Rev. 5 Oct.
2015, Gen. 455
DESCENDANTS
OF PARENTS OF HARRY GRAVES AND AQUILLA GRAVES OF CASWELL CO., NC
GENERATION
1
‑‑‑‑‑‑
Graves (1) may have been born about 1785.
The name of his wife is not known.
It is believed that they were probably the parents of Harry and Aquilla
Graves because Harry and Aquilla were living next to each other in Yanceyville,
Caswell Co., NC in 1870, and are presumed to be brothers.
Children - Graves
+2. Harry Graves, b.c. 1810, m. Anna ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. aft. 1880.
+3. Aquilla Graves, b.c. 1820, m. Catherine ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. aft. 1870.
GENERATION
2
CHILDREN OF
------ GRAVES (1)
Harry Graves (2)
was born about 1810 in NC. He
probably married Anna (ÒAnnieÓ) ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1810 or 1820 in
NC. They were in the 1870 census
for Yanceyville Twp., Caswell Co., NC, living next to Bural and Aquilla
Graves. They were in the 1880
census for Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC, living in the household of Joseph
Graves, 24. In the 1870 census,
Harry and Anna were both listed as 60.
However, Harry was still listed as 60 in 1880, with no relationship, and
Annie was listed as only 50, widow, and mother of Joseph, causing the
identities and relationships to be somewhat uncertain. The names of all the children listed
below were from an article sent by R‑4.
Children - Graves
4. Eshman Graves; not found in any census
record.
5. Silence Graves (son); not found in any
census record.
+6. Iverson Graves, b.c. 1830-1836, m. Barbara Neal, d. aft.
1880.
+7. Bural Graves, b.c. 1834-1844, m. Henrietta ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+8. Samuel Graves, b.c. 1842, m. Laura ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+9. Joseph Graves, b.c. 1856, m. Fannie ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
10. Mary J. Graves
11. Margaret Graves
12. Joyce Graves
Aquilla Graves (3)
was born about 1820 in NC. He
married Catherine ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1825 in NC. They were in the 1870 census for
Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC, living next to Harry and Bural Graves. He was a farmer. All their children were born in NC.
Children - Graves
13. Scott Graves, b.c. 1858.
14. Mariah Graves, b.c. 1863.
15. Louisa Graves, b.c. 1864.
16. Aquilla Graves, b.c. 1869.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF HARRY GRAVES (2) AND
ANNA ------
Iverson Graves (6)
was born about 1830-1836 in NC, and died after 1880. He married Barbara (ÒBarbaryÓ) Neal. She was born about 1840 in NC, and also
died after 1880. They were in the
1870 and 1880 censuses for Locust Hill Twp., Caswell Co., NC. In 1870, his mother-in-law, Milly
Graves, 62, was living with them.
In 1880, his niece, Mary Williamson, 9, and his mother-in-law, Milly
Graves, 75, were living with them.
(The identification of Milly as BarbaryÕs mother is in the 1880
census.) With the recent
information on Ella GraveÕs death certificate (that her mother was Barbara
Neal, Milly Graves may have been IversonÕs mother. He was a farm laborer.
Their children were born in NC.
There was an
Iverson Graves in the 1900 census for Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC, black,
listed as a servant to John A. and Ester H. Pinnix (white). He was listed as widowed, age unknown. There was an Iverson Graves born about
1874 in NC, prisoner, black, married, in the 1910 census for Moundsville,
Marshall Co., WV; this may have been the youngest son of Iverson.. (R‑6)
Children - Graves
17. John Graves, b.c. 1856.
+18. Henry Graves, b.c. 1858, m. McBidney Thomas, 16 Sept.
1877.
19. Jernisso (canÕt read name) Graves,
b.c. 1862.
+20. Robert Graves, b. Feb. 1864, m. Susan A. Turner, 13 Nov.
1886, d. 8 July 1934.
21. McNealy Graves, b.c. 1867.
22. Harriett Graves, b.c. 1869.
+23. Ella Graves, b.c. 1872 (or 18 July 1875), m. Edward
Pinnix, c. 1892, d. 14 Dec. 1971.
