Grantham Family

by Scott Owens Anrkee@aol.com

1. EDWARD¹ GRANTHAM was born 1599 in Walesby, Lincolnshire, England, and died in Virginia.

Child of EDWARD GRANTHAM is:

2. i. EDWARD² GRANTHAM II, b. Abt. 1645, Virginia; d. September 1704, Surrey County, Virginia.

2. EDWARD² GRANTHAM II (EDWARD¹) was born Abt. 1645 in Virginia, and died September 1704 in Surrey County, Virginia. He married (1) ELIZABETH COCKINS Abt. 1674 in Surrey County, Virginia. She died Abt. 1682. He married (2) MARY JOHNSON 1678 in Surrey County, Virginia. She was born in England, and died 1686 in Surrey County, Virginia. He married (3) ELIZABETH ANDREWS 1688 in Surrey County, Virginia.

Children of EDWARD GRANTHAM and ELIZABETH COCKINS are:

i. JOHN³ GRANTHAM, b. 1675; d. 1739; m. SARAH (?).

ii. ELIZABETH GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1680.

iii. JEANE GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1682.

Child of EDWARD GRANTHAM and MARY JOHNSON is:

3. iv. EDWARD³ GRANTHAM III, b. 1686, Cypress Swamp, Surrey County, Virginia; d. 1768, Johnson County, North Carolina.

4. v. THOMAS³ GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1688.

vi. ELEANOR GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1690.

3. EDWARD³ GRANTHAM III (EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born 1686 in Cypress Swamp, Surrey County, Virginia, and died 1768 in Johnson County, North Carolina. He married CATHERINE HOWELL Abt. 1720 in Surrey County, Virginia, daughter of WILLLIAM HOWELL.

Children of EDWARD GRANTHAM and CATHERINE HOWELL are:

5. i. THOMAS⁴ GRANTHAM I, b. 1722, Dobbs County, North Carolina; d. 1782, Wayne County, North Carolina.

6. ii. JOHN GRANTHAM, b. 1727, Dobbs County, North Carolina; d. 1787, Wilkes County, Georgia.

7. iii. EDWARD GRANTHAM IV, b. 1730, Surrey County, Virginia; d. September 12, 1811, Robeson County, North Carolina.

iv. JAMES GRANTHAM I, b. 1730, Dobbs County, North Carolina; d. 1792, Georgia.

v. URIAH GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1734.

vi. WILLIAM GRANTHAM, b. 1736.

vii. RICHARD GRANTHAM I, b. 1738, Surrey County, Virginia; d. 1817, Robeson County, North Carolina; m. SARAH (?).

8. viii. JOSHUA GRANTHAM I, b. September 21, 1740, Albemarle Parish, Surrey County, Virginia; d. Abt. November 6, 1781.

4. THOMAS³ GRANTHAM (EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born Abt. 1688. He married VIRGINIA (?) Abt. 1744.

Children of THOMAS GRANTHAM and VIRGINIA (?) are:

i. WILLIAM⁴ GRANTHAM, b. December 23, 1744; m. NANCY BISHOP, November 2, 1789.

ii. REBECCA GRANTHAM, m. BENJAMIN TURNER, December 22, 1777.

iii. SARAH GRANTHAM, m. JOEL BOYKINS, March 13, 1775.

5. THOMAS⁴ GRANTHAM I (EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born 1722 in Dobbs County, North Carolina, and died 1782 in Wayne County, North Carolina. He married MARY BROWN Abt. 1750. She was born Abt. 1730, and died 1819 in Wayne County, North Carolina.

Children of THOMAS GRANTHAM and MARY BROWN are:

i. JESSE⁵ GRANTHAM, b. 1754, Dobbs County, North Carolina; d. 1837, Darlington County, South Carolina; m. LUVICY (?); b. 1760; d. 1845.

ii. DAVID GRANTHAM, b. 1755, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. February 18, 1824, Darlington County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH BASS.

9. iii. JAMES GRANTHAM II, b. November 25, 1756, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. 1825, Wayne County, North Carolina.

iv. JACOB GRANTHAM, b. 1760, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1835, Hardeman County, Tennessee.

v. JOEL GRANTHAM I, b. 1762, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. Hardeman County, Tennessee.

vi. SION GRANTHAM, b. 1764, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. September 1856, Hardeman County, Tennessee; m. RACHEL.

10. vii. THOMAS GRANTHAM II, b. 1766, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. November 1816, Darlington County, South Carolina.

11. viii. NANCY GRANTHAM, b. 1768, Wayne County, North Carolina.

ix. THERESA GRANTHAM, b. 1770.

x. PHEREBEE GRANTHAM, b. 1772.

6. JOHN⁴ GRANTHAM (EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born 1727 in Dobbs County, North Carolina, and died 1787 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He married ANN BROWN¹ Abt. 1745¹. She was born WFT Est. 1711-1733 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina¹, and died WFT Est. 1761-1822¹.

Children of JOHN GRANTHAM and ANN BROWN are:

12. i. WILLIAM⁵ GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1752; d. Aft. 1800, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

13. ii. JOHN GRANTHAM II, b. Abt. 1753, Robeson County, North Carolina; d. WFT Est. 1798-1845.

14. iii. RICHARD GRANTHAM, b. March 16, 1754, Dobbs County, North Carolina; d. June 22, 1846, Grainger County, Tennessee.

15. iv. IGNATIUS MATTHEW? GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1758, Robeson County, North Carolina; d. WFT Est. 1791-1849.

7. EDWARD⁴ GRANTHAM IV (EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born 1730 in Surrey County, Virginia, and died September 12, 1811 in Robeson County, North Carolina¹.

Children of EDWARD GRANTHAM IV are:

16. i. MARY ANN⁵ GRANTHAM, b. 1762, Robeson County, North Carolina; d. 1842, Meriwether County, Georgia.

ii. URIAH GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1765, North Carolina¹; d. October 1831, Jefferson County, Florida¹; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) ELIZABETH JINNETT¹, Abt. 1800, Edgecombe County, North Carolina¹; b. March 26, 1781¹; d. Aft. 1831¹.

Notes for URIAH GRANTHAM:

This is all I have on the Joel's family hope this helps.

Uriah Grantham was born circa 1765 probably in Dobbs Co., NC.

The name of his first wife is not known.

Children of Uriah and first wife thought to be:

1. Henry Grantham, b c1788, d.aft 1831 m.?

2. Hugh Grantham, b ?,d. aft 1831 m.?

Uriah married second circa 1800 to Betsy Jinnett in Edgecombe Co., NC.

Betsy, born 26 March 1781 was the daughter of Joseph Jinnett and Abigale

Peele. Some researchers state that Betsy Jinnett Married a Musgrave,

possible a first husband before Uriah.

