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Descendants of William Grace


11. HARRIET H.4 GRACE (JAMES3, THOMAS2, WILLIAM1) was born 1807 in (Tattnall County) Georgia, and died January 01, 1886 in (Henry County) Alabama. She married COL. JAMES BENNETT May 20, 1830 in (Decatur County) Georgia, son of LUKE BENNETT and ELIZABETH. He was born March 24, 1800, and died October 25, 1860 in (Henry County) Alabama.

More About C
OL. JAMES BENNETT:
Burial: Bennett Family Cemetery
Military service: Col. in Indian Wars on Gulf
Occupation: Planter, Merchant, Postmaster

Marriage Notes for H
ARRIET GRACE and COL. BENNETT:
Harriet and James were married at the home of her Aunt, Lucretia Mobley and Martin Harden Grace at their home on the Chattahoochee River, Oak Grove Plantation, in was then Dacatur County, Georgia, of which Martin was a Founder.
Source: Katie Elizabeth Bennett
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Date of marriage taken from Decatur Coutny, Georgia Marriages 1824-1850






More About C
OL. BENNETT and HARRIET GRACE:
Marriage: May 20, 1830, (Decatur County) Georgia
Source: Decatur County, Georgia Marriage Records Book AA Page 31
     
Children of H
ARRIET GRACE and COL. BENNETT are:
  i.   LUCRETIA H.5 BENNETT, b. 1831; m. (1) JAMES GRIER, December 21, 1853, (Henry County) Alabama; m. (2) JOHN WIMBERLY, November 24, 1875, (Henry County) Alabama.
  More About JAMES GRIER and LUCRETIA BENNETT:
Marriage: December 21, 1853, (Henry County) Alabama

  More About JOHN WIMBERLY and LUCRETIA BENNETT:
Marriage: November 24, 1875, (Henry County) Alabama

  ii.   JAMES W. BENNETT, b. 1832; d. 1863.
  More About JAMES W. BENNETT:
Burial: Bennett Cemetery, Henry County, Alabama

26. iii.   LEACY C. BENNETT, b. 1846; d. June 11, 1932.
  iv.   MARTIN GRACE BENNETT, b. 1834.
  Notes for MARTIN GRACE BENNETT:
Martin Grace Bennett purchased land in Martin County, NC. in 1873 from a Mobley according to Katie Bennett's records.
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  v.   ELIZA BYRD BENNETT, b. 1836; d. 1902; m. JOHN LINDSAY FOWLER, November 11, 1856.
  More About JOHN FOWLER and ELIZA BENNETT:
Marriage: November 11, 1856

27. vi.   THOMAS BENNETT, b. 1837; d. February 17, 1896, (Henry County) Alabama.
28. vii.   HARRIET BENNETT, b. August 23, 1838, (Henry County) Alabama; d. November 23, 1916, Houston (Harris County) Texas.
  viii.   JOHN B. BENNETT, b. 1840; d. May 18, 1863, Richmond, Virginia.
  ix.   LEECY SARA BENNETT, b. September 27, 1843; d. December 04, 1928; m. JOHN W. CHAMBERS, January 12, 1861.
  More About JOHN CHAMBERS and LEECY BENNETT:
Marriage: January 12, 1861

  x.   BARTLETT SMITH BENNETT, b. August 22, 1844; d. June 18, 1845.
29. xi.   ELMIRA J. BENNETT, b. 1852.


12. BYRD MOBLEY4 GRACE (JAMES3, THOMAS2, WILLIAM1) was born July 31, 1812 in (Randolph County) Georgia, and died July 12, 1889 in Coldspring (San Jacinto County) Texas. He married (1) ACHSAH JANE STANLEY August 29, 1839, daughter of SANDS STANLEY and SARAH CAWTHON. She was born September 30, 1823, and died February 07, 1855 in Columbia (Henry County) Alabama. He married (2) INDIANA (INDIA) MISSOURI BARDEN April 21, 1859 in Muscogee, Georgia. She was born 1837 in Columbus, Georgia.

Notes for B
YRD MOBLEY GRACE:
Byrd Mobley Grace, born 1812, Georgia. Was a Captain in the Creek Indian Wars. Moved to Texas from Henry County, Alabama in 1858. Died 1889, buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, Coldsprings, San Jacinto County, Texas. Enlisted as a Private, February 02, 1862, Company H, 5th Texas Infantry, Hoods Brigade, as a substitute for his son John W. Grace. Residence--Swartwout, Polk County, Texas. Occupation-Farmer. Wounded in leg at Second Manassas, August 29, 1862. Absent most of 1863, sick and disabled. Treated in Texas Hospital (Gen Hosp. #1) Richmond, Virginia, and in CSA hospital, Farmville, Virginia. Transferred to Company F, 8th Texas Calvary, March 04, 1864. Paroled June 05, 1865, Eufaula, Alabama. Oath of Allegiance shows 5'9" tall, grey eyes, light hair, fair complexion.
NA; CRC DDC #197 U. C. V. Houston; ITC REC

Resided Henry County, Alabama-January 26, 1854
Polk County, Texas-January 04, 1856
Henry County, Alabama-April 21, 1856
Polk County, Texas-August 11, 1860

In the San Jacinto County List of Registered Voters in 1873, Precinct 1,
Grace, B. M.