24. Iverson Graves, b.c. 1878.
Bural (or Berrell
or Bearl) Graves (7) was born about 1834-1844 in NC, and died after 1880. He married Henrietta ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1845 in NC, and may
have died by 1880. They were in
the 1870 census for Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC, with him age 26, his name
spelled Berrell, and her age 25.
He was in the 1880 census for Yanceyville, listed as age 46, married,
his name spelled Bearl, and no wife.
In his household in 1880 were Emma and Charles Gunn, listed as
daughter-in-law and son-in-law.
In the 1870 census
for Yanceyville, Emma Gunn was listed as an apparent daughter of George and
Sarah Gunn, and they were living next to the family of Daniel Graves (and
DanielÕs probable father, Jeremiah Graves, 80).
Children - Graves
+25. William Marshall Graves, b. 4 March 1865, m. Maggie
Elizabeth Graves, c. 1888, d. March 1941.
26. Henry Graves, b.c. 1869.
Samuel Graves (8)
was born about 1842 or 1843 in NC.
He married Laura ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1847 in NC. They were in the 1870 census for Locust
Hill Twp., Caswell Co., NC, living next to his brother Iverson. He was a farmer. They have not been identified in later
censuses. It was thought that a
Samuel and Laura Graves found in the 1880 and 1910 censuses of Caswell Co., NC,
might be them, but the ages and children donÕt match.
Children - Graves
27. William Graves, b.c. 1862.
28. Lizzie Graves, b.c. 1865.
29. David Graves, b.c. 1869.
GENERATION
4
CHILDREN OF IVERSON GRAVES (6) AND
BARBARA NEAL
Henry Graves (18)
was born about 1858 in NC, and died before the 1900 census. He married McBiday (ÒMaggieÓ) Thomas,
daughter of Ned Allen and Eliza Thomas, on 16 Sept. 1877 in Williamsburg
Township, Rockingham Co., NC[1]. She was born about 1859 in NC. They were in the 1880 census for Locust
Hill Twp., Caswell Co., NC. She
was a widow living with her son Pinkney in 1900; she stated that 10 of her 12 children
were still living. All their
children were born in NC.
Children - Graves
+30. Pinkney Graves, b.c. 1874, m(1) Mary A. Pinnix, 16 Feb.
1898, m(2) Nannie Brinsfield, 4 Dec. 1923, d. aft. 1940.
31. Albert Graves, b.c. 1878.
32. Angeline Graves, b. Dec. 1879.
33. child, died young.
34. Barbary Graves, b. May 1886.
+35. Henry Graves, b. March 1888, m. Pearl ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
c. 1906.
36. Berta Graves, b. Jan. 1890.
37. Arthur Graves, b. Feb. 1892. He may be the one who married Bessie
and was in the 1930 census for Union Ridge, Faucette Twp., Alamance Co., NC.
38. Jennie B. Graves, b. Feb. 1894.
39. George Graves, b. May 1896.
40. James Graves, b. Jan. 1898. He was a servant in the household of
Samuel Matlock in the 1910 census for Faucette, Alamance Co., NC.
41. Floyd Graves, b. Feb. 1899, m.
Mexie Juanita Albright. They were
in the 1920 and 1930 censuses for Patterson, Alamance Co., NC, with no
children. She was b.c. 1900 (NC),
daughter of Sidney Albright and Lessie Coble, and d. 5 March 1969 (Rock Creek,
Alamance Co., NC). Bur. Rock Creek
Church Cem. (Snow Camp, Alamance Co., NC).
Robert Graves (20)
was born in Feb. 1864 in NC, and died 9 July 1934 in Guilford Co., NC. He married Susan A. Turner, daughter of
Joe Turner and Jane Williamson, on 13 Nov. 1886 in Stony Creek, Caswell Co., NC[2]. She was born in May 1872 (or 1879) in
NC, and died 25 Feb. 1934 in Stony Creek, Caswell Co., NC[3].