Children of Uriah and Elizabeth:

1. Margaret Grantham b.? d. before 1831, m. Jame L. K. Holloman

2. Joel Grantham b ? d after 1850, m.?

3. Daniel Grantham b.?,d. agt 1850, m.?

4. John Grantham b.? d. bef 1850, m. ?

5. Martha Ann Grantham, b. c 1825, d. ? m. 1844 Alexander S. Moffat

6. Zilphy Grantham, b. ? d. bef 1850, m. 1844 Bethel Brantham(sone of

Edward IV)

Edward Grantham III deeded his son Uriah the home plantation in Robeson

Co. NC. in 1810. Uriah appears as overseer of roadsin 1810 and 1811.

Uriah's son Henry was deeded 200 acres from his grandfather Edward in

1811. Uriah appeared in the 1810 Census of robeson Co., NC. There were

two males under 10 who were probably his sons and/or grandsons, one male

16-26 (Henry), two malesover 45(one was Uriah,the other likely his

father Edward), one female under 10 (a daughter or granddauthter), and

one female 26-45(wife Betsy, age 29.

Uriah moved to Fl. sometime in the 1820's and appeared in the Jefferson

Co.Census of 1830. He received a land grant dated 7 May 1831, for 79.81

acres from the United States Bureau of Land Management in Township 1

South, Section 7, Range 4 East, Tallahassee Meridian( Vol. 100, page 483

, Document 537).

Uriah operated a blacksmith shop with John Granger. A Negro slave by the

name of Morris did much of the hard labor. Granger is thoughtto have

relocated from Horry Co., SC> withthe Granthams. Uriah also gre corn and

raised cattle and hogs.

Uriah Grantham died in Jefferson Co., FL. in October 1831. His will(book

A, Page 222), namned wife Elizabeth, sons Joel, John Daniel, Hugh, and

Henry, and daughters Martha and Zilphy. Also mentined was his

son-in-law James M. H. Holloway who was left one dollar. The negro salve

Morris who was to remain working at the blacksmith shop. Uriah still

hadminor children at the time of his death. Their portion of the estate

was placed under control of Simeon Theus until they attained the age of

twenty-=one. Witnesses tothe will were John Granger and Isham Johnston.

Simeon Theus presented the will to the Jefferson Co. Court on 24

October,1831.

It is this will that gives clues indicating that Uriah had been

previously married and had at least two children by his first wife. Sons

Hugh and Henry were mentioned afgter all the other children and wereleft

only one dollar each.

Uriah's widow Elizabeth Jinnet lived until March,1850 when she died in

Jefferson Co., Fla. A Notation in the estate papers of Uriah Grantham

states, "Simeon Theus Executor to the Estate of Uriah Grantham for

making a coffin for Elizabeth Grantham D~ to T.T. Harvey - $6.00. Rcd.

Payment T.T. Harvey 6 Mar 1850."

Uriah estates of $365.60 was distributed in Apr 1850, one month after

the death of Elizabeth. Thoses receiving shares of $91.50 each were

Joel Grantham, Alexander Moffat in right of Wife Martha, the two

children of Zilphy Grantham who was dead, and son Daniel Grantham.

Daniel signed over his portion of the estate to Alexander Moffat in a

doctument dated 1 Apr 1850.

Well I hope this is of some help to you.

In you wondering around with the Granthams have you come across a David

Grantham s/o of Keziah (Last name unknown) Grantham. David was the f/o

of Christopher Columbus Grantham md Nancy (last name unknown) from

Florida. Should would like to find out who Nancy's parents were and who

Keziah was married to. Help if you can.

happy hunting.

Sue

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17. iii. JOSIAH GRANTHAM, b. 1768, Robeson County, North Carolina; d. 1847, Robeson County, North Carolina.

18. iv. EDWARD GRANTHAM V, b. August 21, 1771, Marion County, South Carolina; d. October 15, 1854, Jefferson County, Florida.

8. JOSHUA⁴ GRANTHAM I (EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born September 21, 1740 in Albemarle Parish, Surrey County, Virginia, and died Abt. November 6, 1781. He married PHEREBY HERRING¹ Abt. 1772¹. She was born March 3, 1753¹, and died 1816¹.

Children of JOSHUA GRANTHAM and PHEREBY HERRING are:

19. i. SOLOMON⁵ GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1773, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. 1844, Wayne County, North Carolina.

ii. ANN GRANTHAM¹, b. May 3, 1775¹; d. WFT Est. 1776-1869¹.

20. iii. NEEDHAM GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1777, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1815, Wayne County, North Carolina.

21. iv. FREDERICK GRANTHAM I, b. May 22, 1779, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. January 11, 1839, Johnston County, North Carolina.

v. DICE GRANTHAM¹, b. February 15, 1780¹; d. WFT Est. 1794-1874¹; m. ??? FLOWERS¹, WFT Est. 1794-1827¹; b. WFT Est. 1763-1783¹; d. WFT Est. 1797-1869¹.

vi. ZILPHY GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1765-1782¹; d. WFT Est. 1771-1870¹.

vii. NANCY GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1765-1782¹; d. WFT Est. 1771-1870¹.

9. JAMES⁵ GRANTHAM II (THOMAS⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born November 25, 1756 in Wayne County, North Carolina, and died 1825 in Wayne County, North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Abt. 1790 in Wayne County, North Carolina. She was born 1772, and died 1835.

Children of JAMES GRANTHAM and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS are:

i. MARTHA⁶ GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1792, Wayne County, North Carolina.

ii. NANCY GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1794, Wayne County, North Carolina.

iii. GABRIEL GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1796, Wayne County, North Carolina.

iv. JAMES EDWARD GRANTHAM I, b. Abt. 1802, Wayne County, North Carolina.

22. v. WILEY GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1815, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1853.

23. vi. JOEL GRANTHAM II, b. December 17, 1817, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. April 10, 1887, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

24. vii. WILLIAM GRANTHAM, b. 1819, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. 1886, Kemper County, Mississippi.

10. THOMAS⁵ GRANTHAM II (THOMAS⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born 1766 in Wayne County, North Carolina, and died November 1816 in Darlington County, South Carolina. He married MARY BRADBURY Abt. 1782.

Child of THOMAS GRANTHAM and MARY BRADBURY is:

i. ELIZABETH⁶ GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1784.

11. NANCY⁵ GRANTHAM (THOMAS⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born 1768 in Wayne County, North Carolina. She married JOSEPH BENNETT Abt. 1801.

Children of NANCY GRANTHAM and JOSEPH BENNETT are:

i. HANNAH⁶ BENNETT.

ii. DANIEL BENNETT.

iii. MARY BENNETT.

