HABERSHAM, BARTOW, GORDON COUNTY, GA - William B. Grant
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Descendants of WILLIAM B Grant
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM B1 GRANT was born 1793 in South Carolina,
and died October 09, 1847 in Columbus, Muscogee County,
Georgia. He married SARAH WOFFORD 1816 in Habersham
County, Georgia, daughter of NATHANIEL WOFFORD and
LYDIA HOPPER. She was born May 02, 1800 in Franklin
County, Georgia, and died May 02, 1882 in Gordon
County, Georgia.
Marriage Notes for WILLIAM GRANT and SARAH WOFFORD:
William B. Grant was born about 1790/1800 either in
South Carolina or Georgia. The first record we find of
William B. Grant, shows up in Franklin County, Georgia
where he served in the War of 1812. He served in
"Jones Georgia Militia" from November 21 1814 till May
20, 1815. Sarah Grant latter received a petition for
William's service in the War of 1812. I am a member of
the "National Society of the Daughters of 1812" on
William's service.
William B. Grant married Sarah Wofford 1817 in
Habersham County, Georgia. Sarah "Sallie" was born in
Franklin County, Georgia May 2, 1800, she was the
daughter of Nathaniel Wofford and Lydia Ann Hopper, who
resided at the time in the Wofford Settlement, which
was established about 1792/93 by Col. William Wofford,
Nathaniel's father.
We find William and Sarah Grant on the 1820 Census of
Habersham County, Georgia with two small sons Nathaniel
and William Grant, Jr. Charlotte was born there also
in 1822. On this 1820 Census, is listed a John Grant
over 45 years old, I believe this is William's father,
but have no proof of this. (This is incorrect. John was
the son of Lieut. William Grant of Anderson Co. S.C.
They could have been related in some way but I haven't
found any info as yet to connect them. ) By 1823
William and Sarah are living in DeKalb County, Georgia,
where Nathaniel, Sarah's father, had received a land
grant. They are listed on 1830 Census of DeKalb County
and their next three children George, Lydia Ann (our
ancestor) and John Grant were born there.
From all the records, it indicates that William B.
Grant and his family followed, his father-in-law
Nathaniel Wofford into Indian lands. They are listed
of Whites given permission to live on Indian Lands in
1830/31. Both are on a list of petitioners from the
Salacoe Settlement in 1832. This may have been in the
area of Shag Hill, where it was once called Wofford's
Crossroads, a few miles south of Fairmount, Georgia.
Also that year, 1832, William Grant and Nathaniel
Wofford are on Jurors List of Cherokee County and a
voter's list for first election of County Officers in
Cherokee County, dated February 6, 1832.
By 1834, William and Sarah are living in Murray County,
Georgia, that latter in the years becomes Cass County.
This is where William and Sarah Grant settled to raise
their family. William B. Grant, served in the Florida
"Seminole Indian War of 1836/7." He was in the
"Battalion of Georgia Mounted Volunteers," commanded by
Maj. Nelson and himself, Capt. William B. Grant. He
enrolled November 20, 1836 at Kellog Store, Forsythe
County, Georgia and was mustered out September 23, 1837
in Hall County, Georgia. Sarah Grant, later in 1851
applied for Bounty Land for William B. Grant's Florida
Indian War Service.
In 1840 William and his family are found on the Cass
County Census. William B. Grant appears to have been a
well educated man, as he became a Captain in the
Georgia Militia and was said to have been very active
in politics. Family history given, states William
eventually became in control of sixteen sections of
land (over 10,000 aces) in Cass County Georgia and up
into Murray County to the edge of the Carter lands,
where he was stopped. Family history also has it, that
Capt. William B. Grant and and his sons gathered horses
by whatever means possible and William sold them to the
military.
For some reason unknown, some of William B. Grant's
land was seized and sold at auction on May 28, 1845,
with James and Thomas Wofford, Sarah's brothers, being
the highest bidders. Then in 1850 after William B.
Grant's death, Sarah Grant bought back the land for
$400, half being paid by her brother, William B.
