL), d. 12 Feb. 1919 (Coles Co., IL).
38. Martha Anne Mock, b. 2 April 1834 (Edgar Co., IL), m. John Piper, 20 April 1854 (Edgar Co., IL), d. 26 May 1906 (Clarke Co., IA). Bur. Osceola, IA.
39. Margaret Ellen Mock, b. 9 May 1836 (Edgar Co., IL), m. Azariah Shelton Childress, 19 Aug. 1859, d. 27 Aug. 1912 (Coles Co., IL).
40. Lucinda Mock, b. 15 Nov. 1839, m(1) Jacob Childress, 20 Sept. 1860, m(2) Isaac Rowland, 30 April 1871, d. 15 Nov. 1917 (Paris, Logan Co., AR).
41. George Mock, b. 15 Nov. 1839, m. Barbara Anne Frank, 23 Dec. 1867 (Edgar Co., IL), d. 26 Dec. 1928 (Denver, CO). Twin of Lucinda.
42. William Mock, b. 19 Dec. 1841, m. Hannah Bradfield, 6 June 1867, d. 10 Nov. 1928 (Montrose, Montrose Co., CO).
43. James Mock, b. 19 Dec. 1841. Twin of William.
44. Isaac Mock, b. 30 Sept. 1844.
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (5)
Henry F. Graves (22) was born in Rowan Co., NC, and died before 1847 in Davie Co., NC. He married Mary E. Foster, daughter of John Foster who died in 1849 in Davie Co., NC. Mary died before 1849 in Davie Co. (R-1)
Children - Graves
+45. John Franklin Graves, b. 1836, m(1) ------ m(2) Lucinda C. (Ellis) Smith, 1 Jan. 1860.
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF NANCY MOCK (11) AND CHAMPION T. HARRIS
Lewis A. Harris (23) was born 10 Sept. 1827 in NC, and died 1 April 1905 in Wilkes Co., NC. He married Elizabeth ("Betty") Gray on 23 Sept. 1848 in Somers Twp., Wilkes Co., NC. She was born about 1827, and died 13 July 1903 in Wilkes Co., NC. They were both buried in Union Church Cem. (R-3)
Children - Harris
+46. son, m. ------.
47. Darcus Harris, b. 18 Sept. 1849 (Surry Co., NC), m. James Calvin Mayberry, 24 Sept. 1871.
48. Mary Harris, b. 24 Aug. 1851 (Wilkes Co., NC), m. Lewis Mitchell, c. 1870.
49. Champion Harris, b. 10 June 1853, m. Mary Mathis, 23 May 1883 (Somers Twp., Wilkes Co., NC).
+50. Nancy Elizabeth Harris, b. Sept. 1855, m. ------ Money, 1875.
51. Peter Harris, b. 28 Nov. 1857.
52. Susan Harris, b. 1858.
53. Masten L. Harris, b. 18 June 1858, m. Annie B. ------, d. 22 Oct. 1912 (Montgomery Co., NC). She was b. 10 Aug. 1866 and d. 14 Dec. 1936.
+54. Samuel E. Harris, b. 18 June 1859, m. Nancy Brooks, d. 6 Oct. 1927.
55. Alice ("Alie") Harris, b. 9 Feb. 1861.
56. Federick ("Cuff") Hacutha Harris, b. 26 Feb. 1862 (NC), m. Selia ("Lela") E. Godfrey, 16 Feb. 1888 (Wilkes Co., NC), d. 5 June 1936 (Dennysville, Wilkes Co., NC). She was b. 30 March 1868 in NC, and d. 24 Nov. 1929 in Dennysville, Wilkes Co., NC. Both bur. in Dennysville Baptist Church Cem.
+57. Margaret Anne Harris, b. 30 Aug. 1863, m. William T. Jarvis, d. 8 May 1917.
+58. Michael Clingman Harris, b. 26 May 1865, m. Sarah Cathleen Gregory, 19 Feb. 1884, d. 12 Feb. 1935.
59. Jane L. Harris, b.c. 1868 (Wilkes Co., NC), m. ------ Musgrove.
60. Victor Harris, b. 27 May 1869.
CHILDREN OF GEORGE MOCK (14) AND LUCINDA PIPPIN
Nancy Mock (32) was born 2 Sept. 1820 in Orange Co., IN, and died 24 Sept. 1910 in Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR. She first married Paul Thatcher on 24 Sept. 1839. She secondly married John Rogers (or Rodgers) on 4 (or 3) April 1850. He was born 6 Oct. 1811 and died 27 Feb. 1886.