12. WILLIAM⁵ GRANTHAM (JOHN⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born Abt. 1752¹, and died Aft. 1800 in Buncombe County, North Carolina¹. He married RHODA ???¹ Abt. 1772¹. She was born WFT Est. 1733-1761¹, and died WFT Est. 1797-1850¹.

Children of WILLIAM GRANTHAM and RHODA ??? are:

i. JOHN⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. July 27, 1773, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia¹; d. April 29, 1835, Irving, Montgomery County, Illinois¹; m. ELIZABETH HARRISON¹, December 19, 1795, Buncombe County, North Carolina¹; b. July 11, 1776, Buncombe County, North Carolina¹; d. October 26, 1846, Irving, Montgomery County, Illinois¹.

ii. WILLIAM GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1795, Georgia¹; d. January 23, 1868, Marshall County, Alabama¹; m. SUSANNAH RICHARDSON¹, Abt. 1819, Georgia¹; b. 1800, North Carolina¹; d. February 23, 1873, Sedgwick County, Kansas¹.

iii. ??? GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1773-1798¹; d. WFT Est. 1778-1881¹.

13. JOHN⁵ GRANTHAM II (JOHN⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born Abt. 1753 in Robeson County, North Carolina¹, and died WFT Est. 1798-1845¹.

Children of JOHN GRANTHAM II are:

i. LEWIS⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1776, Robeson County, North Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1802-1867¹; m. LUCY AUSTIN¹, February 16, 1796, Surry County, Virginia¹; b. Abt. 1776¹; d. WFT Est. 1802-1870¹.

ii. WILLIAM GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1788¹; d. WFT Est. 1789-1878¹.

iii. JAMES GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1790¹; d. WFT Est. 1791-1880¹.

iv. RICHARD GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1792¹; d. WFT Est. 1793-1882¹.

v. JOHN GRANTHAM III¹, b. Abt. 1794¹; d. WFT Est. 1795-1884¹.

vi. ELIAS GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1796¹; d. WFT Est. 1797-1886¹.

14. RICHARD⁵ GRANTHAM (JOHN⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born March 16, 1754 in Dobbs County, North Carolina¹, and died June 22, 1846 in Grainger County, Tennessee¹. He married FRANCES AMIS¹ April 14, 1785 in Hawkins County, Tennessee¹. She was born April 16, 1765 in North Carolina¹, and died April 27, 1857 in Grainger County, Tennessee¹.

Children of RICHARD GRANTHAM and FRANCES AMIS are:

i. PENELOPY⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. June 10, 1786, Tennessee¹; d. June 29, 1872, Grainger County, Tennessee¹.

ii. MARY GRANTHAM¹, b. February 8, 1788, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. October 17, 1826, Mississippi¹; m. GEORGE NANTHAN SAUNDERS¹, April 7, 1805, Tennessee¹; b. April 20, 1788, Hawkins County, Tennessee¹; d. January 1887, Una, Clay County, Mississippi¹.

iii. ANN GRANTHAM¹, b. September 29, 1789, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. October 12, 1814, Giles County, Tennessee¹; m. HEZEKIAH ROBERTSON¹, February 8, 1808, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; b. WFT Est. 1765-1795¹; d. WFT Est. 1821-1881¹.

iv. AMIS GRANTHAM¹, b. September 1, 1791, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. April 24, 1873, San Gabriel County, Texas¹; m. MARGARET WILLIAMS¹, August 10, 1815, Tennessee¹; b. May 31, 1799¹; d. December 27, 1866, San Gabriel County, Texas¹..

v. TABITHA GRANTHAM¹, b. May 27, 1793, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. WFT Est. 1822-1887¹; m. HEZEKIAH ROBERTSON¹, December 15, 1816, Tennessee¹; b. WFT Est. 1765-1795¹; d. WFT Est. 1821-1881¹.

vi. RACHEL GRANTHAM¹, b. March 5, 1795, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. WFT Est. 1823-1889¹; m. JAMES DODSON¹, July 29, 1817, Tennessee¹; b. WFT Est. 1771-1797¹; d. WFT Est. 1822-1884¹.

vii. RHODA GRANTHAM¹, b. November 19, 1796, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. Aft. 1850¹; m. JAMES M. MOORE¹, December 17, 1817, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; b. WFT Est. 1771-1798¹; d. WFT Est. 1822-1885¹.

viii. LINCOLN GRANTHAM¹, b. August 13, 1798, Tennessee¹; d. WFT Est. 1799-1888¹.

ix. JOHN THOMAS GRANTHAM¹, b. January 9, 1800, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. WFT Est. 1830-1891¹; m. MARGARET LITTLETON¹, December 4, 1824, Tennessee¹; b. WFT Est. 1786-1809¹; d. WFT Est. 1829-1898¹.

x. JAMES H. GRANTHAM¹, b. October 8, 1801, Tennessee¹; d. December 11, 1875, Grainger County, Tennessee¹.

xi. ALICE GALE GRANTHAM¹, b. May 7, 1803¹; d. WFT Est. 1829-1897¹; m. HUGHES W. TAYLOR¹, February 2, 1823, Tennessee¹; b. WFT Est. 1778-1804¹; d. WFT Est. 1828-1891¹.

xii. RICHARD GRANTHAM II¹, b. February 23, 1805¹; d. WFT Est. 1806-1895¹.

xiii. WILLIS GRANTHAM¹, b. November 17, 1806, Grainger County, Tennessee¹; d. March 16, 1885, Claiborne County, Tennessee¹; m. KEZIAH STUBBLEFIELD¹, August 7, 1827, Tennessee¹; b. 1810, Tennessee¹; d. September 13, 1868¹.

15. IGNATIUS MATTHEW?⁵ GRANTHAM (JOHN⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born Abt. 1758 in Robeson County, North Carolina¹, and died WFT Est. 1791-1849¹. He married CATHERINE SHEFFIELD¹ WFT Est. 1774-1806¹. She was born Abt. 1758 in Mississippi¹, and died WFT Est. 1790-1852¹.

Child of IGNATIUS GRANTHAM and CATHERINE SHEFFIELD is:

i. WAYNE SHEFFIELD⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1788¹; d. WFT Est. 1789-1878¹.

16. MARY ANN⁵ GRANTHAM (EDWARD⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born 1762 in Robeson County, North Carolina¹, and died 1842 in Meriwether County, Georgia¹. She married STERLING AMMONS¹ Abt. 1780¹. He was born Abt. 1762 in North Carolina¹, and died 1842 in Meriwether County, Georgia¹.