. They were buried in Stoney Creek
AME Church Cem., Stony Creek, Caswell Co., NC. They were in the 1900-1930 censuses for Stony Creek Twp.,
NC. In 1900, Lizzie Graves, 15,
niece, and Arthur Graves, 14, nephew, were living with them. In 1920, grandchildren Wardenia and
Robert Wright, children of daughter Mamie and Walter Wright, were living with
them. He was a farmer. All their children were born in
NC. (R‑6)
Children - Graves
42. Zachariah Graves, b. 11 March 1889,
m. Teremegia Pinnix, c. 1916, d. aft. 1940. She was b. 10 Dec. 1898 (NC), d. 20 Dec. 1977 (Baltimore,
MD); bur. Rest Haven Cem. (Burlington, Alamance, NC).
43. Richard Giles Graves, b. 28 May
1892, m. Dora Stadler, d. 21 March 1965 (Greensboro, Guilford, NC). She was b. 18 Aug. 1900, daughter of
Robert and Fannie Stadler, d. 2 Dec. 1967 (Greensboro, NC). Both bur. Stoney Creek AME Church Cem.
(Stony Creek, NC).
+44. Oscar Lee Graves, b. Feb. 1894, m. Mallie Susan Graves,
29 Dec. 1915, d. 1948.
45. Mamie Fannie Graves, b. 18 March
1896, m(1) Walter Wright, m(2) Luther Clarence Vincent, d. 16 Jan. 1969. Bur. Stoney Creek AME Church Cem.
46. Arry Graves, b. 13 Dec. 1899,
Lillie V. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 7 Oct. 1960. Bur. Stoney Creek AME Church Cem.
47. Alice Graves, b. 24 Dec. 1901, m.
Joseph C. Vincent, d. 16 Feb. 1954 (Greensboro, NC). Bur. Camp Spring Cem. (Caswell Co., NC).
48. Theodore Roosevelt Graves, b. 14
Jan. 1902, m. Nannie Florence Jones, 23 Dec. 1924 (Caswell Co., NC), d. 17 Jan.
1947 (Alamance Co., NC). Bur.
Stoney Creek AME Church Cem.
49. Obie Stancel Graves, b. 8 Aug.
1907, m. Daisy Turner, 2 Feb. 1922 (Caswell Co., NC), d. 18 Jan. 1963
(Philadelphia, PA).
50. Julia B. Graves, b.c. 1910, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Corbett, d. 13 May 1970 (Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC).
51. Hylene (or Helena) Graves, b. March
1913, d. 24 July 1934 (Durham, NC).
Bur. Stoney Creek AME Church Cem.
52. Juanita Graves, b.c. 1914, m. John
W. Jordan, 14 June 1930 (Danville, NC).
Ella Graves (23) was born about
1872 (or 18 July 1875)(or Oct. 1875, per 1900 census) in NC, probably in
Caswell Co., and died 14 Dec. 1971 in Burlington, Alamance Co., NC)[4]. She married Edward (ÒEddÓ) Pinnix about
1892. He was born in July 1872 in
NC. They were in the 1900 census
for Boon Station Twp., Alamance Co., NC, when 3 of their 4 children were still
living. They were in the 1910
census for Boon Station Twp., Alamance Co., NC. All their children were born in NC.
Children - Pinnix
53. William (ÒWillieÓ) H. Pinnix, b.
May 1896.
54. Annie B. Pinnix, b. June 1897.
55. Ava S. Pinnix, b. April 1900.
56. Sterlin Y. Pinnix, b.c. 1903.
57. Addie L. Pinnix, b.c. 1905.
58. Emma R. Pinnix, b.c. 1908.
CHILDREN OF
BURAL GRAVES (7) AND HENRIETTA ------
William Marshall
Graves (25), called Marshall, was born 4 March 1865 in NC, and died 12 April
1941. He married Maggie Elizabeth
Graves, daughter of Gabriel Graves and Edith Carr, about 1888. (See genealogy 22 for more information
about that family.) She was born
22 Dec. 1867 in Caswell Co., NC, and died 21 Oct. 1952 in Yanceyville, Caswell
Co., NC[5]. They were buried in Graves Chapel
Baptist Church Cem., Anderson, Caswell Co., NC. Marshall believed in a father-dominated family with the wife
and daughters being subservient.
