Thomas Graves

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From: "TwoWolvesDancing" <twowolvesdancing@netcarrier.com> Subject: [Cobb(s)] DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS GRAVES AND JUDITH (LNU) OF NC, TN, AND BLOUNT CO., AL: Gov. Rufus Cobb Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:44:23 -0400

Revised 25 Febhttp://www.gravesfa.org/gen101.htm

Revised 25 Feb. 1992, Gen. 101

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS GRAVES AND JUDITH ------ OF NC, TN, AND BLOUNT CO., AL

GENERATION 1

Thomas Graves (1) was born about 1785 in NC. He may have been a son of James Graves of Randolph Co., NC, who was born about 1750, and a brother of John (b. 1779), Latham (b. 1788), James (b. 1790), and Doctor (b. 1800) Graves. He married Judith ------. She was born about 1793 in TN (or GA). It appears that Thomas left NC as a single man, probably about the same time as the others who eventually went to Blount Co., AL, made their exit. He was evidently in Sequatchie Valley, Bledsoe Co., TN, at the same time as John, Latham, and the Beesons, in 1815, but instead of going on to Blount Co., AL when they did, he married a TN girl and stayed there for many years. The 1850 and 1860 censuses of Blount Co., AL, indicate that he had a child born in TN in 1818 and one born there as late as 1833. Sometime between 1833 and 1840 he settled in Blount Co., AL. All their children were born in TN. All the sons lived in Blount Co., AL, when they entered the Army to serve in the Civil War. He was in the 1830 census for Bledsoe Co., TN: 1 male under 5, 2 males 5 to 10, 1 male 15 to 20, he was 40 to 50; 1 female under 5, 1 female 5 to 10, 1 female 15 to 20, wife was 40 to 50. He was in the 1840 and 1850 censuses for Blount Co., AL. He was not in the 1860 Blount Co. census. (R-1, R-200) Children - Graves +2. Jesse Graves, b. 1810-20, m. Sarah Allison, 18 Aug. 1832, d. before 1850. +3. John C. Graves, b.c. 1818, m. Mary Graves, 2 Feb. 1838, d. 1899. +4. Charles Henry Graves, b.c. 1821, m. Mary Ann Allison, 2 Aug. 1840, d. 5 Nov. 1863. +5. William Graves, b.c. 1823, m. Dicey ------, c. 1848, d. 25 June 1862. 6. Elizabeth Graves, b.c. 1829. +7. Randolph M. Graves, b.c. 1830, m. Elizabeth A. Latham, 23 June 1853, d. 24 March 1896. 8. Nancy Graves, b.c. 1832. 9. Judith Graves, b.c. 1833.

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (1) AND JUDITH ------ Jesse Graves (2) was born 1810-20 in TN, and died before 1850. He married Sarah ("Sally") Allison (or Ellison), daughter of Cunningham Allison (or Ellison) and Nancy ------, on 18 Aug. 1832 in Blount Co., AL. She was born about 1818 in SC. All their children were born in AL. In 1852, Latham Graves was guardian of Sally Allison's children: Charles, Cunningham, and Dorcas. Information sources include Blount Co. marriage records, Blount Co. census, 1840-1900, and Civil War pension records. Cunningham Allison (or Ellison) was born about 1790, died before 1831, and was a son of David Allison Sr. and Dorcas Cunningham. Their children were: Sarah, b.c. 1815-18, m. Jesse Graves; Thomas, b.c. 1817, AL?, m. Easter (or Hattie?) ------; Mary Ann, b. Feb. 1820, GA, m. Charles Henry Graves (Jesse's brother); Cunningham, b.c. 1824, AL, m(1) ------, m(2) Catherine Holt; Dorcus, b.c. 1826, AL, m. Bazel Gregory; Elizabeth ("Betsy"), b.c. 1827, AL. Jesse was probably a son of Thomas Graves, but could have been a son of Latham Graves (Thomas's brother). (R-1) Children - Graves 10. Edward Graves, b.c. 1835. He was shown with the family of his uncle John C. Graves in the 1850 Blount Co., AL census. 11. Dorcas Graves, b. 14 Feb. 1839, m. Enoch Fletcher Hall, 4 Dec. 1861 (Blount Co., AL). 12. Charles Graves, b. 14 July 1841, m. Elizabeth Jane Mitchell, 8 Oct. 1865 (Blount Co., AL), d. before 3 June 1898. 13. Cunningham H. Graves, b. 7 Aug. 1846, m(1) Margaret Hall, 10 Sept. 1865 (Blount Co., AL), m(2) Lucinda A. Powers, 24 Dec. 1893, d. 6 Dec. 1905 (Cullman Co., AL). Bur. Holly Pond Cem.

