Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 6th Great Grand Parent.;


!BIRTH:ca 1725 is estimate. His oldest children were born in 1750's, so add 20 years to that gives 1730's. ca 1725 gives some lee-way, though it could be as recent as ca 1735.;


!BIRTHPLACE:Virginia assumed as youngest son Thomas was born there 1772/73.


!FATHER:Unknown. No clues at all.


!MOTHER:Unknown. No clues at all.


!COURT:-- Jan 1771 Tryon Co, NC Jury ... William GRANT ... < --- Not him, Cpt. William Grant (1732-1812) of SC. In 1771, Pacolet River (where Cpt. William Grant lived) was considered part of Tryon.;


!TAXLIST:1776-1780 Tryon Co, NC William GRANT age 16-60 (1715/64) 2 Males 16-60, 4 Males under 16, 3 Females 16-60, 2 Females under 16, 0 Blacks;


!REVOLUTION:21 Oct 1777 - 30 Dec 1777 Capt Robert Porter's Co, Sgt William Grant;


!ROSTER:30 Oct 1777 Captain Robert Porter's Tryon County Company ... William GRANT Sergt ...";


!PAY VOUCHER:"Porter's Company NC Wilm Grant. Appears with the rank of Sergt on a List of the names of Capt. Robert Porter's Co., Tryon County, North Carolina, by order of Brigadier General Rutherford, (Revolutionary War), dated Oct 30, 1777. Time of entering Oct 21, 17--. When discharged Dec 30, 17--. Number of days 71. Wages per day 4. Total Sum. L14. S4. Remarks --- (Card Number 37119951);


!COURT:Apr 1778 Tryon Co, NC Ord that William GRANT ... John MORRIS ... David GEORGE ... be a jury to dispute claim to lands between Phillip GOODBREAD & James MILLER;


!COURT:1779 Rutherford Co, NC Jury;


!COURT:1780 Rutherford Co, NC Jury;


!COURT:Jul 1780 Rutherford Co, NC William GRANT, JP;

!COURT:Oct 1780 Rutherford Co, NC William GRANT, JP;

!NAMED:--- 1781 Rutherford Co, NC. NC Secretary of State Papers. Probates. Gideon RUCKER; William GILBERT (Ad); Will GRANT, William NEVIL, Sec;

!COURT:Jan 1781 Rutherford Co, NC William GRANT, JP;

!COURT:-- Jan 1781 Rutherford Co, NC The Court Elected William GRANT, Esq, Ranger for this county agreable to law;

!COURT:-- Jan 1781 Rutherford Co, NC Or'd by the Court that Willm GRANT, Esq do take a list of the Taxable property in Cap LEDBETTERS Company;

!COURT:-- Jan 1781 Rutherford Co, NC William GILBERT letters of administration for Gedion RUCKER dec'd -- Wm GRANT & Wm NEVIIL Security L1000;

!TAXLIST:1782 Rutherford Co, NC William GRANT, 300a;

!WITNESS:17 Jun 1782 Rutherford Co, NC Deed AD-74 George BALL to John ELMS;

!COURT:-- Jul 1782 Rutherford Co, NC Susanna MORRIS, being of proper age came into Court & Choose William GRANT to be her Guardian. John MORRIS being of proper age came into Court & choose William GRANT as his Guardian. The children of John MORRIS De'd --- & give bond with Security on L200 Specie;

!COURT:-- Jul 1782 Rutherford Co, NC Or'd that William GRANT do take unto his posession Thomas MORRIS, Jean MORRIS, William MORRIS, James MORRIS, Francis MORRIS, George MORRIS, and Elizabeth MORRIS, infants, children of John MORRIS, decd until the come of proper age to choose guardians;

!COURT:-- Jul 1782 Rutherford Co, NC Or'd by the Court that William GRANT take into his posession all the Real and Personal Estate of John MORRIS, decd;

!COURT:-- Jan 1783 Rutherford Co, NC William GRANT, Esq VS John MORRIS. petition the last jury was impaneld & sworn do find for the plaintiff twenty pounds six shillings & five pense specie & costs;

!DEED:20 Mar 1783 Rutherford Co, NC A/D-189 Andrew HAMPTON of Rutherford to William GRANT, Esq, of Rutherford on 7 Jan 1783 at Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Rutherford County by a writ of Fiere facias against John MORRIS, Planter, late of Rutherford County, 350a on North side Main Broad River. S: Andrew Hampton. Wit: ---;

!COURT:18 Jul 1783 Rutherford Co, NC Jury for Morgan Superior Court for September Term ... William GILBERT, William GRANT ...;

!COURT:18 Jul 1783 Rutherford Co, NC The Court appointed the following Assessors for the Year 1783 .. In Cap McDaniel's Company William GRANT;

