William
Addison
Graydon
Family
South
Carolina
William
Addison Graydon
b. 11 June 1793 Edgefield Dist., SC
d. 3 July 1866
Lowndes Co, AL
buried:
1m. Elizabeth Peak Ross Nov.
12
1818
Laurens
Co.,
S.
C.
b. abt 1796
d. 27 Dec 1869 AL
her
parents:
(unknown)
his father: Thomas
Graydon
his mother: Sara Camp
Children
|
| Emily Graydon |
b. 1825 Greenville, Butler Co., AL |
d. single in 1880 census
|
m. |
William A. Graydon Jr.
|
b. 12 Mar 1828 AL |
d. 2 Jan 1902 Butler Co., AL |
m. Jane E. ?
(b: 05 APR 1845 d: 10 SEP 1925) |
| John Clinton Graydon |
b. 15 Apr 1830 Greenville, Butler Co., AL |
d. 11 Jan 1892 Greenville, Butler Co., AL
|
m. Sarah Ann Mercer 20 Dec 1855 Butler Co., AL
|
Lucinda Jane Graydon
|
b. 1833 Greenville, Butler Co., AL
|
d. apparently widowed by 1880, AL
|
m. John W. McCoy
|
Henry Sterling Graydon
|
b. 1837 Greenville, Butler Co., AL |
d.
|
m. Dora Ann King 28 Oct 1858 Butler Co. AL
|
Nancy M. Graydon
|
b. 17 May 1840 Greenville, Butler Co., AL
|
d. 31 Mar 1908 Butler Co., AL
|
m.
|
Walter D. Graydon
|
b. 1844 Greenville, Butler Co., AL
|
|
m. Mary Jane P. Harrison
|
1819- William Addison Graydon moves to Butler Co., Alabama about
1819. His moving story is told with several others who moved from
South Carolina in a History of Butler Co., Alabama.
"Although Greenville is not a very
large town, she is one among the
first places settled in the State, having received a few emigrants as
early as 1819. She has never made any rapid progress at any
particular period of her history, but has gradually grown from a small
village to her present size and importance. Like the great city
of antiquity, Greenville was not built a day.
Previous to 1819, the present site of
Greenville was a favorite
resort for wild deer, hundreds of them often being seen at one time
feeding upon the luxuriant growth of grass which covered her verdant
hills, or lying down resting themselves in the cool and refreshing
shade
of the cane thickets that hid the mossy banks of the crystal streams
from the face of the bright luminary of day. One the evening of
the 14th of January, 1819, the peace of this happy forest of oaks was
disturbed by a train of emigrants, who had come from the State of South
Carolina to the new country in search of future homes. Being
favorably impressed with the appearance of this locality, they
stopped for the night on what is now known as Routon's Branch, to rest
themselves from the fatigue of the day, and to breathe the fresh and
invigorating air characteristic of locality.
After further investigation the next day,
they were all well pleased
with the surrounding, and at once decided to erect their future homes
in this beautiful portion of Nature's happy vineyard. Among the
settlers included in this train of emigrants were James Dunklin, Joseph
Dunklin, Dr. Hilary Herbert, Webster Gilbert, John Bolling, William
Graydon, John Graydon, William Payne, Thomas Coleman and Dr.
George
Herbert, eight of these emigrants having families. They brought
with them fifty-two horses and twelve wagons, loaded with bedding,
clothing, cooking utensils, all kinds of food, and an assortment of
tools used in mechanical work. Each family selected a particular
spot upon which to erect a rude cabin, for the shelter and protection
of its inmates from exposure to the weather and the danger of attack
from wild beasts.
A few weeks after the first batch of
emigrants had pitched their
tents here, Ephraim Palmer, John Cook, N. Hutchinson, and others, came
from the older States, and cast their lots with their friends in this
locality. The same year came John Caldwell, Samuel Black, Ezekiel
Pickens, David Waters, and Thomas Burnett, all of whome settled near
where Greenville was afterwards located."
[The
History
of
Butler
County,
Alabama. pp. 78-80]
1850 US Census, Butler Co., AL . According to
Barbara Graydon, her ancestor William Graydon moves to Butler County,
AL
about 1819 along with a brother, John Graydon. He shows up here on the
census
of 1840, 1850 and 1860 census. They apparently were early settlers of
the
area of Greenville, Alabama.
William Graydon 57 M born 1793 So Carolina farmer
Elizabeth 53 F born 1797 SC
Emily 25 F born 1825 Alabama
William A. 22 M born 1828 AL farmer
John Clinton 20 M born 1830 AL farmer
Lucinda Jane 17 F born 1833 AL
Henry Sterling 13 M born 1837 AL
Nancy M. 9 F born 1840 AL
Walter D. 6 M born 1844 AL
Nero (a free man) 84 M B born 1766 Virginia none
value of property: $1000
[1850 US Census, Butler Co., AL ]
1860- US Census, South Carolina, Abbeville Co., p. 83
Sterling E. Graydon
35 m
merchant
1000/3000
AL
Susan E.
32 f ( m. 15 May 1849 Susan Esther
Dunwoody)
SC
Ellis G.
8
m
SC
Goran G.
8
m
SC
Alfred T.