Wofford, and witnessed by her son-in-law, Levi Vandiver
and Charles Wofford, her brother, a Justice of the
Peace.
After settling in Cass County, the Mexican War began,
William Grant, along with four of his sons, had
gathered up a Company of men who would serve under him
in Mexico. After reaching Columbus, Georgia, he
returned to North Georgia to enlist more men. But
having some arrangements of necessity, which I feel may
have been to do with the death of his son, James Grant,
who died July 10, 1847 in Mexican War, and was unable
to leave when the Battalion took up the line of march
for Mexico.
After finishing his business, he returned to Columbus,
Georgia in very feeble health and died a few days
later, October 9, 1847, at the home of his friend, Mr.
Sartwell. He was buried with Military Honors by the
"City Light Guards". The service was held at the
Linwood Baptist Church and we are led to believe that
he was buried at the Linwood Cemetery, there are 1000
unmarked graves there. His death notice can be found
in the "Columbus, Georgia Weekly Enquirer" October 12,
1847.
After William's death, Sarah Grant received a pension
from William's Mexican War service till the beginning
of the Civil War, at which time she was cut off from
her pension till the end of the Civil War, at which
time she then was able to pick up her pension once
again. Sarah's father, Nathaniel, had participated in a
war against the Cherokees in 1794 and the War of 1812
against the British. Her grandfather, William, was a
Revolutionary Soldier.
Sarah Wofford Grant was quite a woman, as she raised a
large family mostly by her self. Sarah went through
the mist of the Civil War with her home being in the
path of Sherman's destruction, and received cannonball
damage to one side of her home. She had five sons in
the Confederate Army, who were once captured, and
released to go on fighting till the close of the war.
All survived the War, with Andrew J. Grant, her
youngest son, loosing an arm at the should from a
cannonball, at Missionary Ridge.
Sarah Grant's will was made August 23, 1880 and
recorded in Gordon County, Georgia. Sarah died May 2,
1882 and is buried on the Old Grant Farm located on
lots 295 and 296 southeast of Ranger, Georgia, near
Fairmount, Georgia on the East Damacus Church Road, on
the hill behind her home. Her son Andrew Jackson
"Jack" Grant is buried beside her. Her mother, Lydia
Ann Wofford, who died in 1862 was the first person
buried in this family cemetery.
Info from descends stated that when Lydia Wofford died
Sarah Grant had a grave dug for her mother on the old
Grant Farm and word was sent out about Lydia's death
and an argument ensued as to where she would be buried.
The Wofford children wanted her to be buried in the
Wofford Cemetery in Bartow Co. Ga. So we are not sure
who won out. There are Tombstones for Nathaniel Wofford
and Lydia Wofford in the Wofford Cemetery but we are
fairly sure that Nathaniel's is only a monument as he
died in Arkansas in 1847 where he had an Indian wife
and four more children by her in Ark. located in what
is now Oklahoma. It could be Lydia's Tombstone is a
monument also. There was a sunken place like a grave in
the Old Grant Cemetery when we were there in 1987.
Children of WILLIAM GRANT and SARAH WOFFORD are:
2. i. NATHANIEL2 GRANT, b. 1818, Habershm County, Georgia; d. February 01, 1865, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
3. ii. JR WILLIAM(B.) GRANT, JR., b. 1820, Habershm County, Georgia; d. 1855, Montgomery County, Arkansas. (I never found any records showing William Grant'Jr.'s middle initials was a B.)
4. iii. CHARLOTTE GRANT, b. 1822, Habershm County, Georgia. Died in Arkansas.
5. iv. RICHARD G.W. GRANT, b. August 26, 1823, DeKalb County, Georgia; d. September 27, 1907, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
6. v. LYDIA ANN GRANT, b. October 18, 1825, DeKalb County, Georgia; d. March 25, 1892, Roy, Gilmer County, Georgia.
vi. JAMES GRANT, b. 1828, Carroll County, Georgia; d. July 10, 1847 while serving in the Mexican War.
7. vii. JOHN H GRANT, b. 1829, DeKalb County, Georgia. Died in Arkansas.
viii. ROBERT R GRANT, b. 1831, DeKalb County, Georgia; m. UNMARRIED. Died before 1900 of a shot gun wound in his front yard.