Listed in 1870 Polk County, Texas Census
Grace, Byrd M. 54 M W Boat Captain $4,000 $3,000
Indiana 25 F W School Teacher GA
James 5 M W TX
Bulah 3 F W TX
Robert E. 1 M W TX
Hattie 24 F W At Home AL
Ellick 20 F W At Home AL
Fortune 18 F W AT Home AL

Listed in 1880 San Jacinto County, Texas Census
Byrd M. Grace White Male 67 Farmer GA NC GA
Indiana M. W F 45 Wife Teacher Ga NC GA
Children
James 15
Beulah 12
Robert Lee 10
Thomas B. 7
Zelime 5


The following was taken from The Handbook of Texas

Bryd Mobley Grace 1812-1889, planter, riverboat operator, and slave owner, was born in Georgia in about 1812. He participated in the Creek Indian wars. Grace probably moved to Polk County, Texas, sometime in the 1850's. He owned a large plantation and was the owner and operator of riverboats on the Trinity River that departed form a point known as Grace's Landing. It was in this capacity that he was called by the title of Captain. apparently Grace Hill located about eight miles upstream from the town of Swartwout in Polk County, was named for Byrd Grace. The 1860 Census reported Grace as forty-seven years old, with a wife and five children, aged eight to sixteen. all children were listed as having attended school within the year. Their birth state was listed as Alabama. Grace may have been married twice. The census reported that he owned 114 slaves. He raised corn and cotton on 500 acres of improved land in Polk County. During the Civil War he served as a private in Company H, Fifth Regiment, Texas Infantry. He died in 1889 and was buried in Laurel hill Cemetery, east of Coldspring, Texas, in San Jacinto, County

More About B
YRD MOBLEY GRACE:
Occupation: Planter
Religion: Baptist

More About A
CHSAH JANE STANLEY:
Burial: Columbia Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama

More About B
YRD GRACE and ACHSAH STANLEY:
Marriage: August 29, 1839

Notes for I
NDIANA (INDIA) MISSOURI BARDEN:
India taught school in Coldspring, Texas
Listed in San Jacinto County in 1871
Mrs B. M. (India) a private school, charges are $3.00 per month per child. She
also taught music.
The school was named the "India Grace School"
From Special Centennial Edition Newspaper, Published by the San Jacinto County Historical Committee

More About B
YRD GRACE and INDIANA BARDEN:
Marriage: April 21, 1859, Muscogee, Georgia
     
Children of B
YRD GRACE and ACHSAH STANLEY are:
  i.   ELIZA LEE5 GRACE, b. November 29, 1840; d. November 18, 1860, Coldspring, Texas; m. WALTER S. MAXEY, February 22, 1860, (Polk County) Texas; b. May 10, 1834, (Noxubee County) Mississippi.
  More About ELIZA LEE GRACE:
Burial: Columbia (Henry County) Alabama

  Notes for WALTER S. MAXEY:
Marriage record from Polk County, Texas

  More About WALTER MAXEY and ELIZA GRACE:
Marriage: February 22, 1860, (Polk County) Texas

  ii.   SARAH CALDONIA GRACE, b. September 16, 1842; d. November 25, 1849.
  More About SARAH CALDONIA GRACE:
Burial: Columbia Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama

30. iii.   JOHN WILLIAM GRACE, b. April 01, 1844; d. Abt. 1908.
  iv.   HARRIETT BRADFORD GRACE, b. December 10, 1845.
  v.   THOMAS STANLEY GRACE, b. December 23, 1847; d. January 13, 1864.
  vi.   INDIANA ALEXANDER GRACE, b. November 14, 1851.
  vii.   ROXANNA W. GRACE, b. April 06, 1854; m. SIDNEY P. WATSON, August 15, 1876, Coldspring, Texas.
  More About SIDNEY WATSON and ROXANNA GRACE:
Marriage: August 15, 1876, Coldspring, Texas

     
Children of BYRD GRACE and INDIANA BARDEN are:
31. viii.   JAMES5 GRACE, b. February 23, 1865; d. December 20, 1913, Houston (Harris County) Texas.
  ix.   BEULAH EOLEATAH GRACE, b. February 10, 1867; d. June 21, 1948, Houston (Harris County) Texas; m. (1) THOMAS HINES; m. (2) JOHN MARSHALL GREER.
32. x.   ROBERT LEE GRACE, b. June 03, 1869; d. August 15, 1948, Houston (Harris County) Texas.
  xi.   THOMAS BARDEN GRACE, b. January 14, 1874; d. 1908, Houston (Harris County) Texas; m. (1) ZOE WEST; m. (2) ALMA ANDERSON.
  xii.   ZULIME VIRGINIA (SISSIE) GRACE, b. August 09, 1875; m. ARTHUR PAGE WATSON; b. Saranec Lake, New York.
  Notes for ZULIME VIRGINIA (SISSIE) GRACE:
Shirley Hager found the following article in a newspaper (Special Edition-July 4th 1970-Centennial 1870-1970) at an Antique Store, and took the time to send it to me.
"Bud Lee and Sis have been in town and most of the town declared a holiday and went picnicking. These two good people left the old home town years ago and moved to Houston. Bud Lee, (R. L.) is now passenger conductor on the Southern
Pacific Lines and Sissie (Mrs. Zueline Grace Watson) lives in Saranac Lake, N.Y.
Incidentally, Mrs Watson and Mr. Grace very graciously donated right of way across their holdings here for the railroad.



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