1
m
SC
Larnina Dunwoody
72 f
1000/25000
SC
Catherine E. Smyth
19 f
SC
US Census, Alabama, Butler Co., page 192-193
Wm.
Grayden
39
m
farmer
1600/8520
SC
ME
Grayden
26
f
Ala
E
Grayden
6 m
M M
Grayden
4 f
M E
Grayden
2
f
Thos
Grayden
4/12 m
nextdoor
Wm
Grayden
66
m
farmer
1300
/
500
SC
Elizabeth
Grayden
55f
M E
Grayden
30
f
Ala
N M
Grayden
20 f
W D
Grayden
17
m
1870 - US Census, South Carolina, Greenville Co., Fairview Twp. Roll: 1498
Page: 569
Graydon, Sterling
70
m w school
teacher
So
Caro.
" , Eliz.
J.
57 f
w
house keeper
"
"
" , Eliz.
24 f
w house work
"
"
" ,
Martha A.
18 f w
" "
"
"
Greenville Co., Abbeville, Roll: 1481 Page: 126
Graden, S. E
44
m w bookeeper
250 / 150
" ,
S. E.
41 f
w keeping house
" ,
E(lis?)
19 m w at home
" ,
G. V.
16
m w
" ,
Wm
8
m
w
" ,
Julie
6
f
w
" ,
Susan
4 f
w
1880 - US Census, Alabama, Butler Co., Dead Fall. enumerator
dist. 38, page 377
Graydon, Walter
D. w m
36
head
Farmer
AL
SC
SC
" ,
Mary J. w
f 29
wife keeping
house
AL
AL AL
" ,
Walter C. w m
11
son
AL
AL
AL
" , Orlander
S
w m
9
son
AL
AL
AL
" , Owen
M. w m
6
son
AL
AL
AL
" , Alonza
W. w m
3
son
AL
AL
AL
" , Irby
B. w
m 1
son
AL
AL
AL
Harrison, Mary
J.
w f 50
mother-in-law keeping
house
AL
AL GA
Harrison, Hannah
b f 21
servant
farm
AL
AL
AL
Butler Co., AL enumerator dist.
38, page 371
Graydon, William A. w m
52
head
Farmer
AL
SC SC
" , Jane
E. w
f 30
wife keeping
houae
AL
AL
AL
" ,
Elmore w
m 2
son
AL
AL
AL
" ,
Shelton w
m 1
son
AL
AL AL
" ,
Emily
w f 58
sister helping
Keep
house
AL
AL AL
" ,
Nancy
w f 35
sister helping
Keep
house
AL
AL
AL
McCoy, Lucinda
J. w
f 48
sister helping
Keep
house
AL
SC
SC
" ,
Mary J. w
f 22
neice helping Keep
house AL
AL AL
" , William
B. w m 20
nephew
Farm
Laborer
AL
AL
AL
1887 - Laurens Co., Marriage records list
several marriages to Graydons
L320 LYTHGOE, HATTIE G635 GRAYDON, ELLIS G 87 FEB
T512 THOMPKINS, LALLA G635 GRAYDON, ELLIS G 87 MAY
G635 GRAYDON, DELLA C436 CHILDRESS, J M 88 DEC
G635 GRAYDON, STERLING E D530 DUNWOODY, SUSAN ESTHER 84 MAY
G635 GRAYDON, WILLIAM N C455 COLEMAN, LAURA 88 DEC
M254 McMILLAN, ADA W G635 GRAYDON, WILLIAM NORWOOD 89 JAN
Lucinda Graydon, who married Harris
Thompson, are
supposedly both buried at Columbia Baptist Church cem., Princeton, SC
off
highway 25 in Greenville county. They had a son named Thomas Graydon
Thompson
(b. 18 NOV 1844 in SC, and died 19 FEB 1929). His wife was Ella Jane
Kirby
(b. 12 OCT 1852 in SC; died 20 JAN 1927) [records of Anita Monroe 9/04
Genforum,
RubatoM@aol.com]
1880 - US Census, Dead Fall, Butler Co.,
Alabama. page 371
Graydon,
William A w m
52
farmer
Ala
SC
SC
,
Jane
E.
w
f
30 wife
Keeping
house
Ala
Ala
Ala
,
Elmore
w
m
2
son
Ala
Ala
Ala
,
Shelton
w m 1
son
Ala
Ala
Ala
, Emily w
f 58 sister helping keep
house
Ala
SC
SC
, Nancy w
f 35 sister helping keep house
Ala
SC
SC
McCoy , Lucinda
J w f 48
sister helping keep house
Ala
SC
SC
" , Mary
J. w
f 22 niece helping keep
house Ala
Ala
Ala
" , William B. w
m 20 nephew farm laborer
Ala
Ala Ala
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
Graydon, Barbara -records for William Graydon
email-bgraydon11@mchsi.com
The History of Butler County, Alabama. pp. 78-80
Lynch III, James P. records of E. G. Vinson heirs in a email
of 16 Mar 1999; jplynch@crosslink.net
Marriage and Death Notices from Upper SC Newspapers, 1833-1865
Sneed, Karen. records and coorespondence 9 April 2008
Karenbs11@yahoo.com
US Census records.South Carolina.
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