Grant Surname

William Grant was born in the late 1600s or early 1700s, at an unknown location. He died before May 7, 1736 in King George Co., Virginia.

William's origins are unknown - he has often been confused with different William Grants who lived during the same general locations and time period. This William was married to a widow named Margaret Glendenning White sometime between August 1723 and April 1724, in King George County, Virginia. He died before May 7, 1736, when his widow Margaret was appointed administrator of his estate in King George County.

Margaret was the daughter of John Glendenning and Ann Mott. She was married first to Richard White. Then after William's death she was married to Benjamin Palmer.

1	James Grant
2	Jane Grant was born circa 1727 in King George Co., Virginia.

1	Diskin Grant
2	John Grant was born circa 1748 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Walker.
3	James Grant was born circa 1755-1765 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Powell.
4	Rachel Grant was born circa 1776. She married John Tennason on February 3, 1796 in Caswell Co., North Carolina.
5	Joshua Grant was born circa 1779.
6	Elizabeth Grant
7	Margaret Grant
8	William Grant
9	Reuben Grant
10	Neely Grant

Diskin Grant was born circa 1748 in Virginia. He died after 1824 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

Father: James Grant
Mother: Ann Diskin

Diskin was probably born and raised in northern Virginia, in one of the neighboring counties: King George County (where his father's family was from), Prince William County (where his mother's family was living), or Fairfax County (where his mother's family also owned land). Then during his youth, probably in about 1756, they moved to nearby Loudoun County, Virginia; where they remained for the duration of his youth. Diskin first appeared on tithable lists there in 1769 (which suggests he had just reached legal age, and was born in about 1748). Diskin was living in Loudon County, Virginia as late as 1778; when his parents sold their land there and apparently moved away. Diskin's whereabouts between 1778 and 1781 are unknown, but he was probably in North Carolina.

In January 1781, he settled a tract of land in the part of Guilford County, North Carolina that became Rockingham County in 1785. Diskin served in the Revolutionary War while living in that part of North Carolina, and was paid for service in 1782 and 1784. During this time period, Diskin was married to Susannah Robertson/Robinson from that county. Then in 1784 or 1785, they moved to Spartanburg County, South Carolina with his wife's parents. They remained there for about 14 years and in October 1798, they sold their land in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. They probably moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee at that time (the first definite evidence of them there was in April 1807, yet other records suggest that they were already living there in June 1799). Diskin and Susannah remained in Montgomery County, Tennessee for the duration of their lives. There they lived on Parson's (now Passenger) Creek in the eastern part of Montgomery County, in the same area where their son Zachariah lived. The last known evidence of Diskin was in November 1824 when he sold land in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Other researchers indicate that on November 10, 1825, he filed for a pension for his military service; but I have not been able to find any evidence of that. He probably died before 1830.

Susannah was the daughter of Zachariah Robertson and Elizabeth Tate. Their surname was listed interchangeably as both Robertson and Robinson.

1	Zachariah Grant
2	Joseph M. Grant was born circa 1788 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina.
3	James Grant was born circa 1790 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina.
4	Joshua N. Grant was born circa 1801 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

Zachariah Grant was born on October 18, 1786 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina ³. He died on September 13, 1864 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee ³. He is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

Father: Diskin Grant
Mother: Susannah Robertson/Robinson

Zachariah was named after his maternal grandfather Zachariah Robertson/Robinson. Zachariah was born and raised in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. As a child (probably in 1798 or 1799) he moved with his family to Montgomery County, Tennessee, where they remained. While living there, Zachariah served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of the West Tennessee Militia.