Marriage Notes for ROBERT GRANT and UNMARRIED:
Robert R. Grant was born 1830/1 in DeKalb County,
Georgia. Robert Grant was a Lieutenant in the Civil
War, Co. I, 36th Georgia Infantry. He was captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863 and paroled five
days later. He then was again captured at Nashville,
Tennessee, December 16, 1864 and was sent to
Louisville, Kentucky and transferred to Johnson's
Island near Sandusky, Ohio. He was released at
Louisville, Kentucky.
Robert served as Justice of Peace in 1867 in Gordon
County, Georgia. He was not married when found on the
1880 Census with his mother, Sarah Grant in Gordon
County. Robert was last found in 1885 in Gordon
County, when he was selling his share of land left to
him in his mother's will.
ix. MARGARET JANE GRANT, b. 1834, Cass County, Georgia.
8. x. THOMAS JEFFERSON GRANT, b. April 12, 1838, Cass County, Georgia; d. April 27, 1914, Cleburne, Johnson County, Tennessee.(This should be Texas.)
xi. ANDREW JACKSON GRANT, b. August 25, 1842, Cass
County, Georgia; d. February 16, 1933, Gordon County,
Georgia; m. (1) FRANCES ELIZABETH WALRAVEN, July 23,
1889, Gordon County, Georgia; b. December 1849; m. (2)
MARY ELLEN MULKEY, July 08, 1906, Gilmer County,
Georgia.
Marriage Notes for ANDREW GRANT and FRANCES WALRAVEN:
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Grant was born August 25, 1842 in
Cass County, Georgia. He served in the Civil War with
Company I, 36th Georgia Infantry as a Sergeant. He was
also captured at Vicksburg and paroled five days later.
Then "Jack" was in the Battle at Missionary Ridge
November 25, 1863 and lost his left arm.
After the war, Andrew Jackson Grant married in Gordon
County, Francis E. Ballew, widow of J.W. Ballew. "Jack"
married the second time, Mary Ellen Neighbors Mulkey.
He did not have any children by either of his wives,
but help raise the Ballew and Mulkey children. Andrew
Jackson was the last of Sarah's children to live in the
Old Grant Home there in Gordon County, he died February
16, 1933 and is buried next to his mother and
grandmother on the old Grant farm.
xii. SARAH J GRANT, b. 1843, Cass County, Georgia; m.
MARTIN L EVANS, January 04, 1880, Gordon County,
Georgia. Died in Texas.
xiii. JULIA M GRANT, b. 1845, Cass County, Georgia. (I
haven't been able to prove she was Wm. B. and Sarah
Grant's daughter but most likely was.)
Generation No. 2
2. NATHANIEL2 GRANT (WILLIAM B1) was born 1818 in
Habershm County, Georgia, and died February 01, 1865 in
Montgomery County, Arkansas. He married (2) ELIZABETH
WACASTER December 06, 1842 in Montgomery County,
Arkansas. She was born 1830 in Georgia. He married
(1) MARGARET LUCINDA VANDIVER December 06, 1842 in CASS
CO., GA, daughter of MANNING VANDIVER. She was born
Abt. 1824 in SOUTH CAROLINA, and died Abt. 1860 in
MONTGOMERY CO., ARK.
Marriage Notes for NATHANIEL GRANT and MARGARET
VANDIVER:
Nathaniel Grant who was born 1818/19 in Habersham
County, Georgia. He married Margaret Lucinda Vandiver,
daughter of Manning Vandiver of Anderson County, South
Carolina, December 6, 1842 in Cass County, Georgia.