John C. Graves (3) was born about 1818 in TN, and died in 1899 in Cullman Co., AL. He married Mary Graves on 2 Feb. 1838 in Blount Co., AL. She was born about 1820 or 1821 in AL, and died in 1889 in Cullman Co., AL. They were both buried in Valley Springs Cem., Cullman Co. Their marriage license (Blount Co. marriage records) states that he was a son of Thomas Graves. She was a daughter of Doctor ("Doc") Graves and Sally Allred, and both Thomas and Doc signed the marriage certificate. John Graves enlisted in the Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, Stewart's Battalion, Capt. Jim Hamilton, and was discharged April 1864 in Madison Co., AL. The following children, all born in AL, were shown in the 1860 census for Blount Co., AL. (R-1, R-200) Children - Graves +14. Hasten W. Graves, b. 14 March 1840, m. Susan Emoline Bailey, 3 March 1859, d. 28 Jan. 1898. 15. Charlotte Graves, b.c. 1841, m(1) Jacob Knight, m(2) ------ Owens, d. 14 July 1906. Bur. Valley Grove, Cullman Co., AL. +16. Margaret Graves, b.c. 1843, m. James A. Lowery, 6 Dec. 1860, d. 18 Jan. 1889. 17. Dicey Graves, b. 16 March 1847, m. Enoch P. Alldredge, 13 Feb. 1870 (Blount Co., AL), d. 1 June 1893 (Blount Co., AL). Bur. Shilo Cem. +18. Rowan Graves, b.c. 1849, m. Margaret F. Sandlin, d. 3 Oct. 1894. 19. Amanda Graves, b.c. 1857, m. Absalom White, 10 Sept. 1875 (Blount Co., AL), d. 1938 (Cullman Co., AL). Bur. Valley Springs Cem., Cullman Co., AL. He was b. 1857, d. 1940.

Charles Henry Graves (4) was born about 1821 in TN, died 5 Nov. 1863 of congestive fever (or yellow fever) in Ross Hospital, Mobile, AL, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Magnolia Cem., Confederate Rest. He served in the Civil War. His family continued to live in Blount Co., AL. He was a farmer, and it is said that he served as a gunsmith during the war, and that his family records were destroyed by the Northern soldiers. He married Mary Ann Allison, daughter of Cunningham Allison and Nancy ------, and sister of Sarah Allison who married Charles' brother Jesse, on 2 Aug. 1840 (or 4 Aug. 1842) in Blount Co., AL. She was born about 1820 in GA, died after 1900 of pneumonia in Blount Co., AL, and was buried in Mount Olive Cem., Blount Co., near Union Grove Church on Route 160 between Nector and Hayden, AL. The following children, all born in AL, were listed in the 1860 census for Blount Co. (R-1, R-200) Children - Graves 20. Hasten (or Hasting) Graves, b.c. 1843, never married, d. 20 Sept. 1863 (killed at the Battle of Chickamauga in the Civil War). +21. Thomas Graves, b. 16 Feb. 1845, m. Eliza Jane Whaley, d. 8 July 1916. 22. Nancy Graves, b.c. 1847, never married, d. 1880-1900. Bur. Mt. Olive Cem., Blount Co., AL. +23. William Graves, b. 3 Dec. 1849, m. Mary Caroline McAnnally, 30 Nov. 1876, d. 24 June 1934. 24. Martha Graves, b.c. 1852, never married, d. after 1918 (Blount Co., AL). Bur. Mt. Olive Cem. 25. Mary ("Polly") Graves, b.c. 1855, never married, d. 14 Dec. 1946 (Blount Co., AL). Bur. Bangor Cem., Blount Co., AL.

