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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1746 - 1829 (83 years)
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| Name |
Graves, John Herndon [1, 2, 3] |
| Title |
Captain |
| Birth |
1746 |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
1899 |
| Death |
28 Oct 1829 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I1874 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
| Father |
Graves, John, b. Abt 1715, Virginia d. 18 Jan 1792, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Lea, Isabella, b. 1738, King and Queen County, Virginia d. Aft 20 Apr 1796, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age > 58 years) |
| Relationship |
unknown |
| Marriage |
1753 |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| Reference Number |
12140 |
| Notes |
- Query whether the marriage date usually shown of 1753 is accurate. Most believe that John Graves moved to the area that was to become Caswell County in 1754. Accordingly, the marriage date of 1753 may be a year too early. Note also that many believe that Isabella Lea was not the first wife of John Graves. Note also, that some researchers claim that John Graves and Isabella Lea were already married when they relocated from Virginia. Researchers are advised to proceed with caution in this area.
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| Family ID |
F824 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Slade, Ann, b. 1749, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 4 Jun 1807, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Feb 1770 |
Orange County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
15916 |
| Notes |
- Marriage Record
Groom: John Graves
Bride: Elizabeth Coleman [second wife]
Bond Date: 28 Nov 1808
Bond #: 000015572
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 001637
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 113
Bondsman: Groves Howard
Witness: Alex Murphey Deputy Clerk
Source: Ancestry.Com North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Marriage Record
Groom: John Graves
Bride: Elizabeth Coleman
Date: 28 Nov 1808
Bondsman or Witness: Groves Howard
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1778-1868, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1981) at 38
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| Children |
| + | 1. Graves, Elizabeth, b. 29 Jan 1771 d. 1828 (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Graves, Catherine, b. 23 Feb 1773, Orange County, North Carolina d. 12 Jan 1860, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Graves, Colonel Thomas Slade, b. 5 Feb 1775, Orange County, North Carolina d. 17 Mar 1847, Walton County, Georgia (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Graves, Azariah, b. 1 Nov 1776 d. 1 May 1837 (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Graves, Elijah, b. 8 Dec 1778, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 29 Oct 1855, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Graves, Captain William, b. 27 Oct 1780 d. 25 Dec 1845 (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Graves, General Barzillai, b. 16 Apr 1782, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 10 Oct 1850, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 8. Graves, Delilah, b. 7 Sep 1784 d. 13 Apr 1848 (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 9. Graves, Ann, b. 3 Dec 1786 d. 8 Apr 1855, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 10. Graves, Mary, b. 15 Jan 1792, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 3 Feb 1846, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1041 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Burton, Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov 1759, Goochland County, Virginia d. Aft 1826, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age > 68 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Nov 1808 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [4, 5] |
| Reference Number |
20017 |
| Notes |
- Groom: John Graves
Bride: Elizabeth Coleman
Bond Date: 28 Nov 1808
Bond #: 000015572
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 001637
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 113
Bondsman: Groves Howard
Witness: Alex Murphey Deputy Clerk
Source: Ancestry.Com North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
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| Family ID |
F1042 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- John Herndon Graves (1746-1829)
See: John Herndon Graves
Married (1) Nancy Slade and (2) Elizabeth Burton Coleman. Captain in the Revlutionary War; wounded at Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Had ten children. Note that some researchers state that his first wife was named Nancy Talbot/Talbert Slade.
Note the various birth years ascribed to John Herndon Graves: 1746, 1747, and 1749. Both Louise Graves and Katharine Kerr Kendall use 1746, but Kendall probably is following the lead of Louise Graves in Graves: Twelve Generations, Some Descendants and Kin, Louise Graves (1977). However, Louise Graves was a direct descendant of John Herndon Graves and conducted the most comprehensive research to date. Accordingly, the year 1746 will be used until an original primary source is found to indicate otherwise. The Graves Family Association uses both 1747 and 1749.
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The following is from Graves Family Association Genealogy #270 (John Graves). Note that not all researchers agree that the mother of Nancy Slade Graves was Anne Talbot Slade. They believe her mother was Hannah Miles Slade:
John Herndon Graves was born September 1749, probably in Spotsylvania County, Virginia., and died 28 August (or October) 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and was wounded in the battle of Guilford Court House, 15 March 1781, and left on the field. He lived in Caswell County, North Carolina, during the Revolution.
He first married Nancy Slade, daughter of Thomas Slade and Anne Talbot [but see above], on 5 February 1770. She died 4 June 1807 at Yanceyville, North Carolina. He secondly married Elizabeth Burton Coleman. There were no children by his second marriage. His will (Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Book L, page 462) was dated 9 January 1826, codicil dated 26 August 1829, probated 1830. His will was witnessed by Jeremiah Graves, probably his nephew.