!COURT:-- Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC William GRANT proved a Deed from William TWITTY to Samuel WALKER for 200a ord to be registered;

!COURT:-- Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC On Pettetion it is ordered by the Court that a road be laid oru and marked the nighest and best way form Rutherford Court House to Potts Fork in the Cove and that ... William GRANT ... Thomas MORRIS ... Jury. ... Alexander GRANT ... James MORRIS, William GRANT be & is hereby exempt from working on the road that leads from the Court House to Ledbetters' Mills & are ordered to work on the last mentioned to Potts Fork;

!DEED:11 Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC A/D-263 State of North Carolina Grant # 270 to William GRANT for $50 for 150a. on Grant's Creek of Cove Creek, known as Neelys timber tract. S: Alexander Martin, Governor;

!DEED:11 Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC A/D-263 State of North Carolina Grant # 271 to William GRANT for $50 for 50a on Grant's Creek. S: Alexander Martin, Governor;

!DEED:11 Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC A/D-264 State of North Carolina Grant # 272 to William GRANT for $50 for 100a adjoining his own line. S: Alexander Martin, Governor;

!WITNESS:13 Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC Deed AD-185 William TWITTY to Samuel WALKER;

!COURT:Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC Proved deed of William TWITTY to Samuel WALKER;

!COURT:Oct 1783 Rutherford Co, NC Lay out road;

!COURT:Jan 1784 Rutherford Co, NC Appointed assesor;

!COURT:Apr 1784 Rutherford Co, NC Lay out road;

!COURT:Apr 1787 Rutherford Co, NC Charges for attendance as a witness in the suit of John GOODBREAD vs. Thomas REYBURN on behalf of the defendant.

!COURT:18 April 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT, George MOORE, Esquires.;

!COURT:19 April 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, James WITHROW, William GRANT and George LEDBETTER, Esquires.;

!COURT:14 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC State of North Carolina, A County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions began & Held for the County of Rutherford at the
Court House on the Second Monday of July Anno Domini 1788 Being the fourteenth Day of Said Month & in the Thirteenth year of the American Independence before Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT, & Robert IRVINE, Esquires.;

!COURT:15 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Tuesday the 15th Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT & James WITHROW, Esquires.;

!COURT:15 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC The court apponted Stephen WILLIS, Alex GRANT, James LOGAN, William GRAHAM, John EARLE, Jonathan HAMPTON, Richard LEWIS, William GRANT, Felix WALKER & John LEWIS Esquires, to serve as a Venery Men at Morgan Superior Court of law & Equity September Term 1788;

!COURT:16 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Wednesday the 16th Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT & Robert IRVINE Esquires.;

!COURT:16 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC John CALIHAM & Joseph THOMAS, Exctr vs William GRANT. Gen issue w/leave. Jesse MELTON, John ELLEMS, Henry KELLY, John TABOR, John WHITESIDE, James UPTON, Stephen WILLIS, Frances BROWN, John JONES, David REAVIS, Thomas JUSTICE & William BAKER a jury impaneled and sworn &c. The jury withdrawn.;

!COURT:17 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Thurdsay the 17th Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT & John EARLE Esquires.;

!COURT:18 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Friday the 18th Court Met according to adjournment. Present William GRAHAM, Stephen WILLIS, & William GRANT Esquires Justices.;

!COURT:19 Jul 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Saturday the 19th Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT & James WITHROW Esquires Justices.;

!COURT:13 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT, James WHITESIDE & William GRAHAM, Esquires Justices.;

!COURT:14 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Tuesday the 14th Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT & George MOORE Esquires.;

!COURT:15 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, George MOORE & William GRANT Esquires.;

!COURT:15 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court adjourned for Half Hour, Court Met according to adjournment. Present William GRANT, George MOORE & Timothy RIGGS, Esquires.;

!COURT:16 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court Met according to adjournment. Present William GRANT, George MOORE, Timothy RIGGS & John EARLE Esquires.;

!COURT:17 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT, Jonathan HAMPTON & George MOORE Esquires;

!COURT:18 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Court Met according to adjournment. Present Stephen WILLIS, William GRANT, & Elias ALEXANDER Esquires;

!COURT:18 Oct 1788 Rutherford Co, NC The Court appointed William GRANT, Timothy RIGGS, James LOGAN, Rober IRVINE, James WHITSIDE & John EARLE Esquires, a commmittee to settle with the public officers to meet at James ADAIRS on the 12th Nov & they or any two of them to compose a committee.;

!WITNESS:31 Dec 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Deed (Wills & Misc records) pg 34 Edward HAGON to his wife Christian HAGON, during her life, then to son Richard HAGON. Witness: William GRANT, Jeremiah SMITH, Charles GRANT, David MACKY;

