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Descendants of James Graham (12/13/2003)

Generation No. 2

2. Sarah³ Graham (James², James¹) was born February 12, 1781 in VA, and died in Scioto Co, OH. She married William Crabtree Abt. 1794. He was born November 06, 1774 in Fredrck, MD ⁶, and died December 1846 in Jackson, OH⁶.

Notes for Sarah Graham:
[1850 Census - Ohio - Jackson - Scioto - September 24, 1850 - page 355 - Image 19]
Sarah Crabtree, 70, born in Pennsylvania was living with Addy Crabtree, 45, born in Ohio. The family real estate was valued at $700.

More About Sarah Graham:
Family History Number: AFN C2X8-0H

More About William Crabtree:
Family History Number: AFN 34KG-BR

More About William Crabtree and Sarah Graham:
Marriage: Abt. 1794

Children of Sarah Graham and William Crabtree are:

11	i.	James William⁴ Crabtree, born Abt. 1795 in VA; died June 1872 in Morgan Twp, Scioto, OH.
12	ii.	John Crabtree, born Abt. 1795.
13	iii.	Lewis W Crabtree, born Abt. 1799; died Aft. 1870 in Jay, IN.

Notes for Lewis W Crabtree:
Note sure if this is the correct one. 5/18/2002]:

[1850 Census - Ohio - Jackson - Scioto - September 27, 1850 - page 355B - Image 25]
Louis Crabtree, 51, a farmer born in Ohio and Anne, 50, born in Pennsylvania. Also listed are John, 28, a laborer; David, 23, a laborer; Lucinda, 20; Gideon, 17, a farmer; Clarissa, 14; Jehiel, 11; Henry, 7 and Jeremiah, 5, all born in Ohio. Lucinda, Gideon, Clarissa and Jehiel were attending school. The family real estate was valued at $400.

+	14	iv.		William W Crabtree, born November 15, 1808 in Ohio; died February 10, 1889 in Morton Twp, Scioto, OH.
	15	v.		Nancy Jane Crabtree, born 1813.

More About Nancy Jane Crabtree:
Family History Number: AFN 120Q-WLK

vi.

Addy Crabtree ⁷, born Abt. 1815⁷; died February 15, 1893 in Scioto, OH.

      3. John³ Graham (James², James¹)⁸ was born October 01, 1782 in Pennsylvania ⁹, and died July 26, 1855 in Grahamsville, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio ¹⁰. He married Catharine Rickabaugh^11,¹² Bet. January 02 - February 02, 1810 in Scioto County, Ohio (see note relating to conflicting dates)^13,¹⁴. She was born January 22, 1794 in Virginia or Pennsylvania ¹⁵, and died September 20, 1873 in Grahamsville, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio ¹⁶.

Notes for John Graham:
Grahamsville, by Ralph Fout

Grahamsville was located in Scioto Township and got its name from John Graham, who owned the land and laid it out into twenty-one lots. There never were more than five houses standing at a time. There were two stores. One owned by Jacob Pierce I. The other was first owned by Sampson Nye. It changed owners many times. At these stores the neighbors gathered to do their shopping, to visit and exchange the news. The stores carried a general line of goods such as groceries, clothing, china and glassware. One of Mr. Pierce's decendants still owns the famous Jacob's Ladder pattern, which was bought at his store. In connection with his store, Mr. Pierce has charge of the Post Office: receiving and giving out the mail. The last Post Office was in charge of Eliza Riegel Pierce. The old slot for inserting letters is still in the door of the little building, which also served as a little grocery store. When R.F.D. #1 begun, the Post Office was abandoned.

The old blacksmith shop was ably run by Solomon Busier. He took pride in keeping the farmer's horses shod and attended to their other needs.

There were three Grahamsville schools in all, the last one abandoned in the early 1920's. From these places went forth the young men and women of those days, to take up the duties of our State and Nation.

The religious needs of those days were cared for at the old log Church at Pleasant Hill. The beautiful Church now standing was built to replace the old log one. In these Churches many souls were saved. The last annual homecomings or picnics to renew old aquaintances until they ceased to be held during World War II.

In the old abandoned Graham Cemetery, one may pause a moment and check the dates of births and deaths. It will surprise you to note that more than half of those interred there died before reaching their forties. Epidemics of these times swept them away in their teens and twenties. If they escaped the many childhood diseases. What a different story if only they could have had our wonder drugs of today.