William Graves (5) was born about 1823 in Knox Co., TN, and died 25 June 1862 at Camp Douglas, IL. He was a prosoner of war and died of pneumonia and wounds. He was buried at Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cem., Chicago, IL. He married Dicy (or Dicey) ------ about 1848, probably in Blount Co., AL. Her surname may have been Hall. According to the 1850 census of Blount Co., Ala., she was born about 1830 in AL. She died 4 Dec. 1904 in Blount Co., AL, and was probably buried at Siloam Church Cem. She was Primitive Baptist, and joined Siloam Baptist Church, Royal, AL, in 1898. It is tradition that William is a son of Thomas Graves. William was a farmer and a carpenter. According to his Civil War records, William was 6 ft., 3 inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. He was enlisted by Capt. J. C. Skinner at Blountsville, AL on 12 Aug. 1861 to serve for 3 years. He was in the Battle of Shiloh, where he was taken prisoner. (R-1, R-200) Children - Graves 26. Aaron Graves, b.c. 1849 (AL), probably d. before 1860 (since he wasn't in the 1860 census). 27. Margaret Melvina Graves, b. Dec. 1851 (AL), m. Enoch Alldredge (his 2nd wife), 13 Feb. 1894 (Blount Co., AL). 28. Randolph Graves, b.c. 1854, m. Louisa Archer, 27 Dec. 1874 (Blount Co., AL).

Randolph M. Graves (7) was born about 1829 or 1830 in TN, and died 24 March 1896 in Lawrence Co., AL. He was a carpenter. He married Elizabeth A. Latham, daughter of Charles Latham and Sarah ------, on 23 June 1853 in Blount Co., AL. She was born about 1839 in AL. Randolph's widow, E. A. Graves, applied for a Civil War pension on 21 May 1900. Randolph enlisted in the C.S.A., Co. C, 48th Ala. Inf., 17 April 1862, as a private under Capt. Alldredge. He was promoted through the ranks to 2nd Lt., 1st Lt., and made Captain when Capt. Alldredge resigned. He was wounded at Chickamauga on 20 Sept. 1863. He served in Laws Brigade, Field Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. The children listed below, born in AL, were in the 1860 census for Blount Co., AL, and in the 1870 and 1880 censuses for Lawrence Co., AL. (R-1, R-200) Children - Graves 29. Judy Graves, b.c. 1856. 30. Jane Graves, b.c. 1859. 31. Virginia Graves, b.c. 1861. 32. Mary Graves, b.c. 1863. 33. Cynthia Graves, b.c. 1865. 34. Sylvania Graves, b.c. 1868. 35. William Anderson Graves, b.c. 1870.

