Eighth Generation

158. Sebastion "Boston" GRAVES²²⁷ was born on 1 October 1747 in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA.^227,228,229 His birth date appears in the records of Dunkel's Church, Greenwich Township, Berks County, so it is assumed that he was born in that township He was naturalized in 1763 in NC.²²⁹ Name paid Taxes value place date²²⁹ Name paid Taxes value place date²²⁹ Name paid Taxes value place date²²⁹ Name paid Taxes value place date²²⁹ He owned on 25 August 1795 in Orange Co., NC.²²⁹ Boston owned on 16 August 1797 in Montgomery Co., NC.²²⁹ On Aug. 16, 1797, Boston Graves and wife Sarah, of the county of Montgomery, Va., deeded to David Price of the same county, 235 acres of land on "Clover Bottom waters of Sinking Creek, a branch of New River..." This deed was acknowledged in the Montgomery County Court of January 1798 by Boston and Sarah Graves. (Montgomery Co. Deed Book C, p. 95)
Name paid Taxes value place date²³⁰ The tax lists for Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne Counties 1800-1820 list Bostian Graves. He died on 1 April 1840 at the age of 92 in Knox Co., TN.^{229,230,231,232} Boson Graves died at his son George Graves home fifteen miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee, April 1, 1840, at 4-1/2 o'clock p.m. in his 93 year of his age. He was buried in April 1840 in Sebastion Graves Cemetery, Union Co., TN.^18,228 Rev. War pension # R4213, Continental Army in NC. He was eighty-five years of age when he filed for a pension (S-421-3NC) for his service. He was living in Knox Co., TN. on August 23, 1832. The application disclosed his birth date, place of birth, and migration to Orange Co., NC. For his service in the war, he was awarded $40 per annum on July 10, 1833. See page 123, UCHS Pathways, Dec. 1991. He was drafted in Orange Co. as a private in the North Carolina State Militia under Captain William O'Neal, but escaped the draft by having his blacksmith partner and kinsman, William Graves, serve in his place. When Boston was drafted the second time, he hired his wife's brother whom he had raised, John Efland, to take his place. Graves hired a substitute the third draft; but when the forth draft came, he entered the service for three months and served under Captain William Rogers, Col. William O'Neal, and General Butler. Graves and possibly a neighbor, Joseph Albright, were ordered to work out their tour in Orange Co. as blacksmiths. After one month, however, Graves was ordered to Hillsboro where he was taken prisoner and incarcerated at Wilmington for nearly a year. he was later sent by ship to Charleston, SC, where he was exchanged. Boston is buried with his wife in the Graves Cemetery, 1/4 mile south of Tazewell Pike on Jim Wolf Road at the Union-Knox Co. line.
On Aug. 21. 1832, Mary Gibbs, now living in Knox County, who lived near Boston Graves in Orange County, N.C., testified that she knew that he was taken a prisoner at Hillsboro and held for 11 months.
On June 11, 1841, Sarah Graves made affidavit that her husband, Boston Graves, died April 1, 1840. Henry Graves and William Graves (preacher of the Gospel) made affidavit that they saw Boston Graves die and that they attended the funeral. George Graves was an acting justice of the peace in Knox County.
On Dec. 8, 1841, Philopeni (Phyllis) Sharp of Anderson County, Tenn., testified: "I was present at the marriage of Boston Graves and Sarah Ephland, the wife and widow...; that in the early part of June 1769 in the State of North Carolina, Orange County, I rode from my father's house Peter Ephland, in company with Boston Graves and Sarah Ephland, now Sarah Graves, to Michael Holloway's where they were married by the county minister as he was then called and returned in company with them to my father, and that said Boston and Sarah Graves have lived together as man and wife from that time to his death."
First Families of Tennessee Registry, page 161. Proof is a witnessed deed in 1797. He was in Knox in 1796.

Sarah EFLAND and Sebastion "Boston" GRAVES were married on 17 June 1769 in Orange Co., NC.