Children of MARY GRANTHAM and STERLING AMMONS are:

i. REBECCA⁶ AMMONS¹, b. February 14, 1790¹; d. January 14, 1890, Henry County, Georgia¹; m. WILLIAM GREER¹, March 15, 1818, Morgan County, Georgia¹; b. Abt. 1790¹; d. WFT Est. 1823-1881¹.

ii. URIAH E. AMMONS¹, b. Abt. 1795¹; d. 1830¹; m. SARAH BARTON¹, November 17, 1820, Morgan County, Georgia¹; b. Abt. 1795¹; d. 1830¹.

iii. JESSE AMMONS¹, b. 1800¹; d. WFT Est. 1839-1891¹; m. (1) ELIZABETH GOAR¹, November 20, 1827¹; b. Abt. 1800¹; d. WFT Est. 1832-1894¹; m. (2) ADALINE ???¹, February 16, 1834¹; b. Abt. 1800¹; d. 1858¹.

iv. ELIZABETH AMMONS¹, b. March 11, 1806, Georgia¹; d. December 16, 1843, Meriwether County, Georgia¹; m. JOHN RALPH HARRIS¹, February 16, 1834, Morgan County, Georgia¹; b. 1804, Prince Edward County, Virginia¹; d. October 1863, Meriwether County, Georgia¹.

17. JOSIAH⁵ GRANTHAM (EDWARD⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born 1768 in Robeson County, North Carolina¹, and died 1847 in Robeson County, North Carolina¹.

Children of JOSIAH GRANTHAM are:

25. i. STEPHEN⁶ GRANTHAM, b. June 23, 1790, Robeson County, North Carolina; d. July 20, 1858, Robeson County, North Carolina.

ii. RICHARD GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1792, Robeson County, North Carolina¹; d. Bef. 1827¹; m. ELIZABETH ALLEN¹, WFT Est. 1808-1824¹; b. Abt. 1792¹; d. Bef. 1827¹.

iii. SUSANNAH GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1795¹; d. WFT Est. 1826-1889¹; m. WRIGHT HERRING¹, July 20, 1821, Robeson County, North Carolina¹; b. Abt. 1784¹; d. WFT Est. 1826-1875¹.

iv. COMFORT GRANTHAM¹, b. 1800¹; d. WFT Est. 1828-1894¹; m. (1) THOMAS A BASKIN¹, WFT Est. 1814-1847¹; b. WFT Est. 1783-1803¹; d. WFT Est. 1817-1889¹; m. (2) BENNETT ALLEN¹, May 1, 1822, Robeson County, North Carolina¹; b. WFT Est. 1776-1802¹; d. Abt. 1827, Marion, South Carolina¹..

18. EDWARD⁵ GRANTHAM V (EDWARD⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born August 21, 1771 in Marion County, South Carolina¹, and died October 15, 1854 in Jefferson County, Florida¹. He married NANCY DANIELS¹ Abt. 1798¹. She was born July 21, 1781¹, and died WFT Est. 1828-1876¹.

Children of EDWARD GRANTHAM and NANCY DANIELS are:

i. JAMES⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. September 9, 1799, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1800-1889¹.

ii. JESSE GRANTHAM¹, b. January 24, 1802, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. Aft. 1850, Jefferson County, Florida¹; m. REBECCA GRAINGER¹, February 13, 1823¹; b. 1799¹; d. WFT Est. 1828-1893¹.

iii. SELETY GRANTHAM¹, b. May 12, 1804, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1805-1898¹.

iv. ABRAHAM GRANTHAM¹, b. January 17, 1807, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1808-1897¹.

v. BETHIEL GRANTHAM¹, b. April 24, 1809, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1839-1900¹; m. ZELPHY GRANTHAM¹, WFT Est. 1835-1867¹; b. Abt. 1823¹; d. WFT Est. 1835-1917¹.

vi. EDWARD GRANTHAM VI¹, b. December 17, 1811, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. 1865, Simpson County, Mississippi¹; m. (1) MOLCY JOHNSTON¹, 1838¹; b. May 10, 1813, Horry County, South Carolina¹; d. 1840¹; m. (2) PRUDENCE JOHNSON¹, 1840¹; b. 1821, Horry County, South Carolina¹; d. November 10, 1843, South Carolina¹; m. (3) ELIZABETH GRANTHAM¹, 1844¹; b. 1817, North Carolina¹; d. 1875, Carroll County, Mississippi¹.

vii. JOHN GRANTHAM¹, b. May 26, 1814, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1833-1905¹; m. MARY DAVIS¹, WFT Est. 1830-1862¹; b. Abt. 1814¹; d. WFT Est. 1830-1908¹.

viii. DANIEL GRANTHAM¹, b. May 29, 1816, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. November 13, 1859, Jones County, Mississippi¹; m. SARAH FREEMAN¹, WFT Est. 1832-1853¹; b. Abt. 1816¹; d. WFT Est. 1832-1910¹.

ix. SUSANNAH GRANTHAM¹, b. July 13, 1818¹; d. WFT Est. 1841-1912¹; m. ELIAS SEALY¹, November 14, 1835¹; b. Abt. 1818¹; d. WFT Est. 1840-1909¹.

x. ELIAS GRANTHAM¹, b. September 13, 1820, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1852-1911¹; m. SUSAN VICKERS¹, February 1, 1847, Jefferson County, Florida¹; b. Abt. 1820, Florida¹; d. WFT Est. 1852-1914¹.

xi. LEWIS GRANTHAM¹, b. January 16, 1823, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1842-1914¹; m. ELAFOR ???¹, WFT Est. 1839-1871¹; b. Abt. 1823¹; d. WFT Est. 1839-1917¹.

xii. MARY GRANTHAM¹, b. July 25, 1826, Marion County, South Carolina¹; d. October 7, 1878¹; m. ANDREW VICKERS¹, January 20, 1849¹; b. Abt. 1826¹; d. WFT Est. 1855-1917¹.

19. SOLOMON⁵ GRANTHAM (JOSHUA⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born Abt. 1773 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹, and died 1844 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹. He married SARAH ANN BARFIELD¹ 1797¹. She was born May 3, 1775 in Thunder Swamp, North Carolina¹, and died 1844 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹.