Nathaniel was a Justice of the Peace in 1843 in Cass
County. He was a Lieutent in the Mexican War, 13th
Georgia Inf. He and Margaret moved to Montgomery
County, Arkansas before the start of the Civil War, he
served in the 4th Arkansas Regiment in Company C, F and
S. Margaret died about 1861 and Nathaniel married the
second time to Elizabeth Wacaster. Nathaniel Grant
died February 1, 1865 from an illness contracted in the
Civil War. He was probably buried on his farm at Gap
Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
Children of NATHANIEL GRANT and ELIZABETH WACASTER are:
i. ROBERT W3 GRANT, b. 1862, GAP TWP, MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS.
ii. WILLIAM BURDINE GRANT, b. November 8, 1864, GAP
TWP, MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS and d. Nov. 20, 1944 Matador,
Motley Co. Tx.; m.1st. ELLA MILLS July 5, 1885. 2nd.
to a Mrs. Montra Hankins Apr. 15, 1909 Hill Co. Texas.
Children of NATHANIEL GRANT and MARGARET VANDIVER are:
1. SARAH JANE GRANT, b .May 3, 1843, CASS COUNTY,
GEORGIA; d. 1870/73, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; m.
JOSEPH H MEEKS, July 14, 1870.
2. NATHANIEL GRANT 'Jr. b. June 8, 1846 Cass Co.
Ga. And d. before 1850 Cass Co. Ga.
3. GEORGIAN GRANT, b. May 16, 1849, CASS COUNTY,
GEORGIA and d. before 1870 Montgomery Co. Ark.
4. MARGARET CHARLOTTE GRANT, b. March 06, 1852, GAP
TWP, MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS; d. July 16, 1930, BLEVINS,
HEMPSTEAD, ARKANSAS; m. WILLIAM W WILSON, March 19,
1871, ARKANSAS.
5. MARY (POLLY) CLARINDA GRANT, b. August 13,
1854, GAP TWP, MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS; d. 1916, MENA,
POLK, ARKANSAS; m. (1) SAMUEL J HALL; m. (2) ROBERT
HARRIS; m. (3) LEE MCALISTER.
6. MARTHA LOUISA GRANT, born July 23, 1857 and d.
before 1860
7. ISABELLA LUCINDA GRANT, b. Dec. 20, 1858, GAP TWP,
MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS; d. Jan. 1860, GAP TWP,
MONTGOMERY, ARKANSAS. (From the 1860 Mortality
Schedule.)
(The names and dates came from a copy of Nathaniel and
Margaret Grant's Bible.)
3. WILLIAM GRANT, JR. (WILLIAM B1) was born 1820 in
Habershm County, Georgia, and died 1855 in Montgomery
County, Arkansas. He married MARGARET ELIZABETH COLLUM
1845 in Cass County, Georgia, daughter of SOLOMAN
COLLUM and MARY CLUSTER. She was born 1828 in Monroe,
Walton County, Georgia, and died 1869 in Montgomery
County, Arkansas. Should read Monroe Co. Ga.
Marriage Notes for WILLIAM GRANT and MARGARET COLLUM:
William B. Grant, Jr. was born about 1820 in Habersham
County, Georgia. He married at Cass County in 1845,
Margaret Elizabeth Collum, the daughter of Soloman and
Mary Cluster Collum, who was born 1828 in Monroe,
Walton Co. Georgia. Wrong, it should be Monroe Co. Ga.
William served in the Mexican War as a Corporal in the
13th Georgia Infantry, Company A. William and Margaret
moved with his other brothers and a sister to
Montgomery County, Arkansas in 1851. Not much is known
about William, Jr., as he died at an early age in
Montgomery County about 1855. He also is probably
buried on his farm at Mazarn Township, Montgomery
County, Arkansas.
Margaret married after his death, a Joseph M. Jones.
She died around 1869 in Montgomery County.
Children of WILLIAM GRANT and MARGARET COLLUM are:
i.LYDIA ARLEE3 GRANT, b. 1846, CASS, COUNTY, GEORGIA; d.
1877, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; m. JAMES M COX,
September 04, 1870, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
9. ii. SOLOMAN-JAMES THOMAS GRANT, b. February 02,
1848, CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA; d. April 11, 1931, MENA,
POLK, ARKANSAS. Married Nancy Caroline Tucker ca 1878.
iii. JOHN ROBERT GRANT, b. March 08, 1852, MONTGOMERY,
ARKANSAS; d. January 19, 1920, MENA, POLK, ARKNASAS; m.