The sons provided the labor for their father's farm operation and later
became business partners in his sawmill operation. The strong religious influence in the family may have led
two of the sons, Gabriel and Henry, to become ministers. They both were active in leadership
roles in Graves Chapel, as was their father Marshall. They were in the 1900 census for Yanceyville, Caswell Co.,
NC. They were in the 1920 and 1930
censuses for Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC. All their children were born in Yanceyville, NC.
From a family page
sent by Mrs. Gladys G. Blackman (R‑4), the following comments are
excerpted. ÒSome have assumed and
passed on in earlier family ancestry writings relative to the history of
William Marshall (family and friends referred to him by his middle name,
Marshall) and his family that Marshall, along with his parents and older
brother Henry[6], were freed
by proclamation of General John M. Schofield, early in May 1863 (which followed
the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863). However, when carefully questioned about the history of
slavery specific to William Marshall Graves, MarshallÕs son Gabriel Parker
Graves shared different information.
According to what he told his youngest daughter, Gabriel ParkerÕs father
(William Marshall Graves) was freed from slavery when William Marshall was nine
years old - around 1872.
This history fits in with the many occurrences of continued slavery
beyond the declaration of freedom.
This continuation of enslavement occurred either through the force of
resisting, rebellious slave-masters who were determined not to concede to their
loss; or, it continued through the consenting/free-choice of slaves who
were aware at some level of their newly granted emancipated status. The latter occurred frequently when the
slaves/slave-family labored under the servitude of a kindly or very
benevolent-type master; and/or the slave(s) was functionally unable to
immediately secure adequate socio-economic support systems for themselves/their
families in practice, to emancipate themselves/their families. It is to be remembered that the
declaration of the slavesÕ freedom came about quite unplanned/impromptu as a
result of the Union winning the war against a longstanding system of human
enslavement. There was no real
planning for and prior establishment of a formalized and organized system
deemed supportive and conducive to the impromptu/unprepared/unplanned
emancipation of a multitude of penniless, often uneducated, often
frightened men, women, and children of all ages. These were people who, for years, most likely their entire
lifetime, had been intentionally socialized and often brutally
conditioned/brainwashed into passivity and dependency. These were the people being released
from slavery into a new legal status of civil liberties --- a status
having very frightening, attendant, self-reliance/self-responsibility
expectations! This was most
commonly their mindset and life-conditions.Ó
ÒLittle is known
about MarshallÕs ancestry except that MarshallÕs father (Bural Graves) had five
brothers and three sisters, Eshman, Silence, Iverson, Joe, Sam, Mary J.,
Margaret, and Joyce Graves. We
know that Iverson fought in the Civil War. Having married Henrietta, the couple bore two Children -
William Marshall and Henry Graves.
Not much is known of MarshallÕs mother, Henrietta, or about her family.Ó
ÒMarshall grew up on the farm and, along with his parents and
his single sibling, Henry, was employed as a laborer by their former
slave-owners, Lee and Dock Graves.
He attended Martin School, later named Fitch School, located on Old
Highway 62 South, Yanceyville, NC.
His parents taught their sons the importance of working hard to earn a
living and instilled in them a deep faith in and reverence for God. Both parents died before Marshall
reached adulthood. Henry, older
than Marshall, died before reaching adulthood. He left no descendants. Marshall, a minor, was left an orphan. As family ties were strong, his aunt
Susan Graves (perhaps his motherÕs sister) provided a home for Marshall.Ó (R‑1, R‑3)
Children -
Graves
+59. William Albert Graves, b. 3 Dec. 1888, m. Hannah
Glendora Watkins, d. 17 Aug. 1932.
+60. Gabriel Parker Graves, b. 5 Sept. 1890, m. Genevieve
Brown, c. 1921, d. 16 May 1993.
61. Edith Henrietta Graves, b. July
1892, m. Eddie Thomas Graves, d. 13 April 1924 (Yanceyville, NC). See descendants under Eddie Thomas
Graves, Genealogy 67.
+62. Johnny Pleasant Graves, b. 30 June 1894, m. Bessie ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
c. 1920, d. 5 May 1976.