Children of SOLOMON GRANTHAM and SARAH BARFIELD are:

i. KENIAN⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1798, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. 1866¹; m. MARY ???¹, WFT Est. 1815-1846¹; b. WFT Est. 1794-1813¹; d. WFT Est. 1815-1898¹.

ii. JOSHUA GRANTHAM II¹, b. Abt. 1800, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. WFT Est. 1817-1890¹; m. NANCY ???¹, WFT Est. 1817-1850¹; b. WFT Est. 1796-1816¹; d. WFT Est. 1817-1900¹.

iii. DIZEY GRANTHAM¹, b. April 25, 1805, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. August 21, 1886, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; m. JOHN ROBERT HOOD¹, December 27, 1827, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; b. September 4, 1804, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. April 24, 1883, Wayne County, North Carolina¹.

iv. NEEDHAM GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1810, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. Abt. May 1879, Sampson County, North Carolina¹; m. (1) LAVINIA THORNTON¹, January 31, 1833¹; b. WFT Est. 1795-1819¹; d. WFT Est. 1838-1907¹; m. (2) MOLCIE ???¹, WFT Est. 1827-1859¹; b. WFT Est. 1806-1825¹; d. WFT Est. 1827-1910¹.

v. FREDERICK GRANTHAM II¹, b. April 14, 1813, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. November 4, 1888¹; m. SARAH ANN THORNTON¹, January 31, 1849, North Carolina¹; b. WFT Est. 1808-1832, Johnston County, North Carolina¹; d. January 1, 1902¹.

vi. EZEKIEL GRANTHAM¹, b. Abt. 1815, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. Abt. 1844, Wayne County, North Carolina¹.

vii. HIRAM GRANTHAM¹, b. January 9, 1817, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. June 18, 1877, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; m. ABIGALE PENELOPE BIZZELL¹, Abt. 1839, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; b. January 21, 1823, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. May 18, 1898, Wayne County, North Carolina¹.

20. NEEDHAM⁵ GRANTHAM (JOSHUA⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born Abt. 1777 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹, and died Abt. 1815 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹. He married ANNE BARFIELD¹ WFT Est. 1792-1811 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹. She was born May 3, 1775¹, and died Aft. 1824¹.

Children of NEEDHAM GRANTHAM and ANNE BARFIELD are:

26. i. CHALKEY⁶ GRANTHAM, b. 1805, Wayne County, North Carolina; d. WFT Est. 1846-1896.

ii. SOLOMON GRANTHAM¹, b. February 3, 1808, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; d. May 10, 1871, Hardeman County, Tennessee¹; m. EMILY ELIZA SASSER¹, September 9, 1838, Hardeman County, Tennessee¹; b. July 15, 1818, Johnston County, North Carolina¹; d. February 22, 1908, Hardeman County, Tennessee¹.

iii. LEONARD GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1794-1815¹; d. WFT Est. 1800-1898¹.

iv. DIXON GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1794-1815¹; d. WFT Est. 1800-1898¹.

v. STEWART GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1794-1815¹; d. 1829, Wayne County, North Carolina¹.

vi. BARFIELD GRANTHAM¹, b. WFT Est. 1794-1815¹; d. Abt. 1865, Wayne County, North Carolina¹; m. AMY ???¹, WFT Est. 1815-1852¹; b. WFT Est. 1794-1823¹; d. WFT Est. 1815-1906¹.

21. FREDERICK⁵ GRANTHAM I (JOSHUA⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)¹ was born May 22, 1779 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹, and died January 11, 1839 in Johnston County, North Carolina¹. He married CHARITY BARFIELD¹ Abt. 1800 in Wayne County, North Carolina¹. She was born August 9, 1777¹, and died December 25, 1837¹.

Children of FREDERICK GRANTHAM and CHARITY BARFIELD are:

i. HERRING⁶ GRANTHAM¹, b. May 13, 1802¹; d. WFT Est. 1803-1892¹.

ii. BARNABAS GRANTHAM¹, b. March 10, 1806¹; d. WFT Est. 1807-1896¹.

iii. ALLEY GRANTHAM¹, b. February 2, 1810¹; d. WFT Est. 1824-1904¹; m. ??? MORRIS¹, WFT Est. 1824-1857¹; b. WFT Est. 1793-1813¹; d. WFT Est. 1827-1899¹.

iv. WHITLEY GRANTHAM¹, b. September 12, 1812¹; d. 1899¹.

v. DICEY GRANTHAM¹, b. December 3, 1815¹; d. 1891¹.

vi. BOWDEN DANIEL GRANTHAM¹, b. February 13, 1818¹; d. March 2, 1886¹.

22. WILEY⁶ GRANTHAM (JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)² was born Abt. 1815 in Wayne County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1853². He married NANCY JANE PETTIGREW² January 9, 1845 in Sumter Co., AL², daughter of JOHN PETTIGREW and ISABELL GRAY. She was born Abt. 1825, and died Aft. 1853².

Children of WILEY GRANTHAM and NANCY PETTIGREW are:

i. ELIZA⁷ GRANTHAM, m. GEORGE BUNYARD.

ii. CATHERINE GRANTHAM, m. JOHN BLACKWELL.

iii. WALTER SCOTT GRANTHAM, b. 1849, Alabama; d. 1897, Mississippi; m. SARAH ELZABETH CARR, December 23, 1869, Lauderdale county, Mississippi; b. 1851, Alabama; d. 1943, Mississippi.

iv. JAMES EDWARD GRANTHAM II, b. July 18, 1854, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 25, 1925, Gilmer, Texas; m. CELIA ANN ANDERSON, December 24, 1874, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; b. September 23, 1856, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; d. October 13, 1934, Antonio County, Colorado.

v. MARTHA GRANTHAM.

vi. ALICE GRANTHAM.

vii. EUGENIA GRANTHAM.

23. JOEL⁶ GRANTHAM II (JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born December 17, 1817 in Wayne County, North Carolina, and died April 10, 1887 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He married ELIZABETH DORCAS CAMPBELL Abt. 1844 in Kemper County, Mississippi, daughter of ALEXANDER CAMPBELL and MARY STRAIT. She was born May 20, 1824 in Chester County, South Carolina, and died August 24, 1893 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for JOEL GRANTHAM II:

i. MARY ANN⁷ GRANTHAM, b. December 6, 1846, Kemper County, Mississippi; d. January 18, 1877, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MOBLEY, February 23, 1862, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; b. October 13, 1833, Alabama; d. September 23, 1900, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MOBLEY:

1850 Green County Census

297A 4 Mobley William C. 47 SC pg0290a.txt

297A 26 Mobley Joab 60 SC pg0290a.txt

339A 14 Mobley Robert F. 41 SC pg0336a.txt

339A 15 Mobley Cynthia 39 SC pg0336a.txt

339A 16 Mobley Elizabeth 18 AL pg0336a.txt

339A 17 Mobley Mary 16 AL pg0336a.txt

339A 18 Mobley Catharine 14 AL pg0336a.txt

339A 19 Mobley Nancy 12 AL pg0336a.txt

339A 20 Mobley Josephine 9 AL pg0336a.txt

339A 21 Mobley Sarah 7 AL pg0336a.txt

339A 22 Mobley Cynthia 5 AL pg0336a.txt

341A 22 Mobley Larkin 63 KY pg0336a.txt

341A 23 Mobley Lucinda 63 SC pg0336a.txt

341A 24 Mobley Ervin 23 SC pg0336a.txt

341A 26 Mobley Ryan C. 33 SC pg0336a.txt

341A 32 Mobley Isaiah 34 SC pg0336a.txt

343A 7 Mobley James 11 AL pg0336a.txt

343A 8 Mobley Aurelia 9 AL pg0336a.txt

343A 9 Mobley Edward B. 6 AL pg0336a.txt

343B 19 Mobley Andrew 18 AL pg0336a.txt

353B 40 Mobley Radford E. 23 AL pg0347b.txt

353B 41 Mobley Elizabeth 18 AL pg0347b.txt

353B 42 Mobley Infant 6/12 AL pg0347b.txt

ii. ADOPHUS N. GRANTHAM, b. January 1850, Sumter County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1851, Sumter County, Alabama.

iii. AUGUSTUS O. GRANTHAM, b. November 9, 1852, Sumter County, Alabama; d. April 20, 1861, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. MARGARET KATHERINE GRANTHAM, b. November 19, 1855, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama³; d. January 17, 1919, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama³; m. HUGH LAFAYETTE OWENS, December 23, 1885, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; b. March 6, 1849, Gadsden County, Florida⁴; d. December 17, 1915, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for HUGH LAFAYETTE OWENS:

Hugh Lafayette Owens was born in Gadsden County, Florida, just north of Tallahassee near the Georgia border. He was the youngest child of James G. and Lucinda Jane (Mitchell) Owens. Hugh's father purchased his last tract of land in Gadsden County nine months after Hugh was born. In the 1860 the family moved to Walton County, Florida; early land records are not availible to indicate when James G. Owens purchased land in this new home.

In 1860, the household consisted of Hugh, his older brothers William and John Harrision, their sister Julia Caroline, parents James G. and Lucinda Jane, Lucinda's mother Mary Mitchell (who was blind), and presumably Lucinda's brother, William Mitchell (who was "insane from fall from house (or 'horse')") with Polly Ann Mitchell, possibly William's wife (who owned two slaves, a Negro boy and girl). Mary Mitchell also owned two slaves, of age to be field hands; James G. Owens was not a slaveholder in 1860 as he had been ten years before. Hugh was twelve years old when the War Between the States began, and he reached adolesence in a nation fighting for its independence. The end came only months after Hugh was sixteen. In 1870 he was a farm laborer in the household of his father in Walton County, Florida.

In the 1870's he moved to Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, living alone next door to his brother William and Jane. By this time he had acquired land, being listed as a farmer. In the 1880's Hugh was employed as herdsman for the purebred Jersey herd of Amos Horton, a herd of some reputation at the time; a wing of the Horton home, built by William Horton in the 1840's, was moved to provide a dwelling for the Hugh Owens family. This may have been the family's first home (it was the only portion of the antebellum big house to be unscathed by the arson fire of 1938, which destroyed the remainder of the Horton home). On July 27, 1882, Hugh joined the Sardis Methodist Church in West Greene, where William and Jane were members. He came on letter from a Presbyterian church (the records read "the Presbyterian"); this may have been the Euchee Valley Presbyterian Church, in Walton County, Florida, where his father, mother, and brother John Harrison were later buried.

In December of 1885 he married Margaret Katherine Grantham; Kate's younger brother, Joel, was a member of Sardis church and may have introduced the couple. About 1888 Hugh received a letter of dismission from Sardis Church to join with the "Presbyterian at Ridge." During this time their first children were born, Everett Clarence (listed "Clarence Everett" in the Pleasant Ridge Presby. Church list of baptism), and a twin daughter who died shortly after birth. In July of 1890 Hugh and Kate's second child was born, Elmo Lafayette; November 1 of this year Hugh was received on his letter from Sardis into the communion of Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. In September of 1892, a third son was born, James Wilton. On May 10, 1897, Hugh Lafayette Owens was elected a Ruling Elder of this church. Hugh and Kate's only surviving daughter, Evelyn Emogene, was born in August of 1897.

Hugh served as Ruling Elder of Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church until his death in 1915, acting as Clerk Pro Temp and travelling to presbytery meetings on at least two occations. He died with prostatic cancer after a prolonged illness, as remembered by his oldest grandchild, Carol Elizabeth Owens, who remembered her grandfather as being very thin and frail when she saw him on his sickbed.

OWENS FAMILY HISTORY:

The history of the Owens family in northwestern Greene County began with the migration of two brothers from Walton County, Florida. William Mitchell Owens and Hugh Lafayette Owens were the eldest and youngest sons, respectively, of James G. and Lucinda Jane (Mitchell) Owens. They were both born in Gadsden County, Florida where their parents were married, William on September 6, 1844, and Hugh on March 6, 1849. There James farmed tobacco and some cotton. About 1857 James G. Owens moved his family from Gadsden County to Walton County, settling in an area about ten miles south of where DeFuniak Springs would later be developed. Here James raised horses and mules with tobacco as the major cash crop with no cotton.

William served in the War Between the States, first for a year in a Florida militia company. After his enlistment was up, William enlisted in Company K of the 6th Alabama Cavalry on April 3, 1863, receiving a bounty of $50 for joining. The 6th Alabama served most of the war in Alabama, engaged at Ten Islands in north Alabama, and suffering severe defeat at Canoe Creek in western Florida. In the latter battle, the battle flag and a number of the regiment were captured. William was paroled in August of 1865, evidently having escaped capture at Canoe Creek.

In 1869 William moved to Greene County, Alabama. It is not known why he chose to move to this area. He settled in the West Greene area. On September 19, 1871, he joined the Sardis Methodist Church, on profession of faith. On January 17 of the next year he married the widow Jane M. Carnes. Five days later on January 22, 1872, William entered into a sharecropper's agreement with J. M. Quarles of Sumter County for an advance of $300 for purchasing provisions, necessary team, labor, and farm implements to make a cotton crop on the James Duncan plantation in Greene County. The entire cotton crop was to be relinquished to Quarles for this advance. This evidently was William's beginning in farming in Greene County. On July 11, 1879, their only child, a daughter, was delivered stillborn. In 1880 the household contained only William and Jane. In 1900, Sally Skipper, a young Negro girl, lived with the childless couple. In the Census of 1910, only William and Jane made up the household.

William applied for a pension as an Alabama Confederate veteran in 1915, at which time he owned 80 acres of land, valued at $200, a horse, nine cattle, some swine, and a gold watch. His physical condition at this time, as described by A. B. Moore, was "nearly blind, and unable to do physical labor." When he died November 28, 1918, possibly due to pneumonia in the influenza epidemic which also took the life of his sister-in-law, his grave marker was provided by Mr. Frank Hardy, a kindly bachelor in the West Greene area.

