My great great great grandfather. * indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: about 1753, Prince Edward Co., VA. 4
Parents: EDWARD GRESHAM
Married: unknown.
Death: 23 Feb. 1823, Greene Co., GA. 1 4
Burial: about 1823, Oakland-Gresham Cemetery, Greene Co., GA.
Will: written 2 Nov. 1822, recorded 10 March 1823. 1
OBITUARY
Notes:
Archibald Grisham is listed in the Orange Co., NC tax list in 1779.
18 MARCH 1784 REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOUNTY LAND GRANT: Archibald and family came to Georgia from North Carolina and settled in Richmond County.
Archibald and family appear to have settled Greene Co., GA before 1790, based on an entry in Deed Book B, page 289, dated 20 April 1789, indenture between Rene Fitzpatrick and Ethelred Wood, for 230 acres of land in Greene Co., bounded by Thomas Lemon, Archibald Gresham, Curtis Willbourn, and John Buchanan. 3
11 MARCH 1799, GREENE CO., GA: Sarah Harkins and Thomas harkins and Archibald Gresham apply for administration on estate of Thomas harkins, dec'd. 2
28 SEP. 1814, GREENE CO., GA: Grand Jurors serving at Sept. Term 1814, Superior Court: ...among listings, Archibald Gresham. 2
Listed as over age 44 in the 1820 Federal Census, Capt Grigorys District,Greene,GA, with one male age 16-26, one female over age 44, five male slaves under 15, three male slaves age 10-16, five male slaves age 16-26, and two female slaves under 14, with eight in the household engaged in agriculture.
Spouse: NANCY (UNKNOWN [believed to be Rhodes])
CHILDREN OF ARCHIBALD GRESHAM AND NANCY (UNKNOWN):
STERLING HOLCOMB RHODES GRESHAM*
Sources:
1. Personal viewing of the Will Book, Greensboro Probate Court, Greensboro, GA.
2. "Genealogical Material from Legal Notices in Early Georgia Newspapers," Judge Folks Huxford, Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1989.
3. "Greene County, Georgia Land Records, Deeds 1785-1810," Freda Reid Turner, Wolfe Publishing, Fernandina Beach, FL, 1997.
4. Georgia Journal, Milledgeville, GA, Obituary, 18 March 1823.
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