+63. Henry Thomas Graves, b. 4 May 1896, m(1) Lucille
Watkins, 19 Jan. 1919, m(2) Annie Watlington, d. Aug. 1986.
+64. George Abriel Graves, b. May 1898, m. Mary E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 11 March 1940.
+65. Burley (or Burlie) Owen Graves, b. 15 Sept. 1900, m(1)
Mary Fannie Watlington, 28 Dec. 1919, m(2) Beulah Willis, d. 19 Sept. 1971.
66. Joseph Ezra Graves, b. 12 Nov.
1902, d. 28 May 1919 (Burlington, NC).
67. Hattie Lou Graves, b. 22 Jan. 1904,
m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Sellars, d. 7 Feb. 2002
(Burlington, NC).
68. Mary Magaline Graves, b. 16 June
1906, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Sellars, d. 18 Feb. 1997 (Sanford,
NC).
69. Fannie Graves, b. 16 Jan. 1909,
m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Gregory, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Brown, d. 10 Feb. 1998 (Burlington, NC).
70. Samuel Vincent Graves, b. 18 Nov.
1911, d. Oct. 1976 (Caswell Co., NC).
GENERATION
5
CHILDREN OF HENRY GRAVES (18)
AND MAGGIE THOMAS
Pinkney (ÒPinkÓ)
Baalam Graves (30) was born about 1874 (or March 1876 or 1 Feb. 1880[7])
in Caswell Co., NC, and died after 1940.
He first married Mary A. Pinnix, daughter of Nelson Pinnix and Sallie
Corbitt, on 16 Feb. 1898 in Caswell Co., NC[8]. She was born in Oct. 1875 in Caswell
Co., NC, died 25 Nov. 1922 in Faucette, Alamance Co., NC, and was buried in
Stoney Creek AME Church Cem., Stony Creek, Caswell Co., NC[9]. Pink and Mary were in the 1900 census
for Stony Creek Twp., Caswell Co., NC, with no children. They were in the 1910 census for
Faucette Twp., Alamance Co., NC, when his sister-in-law Fannie Pinnix, his
sister Jennie, and his brother Floyd, were living with them. All their children were born in
NC. He married second Nannie
Brincefield, daughter of George Buck Brinsfield and Millie Brinsfield, on 4
Dec. 1923 in Alamance Co., NC. She
was born about 1906 in NC. They
were recorded on the 1930 census in Faucette, NC and the 1940 census in
Graham-Burlington, Alamance Co., NC.
Some of the children recorded with them on the 1940 census were listed
on the North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes as the son of Pink,
Pinkney B., Pinkney Balum, or Pinkey Balum Graves; however, the motherÕs name
was not recorded. There may be
children other than the ones listed below.
Children - Graves, by Mary
Pinnix
71. Fannie Indier Graves, b.c. Aug.
1909.
72. Bettie Lee Graves, b. and d. 28
March 1914, stillborn (Faucette, NC).
Children - Graves, by Nannie
Brincefield
73. Finley Lee Graves, b. 23 Sept. 1924,
d. 7 Jan. 2008. Dates are from the
SSDI; last residence was Burlington,
Alamance Co., NC.
74. Henry Thomas Graves, b.c. 1926.
75. James OÕ Daniel Graves, b.c. 1928.
76. Paul Nathaniel Graves, b. 25 Sept.
1929 (Guilford Co., NC).
77. May Magdeline Graves, b.c. 1929.
78. Minnie Graves, b.c. 1931. May be Besse M. Graves, b. 6 April 1931
(Guilford Co., NC).
79. Joe Lewis Graves, b.c. 1937.
Henry Graves (35)
was born in March 1888 in NC. He
married Pearl ‑‑‑‑‑‑ about 1906. She was born about 1889 in NC. They were in the 1910 census for
Pleasant Grove Twp., Alamance Co., NC, when 1 of their 2 children was still
living, and his brother Floyd was living with them. He was a farmer.
