John Herndon Graves (1749 - 1829)

Born Sep 1749 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Slade) Graves — married 5 Feb 1770 in Caswell, North Carolina

Husband of Elizabeth (Burton) Graves — married 28 Nov 1808 in Caswell County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1829 at age 80 in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

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John Herndon Graves was born 1746 or 1749 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to John Graves and Isabella Lea. [Earlier researchers had thought he was by an earlier marriage to a Catherine (Herndon) Graves (1716-1750), but that has been disproven by a bible entry made by his nephew Solomon, son of brother Barzillia. See father’s profile.]

A captain in the Revolutionary War, he was assigned to duty under Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene. Badly wounded in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 15 March 1781, he was left wounded on the field for dead. A fellow soldier heard him moan and placed him on a horse, then took him to Yanceyville. The British Gen. Cornwallis suffered significant losses and found it necessary to leave North Carolina for Virginia. There, he fought and lost the Battle of Yorktown; then surrendered to Gen. Washington.

He married:

1. Ann Slade, daughter of Thomas Slade and Hannah Miles Slade. They married 5 Feb 1770. She died 4 June 1807 at Yanceyville. They had ten children who lived to adulthood.
2. Elizabeth Burton, on 28 November 1807, the Widow Coleman. They had no children.

He died October 28, 1829 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

He purportedly was a grandson (sixth great grandson) of Captain Thomas Graves, who was one of the original stockholders in the Virginia Company and, in 1608, was one of the settlers of Jamestown, Virginia^[1]. This has been disproven by DNA research. Capt. Thomas Graves of Jamestown is Gen. 169. John Herndon Graves belongs to Gen. 270. Ref. https://graves-fa.org/gen-histories/gens/gen270.html and GFA DNA studies.

Sources

1. ↑ Graves—Twelve Generations (Some Descendants and Kin (1608-1977), Louise Graves (1977)

• RootsWeb Biography of John Herndon Graves

• Find A Grave: Memorial #79949124

• John Herndon Graves in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000,

Name: John Herndon Graves, Gender: Male, Age: 80, Birth Date: 1749, Birth Place: Virginia, First Marriage Date: 1770, Death Date: 1829, Death Place: North Carolina, Spouse: Nancy Slade, Child: Delilah Graves

• Son William Graves in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000,

Name: William GravesGraves, Gender: Male, Age: 65, Birth Date: 1780, First Marriage Date: 1815, Death Date: 1845, Father: John Herndon Graves, Mother: Nancy Slade, Spouse: Ann Lea, Child: Isabella Lea Graves

John Herndon Graves Obit The North-Carolina Star 12 Nov 1829, Thu ·Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-north-carolina-star-john-herndon-gra/14142638/