Marty and Karla Grant

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

!BIRTH:Estimated at 1755/65 based on several census age entries:
1790 = 16 + (bef 1774)
1800 = 26-44 (1755/74)
1810 = 45 + (bef 1765)
1820 = 45 + (bef 1775)
Combined = (1755/1765);

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

!FATHER:William GRANT Proven by Will of William GRANT 1794;

!MOTHER:Mary MORRIS Grant Proven by Will of William GRANT 1794;

!TAXLIST:1776-1780 Tryon Co, NC w/William GRANT age under 16 (1760/80);

!MARRIAGE:18 Dec 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Andrew GRANT to Mashew McY, Robert YOUNG, bm;

!CENSUS:1790 Rutherford Co, NC pg 116 Andrew GRANT age 16+ (bef 1774) "1-0-2-0-0";

!NAMED: 9 Oct 1794 Rutherford Co, NC Will of William GRANT as "Andrew GRANT";

!CENSUS:1800 Rutherford Co, NC Andrew GRANT pg 113 age 26-44 (1755/1774) "40010-11010";

!BONDSMAN: 5 Aug 1801 Rutherford Co, NC Marriage of Thomas GRANT to Amy COXEY, Andrew GRANT, bm;

!CENSUS:1810 Rutherford Co, NC Andrew GRANT pg 376 age 45+ (bef 1765) "13001-21001";

!COURT:Jan 1818 Rutherford Co, NC John McCLURE vs Andrew GRANT (1818-1819 pg 5);

!COURT:15 Jan 1819 Rutherford Co, NC John McCLURE vs Andrew GRANT, defd failed to appear (1818-1819 pg 192);

!CENSUS:1820 Rutherford Co, NC Andrew GRANT pg 361 age 45+ (bef 1775) "110211-12101";

!COURT:Jan 1824 Rutherford Co, NC 1821-25 pg 239 The court orders that Tabitha GRANT & James GRANT & Mary BIDDY, infants and orphans living in sufference at Andrew GRANT's and at Edwin BIDDY's to be brought into next court of probate in order to be bound out.;

!COURT:Jul 1825 Rutherford Co, NC 1825-30 pg 15 The grand jury presented the following children as fit objects of the care of the court and recommend they be brought into court and bound out: ... Three children of Clemmy GRANT, deceased at Andrew GRANT's, ... two girl children of Susanna GRANT ...;

!DEATH:1825/1830 Since not found in 1830 census;

!CENSUS:1830 * Not found in NC;

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

!BIRTH:Estimated at 1755/60 based on several census age entries:
1790 = none (bef 1790)
1800 = 26-44 (1755/74)
1810 = 45 + (bef 1765)
1820 = 45 + (bef 1775)
1830 = 70-79 (1750/60)
1840 = 80-89 (1750/60)
Combined = (1755/1760)
1850 = 105 (1744/45) * Disagrees with all others;

!BIRTHPLACE:Ireland from 1850 Census Mortality Schedule. But I think Albemarle Co, VA is more likely, if she is a daughter of Alexander MACKEY;

!NOTE:Martha MACKEY Grant seems to be full of contraditions and mystery. Her marriage bond lists her name as "Mashew Mcy" or possibly "Mashew Mcg". The two published abstracts of the Rutherford Co, NC Marriages list her as "McGEE", but that is not correct. There were no McGEE's in Rutherford Co, NC at that time. Her name is most likely MACKEY, aka McKEY, aka McY. The fact that this is a MACKEY is further supported by the Bondsman for the marriage, a Robert YOUNG. Robert YOUNG was married to Susanna MACKEY, daughter of Alexander MACKEY who died 1793. Robert YOUNG Witnessed the Will of Alexander MACKEY also. Unfortunately Martha MACKEY Grant was not named in Alexander MACKEY's Will, but I still think she belongs there in his family somehow. It is possible that she was already a Widow in 1788 when she married Andrew GRANT, and that her first husband was a MACKEY who had died prior to then. This Mr. MACKEY could be a son or somehow related to Alexander MACKEY's family. This would explain why she wasn't named in his Will. Robert YOUNG, in that case, would be her former Brother-in-law (or even her brother, if her maiden name happened to be YOUNG prior to marriage to a MACKEY). A lot of supposition here, but that is our only option, as few records exist for her. "Mashew" is apparently a variant of "Martha", though not a common one;

!MARRIAGE:18 Dec 1788 Rutherford Co, NC Andrew GRANT to Mashew McY, Robert YOUNG, bm;

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

!CENSUS:1800 Rutherford Co, NC pg 113 w/Andrew GRANT age 26-44 (1755/1774);

!CENSUS:1810 Rutherford Co, NC pg 376 w/Andrew GRANT age 45+ (bef 1765);

!CENSUS:1820 Rutherford Co, NC pg 361 w/Andrew GRANT age 45+ (bef 1775);

!CENSUS:1830 * Burke Co, NC pg 195 w/Thomas GRANT age 70-79 (1750/1760);


!CENSUS:1840 Macon Co., NC p. 161
Martha Grant age 80-89 (1750/1760)
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Analysis (who each person *might* be):
1m 20-29 (1810/1820) = James Albert Grant (1810/15) gr-son s/o ?
1m 15-19 (1820/1825) = Wilkie I. Grant (1820) gr-son s/o Mary Lou
1m 5-9 (1830/1835) = William C. Grant (1826) gr-son s/o Elizabeth
1f 80-89 (1750/1760) = Martha Mackey Grant (1755/1760)
1f 30-39 (1800/1810) = Elizabeth Grant (c1799) daughter
1f 0-4 (1835/1840) = Susan D. Grant (c1837) gr-dau d/o Elizabeth;


!MORTALITY:1850 Macon Co, NC Tennessee Valley Twp Martha GRANT, 105 (1744/1745), White, female, widow, born Ireland, died Feb 1850 of Old age after being sick for 6 days.
NOTE: Her age was undoubtedly exagerrated somewhat here, as all other records indicate she couldn't have been more than 95, but no less than 89 or 90, also she was probably not born in Ireland, although it is certainly possible;