Children - Graves
80. Edward L. Graves, b.c. 1907.
CHILDREN OR ROBERT GRAVES (20)
AND SUSAN A. TURNER
Oscar Lee Graves
(44) was born 21 Feb. 1894 in NC, died in 1948, and was buried in Graves Chapel
Baptist Church Cem., Anderson, Caswell Co., NC. He married Mallie Susan Graves (Genealogy 67), daughter of
William Henry Graves and Addie Bell Phillips, on 29 Dec. 1915 in Fawcett Twp.,
Alamance Co., NC[10]. She was born 14 Feb. 1896 in Caswell
Co., NC, died 10 May 1966 in Reidsville, Rockingham Co., NC, and was buried in
Stoney Creek AME Church Cem., Stony Creek, Caswell Co., NC. This family was recorded on the 1920
census in Stony Creek, NC, the 1930 census in Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC, and
1940 census in Stony Creek, NC; their children were born in NC. He was a farmer. Mallie married second Linwood Herman
Allen, son of Al Allen and Mitt Lipscomb, on 29 June 1956 in Caswell Co., NC[11]. He was born 13 July in Caswell Co., NC.
Children - Graves
81. Verdia Adelaide Graves, b. 28 Oct.
1916.
82. Winifred B. Graves, b. 21 March
1918.
83. Mary Graves, b. 2 May 1920.
84. Sallie Pearl Graves, b. 8 May 1922.
85. Oscar Graves, Jr., b. 2 Sept. 1925,
m. Mollie Ellen Blackwell. Date is
from his World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940-1947.
86. Vivian Izone Graves, b. 6 June
1928.
87. Marvis Joyce Graves, b. 14 Nov.
1930.
88. Willie Richard Graves, b. 13 July
1934.
89. Barbara Ann Graves, b. 7 May 1936.
90. Eddie Phillips Graves, b. 2 Aug.
1938.
CHILDREN OF
WILLIAM M. GRAVES (25) AND MAGGIE E. GRAVES
William Albert
Graves (59) was born 3 Dec. 1888 in Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC, died 17 Aug.
1932 in Caswell Co., NC, and was buried in Graves Chapel Baptist Church Cem.,
Anderson, Caswell Co., NC. He
married Hannah Glendora Watkins, daughter of Grant Watkins and Caroline Piles. She was born 5 July 1900 in Caswell
Co., NC, died 16 Feb. 1982 in Burlington, Alamance Co., NC, and was also buried
in Graves Chapel Baptist Church Cem.
They were in the 1920 census for Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC, living
next to his parents. They were in
the 1930 census for Yanceyville Twp., Caswell Co., NC. All their children were born in
Yanceyville, NC. After he died,
she married second King David Poole on 3 April 1935 in Caswell Co., NC. She married third ‑‑‑‑‑‑
King. She married fourth John
Lloyd Bolden on 11 Sept. 1974 in Caswell Co., NC. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
+91. William Granderson Graves, b. 31 Oct. 1919, m. Mae Wilma
Watlington, d. 21 July 2008.
92. Virgil Nathaniel Graves, b. 26 May
1921 (Yanceyville, NC). Living in
Greensboro, NC.
93. Virginia Adell Graves, b. 29 Dec.
1922, m. Wyatt Victor Gentry, d. 23 Feb. 2012. He was b. 6 Aug. 1915 (NC), son of John Gentry and Laura
Gwynn, and d. 18 March 1971 (Blanch, Caswell Co., NC). Both bur. Graves Chapel Cem.
94. Henry Graves, b. and d. 18 Sept.
1924 (Yanceyville, NC). Premature
birth. Bur. Graves Chapel Cem.
95. Ernest Julius Graves, b. 17 July
1926, d. 14 Jan. 1980 (Caswell Co., NC).
96. Willie Graves, b.c. 1927, d. 28
March 1928 (Yanceyville, NC). Bur.
Graves Chapel Cem.
97. Albert Glennie Graves, b. 29 April
1929, m. Carrie ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Living in South Hill, VA.
98. Gennie Louis Graves, b. 27 July
1932.
Gabriel Parker
Graves (60) was born 5 Sept. 1890 in Yanceyville Twp., Caswell Co., NC, and
died 16 May 1993 in Burlington, Alamance Co., NC. He married Genevieve (ÒJennieÓ) Brown, daughter of Lewis
Brown and Dora Gwynn, about 1921.
