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The will of Thomas Grant (w 27 Mar 1774; p. Granville Co., NC, August Ct. 1774) names: Daughter Francess Allin -- slaves Daughter Mildred Owen -- slaves "...Two acres of land in the County of Hanover and Province of Virginia Whereon the Meeting House now stands known by the name of Ground Squirll Meeting house including the ___ to the use of the Presberterian Congregation upon the conditional __ that the said congregation do keep a good and genteel pailing or rails round the graves of my daughter in law and grandson that is buried in said ground..." Son Daniel Grant -- residue Grandson Thomas Grant -- large gun, sword and beltExecutor: son Daniel GrantWitnesses: Fanney Owen (jurat), Armella Grant (jurat), Benja. Smith, Fanney Grant
Source: Will of Thomas Grant. Written 27 March 1774; probated, Granville Co., NC, August Court, 1774. Copy received from Granville County Probate Court, 1996.
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"A GENEALOGICAL CHART of a Portion of the Descending Line of THOMAS GRANT, Emigrant.
"THOMAS GRANT.From Scotland. Land Patent 1100 acres Gave two acres for Ground Squirrel Meeting House, Hanover County, Virginia.MARRIED ISABELLA RICHARDSON.Died in the Province of North Carolina and County of Granville, 1773- 91 years of age.
(son of Thomas and Isabella)
DANIEL GRANT.Born Hanover County, Va., 1724. To Granville County, N.C., 1764. To Wilkes County, Ga., 1783. Elder, Ground Squirrel Meeting House, Va. 1755. Elder Grassy Creek, Granville County, N.C., 1765-1785, and while there, before the Revolution, was appointed by the Colonial Governor as Justice of the Peace and Road Commissioner for Granville County. Built first Methodist Meeting House in Georgia, 1787. Died October 19, 1793, Wilkes County, Georgia.MARRIEDELIZABETH TAIT.Died October 13, 1763. Buried Ground Squirrel Meeting House, Hanover County, Va.
(son of Daniel and Elizabeth)- THOMAS GRANT, II.Born Hanover County, Va., May 21, 1757. Baptized by Samuel Davies, President Princeton College. To Granville County, N.C., 1764. Volunteer at Cross Creek, February, 1775. Ensign Continental Line, April, 1776, 18 years of age. Lieutenant 1778. On State Surveys 1779-80. To Wilkes County, Georgia, 1784. Died Monticello, Georgia, November 27, 1828.MARRIEDFRANCES OWEN,June 6, 1781. Born May 23, 1762. Died September 15, 1812, Wilkes County, Georgia.
(son of Thomas and Frances)- - DANIEL GRANT, II.Born in Granville County, N.C., March 9, 1782. To Wilkes County, Ga. 1784. To Greene County, Ga., 1811. To Athens, Ga. 1826. Died in Athens, Ga. July 10, 1859.MARRIEDLUCY CRUTCHFIELD(Daughter of John Crutchfield, of Wilkes County, Ga.) June 10, 1810. Born March 10, 1783. Died Athens, Ga., June 8, 1845.
(3 children of Daniel and Lucy)
- - - 1. JOHN THOMAS GRANT.Born Grantsville, Greene County, Ga., Dec. 13, 1813. Lived in Athens, Walton County, and Atlanta, Ga. State Senator. Died in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18, 1887.MARRIEDMARTHA COBB JACKSONDec. 23, 1834 (Daughter of William H. Jackson and Mildred Lewis Cobb, Grand-Daughter of Governor James Jackson of Georgia, and sister of Chief Justice James Jackson of Georgia.) Born January 29, 1816. Died September 26, 1893, Atlanta, Ga.(children of John Thomas & Martha)MILDRED LEWIS GRANT Born Aug. 12, 1841, Died Aug. 12, 1841.JOHN T. GRANT. Born October 22, 1854. Died March 8, 1855.
- - - 2. MARY ELIZABETH GRANT.Born April 25, 1820.Died Sept. 3, 1846.Married JOSEPH C. WILKINS,of Liberty Co., Ga. June 27, 1837.(child of Mary Elizabeth & Joseph) GRANT WILKINS. Born Feb. 30, 1843, Liberty Co., Ga. Married JULIA ABERCROMBIE, of Columbus, Ga. Jan. 17, 1871.
- - - 3. JAMES LOVICK GRANTBorn SEpt. 30, 1825. Died Sept. 12, 1867, Atlanta, Ga.Married SARAH JANE MORROW of Walton Co., Ga. Oct. 30, 1849.(children of James Lovick Grant and Sarah Jane Morrow))MARY GRANT Born Sept. 11, 1851, Walton County, Ga. Married W.M. DICKSON Oct. 24, 1871, No issue.DANIEL GRANT Born Nov. 5, 1864. Married PEARL NEELY, Memphis, Tenn., May 29, 1890.(Their children-James Neely Grant. Born March 30, 1891, at Memphis, Tenn. and Daniel Brooks Grant. Born Nov. 1, 1895.)PETER G. GRANT. Born April 30, 1866.
(son of JOHN THOMAS GRANT 1813-1887)- - - - WILLIAM DANIEL GRANT. Born in Athens, Ga., August 16, 1837. Captain, Forrest's Brigade, C.S.A., at capture Murphreesborough, Tenn. Around Nashville, Tenn., Mumford, Ky., Perryville, Ky., Crab Orchard, Ky. With Rear Guard retreat from Knoxville. At Battle Stone River. Superintendent of Defenses around Atlanta.MARRIEDSARAH FRANCES REIDJUne 13, 1866. (Daughter of William Reid and Martha T. Wingfield) Born February 22, 1839, near West Point, Ga.
(3 children of William Daniel Grant & Sarah Frances Reid)
- - - - - 1. JOHN WILLIAM GRANTBorn July 26, 1867, near West Point, Georgia.Married ANNIE MARTIN INMAN, April 11, 1893, (Daughter Hugh T. Inman and Margaret Josephine Van Dyke) Born Athens, Tenn., Apr. 1, 1872.(Their children- Margaret Van Dyke Grant. Born Sunday, May 13, 1894. Atlanta, Ga. and Hugh Inman Grant. Born Thursday, November 21, 1895, Atlanta, Ga.)
- - - - - 2. SARAH FRANCES GRANTBorn Jan. 1, 1870, near West Point, Georgia. Married THOMAS COBB JACKSON, NOv. 18, 1891. He died Feb. 23, 1895. No issue.
- - - - - 3. WILLIAM REID GRANT.Born June 16, 1873. Died June 16, 1873.
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, d. Yes, date unknownMarried: William Allen