Zachariah was married to Mary Wheless in 1810 and they settled on a farm in eastern Montgomery County, Tennessee, on Parson's (now Passenger) Creek and not far from the community of Port Royal. On their estate, they raised a family of eight children. Zachariah and his family were quite wealthy. In 1836, he owned 1500 acres in Montgomery County valued at $6,000. In the 1860 census, his total estate (personal and real) was valued at $100,300.00. He was also a slave owner (in 1860 was listed as owning 48 slaves - their value being a significant portion of his "wealth"). In adulthood, Zachariah was either a member of the Baptist or Methodist church. After the death of his wife in 1858, Zachariah lived with his grandson William Herring, who also served as his overseer. According to family history, Zachariah was murdered by a band of guerillas in a barn outside of his house on an evening that his grandson was away from home.

They had the following children:

1	Nancy Grant was born on September 12, 1811 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 3. She died on April 2, 1874 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 3. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She married Albert Herring circa 1831 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. (He was born on May 22, 1811 in Tennessee and died on July 2, 1878 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had the following children: Benjamin William Herring (1833-1900) Ann Eliza Herring (1835-1858) Mary Virginia Herring (1838-1896) md. Fendal John Tilley Alexander Albert Herring (1840-1914) David Grant Herring (1842-1876) Aquilla C. Herring (1844-1844) Samuel A. Herring (1846-1914) md. Susan Winchester Gardner Susan Elizabeth Jane Herring (1848-1929) md. James Curren Moody George F. Herring (1853-1913) Joseph L. Herring (1855-1857)	* Toni Cain Moody at Probanthia@aol.com is a researcher of this line.
2	David Grant was born on February 13, 1813 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He died on November 16, 1878 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He married first Lucinda C. Bobo on July 21, 1840 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. (She was born circa 1822 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee and died on September 5, 184(1 or 2) in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 6. She is buried in the Bobo Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had one child: Hiram Zachariah Grant (1841-1864) He married second Telithia T. J. Hutchison on August 9, 1843 in Robertson Co., Tennessee. (She was born on July 16, 1824 in Tennessee and died on June 5, 1867 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. They had the following children: Mary E. Grant (1844-1847) John H. Grant (1847-1848) Emma V. Grant (c. 1849-1884) md. Rufus J. Gardner William D. Grant (1851-1853) infant daughter Grant (1853-1853) infant daughter Grant (1854-1854) Willemine Grant (1856-1859) Mary Grant (1858-1863) Boyd H. Grant (1863-1873) Blanche Grant (1865-1875) He married third Margaret C. Frey on April 15, 1875 in Robertson Co., Tennessee. (She was born on July 27, 1837 in Tennessee and died on February 17, 1908. She is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Robertson Co., Tennessee.) They had one child: Margaret Grant (1875-1898) A guess is that there may have been some kind of genetic problem that caused all 12 of David's children to die while relatively young. In 1880, his 30-year old daughter Emma indicated that she suffered from a spinal problem.
3	Martha Grant was born on October 2, 1814 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 3. She died on November 9, 1852 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 3. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She married Henry Gunn circa 1833 in Tennessee. (He was born on February 15, 1809 and died on April 30, 1886 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had the following children: Mary E. Gunn (c. 1835-1864) md. Henry Halcat Pride David Thomas Gunn (1835-1904) md. 1st. Francious Rogers md. 2nd. Mary E. Barnes James Henry Gunn (c. 1839-1861) Joseph Wesley Gunn (c. 1841-1862) Barbara Ann Gunn (c. 1842-1875) md. William A. Lipford Zachariah Grant Gunn (c. 1843-1862) Neil Simpson Gunn (1847-1914) Robert Allen Gunn (c. 1849-after 1910) Aquilla Logan Gunn (1852-1924) md. A.F.
4	Joseph M. Grant was born on about April 4, 1817 8 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He died on March 19, 1892 8 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He married Harriet A. Atkins on July 7, 1841 in Robertson Co., Tennessee. (She was born on September 20, 1822 in Tennessee and died on October 12, 1858 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had the following children: James Zachariah Grant (1843-1918) md. Mary Fannie Crouch Mary E. Grant (c. 1846-???) David Council Grant (1850-1913) md. 1st. Etta md. 2nd. Barbara Gunn W. R. Grant (1853-1861) Margaretta A. Grant (1857-1914) md. ??? Brown He married second Mary Jane Morris on November 26, 1859 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. (She was born on November 4, 1824 in Tennessee and died on December 1, 1915 in Port Royal, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She is buried in the Morris Cemetery, Thomasville, Cheatham Co., Tennessee.) They had one child: Hattie E. Grant (1860-1909)
5	Mary Grant
6	Elizabeth Grant was born on May 3, 1822 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 3. She died on May 1, 1840 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 3. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She married Samuel H. Northington on January 6, 1839 in Robertson Co., Tennessee. (He was born circa 1816 in Tennessee.) They had no children, or at least none that survived. She was only married for one year.
7	Aquilla Grant was born on October 9, 1824 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 5,8. He died on October 16, 1888 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 5,8. He is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He married first Maria Louise Cherry on February 24, 1848 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 5. (She was born on September 23, 1824 8 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee and died on February 1, 1866 8 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had one child: Charles Aquilla Grant (1863-1863) He married second Sarah Ann Norfleet on December 24, 1867 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 5. (She was born on October 7, 1837 5,8 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee and died on August 30, 1886 5,8 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She is buried in the Old Grant's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had one child: Ella Norfleet Grant (1869-1926) md. Edward F. Rosson
8	Charlotte "Lottie" Grant was born in June 1826 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She died on December 26, 1900 in Ferguson Station, Logan Co., Kentucky. She is buried in the Ferguson Graveyard, Logan Co., Kentucky. She married Luke H. Ferguson on November 4, 1845 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. (He was born on January 4, 1811 and died on January 11, 1887 in Logan Co., Kentucky.) They had the following children: John Isom Ferguson (1846-1934) md. Emma L. Burks Mary "Mollie" E. K. Ferguson (1849-1921) md. Robert Everett Lyne Robert A. Ferguson (1855-1904) md. Mary E. Gordon Luke H. Ferguson (1857-1861) Martha "Mattie" Jane Ferguson (1860-1944) Many sources have confused her with a different Charlotte Grant of Montgomery County, Tennessee. That other Charlotte was born circa 1813, married John Cooksey, and settled in Missouri. Charlotte Grant Cooksey was not the daughter of Zachariah and Mary Grant, but was probably the niece of Zachariah Grant.