John had first married Mary Gordon on 22 Aug. 1833. She was born 18 Nov. 1809 and died 27 June 1849. There were 6 children by that marriage: Eliza Jane, b. 19 March 1834, m. ------ Maynard, d. 18 March 1889; Henry George, b. 1 May 1835; Mary Elizabeth, b. 11 Dec. 1836; Robert Marion, b. 28 Jan. 1840, m. Meribeh Stewart, 13 Aug. 1863 (Mt. Vernon, IA), d. 21 April 1916 (Blaine, WA); James William, b. 13 July 1842; John W., b. 18 Aug. 1846. (R-2)
Children - Thatcher
61. William H. Thatcher, b. 16 Sept. 1840, d. 14 March 1882.
62. John W. Thatcher, b. 20 March 1843.
Children - Rogers
+63. George Andrew Rogers, b. 13 Feb. 1851, m. Isabella Lesher, 14 Oct. 1873, d. 23 Nov. 1918.
64. Elisha C. Rogers, b. 4 Nov. 1853, m. Margaret Jane VanCleave, d. 28 Feb. 1935 (Ridgefield, Cowlitz Co., WA). Bur. Vancouver, Cowlitz Co., WA.
65. Firman J. Rogers, b. 24 June 1856, m. Esther Rowley.
66. Lucinda Ellen Rogers, b. 18 Nov. 1859 (Clark Co., IL), m. George Martin Rowley, 2 April 1876 (Furnas Co., NE), d. 17 Nov. 1938 (Colby, WA).
CHILDREN OF HENRY F. GRAVES (22) AND MARY E. FOSTER
John Franklin Graves (45), called
Franklin, was born about 1836 in Davie Co., NC. The name of his first wife is not presently known. He secondly married Lucinda C. (Ellis) Smith,
daughter of James Ellis and Rebecca Wellman.
She was born about 1833 in Rowan Co., NC. They were in the 1880 census for Mocksville, Davie Co., NC, page
438B. All the children were born in NC. (R‑1)
Children - Graves
67. Charles F. Graves, b.c. 1861. He moved to Winston-Salem, NC.
+68. Gannon
Franklin Graves, b. 11 Feb. 1862, m. Mary Ann Johnson, 14 Nov. 1886, d. 8 Sept.
1930.
69. Minnie R. Graves, b.c. 1867. R‑1 gave Callie Graves as a child, but that may be the same as Minnie.
GENERATION 5
CHILDREN OF LEWIS A. HARRIS (23) AND ELIZABETH GRAY
------ Harris (46), an unknown son, married ------. (R-3)
Children - Harris
+70. Almedia V. Harris, b. 2 Sept. 1875, m. Rufus Granville Cheek, c. Sept. 1893, d. Dec. 1956.
71. Edmond Albert Harris, b. 6 June 1874.
72. Arthur J. Harris, b.c. 1877.
Nancy Elizabeth Harris (50) was born in Sept. 1855. She married ------ Money in 1875 in Wilkes Co., GA. (R-3)
Children - Money
+73. John Clingman Money, b. 1882, m. Nancy Lucinda Jenkins, d. 17 April 1948.
Samuel E. Harris (54) was born 18 June 1859, and died 6 Oct. 1927 in Wilkes Co., NC. He married Nancy Brooks. She was born 8 Nov. 1858, and died 3 Jan. 1926 in Wilkes Co., NC. They were both buried in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cem. (R-3)
Children - Harris
+74. John Samuel Harris, b. 26 June 1881, m. Vina Angeline Henderson, 3 March 1898, d. 19 Nov. 1934.
Margaret ("Mattie") Anne Harris (57) was born 30 Aug. 1863 in Wilkes Co. or Surry Co., NC, died 8 May 1917 in NC, and was buried in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cem. She married William ("Bill") T. Jarvis. He was born 21 March 1866 and died 9 April 1933, both in Wilkes Co., NC. (R-3)
Children - Jarvis
+75. Hessie J. Jarvis, m(1) ------ Brooks, m(2) Columbus Brooks.
+76. Quincy Jarvis, m. Emma Gregory.
Michael Clingman Harris (58), called Clingman, was born 26 May 1865 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died 12 Feb. 1935 in Guilford Co., NC. He married Sarah Cathleen Gregory, daughter of Thomas Gregory and Sallie Rash, on 19 Feb. 1884 in Wilkes Co., NC. She was born 20 May 1868 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died 27 July 1948 in Guilford Co., NC. They were both natives of Wilkes Co., NC, according to their obituaries. They were both buried in Proximity Cem. All their children were born in Wilkes Co., NC. (R-3)
Children - Harris
+77. Mettie Harris, b. 18 Jan. 1889, m. James W. Creed, 1905, d. 23 Sept. 1972.
+78. Dessie Ruth Harris, b. 12 Jan. 1894, m(1) ------ Sweenie, m(2) Lester Lee Wooten, 1 Nov. 1913, d. 26 July 1994.