NANCY E GARNER, August 29, 1879, AMITY, CLARK,
ARKANSAS.
iv. WILLIAM BURDENE GRANT, b. February 02, 1848, CASS
COUNTY, GEORGIA; d. February 04, 1926, MENA, POLK,
ARKANSAS; m. MARY ELIZABETH FREDONA , September 03,
1875, ,, TEXAS. Mary Elizabeth Fredona's last name was
Williams
(William Burdine and Soloman James Thomas Grant were
Twins.)
4. CHARLOTTE2 GRANT (WILLIAM B1) was born 1822 in
Habershm County, Georgia. She married LEVI VANDIVER
June 03, 1843 in Cass County, Georgia. He was born
1823 in Anderson County, South Carolina.
Children of CHARLOTTE GRANT and LEVI VANDIVER are:
i. WILLIAM3 VANDIVER, b. 1844, CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
ii. JAMES W VANDIVER, b. March 1846, CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA; m. ELIZA VANDIVER, 1870.
iii. SARAH VANDIVER, b. 1852, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
iv. MARY POLLY VANDIVER, b. 1856, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
v. LEVI VANDIVER, b. 1858, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
5. RICHARD G.W.2 GRANT (WILLIAM B1) was born August
26, 1823 in DeKalb County, Georgia, and died September
27, 1907 in Montgomery County, Arkansas. He married
(2) ELIZABETH COLEMAN FOSHEE. He married (1)
CLARINDA AMY ELIZABETH RITCHIE 1848 in Cass County,
Georgia. She was born August 29, 1830 in South
Carolina, and died 1865 in Redriver, Texas.(Another
decendent stated Clarinda's maiden name was Hewitt>)
Marriage Notes for RICHARD GRANT and CLARINDA RITCHIE:
Richard George Washington Grant was born August 26,
1823 in DeKalb County, Georgia. He married in Cass
County in 1848, Clarinda Amy Elizabeth Ritchie, who was
born August 1830 in South Carolina. Richard served in
the Mexican War with the 13th Regiment Infantry. He
was discharged January 20, 1848 on a medical discharge
at National Ridge, Mexico.
Richard and Clarinda moved to Montgomery County,
Arkansas with his brothers and sister in 1851. For
some unknown reason they were in Texas in the 1860's
and he lost his wife and three small children to an
illness. They are buried at Redriver, Texas near
Clarksville. Richard then moved back to Montgomery
County, Arkansas and married Elizabeth Coleman Foshee
in 1870. Richard Grant died September 27, 1907 and
buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery in Montgomery County,
Arkansas.
Children of RICHARD GRANT and CLARINDA RITCHIE are:
i. MYRA3 GRANT, b. 1849, CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH GRANT, b. March 20, 1852, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; d. February 12, 1916, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS; m. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JONES, Abt. 1875, ARKANSAS.
iii. MARY POLLY GRANT, b. 1854, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; d. 1865, RED RIVER, TEXAS.
iv. MARGARET GRANT, b. 1856, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; d. 1865, RED RIVER, TEXAS.
v. NELLY GRANT, b. 1858, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; d. 1865, RED RIVER, TEXAS.
vi. THOMAS STERLIN GRANT, b. July 20, 1862, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; d. May 29, 1947, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS; m. LIZA JANE JOSEPHINE COLLUM, September 21, 1884, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
6. LYDIA ANN2 GRANT (WILLIAM B1) was born October 18,
1825 in DeKalb County, Georgia, and died March 25, 1892
in Roy, Gilmer County, Georgia. She married MARMADUKE
S SWANN 1851 in Cass County, Georgia, son of WILLIAM
SWANN and MARY KELLEY. He was born March 09, 1832 in
Rhea County, Tennessee, and died December 20, 1910 in
Roy, Gilmer County, Georgia.