Hugh Lafayette Owens was twelve years old when the War Between the States began, and he reached adolescence in a nation fighting for its independence. The end came only a month after Hugh was sixteen. In 1870 he was a farm laborer in the household of his father in Walton County, Florida. This year the James G. Owens farm produced hogs and cotton but no tobacco.

Sometime in the 1870's Hugh moved to Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, living alone next door to his brother William and Jane in 1880. By this time he had acquired land, being listed as a farmer. On July 27, 1882, Hugh joined the Sardis Methodist Church in West Greene, where William and Jane were members. He came on letter from a Presbyterian church; this may have been the Euchee Valley Presbyterian Church in Walton County, Florida, where his father, mother, and brother John Harrison were later buried. Later in the 1880's Hugh was employed as herdsman for the purebred Jersey herd of Amos Horton, a herd of some reputation at the time. A wing of the Horton home, built by William Horton, was moved to provide a dwelling for the Hugh Owens family. This may have been the family's first home (it was the only portion of the antebellum big house to be unscathed by the arson fire of 1938, which destroyed the remainder of the Horton home).

On December 23, 1885 Hugh married Margaret Katherine Grantham, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Dorcas (Campbell) Grantham, a teacher in the Pleasant Ridge Academy. Kate's younger brother Joel, Jr. was a member of Sardis church and may have introduced the couple. About 1888 Hugh received a letter of dismission from Sardis Church to join with the "Presbyterian at Ridge." During this time their first children were born on July 5, 1888, Everett Clarence and a twin daughter who died shortly after birth. In July of 1890 Hugh and Kate's second child was born, Elmo Lafayette; on November 1 of this year Hugh was received on his letter from Sardis into the communion of Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. In September of 1892, a third son was born, James Wilton. On May 10, 1897, Hugh Lafayette Owens was elected a Ruling Elder of the Pleasant Ridge church. Hugh and Kate's only surviving daughter, Evelyn Imogene, was born in August of 1897.

Hugh served as Ruling Elder of Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church until his death in 1915, acting as Clerk Pro Temp and traveling to presbytery meetings on at least two occasions. He died with prostatic cancer after a prolonged illness, as remembered by his oldest grandchild, Carol Elizabeth Owens Massingale, who remembered her grandfather as being very thin and frail when she saw him on his sickbed.

Hugh Lafayette Owens' four children established the Owens clan in Pleasant Ridge. Everett C. Owens married Bessie Harkness Horton, daughter of Moses B. and Civille (Harkness) Horton. They met while Everett was working as a grocery clerk in the store of William Taylor Horton in Pleasant Ridge and boarded with the Mose Horton family who lived nearby. Mose and Civille did not approve the marriage, so Everett and Bessie boarded the train in Eutaw and were married in Meridian, Mississippi by a minister there August 8, 1911. The next year Everett got a loan from Aliceville Bank and Trust Company to begin cotton farming. They remained in Pleasant Ridge and raised their family there. Everett and Bessie had six children: Carol Elizabeth, Everett Clarence, Jr., Robert Bettus, Civille Harkness, Kenneth Horton, and Betty. Everett served as a deacon and later as an elder of the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. He died on February 22, 1948 in Pleasant Ridge.

Elmo Lafayette Owens married Bessie Mae Horton, daughter of George Algernon and Anna (Stuart) Horton, on July 29, 1913 at the Methodist Church in Eutaw. They had three children: Anna Katherine, Mary Elizabeth, and George Lafayette Owens. Elmo also served as a deacon of the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. After their children were born, business interests in cotton ginning caused Elmo to move his family to Aliceville. He died there June 7, 1949.

James Wilton Owens married Velma Mae Freeman, daughter of Pugh E. and Emily (Horton) Freeman, on May 21, 1913, at the Harlon Williams home in West Greene. James farmed in Pleasant Ridge near the home of his parents and the Grantham clan of Pleasant Ridge. James and Velma had six children: James Wilton, Jr., Hugh Warren, Norris William, Richard Edward, Emily Margaret, and Marcia Horton Owens. Wilton Owens died January 8, 1948 in Pleasant Ridge.

Evelyn Imogene Owens married Richard Harlon Williams on October 19, 1913 in Pleasant Ridge. They established their home in West Greene where Harlon farmed. They had four children: Harlon Owens, William Lafayette, Eugene, and Dorothy Williams. Evelyn Owens Williams died in June of 1981 in West Greene.

v. SAMUEL ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, b. November 19, 1855, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama; d. November 28, 1912, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. (1) ELIZABETH LEVERT COOK, January 5, 1888, Greene County, Alabama; b. February 12, 1854; d. December 30, 1898, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.; m. (2) MARY FRANCES DODSON, Abt. 1900; b. May 24, 1848, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 23, 1917, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

vi. WILLIAM CAMPBELL GRANTHAM, b. April 17, 1860, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 20, 1861, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama.

vii. MARCUS ALONZO GRANTHAM, b. April 29, 1862, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 13, 1942, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. LULA CELESTE INGRAM, December 6, 1889, Bridgeville, Pickens County, Alabama; b. March 21, 1866, Pickens County, Alabama; d. August 30, 1942, Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for MARCUS ALONZO GRANTHAM:

The Marcus Grantham Family

Joel and Elizabeth Dorcas (Campbell) Grantham were living in Clinton at the time their son, my grandfather, Marcus Alonzo Grantham was born in 1862. Adult siblings of Marcus Grantham include Cora E. (married Samuel Fred Fason), Mary E. (married C. C. Mobley), Samuel A. (married Elizabeth Cook and later Mary Francis Strait), Margaret Katherine (married Hugh Lafayette Owens), and Joel W. (married Annie Lyda Harris). Joel was the long-time postmaster at Pleasant Ridge. Katie taught in her school and her mother, Elizabeth Dorcas was also a teacher. Cora and Katherine were married in a double wedding on December 25, 1885 - what a Christmas present! Sam and Kater were twins. The next generation married into such families as Norwood, Williams, Marshall, May, Horton, Freeman, Hales, and Suber.

Marcus A. Grantham (1862-1942) married Lula Celeste Ingram (1866-1943) at Bridgeville, Alabama. Their children were Mark Augustus, Cliff Ingram, Joseph Cecil, Mary Blanche, James Frank, and Bertha Celeste. Mark, Cliff, and Cecil Grantham had migrated to Texas by the 1930's - mostly to the oil boom areas of the 1920's. Mary Blanche married Albert Cefus Herndon and they with their children (Louise, Cecil, Cliff, David, and Jimmy) moved to Tuscaloosa about 1940. James Frank Grantham (1899-1977) married Alice Richardson and they remianed in Greene County their entire lifetime. Their son Joseph Elander Grantham (1934- ) of Greene County, is the only living offspring of Joel Grantham (1817-1887) bearing the Grantham name. Bertha Celeste (1905-1976) married Elmer Roy McNece and later Leonard McDonald.