She died before 12 Sept. 2004.
They were in the 1930 census for Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC, when he
was listed as Able and she was called Genevieve. He was a farmer.
All their children were born in NC. (R‑5)
Children - Graves
99. James (ÒJimmieÓ) Lewis Graves, b.
18 Jan. 1922, d. 3 March 1923 (both in Caswell Co., NC). Bur. Graves Chapel Cem. (Caswell Co.,
NC).
100. James Preston Graves, b.c.
1924, d. before 12 Sept. 2004.
101. Jasper T. Graves, b.c. 1925,
d. before 12 Sept. 2004.
102. Jennie I. Graves, b.c. 1927,
m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Neely, d. before 12 Sept. 2004.
103. Dora Graves, b.c. 1929, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Mosby, d. before 12 Sept. 2004.
104. Fred D. Graves, b.c.
1930. Living in Glen Burnie, MD.
105. Hubert G. Graves, d. before
12 Sept. 2004.
+106. Lorene Graves, b. 26 Dec. 1939, m. James Alvin
Allen, d. 12 Sept. 2004.
107. Lottie Belle Graves, d.
before 12 Sept. 2004.
108. William P. Graves; living in
Yanceyville, NC.
109. Huston O. Graves; living in
Burlington, NC.
110. Aaron R. Graves; living in
OH.
111. Elijah Graves; living in OH.
112. Fannie D. Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Strayborn. Living in Danville, VA.
113. Verna Y. Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Town. Living in Yanceyville, NC.
114. Lottie Mae Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Bigelow. Living in Washington, DC.
115. Mattie M. Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Bigelow. Living in Mt. Vernon, NY.
116. Rebecca Graves, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Saunders. Living in Yanceyville,
NC.
Johnny Pleasant Graves (62) was
born 30 June 1894 in NC, and died 5 May 1976 in Yanceyville, NC. He married Bessie ‑‑‑‑‑‑
about 1920. She was born about
1900 in NC. They were in the 1930
census for Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC. He was a farmer.
All their children were born in NC.
Children - Graves
117. George Graves, b.c. 1920.
118. Mary Graves, b.c. 1922.
119. Linwood Graves, b.c. 1929.
Henry Thomas Graves
(63) was born 4 May 1896 in Caswell Co., NC, and died 24 Aug. 1986 in VA. He first married Lucille (ÒCeylieÓ)
Watkins, daughter of Grant Watkins and Caroline Piles, on 29 Jan. 1919 in
Caswell Co., NC[12]. She was born 5 Aug. 1902 in Caswell
Co., NC, and died 12 May 1922 in Anderson, Caswell Co., NC of pulmonary
tuberculosis[13]. This family was recorded on the 1920
census in Anderson, Caswell Co., NC.
He married second Annie Wilson Watlington, daughter of George Watlington
and Fannie Totten. She was born 6
June 1904 in NC, and died 16 July 1990 in Danville, VA. They were buried in Graves Chapel
Baptist Church Cem., Anderson, Caswell Co., NC. He was licensed to preach in 1924 and ordained in 1933. He preached regularly at Sellars School
in the early days of his ministry.
He began to pastor the Olive Grove Baptist Church in 1948. This family was recorded on the 1930
and 1940 censuses in Anderson Township, Caswell Co., NC; their children were
born I NC. (R‑1)
Children -
Graves, by Lucille Watkins
120. Hattie Mae Sue Graves, b.
1920, d. 1920 at age 4 months.
Children -
Graves, by Annie Watlington
121. Lusterene Watlington Graves,
23 June 1924, m(1) Logan Jacob Fields, m(2) Bennie Lewis Rogers, 22 June 1957
(Danville, VA), d. 22 Nov. 1999 (Caswell Co., NC). She and Logan were bur. Graves Chapel Cem. She attended Winston-Salem State Univ.
122. Annie Mae Boyd Graves, b. 4
Oct. 1925, d. 15 May 1926 (Anderson, NC).
Bur. Graves Chapel Cem.
