Child:
William GRAHAM Sr. (II)
Born: Abt. 1725, Fairfax,
VA
Died: 1807-1809, Caswell
Co., NC
Spouse: Rachel ?
Children:
2. Edward GRAHAM
Born: Unknown
Died: 4 Jul. 1823, Green
Co., KY
Spouse: Unknown
Child:
Child:
5. John GRAHAM
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
6. Charity Allen GRAHAM
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Spouse: ? DAVIS
7. Polly GRAHAM
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Charles ELMORE
8. Lidda GRAHAM
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Spouse: ? ELMORE
Children:
2. Peter GRAHAM
3. William GRAHAM
Born: 1787, NC
Died: Aft. 1860, Washington
Co., AR
Married #1: 24 Sep.
1807
Spouse #1: Leah BLOYD
Father: John BLOYD
Spouse #2: Mary PATTEN
Bon: 1797, TN
Died: 1852
Married #3: 19 Aug. 1852
Spouse #3: Mrs. Martha
(STRICKLAND) PIERSON SKELTON
Married #4: 4 Oct. 1856
Spouse #4: Mrs. Deborah
"Phoebe" LYNCH
Died: Before 1860
Children:
2. Peter GRAHAM
Born: 1810
Died: Aft. 1840, Taney
Co., MO
Spouse: Rachel ?
Children:
2. Charles L. GRAHAM
Born: 1840
Died: 1862
3. Rebecca GRAHAM
Born: 1835
Spouse: Miacha WOOLSEY
4. Elizabeth GRAHAM3
"Lil Grandma Grey"
Born: 1837
Died: 1928
(See Elijah GRAHAM Family for children)
4. John H. GRAHAM
Born: 1810
Spouse: Sarah ?
5. Benjamin GRAHAM
Born: 1815
Spouse: Elizabeth ?
Died: 3 Nov. 1860
6. James Ship GRAHAM
Born: 21 Dec. 1818, Warren
Co., KY
Died: 5 Oct. 1894, Springdale,
AR
Spouse: Rebecca PATTON
Died: 28 Oct. 1907, Springdale,
AR
Children:
Children:
2. Cora GRAHAM
Born: c. 1871
Spouse: Eb HARP
Children:
3. Thomas Wilburn GRAHAM
Born: 1873
Spouse: Frances Ella BALLARD
4. Julia GRAHAM
Born: c. 1875
Spouse: Bob ?
Died young.
5. Walter Monroe GRAHAM
Born: c. 1878
Spouse: Lulu ?; b. ca
1878; m. Lulu _______.
Child:
Children:
Child:
Children:
Children:
Children:
Children:
6. Ras Bennett GRAHAM
Born: 18 Jan. 1878, Springdale,
AR
Died: 28 Apr. 1947
Married: 25 Nov. 1900
Spouse: Maude A. GREGG
Child:
8. Jasper Owen GRAHAM
Born: 18 Jul. 1881, Springdale,
AR
Died: 5 Nov. 1944
Married: 27 Sep. 1904
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth
RIGGINS
Children:
Child:
11. Daisy Loy GRAHAM
Born: 18 Apr. 1887, Springdale,
AR
Died: 16 Jun. 1959
Married: 20 Dec. 1908
Spouse: Seymour TILLMAN
Children:
Children:
2. Mary Elizabeth GRAHAM
Died: 5 Feb. 1927, Clarence,
Shelby Co., MO
Spouse: Morgan RALLS
9. Moses GRAHAM
Born: 29 Mar. 1833
Spouse: Deborah Jane LYNCH
10. Merrick GRAHAM
Born 1820
Spouse: Sarah T. BIASS
Father: Jesse BIASS
Mother: Rhoda BLOYD
11. Unknown GRAHAM
5. George GRAHAM
Born: 1791, KY
Died: 1860, Benton Co.,
AR
Buried: 2 miles above
mouth of War Eagle in Benton Co., AR
Spouse: Lucinda LANGSTON
(or LANCASTER)
Children:
2. George GRAHAM
3. Charity GRAHAM5
Spouse: William LEIB
Child:
Child:
Child:
7. Sally GRAHAM
Born: 1796
Died: 1850, Washington
Co., AR
Married: 21 Jul. 1810,
Green Co., KY
Spouse: Freeborn GRAHAM
Father: Elijah GRAHAM
Mother: Sarah ?
(See Elijah GRAHAM Family for children)
8. Nancy GRAHAM
Born: 1797, SC
Died: 1863, Ozark Co.,
MO
Married: 1818, Marion
Co., AR
Spouse: Payton KEESEE
Born: 1800, VA
Died: 30 Jun. 1856
Buried: Cemetery at the
mouth of Bratton's Spring Creek
Father: Elias KEESEE
Children:
2. Huldah KEESEE
3. William KEESEE
4. Lucinda KEESEE
5. Elias KEESEE
Spouse: Mary Jane COPELIN
Children:
2. Isaac KEESEE
3. Peyton KEESEE
4. Nelson Reade KEESEE
Born: 6 Mar. 1852
Died: 20 Jun. 1942
Buried: Old Butner, OK
Cemetery
Spouse: Melissia (Melissa)
TRIMBLE
Father: Allen TRIMBLE
Buried: Old Butner, OK
Cemetery
5. Nancy KEESEE
6. Serepta KEESEE
7. Margaret KEESEE
8. John T. KEESEE
9. Henrietta KEESEE
10. Lucinda KEESEE
7. Hattie KEESEE
8. Payton KEESEE
9. Silas KEESEE
10. Nancy KEESEE
11. Richard KEESEE
12. Peter KEESEE4
Born: 2 Apr. 1830, Ozark
Co., MO
Spouse #1: Jamira Jane
JOHNSON
Father: Samuel JOHNSON
Spouse #2: Melinda Mira
?