He was a representative in the North Carolina State Assembly in 1788, 1791, 1792 and 1793, and a member of the State Convention to consider the Federal Constitution in 1788 and 1789.
Children by Nancy Slade
1. Elizabeth Graves, b. 29 Jan. 1771, m. Thomas Kimbrough, 29 March 1792, d. 1828. 2. Catherine Graves, b. 23 Feb. 1773, m. Groves Howard, 12 Feb. 1792, d. 12 Jan. 1860.
3. Thomas Slade Graves, b. 5 Feb. 1775, m. Mary Lee Bennett, 7 May 1800, d. 17 March 1847.
4. Azariah Graves, b. 1 Nov. 1776, never married, d. 30 April (or 1 May, according to his gravestone) 1837. He was a merchant, teacher, and Justice of the Peace.
5. Elijah Graves, b. 8 Dec. 1778, never married, d. 29 Oct. 1855. According to his gravestone, he was 76 yrs., 10 months, 21 days of age at death.
6. William Graves, b. 27 Oct. 1780, m (1) Isabella Graves, m (2) Anne Lea Graves, May 1815, d. 25 Dec. 1845.
7. Barzillai Graves, b. 16 April 1782, m (1) Frances Williams, m (2) Mary Thomas (Marshall) Royal, d. 10 Oct. 1850.
8. Delilah Graves, b. 7 Sept. 1784, m (1) David Womack, m (2) Abner Miles, d. 13 April 1848.
9. Nancy Graves, b. 3 Dec. 1786, m. Bartlett Yancey, Jr., 8 Dec. 1808, d. 8 April 1855.
10. Mary ("Polly" or "Molly") Graves, b. 15 Jan. 1792, m. James Mebane, 1835 (or 1833), d. Jan. 1846 (or 3 Feb. 1845).
Source: Graves Family Association Genealogy #270 (John Graves). Cited: Mrs. P. W. Hiden, "The Graves Family of Spotsylvania County," Tyler's Quarterly, vol. 19, 1938, pp. 176-185, 242-251; and John Card Graves, Family of Capt. Thomas Graves of Virginia, unpublished manuscript, early 1900's.
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For detailed and comprehensive information on the Graves family (including those branches having no connection to Caswell County) go to the Graves Family Association Website. Please note the substantial revisions being proposed to the genealogy of Captain Thomas Graves as a result of DNA findings. Also note that not all Graves family researchers agree with the methodology used in this study or the conclusions reached. For a summary of the problems with this study go see Graves Family Association DNA Project: Problems.
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Abstract of will of John Herndon Graves [referred to as John Graves, Sen.]:
462 John Graves Sen. -- Will -- written 9 Jan 1826. Wife Elizabeth to have mansion house and plantation from mouth of Meeting House branch to spring to road to Caswell Court House to Fuller's Branch to the creek for her lifetime. Wife to have furniture which she had before their marriage. Daughter Polly Graves (land whereon I live inc mill which was purchased of son Barzillai Graves, 412 acres, and joint use of mansion house whereon I reside. Daughters Betsy Kimbrough and Delilah Miles to get Moon's Creek tract of 1000 acres, Delilah to have part where she now lives and then to go to all her children with children of her first marriage to David Womack to get 2/3 of Delilah's part. Have advanced property to all children real and personal and in some cases no titles executed -- also to sons-in-law intended for their wives -- hereby ratify and confirm all such advancements. Son Azariah to have 5 acres around his Tanyard. All property to be evaluated and equal division to children by 5 men appointed to appraise estate and each child to account for advancements already recd. Enjoin children to allot negroes among themselves and not separate any man from wife. Exec: sons Thomas, Azariah, Elijah, and William Graves and they to serve without charge. Wit: Jeremiah Graves, Lewis Evans.
Codicil -- 28 Aug 1829 -- Tract of land on Moon's Creek given to daughter Elizabeth Kimbrough and equal part of rest of estate to be null and void. Children of said daughter, Nancy Evans, Polly Chandler, Duke W. Kimbrough, Elijah G. Kimbrough, and Azariah G. Kimbrough to have $1500 divided amongst them. This to be considered their Mother's part of estate after her advancement. Wit: Jeremiah Graves, Paul A. Haralson. All exec qualified.
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814 and 1814-1843, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1983) at 97-98.
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It is interesting to note that in the papers of Robert Sterling Graves is a Graves family tree that refers to John Herndon Graves as "John, Jr.".
