John Graydon Family

John Graydon Family
South Carolina

John Graydon

b. c.1796 Laurens Co., SC d. after 1850
buried:

m. Mary Permelia ? after 1817
b. 1803 South Carolina
d.
buried: unknown her father: her mother:

his father: Thomas Graydon
his mother: Sara Camp

Children
Sterling Graydon	b. about 1820 Laurens Co., SC	d. probably after 1885	m. Sara Dunwoody/Dunwody
Sara Graden	b. c. 1821 Laurens Co., SC	d.	m. Newton Griffin (b. 10 Mar 1816 Laurens Co., SC )
Mary Graden#	b. 1823 Laurens Co., SC	d.	m.
Henry Graydon	b. 1832 Laurens Co., SC	d.	m.
William H. Gradens#	b. 11 Feb 1833 Laurens Co., SC	d. 15 Dec 1855 Laurens C., SC	1m. Sarah "Sally" McPherson 5 Dec 1855 Laurens Co., SC (b. 13 Jun 1831 Laurens Co., SC )
Benjamin Graydon#	b. 1834 Laurens Co., SC
Green Graydon#	b. 1837 Laurens Co., SC
Pamela Graydon#	b. 1837 Laurens Co., SC
Hosea Graydon#	b. 1839 Laurens Co., SC
Jane Graydon#	b. 1841 Laurens Co., SC
Amanda I. Graydon#	b. 1845 Laurens Co., SC
Warren Graydon#	b. 1849 Laurens Co., SC

#listed in the 1850 SC census.

1800 - Thomas Graydon shows up in the US Census of Laurens County, South Carolina.

Thomas Gradon
males 4 (U-10), 0 (10-16), 1(16-20), 1(26-45), 0
females 1(U-10) 0 0 1(26-45) 0 - 0 0
[US Census 1800, Laurens co., SC. p43]

1830 - Drury Graden is in Dekal Co., GA, US Census

males 1 (U-5) , 1 (30 -40)
females 0 (U-5) , 1 (20 - 30) , 2 (16-26) , 0 (26-45) , 1 (45+)

31 July 1830 - Codicil to will of Drury Boyce. James Graydon, son of Mathew Graydon.
Land adjacent to Thos Misbet(?Nisbet) , Wm. Wood, Harris Thompson. Wit:
[Laurens Co. S. C. Wills 1784-1840, So. Historical Press, 1988]

1840 Feb. 20, -

Sterling Graydon (as he signed), Asbury Terry(as he signed) and John M. Terry(as he signed) become executors to the estate of Thomas Gradon. They post a $10,000 bond as executors and agree to pay bills and heirs as required. Money is owed to John M. Terry, Wm Terry, Asbury Terry, Sterling Gradon, John Graden, G. Poole, Wm Gradon, W. G. Vinson, Drury Gradon, Nancy Gradon. Included in the estate were nine slaves with an estimated value as follows: - (man) "George" $585, (women) "Charity" $375, "Chloiy" $700, (boys) "Jacob" $750, "Dick" $900, "Addam" $850, "Washington" $775, "Joshua" $500, "Bob" $450.

[Landers Co., S.C., Judge of Probate, Box 89, pkg. 9, LDS film #1029341]

(These records indicate to me that all of these individuals are heirs to the estate through either direct descendancy or marriage consequently the inclusion of the unknown female heirs in the above list of children. Elroy C.)

1850 - US Census, South Carolina, Laurens Co.,p. 314.

John Gradon            54 m farmer $1200               SC
Pamela                         47 f
Mary                            27 f
Benjamin                     18 m
Green               13 m
Pamela               13 f
Hosea                           11 m
Jane                            9 f
Amanda                         5 f
Warren                       10/12 m
William Gradon          17 m

[Laurens Co. 314 Greenville]
William Gradon (17m) is also listed with John Gradon family [Laurens Co. 314 Greenville]

1848 - Graydon, John was a Trustee of Stony Knoll Academy, [Laurensville Herald 12/15/1848, page 3]

1849 - Graydon, S. E. of Laurens District married Ms. Susan Dunwoody at Cokesbury in Abbeville District on May 15, 1849 officiated by Rev. J. W. McCall. [Laurensville Herald 5/25/1849, page 3]

1853- Graydon, John deceased and Permelia Graydon deceased – final notice for settling of the estates, [Laurensville Herald 6/10/1853, p3]

1853 - Graydon, Sara Mrs. 84 years old died October 21, 1853 at the home of her daughter in Greenville District. She was a member the Baptist Church for 30 years. [Laurensville Herald, 12/16/1853, p2]

1854 - Price, Elizabeth Ms. married Henry Eustace both of Laurens District on November 9, 1854 officiated by a Sterling Graydon Esquire. [Laurensville Herald 11/17/1854, p2]

1856- Graydon, B. F. of Laurens District enlisted to emigrate to Kansas, [Laurensville Herald 3/21/1856, p2]

1857 - Graydon, James advertised with 60 acres of land and 200 acres of land for Sheriff Sale on the first Monday in January 1857. [Laurensville Herald 12/12/1856, p3]

1860 - Graydon, Eliza was a distributee in the estate of Sally Madden and William Madden Sr. both deceased and resided without and beyond the limits of the State of South Carolina, [The Laurensville Herald 2/3/1860, p3]

1860 - Graydon, Starling was a distributee in the estate of Sally Madden and William Madden Sr. both deceased and resided without and beyond the limits of the State of South Carolina, [The Laurensville Herald 2/3/1860, p3]

1871 - Graydon, Sarah Ann Mrs. was delinquent in 1870 property taxes for 50 acres of land. [Laurensville Herald 7/14/1871, p3]

Sources:

Abstacts of Early Records of Laurens Co. S. C. 1785-1820
Greenville Co. Cem. records, South Carolina Genealogical Society.
Greenville Republican, Greenville. S.C. Mar, 15. 1828 issue
Marriage and Death Notices from Upper SC Newspapers, 1833-1865
Hemphill, J. C. Men of Mark in S. C.,Vol. III, 1908, p198-99
Peery, Elizabeth- records of(heir of James Graydon), 114 Brookside Cr., Greenville, SC 29609 (864) 292-9426, email-PerryDean@aol.com 2 Nov 2000

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