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF JOHN C. GRAVES (3) AND MARY GRAVES Hasten W. Graves (14) was born 14 March 1840 in Blount Co., AL, and died 28 Jan. 1898 in Madison Co., AL. He married Susan (or Susanne) Emoline Bailey, daughter of Zac Bailey and Mary ------, on 3 March (or 2 May) 1859 in Blount Co., AL. She was born 4 Oct. 1840, and died 22 Feb. 1922 in Madison Co., AL. They were both buried in Lotus Grove Cem., Madison Co., AL, located on Winchester Rd. and County Lake Rd. His will was recorded in Will Book 3, p. 11, Madison Co., AL, 31 March 1898. It mentions wife Susan E. Graves, daughter Mattie J. Burdine, wife of James Burdine, and son Columbus C. Graves. To wife 2 houses on Winchester Rd., place formerly known as Hays Store, house and lot in Deposit where I now live, 1/3 interest in store, house and lot in Deposit, 1/2 of goods in mercantile business known as Graves and Burdine. At her death to Columbus C. Graves, except 1/2 interest in mercantile business to daughter Mattie J. Graves, wife of James M. Burdine. (R-1) Children - Graves 36. Alvan O. Graves, b. 8 Feb. 1860 (Blount Co., AL), d. 7 March 1889. Bur. Bayless Cem., Madison Co., AL. He was a Southern Railroad employee at the time of his death. He was standing on a box car waving to someone just as the moving train went under a bridge which knocked him off the car to his death. +37. Columbus Clinton Graves, b. 14 March 1862, m. Ada L. Rodgers, d. 21 July 1947. 38. Mattie (or Maggie) J. Graves, b. April 1868, m. James M. Burdine, d. May 1908 (Madison Co., AL). Bur. Burdine Cem.

Margaret Graves (16) was born about 1843 in AL, died 18 Jan. 1889, and was buried in Valley Grove Cem., Cullman Co., AL. She married James A. Lowery on 6 Dec. 1860 in Blount Co., AL. He was born about 1840 in AL. They were listed in the 1880 census of Cullman Co., AL. (R-1) Children - Lowery 39. J. R. Lowery, b.c. 1864. 40. R. Lowery, b.c. 1865. 41. L. Lowery, b.c. 1868. 42. L. Lowery, b.c. 1870. 43. L. Lowery, b.c. 1872. 44. Hasten F. Lowery, b. 3 May 1874, d. Dec. 1907. Bur. Valley Grove Cem., Cullman Co., AL. 45. Travis W. Lowery, b. 1875, d. 1909. Bur. Valley Grove Cem., Cullman Co., AL. 46. R. Lowery, b.c. 1878. 47. E. Lowery, b.c. 1879.

Rowan Graves (18) was born about 1849 in Blount Co., AL, died 3 Oct. 1894 of typhoid fever in Cullman Co., AL, and was buried in Cullman City Cem. He married Margaret F. Sandlin. She was born in Nov. 1853 in AL, died 13 Oct. 1903 in San Antonio, TX, and was buried in San Antonio. (R-1) Children - Graves +48. Rand Graves, b. 1876, m. ------, d.c. 1900. 49. John D. Graves, b. Aug. 1877, died young. Bur. Cullman City Cem., Cullman, AL. 50. Lulu Graves, b. Feb. 1880, d. after 1903. Bur. Cullman City Cem., Cullman, AL. 51. Susie Graves, b. 24 Feb. 1885, m. William H. Clark, 20 Feb. 1909, d. 9 Jan. 1974. Bur. Sacred Heart Cem., Cullman, AL. 52. George Graves, b. June 1892, d. San Antonio, TX.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES H. GRAVES (4) AND MARY ANN ALLISON Thomas Graves (21) was born 16 Feb. 1845 in Blount Co., Ala., and died 8 July 1916. He was a farmer and cattle raiser, and owned and operated two farms in Blount Co., Ala. He married Eliza Jane Whaley. She was born in 1856 and died in 1950.

His picture is shown here. (R-200) Children - Graves +53. Mary Della Graves, b. 13 June 1878, m(1) Peter Rogers, m(2) Joe Milton McAnnally, d. 9 Nov. 1968. +54. Dessie Lauretta Graves, b. 1880, m. Joseph Thomas Rogers, d. 1965. 55. Ruth Ann Graves, b. 1882, never married, d. 1967. +56. Thomas Grover Graves, b. 1884, m. Mae Arwood. +57. Dowman Fitzhigh Graves, b. 1886, m. Annie Ruth Lowery, d. 1956. +58. Grace Jane Graves, b. 1889, m. William Hudson Musgrove, 1909. +59. William Frederick Graves, b. 22 Jan. 1892, m. Carrie Leslie Sanders. +60. John Ralph Graves, m. Mary Hickman.