!CENSUS:1790 Rutherford Co, NC pg 116 William GRANT age 16+ (bef 1774) "3-1-4-0-0"

!DEED: 9 Mar 1790 Rutherford Co, NC 22/23-298 William GRANT, Esq of Rutherford County to John CRAWFORD for 120, 200a. Witness: R. Lewis, Stephen Willis S: William Grant;

!DEED:28 Apr 1791 Rutherford Co, NC 7-146 James KILPATRICK of Rutherford Co, NC to William GRANT of Rutherford Co, NC for 50L, -- a joining Anthony DICKEY Witness: Stephen WILLIS, Charles GRANT;

!DEED:14 Oct 1791 Rutherford Co, NC 6-306 William GRANT of Rutherford Co, NC, planter to James MORRIS for 50, 100a on Grants Creek, granted to William GRANT 26 Nov 1789. Witness: Samuel LUSK, Jonas BEDFORD Jr S: William Grant, Mary (x) Grant;

!WITNESS: 9 Oct 1792 Rutherford Co, NC Will of Thomas DONALDSON, listed as William GRANT Jr;

!WILL: 9 Oct 1794 Rutherford Co, NC (Original Only, no copy on file with County). William Grant. Wife Mary, "afflicted son Archible", son Thomas GRANT, daughter Clemy GRANT, son Charles GRANT, ... Alexander GRANT, Andrew GRANT, Thomas GRANT, Archible GRANT and Clemy GRANT. Executors: Stephen WILLIS, Richard LEWIS and Alexander GRANT. Witness: Anthony DICKEY, Sarah HAMILTON. S: William Grant. Will Proven Jan 1795;

!DEED:14 Jul 1796 Rutherford Co, NC M/Q-323 State of North Carolina Grant # 1700 to William GRANT for 150a on Mountain Creek. S: Richard Dobbs Spaight, Governor;

!DEED: 8 Dec 1817 Rutherford Co, NC 29/31-393 Richard LEWIS, surviving executor of William GRANT, deceased, for $143 to Isaac CRATON and James Overton LEWIS of Rutherford, land on Mountain Creek. Witness: Jacob Michael. S: Richard Lewis;

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 6th Great Grand Parent.;

!BIRTH:Bef 1755 from Taxlists, census, Taxlist 1780 (bef 1759), Census 1790 (no ages), 1800 over 45 (bef 1755);

!BIRTHPLACE:Virginia assumed;

!FATHER:Unknown;

!MOTHER:Unknown;

!MAIDEN NAME:Possibly MORRIS, from research of Frank E. BLOCK, based upon this situation - One of David DALTON's sons listed that William GRANT was his uncle, so therefore that leaves four possible situations:
1) David DALTON married William GRANT's sister, or
2) William GRANT married David DALTON's sister, or
3) Both David DALTON and William GRANT married sisters of someother surname, this is the likely choice.
4) Another possible choice is that David DALTON and William GRANT were half-brothers;

!TAXLIST:1776-1780 Tryon Co, NC w/William GRANT age 16-60 (1715/64);

!CENSUS:1790 Rutherford Co, NC pg 116 w/William GRANT, no ages given (bef 1790);

!DEED:14 Oct 1791 Rutherford Co, NC 6-306 William GRANT of Rutherford Co, NC, planter to James MORRIS for 50, 100a on Grants Creek, granted to William GRANT 26 Nov 1789. Witness: Samuel LUSK, Jonas BEDFORD Jr S: William Grant, Mary (x) Grant;

!NAMED: 9 Oct 1794 Rutherford Co, NC Will of William Grant as "wife Mary";

!CENSUS:1800 Rutherford Co, NC pg 112 Mary GRANT age 45+ (bef 1755) "11110-21111";

!CENSUS:1810 * Not in her own household, could be deceased, or living with other relative. No GRANT households have a woman her age residing in them. She may be with a daughter or deceased.;

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 5th Great Grand Uncle.;

!BIRTHPLACE:Virginia assumed, since brother Thomas was born there 1773;

!FATHER:William GRANT, proven by Will of William Grant 1794;

!MOTHER:Mary MORRIS, proven by Will of William Grant 1794;

!CENSUS:1790 Rutherford Co, NC pg 116 w/William GRANT under 16 (1774/1790);

!NAMED: 9 Oct 1794 Rutherford Co, NC Will of William GRANT "afflicted son Archible GRANT";

!CENSUS:1800 Rutherford Co, NC pg 112 w/Mary GRANT age 16-25 (1774/84);

!CENSUS:1810 * Not found, could be deceased or residing with relatives;