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;

!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;