The Granthams : seven generations of American frontiersmen/ by Arthur R. Seder, Jr.

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Includes index.

Chiefly descendants of Edward Grantham (ca. 1650-1703). He died in Surry County, Virginia. He was married at least three times and was the father of at least six children. Record follows some descendants on a migration route from Virginia to North Carolina then to Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and into New Mexico.

Contents: The Granthams in Virginia from earliest times to 1750 -- The Migration to North Carolina 1745-1750 -- A new Migration to a New Frontier -- The Granthams in Robeson County During the Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Periods -- Richard Grantham, Sr. and his family -- Joshua Grantham and his family -- The Great Migration of the Early Nineteenth Century -- Richard Grantham II and the Louisiana-Arkansas Odyssey -- "Gone to Texas" Richard Grantham III and the Ante-Bellum Years -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- Post-Reconstruction Texas Richard Grantham III and his family -- New Mexico, the last frontier D.G. Grantham and his family.

Also includes Mary Ann Bryandt Grantham's ancestoral chart and Mittie Olivie Smith Grantham's ancestoral chart.

Includes Bryant, Seder, Smith and related families.

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Bibliography: p. 265.

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