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Glasgow Land Fraud Papers 1783-1800, North Carolina Revolutionary War Bounty Land in Tennessee, (v.1) Pt. 4 & Index , A.B. Pruitt, c. 1988, p.65 (comments in brackets, except for [sic], by Pruitt)
Summons 26-29 in behalf of State of North Carolina:
27. Mar. 20, 1800 for Caswell Co [NC] sheriff to summon James Burton & John Graves sr in case of Wynn Dixon.
Glasgow Land Fraud Papers Volume 2 (North Carolina Revolutionary War Bounty Land in Tennessee , A.B. Pruitt, c. 1993, p.86,
479. Petition of William White, James Burton, John Groves [sic], & William Faris to the Assembly: [no date] They were subpoenaed to the Court of Oyer, at Raleigh Jun. 10 "last" for the trial of people charged with "certain" frauds, to give evidence for the State against those charged. They attended the Court. The "Judges" decided at the term the people charged were liable to pay the State's witnesses "on conviction only" [of those charged]. They attended "in some cases" where the people charged were acquitted. But they are "advised" that they are entitled to compensation for their attendance from the State. So they ask for the amount of their "tickets sworn to and filed" with that Court's clerk and which they are ready to produce. [signed] Will White, James Burton, John Groves [sic], & William Faris. [following amounts listed at bottom of the page: (lbs) 1.2.8, 2.0.8, 3.4.8, 3.4.8, 4.0.8, 4.0.8, 2.8.8 (total) (lbs) 20.10.8]. Petition of Will White and "others" Dec. 17, 1800 in House of Commons Read and referred to Committee of Claims. [signed] "by order" J Hunt. Dec. 17, 1800 in Senate Read and referred as by the House. [signed] "by order" M Stokes, clerk; No. 83 and 84; "allowed as to White and "Pharis"; [box 4, folder Miscellaneous petitions].
676. Receipt to James Burton for 145 miles of travel (lbs) 3.10.2 for Wynn Dixon's trial.
Receipt to James Graves [sic] for 132 miles of travel (lbs) 3.7.8 for Wynn Dixon's trial.
Road to be laid out from Capt. John Graves, the nearest and most convenient way to the red house of Hugh Dobbin. July 1784 Session of the Caswell County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Kendall at 11).
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The Caswell County January 1801 Court ordered that "John Graves, Solomon Graves, and Jesse Carter be appointed to lay off and ascertain by proper marks and bounds to the rules and bounds of the gaol of our county so as to include the dwelling house situate being at the Court House as they think proper and necessary and report to next court that the same may be known to prisoners."
Source: Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina 1777-1877, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976) at 23.
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When Person County was carved from Caswell County in 1792 the Caswell County seat at Leasburg no longer was at a central location. Accordingly, the seat was moved to what became Yanceyville. One-hundred acres of land were purchased from Mary Ingram, widow of James Ingram (as returned in a deed by the Caswell County Sheriff 7 May 1794). The one-hundred acres purchased by the county was divided into four blocks and sold for £784, the money to be used to construct public buildings, with one acre left for the public lot, now called the public square. The first courthouse was on the public lot. John Herndon Graves purchased twenty-six acres adjoining the courthouse lot (Caswell Deed book L, page 148); John Buckhannon purchased twenty-seven acres (Caswell Deed Book M, page 76); Jesse Carter purchased twenty-two and a half acres (Caswell Deed Book M, page 179); eleven acres went to Lancelot Johnston, and the remaining possibly was retained for streets.
By 1804, John Herndon Graves had purchased all the land from the original buyers. He ended up with all the acreage at what then was called Caswell Courthouse (eventually named Yanceyville). His family lived around the public lot. It was not until the 1830s before his family parted with any foot of land adjoining the public square.
Source: Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina 1777-1877, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976) at 146.
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Caswell County, North Carolina
Deed Book H, Page 387
James Williamson, Commissioner for Caswell County, to John Lenox of Rockingham County, North Carolina, for 230 pounds, 22 acres beginning in the center of Court House lot adjacent James Ingram, being part of 100 acres of land purchased by Commissioners of Caswell County of James Ingram as returned in a deed by the Caswell County Sheriff on 7 May 1794. 29 October 1794. Witnesses: Benjamin Williamson, James Yancey.
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1989) at 153.
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Caswell County, North Carolina
Deed Book L, Page 148
James Williamson, Commissioner for Caswell County, to John Graves of same, for 101 pounds, twenty-six acres adjacent Caswell Court House lot beginning on road in center of lot, Solomon Graves, it being part of 100 acres purchased from James Ingram. 8 April 1796. Witnesses: A. Graves, Elijah Graves.
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1989) at 202.
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Caswell County, North Carolina
Deed Book M, Page 82
Jesse Carter of Caswell County to John Graves, Sen. of same, for 200 lbs, 27 acres adjacent the lot belonginc to Caswell County beginning at the center of the Court House lot north to the line of James Graves. 23 June 1801. Witness: G. Gunn.