Beyond the old cemetery about a quarter of a mile in the creek that flows through the Pierce farm, one may still see some of the old foundation timbers of the old water powered mill where corn meal was ground. Often there was not enough water to turn the wheel, but when there was, it was kept busy night and day. Stevie Dixon once said that it ground such a thin stream of meal that a hound dog could have eaten it as fast as the meal came out. Mr. Dixon often arose during the night when grinding was in season to refill the hopper.

To end this short sketch of this little vanished hamlet, I mention a few of those who once lived there. They were the families of James Graham, Solomon Busler, Simeon Martin and William Lamb. Many other families lived there as the years came and went. There are descendants of these people still living in our County. They may be found scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The name Grahamsville still lives on in their memories. You may find the name on old maps of Jackson County. Taxes are still figured on certain valuation per lot. Nearly everything is gone but some of the old chimney stones left standing. May the name Grahamsville continue to live on in the memories and hearts of the descendants of those sturdy pioneers who once enjoyed life in this little hamlet of a century ago.
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"A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio", Eugene B. Willard, Ironton, General Supervising Editor, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916, p.384-6.

Franklin Township Voters

Franklin Township had for its election officers: Judges, John Rook, John Farney and Abraham Baker; and clerks, Isaac Baker and William Stephenson. Teter Null was the first of the sixty-one electors to cast his vote. The others were: Jacob Wishon, Peter McCain, Basil Johnson, John Wallace, Lewis Howard, John Clemmons, Isaiah Sheward, Jesse Martin, Peter Seel, Samuel Stephenson, Isaac Kilcoderic, Hugh Malin, Nathan Kirby, JOHN GRAHAM, John Peters, William Lyons, Eli Dixon, Thomas Crabtree, JAMES GRAHAM, James Higginbotham, Jonathan R. Nelson, John Dixon, Abraham Dixon, Thomas Craig, Ralph Nelson, James Johnson, John Martin, John Duncan, Ross Nelson, Emanuel Traxler, Richard Johnson, William Martin, Hugh Gilliland, John Burnsides, Alexander Wilson, Alexander Anderson, Nathan Dixon, John George, William Holland, Francis Holland, Nottingham Mercer, Samuel Craig, Levi Mercer, John Traxler, Benjamin Ellison, Samuel Traxler, Jonathan Traxler, Nathan Sheward, Thomas Scott, John Farney, John Rook, Abraham Baker, John Webb, James Martin, William Stephenson, Isaac Baker, JOSEPH GRAHAM, Isaac Hartley, James Pennelton, Henry Dixon. An election to choose justices was held the same day, but by a different set of officers. They were Teter Null, Samuel Traxler and Hugh Gilliland, judges, and John Martin and Francis Holland, clerks. Sixty votes were cast, of which John George had 32, Thomas Scott 29, Isaac Baker 28, Nottingham Mercer, 26; George and Scott were winners.

