Margaret Mary (Johnstone) Graham (abt. 1722 - bef. 1766)

Born about 13 Nov 1722 in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died before 1766 before about age 43 in Loris, South Carolina

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Biography

Margaret was born on November 1722, in Ellen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, daughter of Gilbert Johnstone ^[1]

She married John Solomon Graham and they had children :

• John Graham
• William Graham
• Gilbert Graham
• Joseph Graham
• Jennet Graham

She passed away before 1766.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBQ1-9QL : 16 September 2021), Gilbert Johnston in entry for Margaret Johnston, 1722

• https://mydunlap.net/Graham%20Family.htm

The earliest documented ancestors of the Texas Grahams arrived in Savannah, Georgia, in 1733, part of a group of settlers imported by General James Oglethorpe.12 Although they may have been Scottish, they sailed from England. Much has been written lately about Graham connections to Scottish royalty and the nobility, but no credible documentation has been produced to date.

John Graham and wife Mary Johnston Graham came on the Georgia Pink and took up land in Savannah. John was a tanner by trade and apparently something of a rebel who chafed against Oglethorpe’s many rules13. On December 9, 1739, John and family “quitted” Savannah, moving to the Carolinas14. Nothing is known about the family until 1766 when John Graham purchased land in South Carolina. Located on Mitchell Swamp in Horry County, the land comprised 3,300 acres granted in 1739 by King George II of Great Britain.16 to Thomas Waring.15 On February 23, 1768, John Graham received his own Royal Grant for an additional 500 acres from King George III of Great Britain.16 As was customary at the time, the grant was accompanied by the King’s Seal, a large circular piece, embossed with an image of the king. The King’s Seal has been handed down through the generations and is now in the possession of descendant Sam Graham of Horry County.17

John and Mary Graham brought two sons and a daughter, John, William, and Mary, to Georgia. Both sons died of fever in within four months of arriving in Savannah.18 John and Mary had three more children, and as was often done in that era, two younger sons were named for their deceased older brothers, John and William; the other son was Gilbert. John Graham died before 1780 and wife Mary‘s date of death is unknown. Although their graves are not marked, they are thought to be buried in the Old Graham Cemetery, located on the Mitchell Swamp plantation.

Source: The Texas Grahams and Their Ancestors By Elaine Wellhoner McCreary