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1989) at 219.
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Caswell County, North Carolina
Deed Book N, Page 40
Jesse Carter of Caswell County to John Graves, Sen. of same, $2000 money of the United States, 21 acres adjacent lot where Courthouse and other buildings are built beginnng at center of Courthouse lot and south to Solomon Graves' line then to the road, reserving one acre within this tract as deeded to William Clemson by Jesse Carter. 2 February 1804. Witnesses: Jesse Perkins, Barzillai Graves, Rt Mitchell.
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1989) at 246.
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Caswell County, North Carolina
Deed Book Q, Page 173-4
John Graves of Caswell County to Bartlett Yancey of same, for filial regard and affection and for $1, 315 acres on Moon's and Country Line Creeks adjacent William Lyon, John Scott, John Graves, including all tenements. 27 October 1810. Witness: Alexander Caldwell.
Source: Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books 1777-1817, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1989) at 305.
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Caswell County, North Carolina
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
October Court 1793
Will Book C, Page 60
Subscribers appointed by the General Assembly to lay off the seat for the Court House in Caswell County unanimously agree the Court House shall be fixed on the land of James Ingram and convenient to purchase 100 acres land for advantage of county and said land shall be divided in 4 equal lotts and sold to highest bidder for benefit of county. County to pay 150 pounds and expence of running the lines. /s/ John Graves, W. Stubblefield, Wm. Muzzle, Solomon Parks, David Shelton, David Hart.
Following subscribers agree to receive and be answerable to James ingram for above purchase. Friday 28 September 1792. /s/ James Williamson, Azariah Graves, Solomon Graves, Rich. Simpson, Jno. Grant, Wynn Dixon, Justices of Peace.
These lots apparently were purchased by John Buchanon, Jesse Carter, John Herndon Graves, Lancelot Johnston, and Atkinson & Johnston. However, by 1808 John Herndon Graves had purchased all the lots -- all the original James Ingram 100 acres except for the one-acre public lot, now square. Graves lived southwest of the town between Meeting House and Fuller's Branches. He and his brothers had purchased land up and down Country Line Creek, and John Herndon Graves finally purchased from the Ingrams the land between the 100 acres and the creek running south of town (Country Line Creek).
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Well known is that Captain John Herndon Graves (1746-1829) at one time owned most of the land around the Caswell County Courthouse, which area became Yanceyville, North Carolina. He gave most of this land to his five sons. The following records may be those paternal conveyances:
John Graves, Sen., of Caswell County to son Barzillai Graves, Jun., of same, for love and affection, 129 1/2 acres adjacent to the Court House lot, Azariah Graves Jun., Barzillai Graves Sen., Thomas Harrelson, near the still house. 31 January 1811. Acknowledged by John Graves in open court. Caswell County Deed Book Q, Page 193-4/Kendall at 305.
John Graves Sen. of Caswell County to his son Elijah Graves, for love and affection, 90 acres adjacent to the Court House lot beginning in the center of the Court House lot adjacent Barzillai Graves Jun., then south to the still house, Thomas Harrelson on the road and east to Solomon Graves Sen., then north to the Court House lot. 31 January 1811. Acknowledged in open court. Caswell County Deed Book Q, Page 196-7/Kendall at 306.
John Graves of Caswell County to his son Azariah Graves, for love and affection, 45 1/2 acres adjacent to the Court House lot on the west side beginning at the center of the Court House lot then west and south adjacent to property of Barzillai Graves Senr., then back to the Court House lot. 31 January 1811. Acknowledged in open court.
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A Graves Family Affair: 1815
"Married, on the 25th May in Caswell County, by the Rev. Barzilla [sic] Graves, Capt. Wm. Graves, son of John Graves, Esq. to Miss Nancy Graves, daughter of General Azariah Graves."
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, NC), 2 June 1815.
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Reverend Barzillai Graves (1759-1827)
Captain William Graves (1780-1845)
Ann Lea (Nancy) Graves (1794-1857)
General Azariah Graves (1768-1850)
The bride and groom are paternal first cousins, their fathers being brothers (General Azariah Graves and Captain John Herndon Graves (1746-1829)).
Presiding at the wedding ceremony was the uncle of the bride and groom: Reverend Barzillai Graves, brother of both General Azariah Graves and Captain John Herndon Graves.
While not stated, the wedding may have taken place at the substantial Locust Hill home of the bride's parents. Her mother is Elizabeth Williams Graves (1773-1841).
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Disclosure: Reverend Barzillai Graves is my fourth-great grandfather, thus making the fathers of those being wed my fourth-great granduncles. The bride and groom are my first cousins, five times removed.
Source: Richmond S. Frederick, Jr., 1 December 2022 Facebook Post.
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