Mary Grant was born on August 6, 1820 in Montgomery County, Tennessee ^1,2. She died on March 16, 1870 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee ^2,8. She is buried in the Sango Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

Father: Zachariah Grant
Mother: Mary Wheless

Mary spent her youth at her parents' estate in eastern Montgomery County, Tennessee, near Port Royal. In 1840, at the age of 20, she was married to an aspiring young plantation owner named George Halliburton. They settled on a farm east of Clarksville in Montgomery County, where the community of Sango would eventually spring up from around their home. Besides the work involved with raising seven children, Mary probably helped with the administration of the family's successful farm and general store at their home.

There is evidence that Mary may have been raised as a Baptist, yet as an adult she became a Presbyterian. She and at least some of her children were members of the Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which stood near her home at Sango. Mary died in 1870, at the age of 49, probably from consumption (tuberculosis), the same disease that killed her daughter two months earlier.

For more information about their children, see his page.

Sources:

1. Rutherford, William K. and Anna C. Genealogical History of the Halliburton Family. Privately Printed, 1972.
2. Tombstone inscriptions, Sango Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee
3. Cemetery index, Old Grants Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
4. Obituary of Mary Grant, Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, c. June 1858
5. Research of Faye Jensen
6. Cemetery index, Bobo Cemetery, Montgomery Co., TN. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nightshade/Cemeteries/Bobo_Cemetery.html
7. Marriage registers, Montgomery Co., Tennessee
8. Death notice of Mary Halliburton, Clarksville Chronicle, Mar. 19, 1870, Pg. 3
9. Tombstone inscriptions, Old Grants Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

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