Marcus was a Justice of the Peace and often performed marriages at his home with no notice and sometimes in the night. He once insisted that a young couple go to get written permission from a parent for marriage. They soon returned with a parent - no one in the family could write! He had a special mission to convince unmarried couples living together "in sin" that they should be married and he would perform the ceremony. During the 1930's when he was past 70 years of age he often returned after dark and/or during bad weather in his horse-drawn buggy from a marrying trip to Clinton or some such place. Lula Celeste survived a mastectomy at around age 60, to die over 10 years later from strokes.

A few years after Marcus Grantham's birth, his father Joel moved the family to Pleasant Ridge, Greene County. Marcus was an Elder in the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church for many years until his death. The families of Marcus Grantham, his sisters Katie Grantham Owens, and Cora Grantham Fason, his son James Frank Grantham, daughters Blanche Grantham Herndon, and Bertha Celeste Grantham McNece all had houses within a few hundred yards of each other on the road from Pleasant Ridge to West Greene by the 1920's. These seven houses were all gone by the 1950's. Joseph Grantham's hunting trailer is now the only structure in that area.

The Marcus and Lula Grantham family usually got together for a big fish fry every year or two in the 1930's when the boys from Texas came home. The fish were usually caught the night before from the Sipsey river. If more fish were needed, the younger boys might seine the creek for perch, along with turtles and snakes sometimes. Some of the Texas boys were prone to bring along a few beers as they crossed Mississippi. Lots of ice was obtained to make iced tea for the fish fry inasmuch as everyone knew that sweet milk could be dangerous if ingested with fried fish - buttermilk was okay.

The unique Grantham family member most deserving of special mention is Mary E. Grantham (1900-1987). This maverick was the daughter of Joel W. Grantham and Anne Lida Harris (1868-1945). Mary and her siblings, Annie Blande Grantham Norwood, Francis Lucille Grantham May, and Samuel Strait Grantham lived just past the turn toward West Greene form Pleasant Ridge. Mary married Samuel Melvin Marshall, a man 25 years her senior. He was a traveling salesman or peddler, and Mary accompanied him on his trips with the hats, etc., to the consternation of more staid relatives. After her husband's death she imposed on family and friends to driver her to various cemetery locations since she never drove an automobile. Mary is noted for cemetery research and family hisroty work, for her poetry, and for her songs. She researched data for two or three books of Greene County cemetery information with comments from various sources on family history. She was the recipient of awards for her poetry. Her songs often reflected back on things as they were in bygone days. I remember her voice and piano rendition of her songs "Jubilee" and "I Take God as My Partner" when she was past 80 years of age. We have the recording of "Jubilee" as sung by Mike Thomas.

(Submitted by Elmer McNece, Jr.)

viii. CORA ELIZABETH GRANTHAM, b. January 21, 1865, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 22, 1951, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama; m. SAMUEL FLETCHER FASON, December 23, 1885, Greene County, Alabama; b. March 23, 1861, Springfield, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 14, 1920, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ix. JOEL W. GRANTHAM, b. December 28, 1868, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama⁵; d. August 16, 1945, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama⁵; m. ANNE LYDA HARRIS, 1893; b. August 31, 1875, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama⁵; d. January 4, 1959, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama⁵.

24. WILLIAM⁶ GRANTHAM (JAMES⁵, THOMAS⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹) was born 1819 in Wayne County, North Carolina, and died 1886 in Kemper County, Mississippi. He married SARAH ELIZABETH CALVERT. She was born 1823 in Ireland, and died 1865 in Kemper County, Mississippi.

Children of WILLIAM GRANTHAM and SARAH CALVERT are:

i. MARTHA JUNE⁷ GRANTHAM.

ii. MARY JUNE GRANTHAM.

iii. ROBERT J. GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1843; m. RACHEL SEALE.

iv. ELIZABETH GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1845; m. WILLIAM PENN BRANTLEY.

v. WILLIAM THOMAS GRANTHAM, b. November 10, 1847; d. March 2, 1928; m. RACHEL GARY SELBY; b. 1851, Mississippi.

vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON GRANTHAM, b. December 10, 1849; m. BELLE BOYD.

vii. DAVID C. GRANTHAM, b. November 11, 1855.

viii. ADAM ELVIN GRANTHAM, b. April 1, 1858; d. March 30, 1904; m. LULA ROXANNA CAVENPORT; b. June 27, 1860; d. February 23, 1910.

ix. ESTHER ANNIE GRANTHAM, b. February 23, 1859; d. September 26, 1942.

x. LEAH GRANTHAM, b. 1862; d. 1878.

25. STEPHEN⁶ GRANTHAM (JOSIAH⁵, EDWARD⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)⁶ was born June 23, 1790 in Robeson County, North Carolina⁶, and died July 20, 1858 in Robeson County, North Carolina⁶. He married CELIA GRIMSLEY⁶ Abt. 1811⁶. She was born 1792⁶, and died Aft. 1858 in Carroll County, Mississippi⁶.

Child of STEPHEN GRANTHAM and CELIA GRIMSLEY is:

i. ELIZABETH⁷ GRANTHAM⁶, b. 1817, North Carolina⁶; d. 1875, Carroll County, Mississippi⁶; m. EDWARD GRANTHAM VI⁶, 1844⁶; b. December 17, 1811, Marion County, South Carolina⁶; d. 1865, Simpson County, Mississippi⁶.

26. CHALKEY⁶ GRANTHAM (NEEDHAM⁵, JOSHUA⁴, EDWARD³, EDWARD², EDWARD¹)⁶ was born 1805 in Wayne County, North Carolina⁶, and died WFT Est. 1846-1896⁶. He married ABIGAIL GRANTHAM⁶ May 31, 1841 in Tennessee⁶. She was born September 15, 1799 in North Carolina⁶, and died WFT Est. 1845-1894⁶.

Child of CHALKEY GRANTHAM and ABIGAIL GRANTHAM is:

i. MARGRET⁷ GRANTHAM⁶, b. 1842⁶; d. WFT Est. 1843-1936⁶.

6. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 15, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 20, 1997), "CD-ROM," Tree #1223, Date of Import: Jul 7, 1999.

Submitted by Scott Owens, revised: January 30, 2007 Anrkee@aol.com