John Martin named above was the pioneer who came to the Licks in 1796, and has been spoken of already. Peter Seel was the first white man to settle permanently in what is now known as Jefferson Township, building his cabin in the woods near the site of the Diamond brickyard, below Oak Hill, in 1814. His nearest neighbor was Lewis Adkins, who owned what has been long known since his days as the Joseph Cackley farm. Seel was a native of Germany, but emigrated when a young lad. He died February 21, 1868, aged eighty-four years, leaving 140 descendants. Isaiah Seward was the founder of a large family, who still takes an active interest in township and county affairs. The Hollands, Nulls, Scotts, Craigs, Kirbys, Duncans and Georges have left the township and the county, but the Dixons, Nelsons, Howards, Johnsons, Trexlers, Mercers, GRAHAMS, Gillilands, Stephensons and others have many representatives in the county. J. H. Rook, descendant of John Rook, died in 1915, at the home of his son in Washington C. H. A number of these voters moved to Lick Township as soon as the sale of lots in 1817 enabled them to buy property near the Licks. This movement down the valley toward Jackson has continued until this day, and a large proportion of the inhabitants of the county seat, can claim descent from the sturdy Franklins of this fine old township. JAMES GRAHAM, named among these voters, became a leading citizen of Scioto Township after its organization in 1816. He was a Virginian by birth, and he married CATHERINE RICKABAUGH who was born in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of twelve children who grew to maturity, viz.: Phoebe, who was married to Abraham Dixon; Elizabeth, the wife of Eli Dixon; John; Felix, who married Lucinda Russell; Jehiel, who married Rebecca Graham; Catherine, the wife of John Haley; Lydia, the wife of Nathan Gilliland; Sarah, the wife of John Norris; Mahala, wife of Levi McCoy; James, who married Margaret Norris, and was long the largest man in the county, weighing 360 pounds; lastly, Mary, the wife of Franklin McCoy, and Hannah, who married Lewis Davis. These twelve clan were nearly as numerous as the McClures, Hertons, Stephensons, Browns and Arthurs. Thomas Craig was another soldier of the Revolution. He belonged in the Maryland line and served under Capt. Richard Davis, in the first regiment, commanded by Colonel Rollins. He enlisted in 1776, was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and was not discharged until 1784. His pension certificate was No. 10,780. A third Revolutionary soldier in Franklin was Jules Dawson of the Virginia line. He served three years and seven months in the Thirteenth Regiment. He was in battle against the Indians at Coshocton on the Muskingum at the mouth of White Woman's Creek, and also on Big Beaver. A number of his descendants still live in Franklin. He survived until after the Fourth of July, 1843, for he and Thomas Oliver, another veteran of the Revolution, were taken to Jackson that day, to a great celebration in their honor as the last survivors of the Revolution in the county. Oliver died February 23, 1844, and Dawson outlived him only a few months. Oliver was a native of Maryland, where he was born May 10, 1763. His father died when he was only fourteen years old, and he went to live with his uncle, David Leffland, in Loudon County, Virginia. When sixteen years old, in 1779, he enlisted in the Sixth Virginia Regiment, under Colonel Muhlenborg and served three years and seven months. He became a pensioner in 1834, getting $80 a year. He had come to Ohio in 1816 and settled in Madison Township, but he moved later to the Mt. Zion neighborhood in Franklin, and was buried in Mt. Zion graveyard. Oliver was married three times, and was the father of a large family, whose members are now widely scattered. One son named Hiram was a soldier in the Civil War. A number of other veterans of the Revolution died in this county, among them James Hulse of the Virginia line, who served three years in the company of Abraham Shepard in the Twelfth Regiment and received a land warrant from Virginia. William Clarke of Jefferson, who served three years in the First Regiment of Virginia Artillery and fought at Hampton and in North Carolina, when Colonel Buford was defeated, was another.
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[1850 Census - Ohio - Jackson - Scioto - September 20, 1850 - Image 10]
John Graham, Sr., 68, a farmer and wife, Catharine, 56. Also listed are Sarah, 25; Mary, 19; Hannah, 17; and James, 15. Mr. Graham was born in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Graham was born in Virginia? The rest were born in Ohio. The family real estate was valued at $1000.

More About John Graham:
Burial: Grahamsville Cemetery, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio^16,¹⁷

Notes for Catharine Rickabaugh:
[1860 Census - Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio - June 20, 1860 - page 128 - image 8]
Catherine was living with her son, James Graham.

[1870 Census - Scioto Township (Camba P.O.), Jackson, Ohio - July 11, 1870 - page 2 - image 487]
Catherine Graham, 76, infirm, born in Virginia, is living in the household of her son, James Graham.

The death of Catharine Graham is recorded on page 50-51 of Records of Deaths, Jackson County, vol. A:
Name in full: Catharine Graham
Date of Death: 1873, October 15
Condition: widowed
Age: 78 years, 7 months, 5 days
Place of death: Scioto Twp.
Place of birth: Virginia
Occupation: Midwife
Color: white
Cause of death: Dropsy
Place of residence: Scioto Twp.

More About Catharine Rickabaugh:
Name 2: Katharine Rickabaugh ¹⁸
Died 2: October 15, 1873, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio ¹⁹
Burial: Grahamsville Cemetery, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio ^20,²¹

Marriage Notes for John Graham and Catharine Rickabaugh:
Conflicting Marriage Dates

An examination by Martin Cassidy of page A-299 in the Scioto County Courthouse, reflects a marriage date of January 2, 1810 in the following record:

State of Ohio
Scioto County

(seal) I do hereby certify that I have this day solomized the marriage contract between John Graham and Catharine Richabach agreeable to law given under my hand seal this second day of January A.D. 1810.

Samuel Crull
J.P.