159. Sarah EFLAND¹⁸⁷ was born on 1 October 1747. She died on 28 November 1842 at the age of 95 in Claiborne Co., TN.^{228,230,231,233} According to one source Sarah Efland Graves died at her daughter's home (Catherine Graves) in Powell's Valley in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 28 Dec 1842. There is a letter from Henry to his son, William Carroll Graves dated 8 Dec 1842 that states she died on 28 Nov 1842.
She was buried in 1843 in Sebastion Graves Cemetery, Knox Co., TN.²²⁸ Footprints has 1840.
The Bible records on file at the D.A.R. Library stated that Sarah Graves died Dec. 28, 1843 "in her 90th year", so she must have been born about 1752-3, probably in New Jersey.

Children were:

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Catherine GRAVES was born in 1770 in Orange Co., NC. She died in 1840 at the age of 70 in Claiborne Co., TN.²³⁴ Birth and death dates from Buddy Dalton-Vance (October 1994)
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Daniel GRAVES^184,235,236 was born in 1772 in NC.²³⁷ He died on 7 October 1838 at the age of 66 in Knox Co., TN.^237,238 Daniel owned thousands of acres in Tennessee. Daniel is believed to be the oldest son because his name was recorded in Knox Co., TN, records before other known sons of Boston appeared.
He appeared on the census in 1830 in Knox County, Tennessee. He died on 7 Oct 1838 in Knox County, Tennessee. The exact date of Daniel Graves death was found in an inventory of his personal estate, which was October 7, 1838, and was recorded in Knox County. Before his death, Daniel made a deed to William and Daniel Graves, consideration $1 to 3,000 acres at a 5,000 acre corner granted to Robert Harper, by him to Hugh Williams, by him to Wiley Blount, by him to Pleasant M. Miller by him to myself...Hansard line to Bull Run...to keep me and my wife Sophia a sufficient supply of all necessities of life to support agreeable to our usual mode of life, then all balance of profits of said acres authorized to apply to their own use...dated July 22, 1838.
/s/Daniel Graves
Registered Sept 4, 1838
Attest:
George Graves
Henry Graves
William Graves
Boston Graves
Wm. P. Harbison
On May 23, 1797, Daniel Graves bought 200 acres of land from John Beard. The land was located in the head waters area of Little Flat Creek, first known as Gravesville and later Graveston. The land is recorded in Book C-1, pg. 131, Knox County, Tennessee.
On the same date as the above deed, May 23, 1797, Daniel Graves bought 257 acres on Little Flat Creek from John Beard, Book C-1, Pg. 130.
April 23, 1798, Daniel Graves sold Boston Graves the 257 acres he had bought from John Beard eleven months earlier. The deed was witnessed by William Garrett and Jonathan Blevins.
Daniel Graves bought 269 acres on Sinking Creek from Asa Hinds 24 May 1824. Book U-1, page 369.
April 1824 Session of County Court, Knox County, TN, Daniel Graves qualified as Justice of the Peace, page 44.
In 1831 Daniel Graves paid taxes on 2700 acres of land, one poll tax, and taxes on two negro slaves.
Knox County Court Minutes 1832, October Session, Daniel Graves resigned as Justice of the Peace.
Daniel Graves sold 269 acres on Sinking Creek to Jacob Graves 21 Jan 1828, Book W-1, Page 20. Jacob may have been married at the time he bought this land. He is believed to have been the Jacob Graves that married Sophianna Graves, Daniel's daughter, in 1830.
Daniel Graves bought 3000 acres on the north side of Copper Ridge in the Bull Run Creek area from Pleasant Miller 30 Mar 1829, Book W-1, Page 400.
Daniel Graves sold 35 acres on Bull Run Creek to Boston and John Graves 21 Sep 1832, Book W-1, page 245.
Daniel and Boston Graves to William Swan Sheriff's sale several tracts 6 Dec 1832, Book X-1, page 309.
Daniel Graves to son John a title bond for 300 acres, a part of a 1000-acre tract on Bull Run Creek and known as the Big Lick place, Book , page 203, 13 Jun 1837. This is no doubt the Big Lick mentioned in the deed for 500 acres from Stockley Donaldson to Joseph Hinds in February 1794. The beginning corner was about midway between the east and north forks of Beaver Creek "and near the public road that leads from Knoxville to the Big Lick."
