Nathaniel (Nathan) Graves

GEDCOM Note

Graves Family Association: Person 353, Nathaniel Graves (husband of Frances Montague).

GEDCOM Note

(Research):Per Graves Family Association (www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm, Nathaniel Graves (353)), he is suspecded of being buried in an unmarked graves in the old Graves Cemetery in Howard Co., AR.

Nathaniel Graves (353), referred to as Nathan by John Card Graves, was born 11 Nov. 1767 in Granville Co., NC, and died after 1850 in AR. He married Frances Montague, daughter of Latane (or Lattany) Montague and Catherine Young, in 1798 in Granville Co., NC. She was born 4 Oct. 1779, and died 21 Sept. 1838 in Fayette Co., TN. She was a sister of Henry Montague who married Nathaniel's sister Elizabeth.

The family moved to Giles Co., TN about 1814, and later lived in Fayette Co., TN. After his wife's death, Nathaniel lived with his son, Addison and family, and moved with them to Sevier Co., AR in 1852. Nathaniel died sometime after 1850 and is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the old Graves Cem. in Howard Co., AR. All the children of Nathaniel and Frances were born in Granville Co., NC.

In researching this part of the Graves family, it was noted that several members of the family either married cousins or did not marry at all. According to tradition, one reason for this was that because of the large number of Graves families, they actually made up all or most of the community. As a result, no one except relatives lived in the area. Another reason was that the family was quite "well-to-do", owned large plantations and many slaves, and desired to keep the wealth in the family.
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• * Need to pull copy of the pages from the Thornton Family Bible in possession of Margaret and double check the info. Graves FA says all Nathaniel's children were born in Granville Co., NC but as I remember, the family bible actually spelled out where they were born. If so, we need to provide copies of the pages from the Bible to the Graves Family Association.