The Graham Family Genealogy
* Names in red indicate direct line of descent. Spelling of this surname is often found as Grayham or Greyham. Some of the other surnames closely connected to these Grahams are Bryant, Carson, and Barker.
ROBERT GRAHAM b. abt. 1730, d. aft. Nov. 1803 Moore Co., NC. Wife is unknown. It is probable Robert was from VA before settling in Moore Co., NC where his residency is well documented through land records.
*(Much information on this early Robert is courtesy of descendants Debra McCann, Joan Bryant, Ken Lindsay, and Rita Poynter. My thanks to all.)
Children of Robert Graham and Unknown
GEORGE GRAHAM m. Sally (last name unknown}, had three known children, Sally, Leah and Robert.
ROBERT GRAHAM d. bef. March 1827 Moore Co., NC. Wife's name unknown. Four children; Mary, Elizabeth, Malcolm b. abt. 1804 and Andrew b. abt. 1808.
THOMAS GRAHAM d. bef. May 1818 Moore Co., NC.
UNKNOWN Daughter GRAHAM m. ROBERT CARSON
JAMES GRAHAM b. May 1, 1754, married to Unknown, d. Aug. 15, 1837 KY. In the early 1800's James is found in Casey Co., KY, then Lincoln Co., KY according to KY Land Grants Records. Prior to KY he was likely living in or around Moore Co., NC.
LEAH GRAHAM b. 1767 Moore Co., NC, married MICHAEL BRYANT in 1785 Moore Co., NC and had six children together; Elisha B., James, Needham, Thomas, Dicey, and Nellay.
Children of James Graham and Unknown
JAMES GRAHAM b. abt. 1780-1790, nothing more known at this time.
LEAH GRAHAM b. 1789 Moore Co., NC. Married ANDERSON SHELTON of VA in 1805 Lincoln Co., KY and had eight children.
ROBERT GRAHAM b. abt. 1790, NC or KY, married (date unknown) MARY (maiden name unknown, possibly CARSON), b. 1793, NC. The 1830 census for Lincoln Co., TN shows Robert and his wife as having three sons and three daughters between the ages of 5 and 20. I have been unable to account for one son and one daughter, who may have died after the 1830 census, or may have been the older children who married/moved out before the next census. They apparently lived in KY before moving to TN, as at least three of their children show KY birthplaces on the 1850 and 1860 census' for Lincoln Co., TN.
It appears Robert died sometime after 1832 (birthdate of last known child) and before 1842, as his widow, Mary Graham, married Ebenezer Pickett in Lincoln Co., Flintville, TN on May 12, 1842. Ebenezer was 30 years her senior. The 1850 census for Lincoln Co. shows Ebenezer, Mary, and four of the Graham children living in the household along with a 7 yr old child named Sarah J. L. Carson, and a 22 yr. old woman named Amy Faulkner.
By 1860 it appears Ebenezer had died, as Mary Graham Pickett is shown living with her son, Dodson Graham listed as head of household. The 1860 census also shows Elizabeth Graham, age 40 and unmarried, Catherine Graham, age 35 and unmarried, Samantha, age 16, who's last name is uncertain, and John J. Graham, his wife, Susan M. Barker, and their one year old son, James Graham living in the same household.
LITTLETON FOSTER GRAHAM b. April 12, 1799 Casey Co., KY, married Dec. 23, 1822 in Casey Co., KY to CATHERINE CARSON b. 1802 Casey Co., KY. They had ten children together. Littleton Graham died 1889 Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR.
Children of Robert Graham and Mary
ELIZABETH GRAHAM, b. 1820, KY
DODSON (or DOTSON) GRAHAM, b. 1822, KY
CATHERINE GRAHAM, b. 1825, KY
JOHN J. GRAHAM b. 1832, Lincoln Co., TN, married SUSAN M. BARKER, September 30, 1857, in Lincoln Co., Flintville, TN.
John J. Graham served the Confederacy as a Private in Company A, 44th Tennessee Consolidated Infantry (a unit formed in the Lincoln/Bedford, TN areas).
Children of John J. Graham and Mary
JAMES ROBERT GRAHAM, b. 1859 in Flintville, Lincoln Co., TN. Married April 4, 1884 in Lincoln Co., TN, ALICE BARKER, b. October 2, 1867, Flintville, Lincoln Co., TN. They had four children together, their eldest two daughters were born in TN before the family moved to Milam Co., TX about 1890/1891. Two more children were born in Davilla, Milam Co., TX, before James' death from influenza June 6, 1894 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX.
Alice Barker Graham was the daughter of Rev. James T. Barker, b. April 16, 1844 in Flintville, TN, and Louise Gibson Jordan, b. June 22, 1841, in Fort Payne, DeKalb Co., AL. Alice was the eldest of eight children. After the death of her husband, James R. Graham, Alice married James H. Server in 1898 in Texas, and had one son, Farrol Eugene Server, b. July 21, 1908, who was killed January 10, 1945 in WWII aboard a troop transport, USS Warhawk, off the Philippines. She also helped raise a step-daughter, Mattie Server, b. June 16, 1884 in TX. Alice's second husband, James Server, died July 7, 1924. Alice died August 9, 1926 in Davilla, Milam Co., TX.
Children of James R. Graham and Alice Barker
SUSIE MAE GRAHAM, b. April 26, 1890, Flintville, Lincoln Co., TN. Married December 10, 1910 in Brenham, Washington Co., TX, BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL, b. January 8, 1892, Gay Hill, TX. They had two sons and a daughter in Texas before moving to California in the 1920's. Susie Mae died May 16, 1977, San Bernadino, CA; Benjamin Harvey died January 4, 1983 in Pomona, CA.
ROBERT GRAHAM, b. June 14, 1891, Davilla, Milam Co., TX., d. September 5, 1916, unmarried with no known children. Family tradition holds that Robert was killed in WWI, but it is unclear how or where since the United States did not enter the war until after that date. Some Americans joined the war effort in Europe prior to U.S. involvement, so that may be a possibility.
SALLIE GRAHAM, b. February 1894, Davilla, Milam Co., TX. She became a school teacher and lived most of her life in Davilla, where she died in 1964. It is believed Sallie had a beau who was killed in World War I. She never married and had no children.
Children of Susie Mae Graham and Benjamin Harvey Hill
FARRINGDON GRAHAM HILL, b. October 25, 1911, Gay Hill, TX., d. January 28, 1944, San Francisco, CA. Never married, no known children. Was known as "Don".
EUGENE BENJAMIN HILL, b. December 26, 1912, Gay Hill, TX, m. May 26, 1940, DORRIS CLEO SLATON, b. July 19, 1921, Gainesville, TX. Gene and Klee (as they were called) had two daughters, DeAnna Gene and Jacqueline Sue, in CA, then moved their family to the territory of Alaska in 1947 while Gene worked on the Alcan Highway helping link Alaska to the continental U.S. Two more children were born, a son, Michael Eugene Hill and a daughter, Joni Klee Hill. Gene worked around the world as an Operating Engineer into his seventies, retired 1986 and died December 28, 1988. Klee was an accomplished writer and painter. She died May 1994. Both are interred in Northern Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
MARGUERITE HILL, b. March 15, 1915, Gay Hill, TX. d. 1922 TX at the age of seven.
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