Hugh Grant (b. 1776 or 1778; d. 1806) Native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; a miller by trade also owned l87 acres of land there (heart of present day Pittsburgh which he traded for 400 acres east of Grove City, Ohio--first settler of Grove City, Ohio (same year Ohio became a state). In Dec. 1806 he was killed by a large limb while climbing a bee tree. He married Catherine Barr about 1795. Chileren: Nancy; Mary Polly; Alex (?); Hugh Jr.; Alenander (my 4th g-grandfather); Isabella; and Jacob. A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio names Noah H. Grant as Hugh Sr.'s father (born in Conn."and was one of a family of nine children, to one of whom General Grant traced his ancestry" It also states that "Noah Grant went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there spent one winter; but nothing else concerning his history is known by his descendants."