Marriage Notes for LYDIA GRANT and MARMADUKE SWANN:
Marmaduke S. Swann, our ancestor, was son of William
Burdine Swann and Mary Ann Kelly. He was born March 9,
1832 in Rhea County, Tennessee. He moved to Georgia
with his family when he was about four years old. The
family lived in Murray County, Gordon County, Pickens
County and later at the farm at Talking Rock Creek
where Swann Bridge is located. Marmaduke married in
Cass County, Georgia in 1851 to Lydia Ann Grant, the
daughter of William B. Grant and Sarah Wofford. Lydia
was born in DeKalb County, Georgia, October 18, 1825.
It is believed that Marmaduke and Lydia Ann lived in
Pickens or Gordon County some of the time after they
were married, since three small children and a grown
son are buried there at the Lyle Cemetery. The couple
moved to Gilmer County where he is listed as a miller
and a millwright. He was also a bridge builder (I have
copy of the blue prints of bridge he built).
The records show that Marmaduke served in the Civil
War. On June 11, 1861, he was a 3rd Sgt., on December
9, 1861 he was transferred to Co. H. and was wounded at
Manassa, Virginia on August 30, 1862. In 1864 he was
appointed 2nd Sgt. His Pension Records show that he
was detailed in a machine shop in Atlanta and he was at
Kingston, GA, May 12, 1865, when the War ended.
Marmaduke was a member of the Christian Church for more
than fifty years. He helped build River Hill Church in
Gilmer County, near his home. He operated a grish mill
and lumber mill. He had cataract eye surgery in
Atlanta at the age of forty and soon after lost his
sight.
Lydia Ann died March 25, 1892 and she is buried at
Ebenezer Baptist Church on Cartecay Road. Their oldest
daughter, Mary Elizabeth Swann, who married Jedire
Anderson, was my great grandmother.
After Lydia's death, Marmaduke married Alice Bradley
and after her death, he married the third time Edith
Grizzle. Marmaduke Swann died at Roy in Gilmer County,
December 20, 1910 and is buried beside Lydia Ann at
Ebenezer.
Swann family information from:
Evelyn Canups eg_canup@bellsouth.net
(Census and Deed Records of Gilmer County; Pension Papers for the Civil War.)
Children of LYDIA GRANT and MARMADUKE SWANN are:
10. i. MARY ELIZABETH3 SWANN, b. July 10, 1854, GEORGIA; d. 1895, Gilmer County, Georgia.
11. ii. WILLIAM B SWANN, b. November 19, 1855, ,, GEORGIA; d. October 25, 1925.
iii. GEORGE W SWANN, b. July 25, 1857; d. October 17, 1858, GORDON, GEORGIA.
iv. SARAH JANE SWANN, b. 1860; m. GEORGE JOHNSTON.
12. v. TATUM SWANN, b. December 24, 1861; d. January 03, 1895, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
vi. THOMAS ANDREW SWANN, b. September 24, 1865; d. September 24, 1946, GRANDVIEW, JOHNSON, TEXAS.
vii. LYDIA U SWANN, b. March 19, 1867; d. March 11, 1871.
7. JOHN H2 GRANT (WILLIAM B1) was born 1829 in DeKalb
County, Georgia. He married MARY Unknown (It was
Dudley) 1856 in Cass County, Georgia. She was born
1833 in Ga. No it was South Carolina.
Marriage Notes for JOHN GRANT and MARY GRANT:
John H. Grant was born 1856 in Cass county, Georgia and
he married there in 1856 to Mary, Dudley. John was a
lieutenant, then became a Captain in the Civil War. He
served with Co H, 18th Georgia Infantry. After the
Civil War he moved to Fort Smith, Sebastian County,
Arkansas.
Little else is known about him, the last record of John
is in 1885, Fort Smith, when he released his part of
the land in Gordon County, Georgia that was left to him
his his mother, Sarah Grant in her will.
Children of JOHN GRANT and MARY GRANT are:
1 LYDIA A3 GRANT, b. 1857, CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
2 SARAH J GRANT, b. 1859, CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
3 Robert Grant
4 John W. Grant
5 Lucy Grant
8. THOMAS JEFFERSON2 GRANT (WILLIAM B1) was born April
12, 1838 in Cass County, Georgia, and died April 27,
1914 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Tennessee. He
married MISSOURI WARWICK December 28, 1873 in Cass
County, Georgia. She was born September 1850 in
Georgia, and died July 21, 1926 in Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tennessee. (Should be Texas not Tennessee.)
