EIGHTH GENERATION

176. Stephen GRAVES ^(141)(142) was born on 22 May 1763 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA. He died on 2 Mar 1828 in Vonore, Monroe Co., TN. He has Ancestral File number THK0-WR7. Thomas Graves 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and His Descendants, By Kenneth Vance Graves, Family History Publication, Warentham, MA,
1985. (page 98)
Stephen Graves (499) was born 22 May 1763 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Mass., and died
2 March 1828 at his home on Island Creek, about 2 miles south of Vonore, Monroe Co.,
Tennessee. He may have been born in 1759, as indicated by his pension application, and the
1763 date may be when he was baptized. He married Jennie (or Jenny) ------ about
1783-4. She was born about 1760, probably in Blount Co., Tennessee., and died after 1820
in Blount Co. or Monroe Co., Tennessee. Stephen enlisted in Massachusetts in 1776 or the
spring of 1777 for a term of 5 years. He served as a drummer in Captain. Lillie's and Capt.
Harris's Co., County. Knox Regt. of Artillery, in the American Revolution. He was in the
battles of Skinesborough, Stillwater, and Saratoga, and present at the surrender of
Burgoyne after Gen. Wayne took Stone Point in 1779. He marched to that place and was
taken prisoner by the British, and taken on a sloop to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was kept
prisoner until the end of the Revolution. He never returned to Massachusetts. (Another
version is that in 1780, with two friends, he went on furlough to Boston, was captured by
the British and taken on the Sloop of War Vulture to the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, where
he was recaptured by an American privateer. After the ship made a tour, he was released
in Charleston about 1783-84. Meanwhile, he was listed as a deserter from the Army in
Mass. in 1780.) Stephen paid poll tax and owned 50 acres of land in 1800 in Blount Co.,
Tennessee. With sons William and Adam he served as a drum major in the War of 1812. He
was allowed a pension on his application executed July 1, 1818, at which time he was 59
years old and residing in Blount Co., Tennessee. "State of Tennessee., Co. of Blount, Sept. 25,
1820, appeared Stephen Graves, age 61, a resident of said county, that he served in the
Revolution, has no income from other than that which is in the schedule contained hereto
annexed. 1 mare 2 years old, 1 calf 1 year old, 1 sow, 3 pigs, 1 note for $40.00 John
Black insolvent (?), 1 note for $50 on John V. Hynes a desperate debt. I owe $60 and $65
in all. I am a farmer by occupation, but I have no land to cultivate and if I did my age and
infirmity is so great that I could not support myself. My family consists of myself and my
wife Jenny, age about 60. I believe she is as stout (?) as perhaps any at her age could be
who has a family and is in moderate circumstances. Stephen Graves." Stephen sold his
land to Adam, his son, and was living with him in 1820. All his children were probably
born in Blount Co., Tennessee. (R-17, R-21)
Children - Graves
1163. Silas Graves, b.c. 1784.
+1164. Stephen Graves, Jr., b.c. 1785-6, m. Winey ------, d. Nov. 1859.
1165. William Graves, b.c. 1786, m(1) ------, m(2) Mary ("Polly") Ballinger, July or Nov.
1849-50 (Scott Co. or Sebastian Co., Ark.), d.
17 Nov. 1852 (Scott Co., Ark.).
1166. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Graves, b.c. 1788, m. William Garner, before 1829.
+1167. Adam Graves, b.c. 1790, m(1) ------, m(2) Mahala Hubbard, 2 April
1846, d. May 1865. He was married to Jean "Jennie" DUNLAP in 1783 or 1884 in Blount Co., TN.

177. Jean "Jennie" DUNLAP⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1760 in Blount Co., TN. She died after 1820 in Blount Co. or Monroe Co., TN. Birth is listed as 1763 by WFT, Volume. 8, Tree # 2649.
Children were:

88 i. Unknown GRAVES.
ii. Silas GRAVES⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1784 in Blount Co., TN.
iii. Stephen GRAVES⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1785/86. He died in Nov 1859.
iv. William GRAVES⁽⁸⁾ was born in 1786. He died on 17 Nov 1852 in Scott Co., Ark..
v. Elizabeth GRAVES⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1788 in Blount Co., TN.
vi. Adam GRAVES⁽⁸⁾ was born about 1790. He died in May 1865.