+79. Runna Annie Harris, b. 10 July 1898, m. Jasper C. Brewer, 17 Oct. 1914, d. 1987.
+80. Sallie Lou Harris, b. 4 June 1900, m. Judson Hersley Watkins, 10 July 1917, d. 10 March 2000.
+81. Octavia Roosevelt Harris, b. 21 July 1902, m. Clyde Apple, 1920, d. 13 Jan. 1996.
82. Levia Harris, b. 19 Jan. 1906, m(1) ------ Smith, m(2) Cicero S. Scott, 13 Nov. 1923 (Guilford Co., NC), d. 1986 (Guilford Co., NC). Cicero was b. 1903 and d. 1981 in Guilford Co., NC. Both Levia and Cicero bur. Guilford Memorial Park.
+83. Letha Harris, b. 19 Jan. 1906, m. Edgar Franklin Moore, 31 Dec. 1921.
+84. George Riley Harris, b. 20 Feb. 1891, m. Ellen E. Eller, 1909, d. 13 Jan. 1926.
85. Carlie Harris, b. 26 May 1887, d. 26 May 1890 (Wilkes Co., NC). Bur. Dennysville Baptist Church Cem.
86. Willie Harris, b. 1896, d. 10 Feb. 1898 (Wilkes Co., NC).
CHILDREN OF NANCY MOCK (32)
George Andrew Rogers (63) was born 13 Feb. 1851 in Springfield, IL, died 23 Nov. 1918 in Ireton, Sioux Co., IA, and was buried in Ireton. He married Isabella Lesher, daughter of Rev. John L. Lesher and Nancy Jane Allred, on 14 Oct. 1873 in Black Hawk Co., IA. She was born 29 Jan. 1855 in Princeton, WI, died 22 Feb. 1911 in Ireton, IA, and was buried in Ireton. (R-2)
Children - Rogers
87. John Levi Rogers, b. 10 Oct. 1874, d. 1 Dec. 1881.
+88. George Simon Rogers, b. 25 Sept. 1876, m. Odella C. Sillge, 10 Sept. 1902, d. 19 Oct. 1950.
89. Guy Walter Rogers, b. 5 Sept. 1878 (Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA), m. Hattie Bradley, 30 Sept. 1903 (Minnesota Lake, Faribault Co., MN), d. 12 April 1918 (St. Peter, Nicollet Co., MN). Bur. Winnebago, Faribault Co., MN.
90. Bert W. Rogers, b. 3 Dec. 1880, m. Christina E. Herron, 8 Oct. 1902, d. 4 Nov. 1959 (Ireton, Sioux Co., IA). Bur. Ireton, IA.
91. Everett A. Rogers, b. 22 April 1883, m(1) Lucy Hansell, 14 Oct. 1906, m(2) Bessie McClain, 22 March 1916, d. 5 March 1938 (Kelso, Cowlitz Co., WA). Bur. Kelso, WA.
92. Bertha Isabel Rogers, b. 20 Feb. 1885 (Ireton, Sioux Co., WA), m. Albert Bahr, 21 Feb. 1911, d. 15 Sept. 1936 (Ireton, IA). Bur. Ireton, IA. Divorced 17 Sept. 1919.
93. Ethel May Rogers, b. 30 Aug. 1888 (Ireton, IA), m. Steve Lemonds, 8 Oct. 1912 (Sioux City, IA), d. 19 May 1918 (Hawarden, Sioux Co., IA). Bur. Ireton, IA.
CHILDREN OF JOHN FRANKLIN GRAVES (45)
Gannon Franklin Graves (68) was born 11 Feb. 1862 in Davie Co., NC, and died 8 Sept. 1930 in Greene Co., NC. He married Mary Ann ("Mollie") Johnson, daughter of Lewis Johnson and Sarah Adelaide Rouse, on 14 Nov. 1886 in Greene Co., NC. She was born 11 March or May 1870 and died 7 or 8 Aug. 1933, both in Greene Co., NC. Gannon is said to have migrated to Greene Co. after the Civil War as a cotton factor from "up near Winston-Salem", which is in Forsyth Co., NC. (R-1)
Children - Graves
94. Fannie Graves, b. 1887, m. Henry D. Murphy, d. 1943. He was b. 1883 and d. 1941. These are the ancestors of Mr. William L. Murphy.
95. Roy Graves, m. Laura Mae Moye.
96. Callie Graves, m. Fred Heath.
97. Charles Graves, m. Sadie Cranor.
98. Walter Graves, m. Lou Mae Jones.
99. Pearl Graves, m. Walter Dickerson.
100. Herbert Graves, m. Pattie Mae Eason.
101. Doris Graves, m. Troy Dail.
102. Estelle Graves, m. Pell Speight.
103. Edwina Graves, m. Tracy Hughes.
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