Later record transciptions were published in:

1. "Early Court Records of Scioto County, Ohio" (abstracted by Caryn R. Shoemaker. C.G.R.S., Minford, Ohio, February 1979):
      Graham, John to Catharine Rickaback 2 Jan. 1810

2. "Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio - 1803-1860" (by Caryn R. Shoemaker & Betty J. Sisler Rudity. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987):
      Graham, John & Caty Richaback. 2 Feb. 1810. R. A-299

On May 12, 1871, Catharine Graham filed for a Widow's Pension Claim based on her husbands service in the War of 1812 and (by her mark) attested to the following statement:
      "That she was married under the name of Catharine Rickabaugh to said John Graham on the 2d day of February A.D. 1810, by Samuel Krull J.P. at Scioto County State of Ohio..."

Finally, an article entitled, "A Peaceful Foray Into The Stronghold Of The Grahams", appears in the Jackson Standard-Journal, Wednesday, October 15, 1919. In the article, the author reports information obtained from two old bibles where the record appears that "John Graham, son of James and Mary Graham was born Oct. 1st, 1782, and was married February 2nd, 1810."

These records adequately support both dates. Therefore the date of marriage is recorded as "Bet. January 2, 1810 and February 2, 1810, Scioto County, Ohio"

More About John Graham and Catharine Rickabaugh:
Marriage: Bet. January 02 - February 02, 1810, Scioto County, Ohio (see note relating to conflicting dates)^22,²³

Children of John Graham and Catharine Rickabaugh are:

+	17	i.	Phoebe⁴ Graham, born November 07, 1811 in Ohio; died June 11, 1874 in Grahamsville, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio.
+	18	ii.	Elizabeth Graham, born December 25, 1812; died 1856.
+	19	iii.	John Graham, born August 31, 1815.
+	20	iv.	Felix Graham, born June 14, 1817 in Jackson County, Ohio.
+	21	v.	Jehiel Graham, born April 29, 1819 in Jackson County, Ohio; died May 23, 1885 in Grahamsville, Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio.
+	22	vi.	Catherine Graham, born March 29, 1821 in Ohio; died Aft. June 26, 1900.
+	23	vii.	Lydia Graham, born September 05, 1823.
+	24	viii.	Sarah Graham, born September 09, 1825 in Ohio.
+	25	ix.	Mahala Graham, born December 27, 1828 in OH.
+	26	x.	Mary Graham, born April 14, 1831.
	27	xi.	Hannah Graham ²⁴, born September 01, 1833. She married Lewis Davis ²⁵ August 31, 1853 in Jackson County, Ohio²⁵.

More About Lewis Davis and Hannah Graham:
Marriage: August 31, 1853, Jackson County, Ohio²⁵

xii.

James B Graham ²⁶, born August 21, 1835 in Ohio; died 1902. He married Margaret A. Norris June 13, 1858 in Jackson County, Ohio ²⁷; born October 15, 1842; died May 1919.

Notes for James B Graham:
[1860 Census - Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio - June 20, 1860 - page 128 - image 8]
James Graham, 25, a farmer and Margaret A., 18. Also living in the family were Catherine Graham, 67 and Hugh Gilliland, 14 (relationship unknown). All were born in Ohio, except Catherine, who was born in Virginia. It is indicated that James could not read or write and that Hugh was attending school. The family real estate was valued at $1000 and personal property at $300.

[1870 Census - Jackson (Scioto Township / Camba P.O.), Jackson, Ohio - July 11, 1870 - page 2 - image 487]
James Graham, 34, a farmer and Margaret A., 27, keeping house, both born in Ohio. Also listed in the household was Catherine Graham, 76, infirm, born in Virginia, and Mary M. Price, 15, domestic servant, born in Ohio. The family real estate was valued at $1500 and personal property at $800.

[1880 Census - Scioto Township (District 80), Jackson, Ohio - June 9, 1880 - page 209 - image 5]
James Graham, age unreadable, a farmer born in Ohio (parents in Pennsylvania and Virginia), along with wife Margaret, 37, keeping house, born in Ohio (parents in Ohio).

[1900 Census - Scioto Township (ED#61, Other Townships), Jackson, Ohio - June 27, 1900 - page 11B - image 22]
James Graham, 64 (Aug. 1835), born in Ohio (parents in Pennsylvania and Virginia), along with wife Margaret, 57 (Oct. 1842), born in Ohio (parents in Ohio). Also listed was a boarder, Randall Plummer.

More About James B Graham:
1860 Census: Scioto Township, Jackson, Ohio ²⁸
1880 Census: Sciota Township, Jackson, Ohio ²⁹
1900 Census: Scioto Township (ED#61, Other Townships), Jackson, Ohio ³⁰

More About James Graham and Margaret Norris:
Marriage: June 13, 1858, Jackson County, Ohio ³¹

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