Alamance County Ancestors of Sandra Arnold
120.  John Jacob Graves, born March 08, 1745/46 in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died April 20, 1820.  He was the son of
240. John Sebastian Graves.  He married 121. Turley Coble. Both are buried at Stone Cemetery.
121.  Turley Coble, born Bet. 1746 - 1748; died August 27, 1832 in Guilford County, North Carolina.  She was the daughter of 242. Anthony Coble and 243. Anna Maria "Amick" Emich.

Notes for John Jacob Graves:
Name appears in the Dunkel Church birth and baptism records, Greenwich Twp, as John Jacob Graff. It is believed that the family name was not changed from Graff to Graves until the family moved to North Carolina.


Military Service 1771:  Appears to have served in the British Army during the Revolutionary War.

Shields, Ruth Herndon, [View Citation] [Table of Contents]  
Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County marriage bonds) and Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1972, 446  pgs.

D 575  Will dated 9 April 1820, proved May Court 1820.

JACOB GRAVES  wife:  Furby

dau:  Betsy, unmarried
No relationship to:  Mary Glass, Catherine Glass, is stated.
Daus ?  Nelly (or Milly) Nease, Barbara Graves, Betsy and Sara Graves
son:  Daniel Graves "tract whereon he lives"
sons:  Elias, David, Bostian and John Graves

Testator owns a mill.
His land joins that of Malachi Isley, Doctor Brehon, Frederic Shofner.

Executors:  George Isley, Boston Graves, David Graves.
Witnesses:  Is. Holt, Martin Nease, Jacob Anthony.

Children of John Graves and Turley Coble are:
i. Boston Graves, married Rosanna Courtner. He lived at Lead Mine Bend on the Powell River in Tennessee.
  ii. David Graves
  iii. Elizabeth Graves
  iv. Mary Graves, born Abt. 1784.
  v. Milly Graves
  vi. Sarah Graves
  vii. John Graves, born March 08, 1772 in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died September 06, 1850 in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee; married Sarah Sharp.
  viii. Barbara Graves, born April 24, 1773 in Orange County, North Carolina; died September 08, 1844 in Orange County, North Carolina; married George Isley; born April 03, 1768 in Orange County, North Carolina; died October 14, 1848 in Orange County, North Carolina. Both are buried at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church
  ix. Catherine Graves, born Abt. 1779.
  x. Daniel Graves, born January 07, 1793; died July 23, 1860; married Mary Noe; born September 20, 1792; died June 23, 1850. Both are buried at St. Paul's Lutheran, Alamance County, North Carolina
60 xi. Elias Graves, born February 17, 1794 in Orange County, North Carolina; died September 10, 1846 in Orange County, North Carolina; married Delilah Shoffner March 31, 1820.
122.  Frederick Shoffner, born Abt. 1761 in Orange County, North Carolina; died April 11, 1846 in Orange County, North Carolina.  He was the son of 244. Michael Shoffner and 245. Margaretha Fogleman.  He married
123. Christina Cooke. Both are buried at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church, Alamance County, North Carolina.
123.  Christina Cooke, born August 10, 1769; died November 06, 1825 in Orange County, North Carolina.

Children of Frederick Shoffner and Christina Cooke are:
61 i. Delilah Shoffner, born November 30, 1803 in Orange County, North Carolina; died September 29, 1846 in Orange County, North Carolina; married Elias Graves March 31, 1820.
  ii. David Daniel Shoffner, born Abt. 1793 in North Carolina; died Abt. 1870; married Barbara Clapp; born Abt. 1800 in North Carolina.
  iii. Henry Shoffner, born Abt. 1806 in Orange County, North Carolina; died Abt. 1863; married Nancy Puryear; born Abt. 1810 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
  iv. Peter Shoffner, born May 1784; died December 03, 1872; married Mary "Polly" Albright.
  v. Margaret Shoffner, born Abt. 1786; died Abt. 1864.
  vi. Christina Jane Shoffner, born Abt. 1788; died Abt. 1855.
  vii. Mary Shoffner, born Abt. 1791; died Abt. 1846.
  viii. Eve Shoffner, born Abt. 1797.
  ix. Sally Shoffner, born Abt. 1794; died Abt. 1845; married Andrew Albright.
124.  Levin Wood, born June 04, 1769 in Maryland; died May 11, 1842 in North Carolina.  He was the son of 248. Sabert Wood and 249. Elizabeth Busick.  He married 125. Elizabeth Byrn June 29, 1797 in Orange County, North Carolina. Both are buried at Mt. Hermon Church, Alamance County, North Carolina.
125.  Elizabeth Byrn, born in Maryland; died February 14, 1817 in North Carolina.  She was the daughter of 250. James Kent D. Byrn and 251. Mary McHard.

