Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:No direct proof that Azelberry C. Graham/Grimes is the same person as Columbus Grimes, but it fits;

!CENSUS:1840 Buncombe Co, NC pg 153 w/Lewis GRIMES Free Colored age 0-9 (1830/40);

!CENSUS:1850 Buncombe Co, NC # 1265
Lewis Grimes, 60, M, M, Laborer, NC
Rebecca, 50, F, -, NC
Nancy, 28, F, M, NC
Ellsberry, 17, M, M, NC
Eliza, 15, F, M, NC
Evaline, 11, F, M, NC
Adelia, 10, F, M, NC
Thos, 8, M, M, NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Buncombe Co, NC # 750/736
Rebecca Graham, 59, F, -, Tailoress, NC
Ellberry, 26, M, M, Blacksmith, NC
Eliza, 25, F, M, Seamstress, NC
Narcissa, 22, F, M, Seamstress, NC
Delia, 20,, F, M, Seamstress, NC
Thos, 19, M, M, Farming, NC;

!CENSUS:1870 Blount Co, TN District No. 7 pg 136 # 2/2 Maryville PO
Azelberry Graham, 37, M, W, Blacksmith, 0/600 NC
Elizabeth E. 21, F, W, Keepint House
Rebecca, 16, F, W, At Home
Francis E., 28, F, W, At home
Narcissa E., 25, F, W, At home
Delia A., 22, F, W, At home
Doctor W.,3, M, W, TN
William Lafret? 16, M, W, Farm Labor, TN;

!CENSUS:1880 Blount Co, TN * Ayd? Graham;
!CENSUS:1900 * Rhea Co, TN * Asa C. Graham;

!NOTE:27 Jan 1906 Testimony (Gilliland et al vs Board of Education of Buncombe) of William Greenlee, 75, colored "he knew Keener Grimes, a tailor in Asheville, who married a servant of Dr. Hardy by the name of Matilda Forney, a negro; that Columbus Grimes, another son of Louis, a nephew of Jeffrey Grimes, lived with a free negro woman by the name of Aunt Sooky Baird."

!CENSUS:1870 Blount Co, TN District No. 7 pg 136 # 2/2 Maryville PO
Azelberry Graham, 37, M, W, Blacksmith, 0/600 NC
Elizabeth E. 21, F, W, Keepint House
Rebecca, 16, F, W, At Home
Francis E., 28, F, W, At home
Narcissa E., 25, F, W, At home
Delia A., 22, F, W, At home
Doctor W.,3, M, W, TN
William Lafret? 16, M, W, Farm Labor, TN;