[ History
of the Graham Family ]  [ Cover
page ] Preface
Grahams
are Scotch Irish From
Scotland to Virginia John
Graham's Will John
Graham's Children Anne,
daughter of John Graham, Sr. [ The
descendants of Lanty Kincaid ] [ Betsy,
daughter of John Graham, Sr. ] Florence
Graham married House
of James Graham, Sr., at Lowell Early
settlement of Lowell [ The
descendants of Samuel and James Guinn ] [ Other
Early Settlers ] James
and Florence Graham's Family Joseph
and Rebecca Graham Joseph
and Rebecca Graham's children More
concerning early settlement of Lowell Elizabeth
Graham captured by the Indians Col.
Graham rescues Elizabeth from Indians Elizabeth
Stodghill, nee Graham Civil
jurisdiction of Lowell James
Graham's estate John
Graham, Joseph's brother Robert
Graham of Fort Chiswell Michael
Graham's family Slaves
of James Graham, Sr. Clayton's
balloon ascension |
[110] Robert, the
other brother of David and James, Sr., who settled at Fort Chiswell, Wythe
county, Virginia, married in Ireland (or Scotland) Mary Craige, who bore
him four sons and two daughters. The names of the sons were: Samuel, John,
Robert and James; the daughters names being Margaret, who married a McGavock,
and Nancy, who married a Crocket. After the death of Robert Graham’s first
wife, he married a Miss Cowan, by whom he had three sons, David, Joseph
and Calvin. From these have descended a large and influential family, who
live in Wythe, Tazewell and adjoining counties.
Robert Graham accumulated a large landed property, which to this day is mostly in the hands of his descendants. As a remarkable coincidence, it wil1 be observed that the names of five of Robert Graham’s sons are the same as five of the sons of his brothers, David and James. In Robert’s family, we have Samuel, John, James, David and Joseph, while in James’ family there is John, who was killed by the Indians, Samuel, James and David; and David’s family, John and Joseph. These facts themselves, if [111] other evidence was wanting, prove beyond a doubt that they were brothers. Samuel M. Graham, of Graham, Virginia, a great grandson of Robert Graham, who settled at Fort Chiswell, Virginia, about 1774. He claims that his great grandfather and the writer’s grandfather, James, who settled at Lowell about 1771, were brothers. As a mark of military tack of this family, James was made a Colonel and his son, William, a Major of Monroe county, and Samuel, a son of Robert, was a major in Tazewell county. And as to their mathematical proclivities, the Grahams had a strong inclination. We can trace seven surveyors and four or five very prominent ones of the before named family. |