Marriage Notes for THOMAS GRANT and MISSOURI WARWICK:
Thomas Jefferson Grant was born April 12, 1838 in Cass
County, Georgia. He married there December 28, 1873 to
Missouri Warwick, who was born September 1850/1 in
Georgia.
Thomas served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company
I, 36th Georgia Infantry. He also was captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863 and paroled five
days later. Thomas and Missouri moved to Cleburne,
Johnson County, Texas around 1904. He died there April
27, 1914 and Missouri died July 21, 1926.
Children of THOMAS GRANT and MISSOURI WARWICK are:
i. ANDREW JACKSON3 GRANT, b. October 1874, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
ii. LILA GRANT, b. 1876, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
iii. CHESTER GRANT, b. 1879, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
iv. GEORGE GRANT, b. April 1884, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
v. PLUMES GRANT, b. February 1887, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
vi. WILLIAM GRANT, b. September 1889, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
vii. HOWARD GRANT, b. May 1892, GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Generation No. 3
9. SOLOMAN-JAMES THOMAS3 GRANT (WILLIAM B.2, WILLIAM
B1) was born February 02, 1848 in CASS COUNTY, GEORGIA,
and died April 11, 1931 in MENA, POLK, ARKANSAS. He
married NANCY CAROLINE TUCKER 1873 in CLARK COUNTY,
ARKANSAS. She was born May 29, 1835 in MCNAIRY, TENN.,
and died February 06, 1905 in MENA, POLK CO., ARK..
Children of SOLOMAN-JAMES GRANT and NANCY TUCKER are:
i. WILLIAM ALEXANDER4 GRANT, b. March 05, 1874, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS; d. March 28, 1960, BORGER, HUTCHISON, TEXAS; m. NORA BELL CHANCELLOR, February 06, 1893, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS.
13. ii. JAMES WYATT, b. September 22, 1875, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS; d. March 16, 1944, BEAUMONT, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.
iii. LAURA LEE GRANT, b. September 22, 1877, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS; m. JESSIE FLETCHER GORDON, May 01, 1892.
iv. ARRIE LEE GRANT, b. September 22, 1877, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS; d. June 20, 1962, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA; m. DAVID GOODNER JACKSON, February 02, 1893, AMITY, CLARK CO., ARK..
v. SARAH E GRANT, b. September 09, 1879, AMITY, CLARK, ARKANSAS; d. September 09, 1944, MENA, POLK, ARKANSAS; m. HENRY ANDERSON, September 1896, MENA, POLK CO., ARK..
10. MARY ELIZABETH3 SWANN (LYDIA ANN2 GRANT, WILLIAM
B1) was born July 10, 1854 in GEORGIA, and died 1895 in
Gilmer County, Georgia. She married JEDIAH CLINTON
ANDERSON October 18, 1878 in Gilmer County, Georgia,
son of ENSLEY ANDERSON and MARY BLACKWELL. He was born
November 10, 1848 in Gilmer County, Georgia, and died
November 25, 1918 in GilmerCounty, Georgia.
Marriage Notes for MARY SWANN and JEDIAH ANDERSON:
Jedire Clinton Anderson, our ancestor, the fifth child
of Ensley and Mary Ann Blackwell Anderson was born
November 10, 1848. He married Mary Elizabeth Swann,
daughter of Marmaduke and Lydia Ann Grant, October 18,
1878 in Gilmer County, Georgia. Mary Elizabeth was
very talented, spinning wool and making beautiful
coverlets. Jedire was a farmer and a merchant, a
religious and civic leader. Starting July 16, 1887 and
for many years, he was Clerk of Macedonia Baptist
Church.
In 1890 Mr. Ward in his book states: "The County has a
fraternity, its term, the Gilmer County Alliance. Gid
Anderson is president. It is an organization mainly of
farmers.
Mary Elizabeth died in 1895 and is buried at Ebenezer
Baptist Church.
