Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:Black Family;


!CENSUS:1870 Cherokee Co., NC Murphy Township, Murphy PO # 4/4
James Dover 53 black, Farm Laborer $-/- GA
Dorcas 61 black Keeping House VA;


!MARRIAGE LICENSE:26 Feb 1876 Cherokee Co., NC
James Dover of Shoal Creek, 53, colored
to Sarah Wilkerson of TN, 45 colored
Married 26 Feb 1876 by L.P. Burnett, JP at Morgan Dehart's
Wit: A. L. Shields, L. M. Burnett;


!CENSUS:1880 Cherokee Co., NC Murphy # 90/98
Lucinda Ledford white 53 Wd Keeping House NC-NC-NC
Belva 20 dau Wd
Anna 95 mother-in-law wd
James Dover black, 60 servant wd working on farm NC-NC-NC;


!MARRIAGE LICENSE:5 Oct 1880 Cherokee Co., NC
James Dover, of Murphy town, 57, black, son of Solla Smith and Mary Smith, both dead
to Jane Grant of Murphy, 30, black, daughter of --- and ---.
Married 10 Oct 1880 by James W. Davidson, JP
at William Cannon's in Murphy
Wit: James L. Henry, William Cannon, John Sudderth, all of Cherokee;

!NOTE:Black Family;


!CENSUS:1860 Cherokee Co., NC Murphy, Murphy PO # 9/9
James M. Grant 35 Merchant $7100/1000 b. Rutherford Co NC
Nancy 31 b Macon
Milbern M. 13
John A. 11
Harvey D. 9 b. Cherokee
Lenora 6
Texana 1
Polly McCoy 18 Seamstress
William Dickey 21 Clerk b. Macon;
!SLAVE-CENSUS:1860 Cherokee Co., NC 6/1/1860 Murphey District p 424
Owner: James M. Grant
Slave: 18 F M
(18 years old, female, race=mulatto)
* Note: This is almost certainly Jane Grant (c1842) who married James Dover;


!CENSUS:1870 Cherokee Co, NC P-H-F 250-10-10 Beaverdam Township Murphy PO
Davidson Hugh H 56 M W Farmer 3000 1295 NC
Davidson Mary Ann 35 F W Keeping House NC
Davidson Allen 17 M W Farm Laborer NC
Davidson Sarah 15 F W attending school NC
Davidson Mary 13 F W attending school NC
Davidson Lilly 9 F W NC
Davidson Charlotte 3 F W NC
Davidson Ella 2 F W NC
Davidson Georgia 1/12 F W born May NC
Grant Jane 28 F B Domestic Servant SC;


!CENSUS:1880;


!MARRIAGE LICENSE:5 Oct 1880 Cherokee Co., NC
James Dover, of Murphy town, 57, black, son of Solla Smith and Mary Smith, both dead
to Jane Grant of Murphy, 30, black, daughter of --- and ---.
Married 10 Oct 1880 by James W. Davidson, JP
at William Cannon's in Murphy
Wit: James L. Henry, William Cannon, John Sudderth, all of Cherokee;