+123. Thomas Lorenza Graves, b. 22 Feb. 1927, m. Shirley
Jefferies, d. 3 Oct. 1985.
+124. Dolphas Lee Graves, b. 12 March 1929, m. Ollie
Wimple, d. 12 July 1994.
+125. Onzer Aron Graves, b. 29 March 1931, m. Gladys
Wimple, 27 Dec. 1951, d. 6 June 1958.
126. Roy Madison Graves, b. 11
April 1933, d. 21 Feb. 1995 (Washington, DC). Bur. Graves Chapel Cem.
127. Ocie Louise Graves, b. 2
Sept. 1935, m. James (ÒNedÓ) Bigelow, 14 July 1951.
128. Viola Marie Graves, b. 14
Sept. 1937, m. James Pruitt, d. 10 Feb. 1969. She worked as a beautician for the Dept. of Navy, U.S.
Govt. 1 daughter. Bur. Graves Chapel Cem.
129. Ethel Delois Graves, b. 3
July 1939, m. Roy Fuller. He
received a BA from Bennett College, a Master from Howard Univ., and supervised
children's services and social workers in Caswell Co., NC. 2 children.
130. Gladys Wythene Graves, m.
James Blackman.
131. Kenneth Matthew Graves, b. 8
June 1945, m. Virginia Garland.
George Abriel Graves (64) was born
in May 1898 in NC, and died 11 March 1940 in Durham, NC. He married Mary E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1901 in NC. They were in the 1920 census for
Anderson Twp., Caswell Co., NC, when his sister, Mary L., 12, and his
sister-in-law, Mary F., 18, was living with them. He was a farmer.
Children - Graves
132. Maggie A. Graves, b. 1919
(NC).
Burley (or Burlie) Owen Graves (65)
was born 15 Sept. 1900 in NC, died 19 Sept. 1971 in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC[14]
and was buried in Graves Chapel Baptist Church Cem., Anderson, Caswell Co.,
NC. He married Mary Fannie
Watlington on 28 Dec. 1919 in Caswell Co., NC. She was born about 1902 in NC, died in 1954, and was buried
in Blackwell Missionary Baptist Church Cem., Locust Hill, Caswell Co., NC. They
were in the 1930 census for Yanceyville, Caswell Co., NC, when his cousin,
Charlie Brown, 21, was living with them.
He was a farmer. All their
children were born in NC. He
married second Beulah Willis. She
was born 22 Sept. 1910, died 25 Dec. 1976, and was also buried in Graves Chapel
Baptist Church Cem.
Children - Graves, by Mary
Watlington
133. Joseph Graves, b.c. 1921.
+134. Lemma Odelia Graves, b. 3 June 1922, m. Alexander
Dalton Vaughn, 26 Dec. 1939, d. April 1993.
135. Ruthie Graves, b.c. 1925.
136. Mary Burnett Hazel Graves, b.
7 Sept. 1926, m(1) Walter Edsell Phillips, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Adams, d. 1 Sept. 2014 (Danville, VA).
Bur. Graves Chapel Cem.
137. Claudie Graves, b.c. 1928.
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[1] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Rockingham, Marriage Register - Black (1867-1897), as posted on ancestry.com.
[2] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Caswell, Marriage Register (1853-1961), as posted on ancestry.com.
[3] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, certificate 104, as posted on ancestry.com
[4] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, certificate 40826 records her parents as Òthe late, Iverson GravesÓ and Òthe late, Barbara NealÓ.
[5] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, certificate 23665, as posted on ancestry.com.
[6] The 1870 census lists William as 3 and Henry as 1, which would make Henry younger, but perhaps that is an error.
[7] North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000, show his delayed birth date as 1 Feb. 1880, parents Henry Graves and Maggie Thomas; however he is shown on the 1880 census as a 6-year old.
[8] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, as posted on ancestry.com.
[9] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, certificate 93, as posted on ancestry.com.
[10] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, as posted on ancestry.com.
[11] North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, as posted on ancestry.com.
[12] North Carolinla, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, as posted on ancestry.com.
[13] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, certificate 265, as posted on ancestry.com.
[14] North Carolina, Deaths,