Jedire married the second time on April 9, 1896 to
Nancy Allen, the daughter of Epp and Necie Allen. The
post office called, Ralston, Georgia, was located in
their house, beginning in March 1901 and Nancy was the
post mistress for forty years. Jedire was a Mason, as
shown by a Masonic emblem on his tombstone. He died
November 25, 1918 and is buried at Macedonia Cemetery.
Nancy died in Florida, March 10, 1941 and her body was
brought back to Macedonia Cemetery, to be placed by
Jedire.
(Marriage Certificate; Will Records of Gilmer County;
picture of tombstone and 1870 Census of Gilmer County,
Georgia).
Children of MARY SWANN and JEDIAH ANDERSON are:
14. i. NANCY JANE4 ANDERSON, b. December 19, 1880, , GILMER, GEORGIA; d. March 19, 1957, ATLANTA, FULTON, GA bur. East Point, GA, Hillcrest Cemetery.
ii. WILLIAM MORMIE ANDERSON, b. September 16, 1882, GILMER C0UNTY, GEORGIA; d. August 15, 1884, Gilmer County, Ga. bur. Ebenezer Cemetery.
15. iii. MARY LYDIA ANDERSON, b. January 13, 1884, RALSTON, GILMER, GEORGIA; d. January 30, 1943, ELLIJAY, GILMER, GEORGIA, bur. Macedonia Cemetery.
16. iv. JAMES CLINTON ANDERSON, b. April 21, 1885, Gilmer County, Georgia; d. April 05, 1952, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.
17. v. SAMUEL ENSLEY ANDERSON, b. April 02, 1887, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA; d. April 02, 1943, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, bur. Macedonia Cemetery.
vi. THOMAS FLOYD ANDERSON, b. April 21, 1889, , GILMER, GEORGIA; d. April 21, 1894, , GILMER, GEORGIA.
vii. LESTER LEOLAN ANDERSON, b. February 18, 1891, GILMER C0UNTY, GEORGIA; d. October 20, 1966, BAKERFIELD, CALIFORNIA.
18. viii. ELLA ROSLEY ANDERSON, b. October 04, 1892, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA; d. August 11, 1965, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, bur. Ebenezer Cemetery.
19. ix. ROBERT OSCAR ANDERSON, b. February 20, 1894, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA; d. August 1964, BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.
11. WILLIAM B3 SWANN (LYDIA ANN2 GRANT, WILLIAM B1) was born November 19, 1855 in ,, GEORGIA, and died October 25, 1925. He married AMANDA C MATHIS February 17, 1893 in TALKING ROCK, PICKENS, GEORGIA. She was born September 09, 1871, and died September 21, 1948.
Children of WILLIAM SWANN and AMANDA MATHIS are:
i. HARLEY LEE4 SWANN.
ii. LYDIA ANN SWANN.
iii. WILLIAM DAVID SWANN.
20. iv. CHARLES THOMAS SWANN, b. January 17, 1894, TALKING ROCK, PICKENS, GEORGIA; d. November 04, 1967, TIPTON, TILLMAN, OKLAHOMA.
v. ERNEST SWANN SWANN, d. August 20, 1905.
vi. VERNIE ANDREW SWANN, b. September 21, 1906.
12. TATUM3 SWANN (LYDIA ANN2 GRANT, WILLIAM B1) was
born December 24, 1861, and died January 03, 1895 in
GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA. He married (1) MARY M
PLEMMONS, daughter of JAMES PLEMMONS and REBECCA HOLT.
She was born February 25, 1871. He married (2) MARY
TIPTON. He married (3) MARY M PLEMMONS, daughter of
JAMES PLEMMONS and REBECCA HOLT. She was born February
25, 1871. He married (4) MARY TIPTON.
Children of TATUM SWANN and MARY PLEMMONS are:
21. i. LYDIA ARLOLA4 SWANN, b. July 1893; d. December 1974, OCILLA, IRWIN, GEORGIA.
ii. JAMES STEVE SWANN, b. May 1895; d. September 10, 1985, OCILLA, IRWIN, GEORGIA.