William Graves (23) was born 3 Dec. 1849 and died 24 June 1934, both in Blount Co., AL. He married Mary Caroline (or Carolina) McAnnally, called Caroline, on 30 Nov. 1876 in Blount Co. The marriage license states that they were married at the home of her father. She was born 17 Sept. 1855 and died 17 May 1939, both in Blount Co. Her parents were William H. McAnnally, born 1825, SC, and Elizabeth Swindel, born 1825, AL. They were both buried in Guin's Cove, Blount Co. He was a farmer and a surveyor in Blount Co. They were both Baptists. All their children were born in Blount Co., AL. Mary Caroline was a jolly lady of average height, fair complexion, beautiful brown eyes with a twinkle, and she probably had red hair in her youth. She wore blue and brown dresses which she made, and converted the scraps into quilts for her family. She was content with living on their farm and expressed no desire to go elsewhere, unlike the Graves family members who had itchy feet. William was 11 years old at the beginning of the War between the States. His oldest brother, Hasten, enlisted in Co. K, 19th AL Infantry, on Aug. 12, 1861, and his father enlisted in Co. F, 29th AL Infantry, in Dec. 1861. His father was furloughed home Feb. 28th until June 30th, 1862 to help care for the sick during a flu epidemic. He recalled sadly that was the last time he saw his father, who died of yellow fever in Ross Hospital, Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 5, 1863. This sad news came less than three months after word had been received that Hasten had died in battle at Chickamauga Sept. 20, 1863. With the help of William, his brother Thomas and sisters Nancy, Martha and Mary ("Polly"), all minors, Mary Ann managed the family farm through the difficult war years and post-war years. Her name is one of fifty owners or managers of farms whose names appeared on the 1870 Agricultural Schedule of Township 12, Range 2 West for Blount Co. The hardships of the war did not stop William from acquiring an education and indulging in his hobby of reading and becoming an accomplished fiddler. He recalled that Blount Springs had become a popular resort area around 1868. New people came by train to drink and bathe in the mineral waters. He had eagerly accepted a job as surveyor, this being a trade of many of his forefathers, to help build the railroad. His goal was to become an engineer on the trains. On Nov. 30, 1876, he married Mary Carolina McAnnally, daughter of William Henderson McAnnally and Elizabeth Swindle. Things changed for William. His new bride did not like his working away from home a good share of the time, so he resigned his job with the railroad, regretfully, and settled on a farm located 2 miles northeast of Bangor and 2 miles east of Garden City. Sometimes when he sat quietly, he must have dreamed about what it would have been like had he pursued his dream to be an engineer. He lived 58 years in the house which he built. It had a big front porch and a dog trot, typical of the area and the time. During those years, neighbors, friends and relatives were welcomed to his home; among them were Gov. Rufus Cobb, Whaleys, McAnnallys, Shavers, Musgroves, Greens, Coxs, Prices, Johnsons, Livingstons, Joneses, Powells and many others. Son Gustaves remained unmarried and lived with his parents and, like his father, he did a lot of reading and sometimes played the banjo. The Bangor News for June 28, 1934, said: "On last Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. the death angel came and took away our friend and neighbor, Mr. William Graves. He will be greatly missed by his friends and loved ones." (R-1, R-200) Children - Graves +61. John G. Graves, b. 7 Oct. 1877, m. Jennie Julian, 1912, d. 1941. +62. William Paul Graves, b. Feb. 1879, m. Janie Musgrove, d. 28 Dec. 1933. +63. Charles Henry Graves, b. 2 Oct. 1881, m. Alice Luella Shaver, 15 July 1906, d. 1 April 1970. +64. Josephine Ida Graves, b. 24 May 1884, m. John Franklin Price, 1906, d. 7 Feb. 1962. 65. Gustaves (or Gustavia) Graves, b. 8 Nov. 1888, never married, d. 4 April 1949 (Guin's Cove, Blount Co., AL). He lived with his parents.