Spouse #3: Amelia FRIEND
Spouse #4: Martha GREEN
10. Moses GRAHAM
Born: 1800, KY
Died: 06 Oct. 1840, Washington
Co., AR
Married: Washington Co.,
AR
Spouse: Sarah WINN
11. Rachel GRAHAM
Born: 1803, Green Co.,
KY
Died: 1850-1860
Spouse: Thomas McGARRAH
Father: James McGARRAH
(?)
(See McGARRAH Family for Children)
12. Nelson Reed GRAHAM
Born: 28 Jan. 1805, Green
Co., KY
Died: 1 Feb. 1863, Benton
Co., AR
Buried: Phillips Cemetery,
Lowell, Benton Co., AR
Married: 1850, Benton
Co., AR
Spouse: Susan Louisa LANDERS
Notes:
*An alternate spelling is "GRAYHAM."
**Brothers of William GRAHAM I included John, Robert, and Archibald and a sister Jane (GRAHAM) FEAMSTER. They settled in America by 1741/42. They lived in Chester Co., PA for a time before William and his brother John settled on the Calf Pasture River in Augusta Co., VA.
1. According to SC Turnbo, Peter Graham was of Welsh descent and a Kentucky pioneer, "residing in that state when the people were obliged to live in forts to protect themselves against Indian depravations," originally from Virginia. A chapter by Turnbo entitled "Carrying Bread Corn from the Arkansas River to the West Fork of the White River on Horseback" lists the burial place of Peter Graham as 12 miles below the headspring of the White River in Washington County (west fork of White River).
Peter was given a donation claim of 320 acres filed at land office in Helena, AR, which his wife Nancy sold in 1838 in Washington Co., AR to L. Brodie. He lived in Hogans Creek, Caswell Co., NC 1760-69, Pendleton Co., SC 1790, Green Co., KY 1800, Independence Co., AR 1823. He was a leading citizen when Sugarloaf Township was formed, and served as a judge in Jacob Friend's home.
According to Goodspeed, "These Grahams were among the very first settlers in northwest AR, if not the first. They started from Green Co., KY in 1811, came through Wickliffe, KY, to cross the Mississippi, down the Mississippi to the White River, and up the White, making settlements as they went back and forth over the line between AR and MO, losing children as they married along the way."
Peter was also the great-uncle of William Mentor GRAHAM, Abraham Lincoln's schoolteacher and the great-uncle of Mary OWENS, who by tradition was courted by Lincoln.
2. It is unknown exactly what relationship is between Peter Graham and Elijah Graham. Their families traveled together and intermarried, and share many family names. It is possible that they were cousins.
3. Elizabeth was raised by Levi and Nancy Graham. She never married, but had five children. She is said to have been an outstanding person and mother. According to Tommy Graham, she was supposed to have said she married and had two sons and the husband left her so she never trusted men again.
4. The Keesee genealogy above was given by Randall Hill, a descendent of Payton and Nancy GRAHAM KEESEE. There is some discrepancy between this information on the two Peter KEESEE's and information from Bobbie Levirl (Byars) Lynch:
"Recently Lottie (Keesee) Handley of Texas, filed with the D.A.R. her Keesee lineage stating that our Peter Graham was her ancestor and a revolutionary soldier. Lottie's ancestor who was a Peter Keesee b. 1830 married Almira Copeland and Amelia Friend. This Peter Keesee was not the son of Payton and Nancy (Graham) Keesee, their son Peter also b. 1830 married Louisa Jane Johnson and Sally Holt. (S. C. Turnbo married the sister of Sally (Holt) Keesee and wrote articles on both Peter Keesee's). Documented proof has not been established that the revolutionary soldier Peter Graham is our ancestor." (Washington County Arkansas Histories)
5. I think this Charity GRAHAM may actually have been the daughter of Ellis and Rebecca Graham. Rebecca was the daughter of George and Lucinda Graham, and Ellis and Rebecca Graham's daughter, Charity, was raised by George and Lucinda after the untimely deaths of Ellis and Rebecca. (see Elijah Graham Family)
Sources:
Randall
K. Hill (Graham/Keesee)
Tommy
E. Graham (Elijah Graham Family)
Melva
Owens (Elijah Graham Family)
Linda
Knapton (James Ship Graham Family)
(I do not have complete citations for some of the following, as I only have copies or have received the citation from another researcher. If you have the full citation, please let me know so I can give appropriate credit.)
1850 Ozark Co., MO Census
1840 Washington Co., AR Census
S. C. Turnbo, "Carrying Bread Corn from the Arkansas River to the West Fork of White River on Horse Back."
Kunigunde Duncan and D. F. Nickols, Mentor Graham, The Man Who Taught Lincoln.
Graham Clan, Caswell Co., NC, Piedmont Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4, Aug. 1984, by Chas. W. Hutchinson, 741 Bodega Ave., Petaluma, CA 94952.
"Graham Family History," Ridge Runner, Vol. 3, No. 14, Pages 172-174, by Mrs. Richard R. Lynch, Rt. 2, Box 189, Springdale, AR, 1974.
Flashback, Washington Co., AR Historical Society, Vo.. 18, No. 3, Aug. 1968 and Vol. 26, No. 1, Feb. 1976.
Goodspeed, "A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region."
S. C. Turnbo, "Among the Indians and Other Incidents."
Cemeteries of Washington County,
Arkansas, Vol. XI, Spring, 1991, published by Northwest Arkansas Genalogical
Society, P. O. Box K, Rogers, AR 72757.
Updated: June 20, 1999