Daniel Graves to Jacob Graves title bond for 500 acres being part of a 5000 acre tract on Bull Run Creek and known as the Big Lick place 13 Jun 1837, Book , page 209.
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Elizabeth "Betsy" GRAVES.
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Mary GRAVES was born about 1777 in Orange Co., NC.^239,240 1880 census of son John Troutt has her born in VA. She died on 19 September 1826 at the age of 49 in Knox Co., TN.²⁴¹
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John G. GRAVES.
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Peter GRAVES²⁴² was born on 15 September 1783 in Montgomery Co., VA.¹⁸⁷ He died on 2 February 1860 at the age of 76 in Bainbridge, Putnam Co., IN.^187,242 Aged 68 years, 11 months and 3 days. Peter served as a sergeant in the War of 1812 under Capt. John Sharp (Luttrell Sharps), Colonel Booth's 5th Regiment, East TN Militia, and was drafted in Knox Co., TN on Nov 13, 1814 for six months. He moved to Putnam Co., IN in 1823. He applied for bounty land on Nov. 18, 1850, and received eighty acres. He was awarded additional bounty land while a resident of Putnam County, Indiana. His farm is located just 1/2 mile west of Bainbridge, IN on the south side of state road 36. Peter deeded the farm to his son Elihu in 1855. Putnam Co. records, Monroe Twp. Land Grants; west half of NW Quarter, Section 11, 80 acres, October 7, 1824. Putnam County entry Book, page 112.
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George GRAVES¹⁴⁸ was born in 1785 in NC.¹⁴⁸ He appeared in the census in 1850 in Knox Co., TN.¹⁴⁸ He signed a will on 2 May 1859 in Knox Co., TN.²⁴³ George died on 25 June 1860 at the age of 75 in TN.¹⁴⁸ Will proven for name at place on date.²⁴³ During his lifetime he owned and operated a grist mill at Graveston, TN and served as a Justice of the Peace in Knox County, TN. According to the 1850 census for Knox County, Tennessee, George was engaged in a variety of businesses, including a grist mill, a sawmill, and perhaps even the distilling of whiskey.
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Henry GRAVES¹⁸⁷ was born on 21 May 1788 in NC.^187,232 He died on 6 February 1870 at the age of 81 in Knox Co., TN.¹⁸⁷ The dates on Henry Graves and his family were copied from a Bible record on file at the D.A.R. Library, Washington, D.C. This Bible is owned by Ellis Reed Graves.
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David GRAVES^187,243,244 was born about 1790 in Orange Co., NC.^230,243 He appeared in the census in 1830 in Knox Co., TN.²⁴³ He died on 23 August 1846 at the age of 56 in Marian, Crittenden Co., IN.^187,243 D.A.R. Lineage Book 100, p. 38. D.A.R. Lineage Book 100, p. 38, probably the youngest son of Boston.
David served in the War of 1812 and according to his military record, he was drafted at Knoxville on Jan. 10, 1814, and served as a private in the company of Capt. Nicholas Gibbs' 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, under command of Col. Samuel Bunch.
When Mary Holloway Graves applied for bounty land on Dec. 21, 1850, for her husband's service in the war, it was learned that he died Aug. 23, 1846, while on a business trip to Crittenden County, Kentucky with his son--Pleasant M. Graves. At the time of application, Mary Graves gave her age as 54 and her marriage date as Sept. 14, 1817. It was in a affidavit made July 31, 1852, by Pleasant M. Graves that the place of David Graves' death was learned.
David Graves bought 190 acres in 1818 near Bull Run Creek where Highway 33 crosses Bull Run Creek.
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Sarah GRAVES was born in 1798 in NC. She died on 2 October 1896 at the age of 98 in Sharp's Chapel, Union Co., TN.²⁴⁵ Graves book has 28 Dec 1843, but she was in 1850, 1860, and 1870 census.
She was buried in October 1896 in Katy Moyers Cemetery, Union Co., TN.