Children of Levin Wood and Elizabeth Byrn are:
62 i. Handy Wood, born December 11, 1805 in Orange County, North Carolina; died August 1846 in Orange County, North Carolina; married Julia Jane Cook January 15, 1824.
  ii. Polly Wood, married William Albright September 17, 1817.
  iii. Louise Wood, born April 23, 1798; died September 17, 1860; married William Albright February 05, 1816 in Orange County, North Carolina; born October 01, 1791; died October 01, 1856.
  iv. Elizabeth Wood, born October 27, 1808; died March 09, 1881; married John Thompson; born May 07, 1799; died July 06, 1881. Both are buried at Thompson Family Cemetery
  v. Sally Wood, born Abt. 1812; died Abt. 1887; married Samuel Siler; born August 25, 1810; died September 29, 1900.
126.  Henry Cook, born December 30, 1773 in Sussex County, Virginia.  He was the son of 252. Henry Cook and 253. Rebecca.  He married
127. Margaret MacRae.
127.  Margaret MacRae, born July 1779.  She was the daughter of
254. Donald MacRae and 255. Ann Cameron.

Children of Henry Cook and Margaret MacRae are:
63 i. Julia Jane Cook, born August 28, 1804 in Orange County, North Carolina; died September 19, 1868 in Alamance County, North Carolina; married Handy Wood January 15, 1824.
  ii. Henry Cook, married Mary Bryan April 18, 1836.
  iii. Daniel MacRae Cook, born February 02, 1820; died July 13, 1878; married Susan Blackwood May 25, 1848.

Notes for Daniel MacRae Cook:
He was mail carrier, between Graham, Asheboro, and Hillsboro,  before and after the Civil War. He lived 6 miles south of Graham on the "Woods Place".


  iv. John Cook died young.
  v. Archibald Cook, married Melissa Jane Clendenin Staley.
  vi. Duncan Alexander Hamlin Cook, born Abt. 1823; married Emma Stanford November 15, 1859.
  vii. Rebecca Cook, married William Hunter.
  viii. Mary Young Cook, born April 10, 1809; died March 02, 1857; married Benjamin Roney Bryan; born July 30, 1814; died February 15, 1864.
  ix. Rhoda Everett Cook, married Fisher Clendenin.
  x. Ann Eliza Cook, married John Coble.
Generation No. 8

192.  William Anderson, born Abt. 1727; died Abt. 1785.  He was the son of 384. John Anderson and 385. Ann Moore.  He married 193. Jane Mebane.
193.  Jane Mebane, born Abt. 1743 in Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1810 in North Carolina.  She was the daughter of 386. Alexander Mebane and 387. Mary Tinnen.

Children of William Anderson and Jane Mebane are:
i. Ann Anderson, born Abt. 1762 in North Carolina; died Abt. 1841 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee; married Richard Bull September 10, 1788; born Abt. 1757 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1840 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  ii. Jane Anderson, born Abt. 1765; died Aft. 1840; married John Thompson; born Abt. 1753 in Maryland; died Abt. 1819 in North Carolina.
96 iii. James Alexander Anderson, born September 27, 1768; died January 20, 1852 in Alamance County, North Carolina; married Martha Jane Murray August 23, 1795 in Orange County, North Carolina (marriage bond).
  iv. Frances "Fannie" Anderson, born August 03, 1775; died Abt. 1813; married Thomas Armstrong Abt. 1794.
194.  William Lawrence Murray, born April 30, 1750 in Somerset County, Maryland.  He married 195. Margaret Anderson.
195.  Margaret Anderson, born January 30, 1755 in Orange County, North Carolina.

Child of William Murray and Margaret Anderson is:
97 i. Martha Jane Murray, born April 16, 1776; died October 15, 1853 in Alamance County, North Carolina; married James Alexander Anderson August 23, 1795 in Orange County, North Carolina (marriage bond).
196.  William Faucett, born Abt. 1749; died Aft. January 04, 1815 in Orange County, North Carolina.  He married 197. Lydia Hall.
197.  Lydia Hall

Notes for William Faucett:
Shields, Ruth Herndon, [View Citation] [Table of Contents]   Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County marriage bonds) and Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850 Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1972, 446  pgs.

D 465  Will dated 4 January 1815, proved Feb Court 1816.

WILLIAM FAUSSETT, SEN'R
wife:  Lydia  land on Cane Creek
son:  Ralph Faucett  5 pounds "in addition to what I have given him"
" George Faucett 5 pounds "in addition to what I have given him"
son-in-law:  Abner Walker  5 pounds "in addition to what I have already given him with my daughter Polly"
son-in-law:  James Watkins and daughter Margaret
son-in-law:  Robert McCauley
daus:  Eleanor Faussett, Lucia Faussett
sons:  Robert, Eli, James Faussett

Executors:  sons Ralph Faussett and George Faussett.
Witnesses:  Rob't L. Mitchell, Caleb Wilson, James McCrory.

Children of William Faucett and Lydia Hall are:
98 i. George Washington Faucett, born December 23, 1784 in Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina; died June 09, 1864 in Orange County, Indiana; married Elizabeth Ann Killion.
  ii. Ralph Faucett
  iii. Polly Faucett, married Abner Walker.
  iv. Margaret Faucett, married James Watson.
  v. Eleanor Faucett
  vi. Lucia Faucett
  vii. Robert Faucett
  viii. Eli Faucett
  ix. James Faucett
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