Son of Alexander "Sawney" Graham (1729–1814) and Mary Purcell (1735–1817) of Scotland.
John Purcell Graham immigrated with his parents to North Carolina from Argyll, Scotland, in or about 1770. His parents settled in what was then Cumberland County, east of Drowning Creek (aka Lumber River), near Mountain Creek. That area is now part of Hoke Co., NC.
About 1793, he married Jennet McNeill of Cumberland County. The couple built their home in Richmond Co, NC, near to Blue's Bridge, which served as a dividing landmark for Cumberland & Richmond Co. It was here, at Blue's Bridge, that they raised their ten children.
John Purcell Graham was an active member of the Presbytery. According to the 1812 Record Book for the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, he was a Ruling Elder in the church. Although not in its original location, the Old Bethesda Church exists today as an historical landmark near the Town of Aberdeen in Moore Co., NC.
In 1836, he, his wife and many, if not all, of their adult children migrated to Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama. There he helped organize the Carolina Presbyterian Church. Again, according to the church record book, he was a Ruling Elder and Sessions Clerk. (Source: Record Book of the Carolina Church - http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/coosa.htm)
He died in Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama, March, 1848. In the years following his death, some of his descendants migrated to Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, where they help organize the Alabama Presbyterian Church.
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DEATH NOTICE, 16 May 1848, Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, NC), p. 3:
"DIED,... On the 14th day of March last, at his residence in Coosa county, Ala., in the 83rd year of his age, JOHN P. GRAHAM, Esq., a native of Scotland, but for more than 60 years a citizen of Richmond county, N.C. He removed to Alabama in 1836, and died esteemed and lamented by everyone who knew him."
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Louisiana Tech University has a special collection of Graham Family Papers. More information about this collection can be found online: http://www.latech.edu/specialcollections/collections/m089.shtml
He was the father of ten (10) children:
Elizabeth Graham (1794–1873)
Mary Graham (1795–1855)
James Graham (1798–1842)
Alexander Graham (1800–1865)
Margaret Graham (1802– )
Hector Graham (1804– )
Sarah Ann Graham (1806–1842)
Jane Paisley Graham (1808–1864)
Flora Ann Graham (1810–1842)
Isabella Archibald Graham (1813–1892)
John Purcell Graham immigrated with his parents to North Carolina from Argyll, Scotland, in or about 1770. His parents settled in what was then Cumberland County, east of Drowning Creek (aka Lumber River), near Mountain Creek. That area is now part of Hoke Co., NC.
About 1793, he married Jennet McNeill of Cumberland County. The couple built their home in Richmond Co, NC, near to Blue's Bridge, which served as a dividing landmark for Cumberland & Richmond Co. It was here, at Blue's Bridge, that they raised their ten children.
John Purcell Graham was an active member of the Presbytery. According to the 1812 Record Book for the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, he was a Ruling Elder in the church. Although not in its original location, the Old Bethesda Church exists today as an historical landmark near the Town of Aberdeen in Moore Co., NC.
In 1836, he, his wife and many, if not all, of their adult children migrated to Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama. There he helped organize the Carolina Presbyterian Church. Again, according to the church record book, he was a Ruling Elder and Sessions Clerk. (Source: Record Book of the Carolina Church - http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/coosa.htm)
He died in Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama, March, 1848. In the years following his death, some of his descendants migrated to Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, where they help organize the Alabama Presbyterian Church.
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DEATH NOTICE, 16 May 1848, Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, NC), p. 3:
"DIED,... On the 14th day of March last, at his residence in Coosa county, Ala., in the 83rd year of his age, JOHN P. GRAHAM, Esq., a native of Scotland, but for more than 60 years a citizen of Richmond county, N.C. He removed to Alabama in 1836, and died esteemed and lamented by everyone who knew him."
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Louisiana Tech University has a special collection of Graham Family Papers. More information about this collection can be found online: http://www.latech.edu/specialcollections/collections/m089.shtml
He was the father of ten (10) children:
Elizabeth Graham (1794–1873)
Mary Graham (1795–1855)
James Graham (1798–1842)
Alexander Graham (1800–1865)
Margaret Graham (1802– )
Hector Graham (1804– )
Sarah Ann Graham (1806–1842)
Jane Paisley Graham (1808–1864)
Flora Ann Graham (1810–1842)
Isabella Archibald Graham (1813–1892)
Son of Alexander "Sawney" Graham (1729–1814) and Mary Purcell (1735–1817) of Scotland.
John Purcell Graham immigrated with his parents to North Carolina from Argyll, Scotland, in or about 1770. His parents settled in what was then Cumberland County, east of Drowning Creek (aka Lumber River), near Mountain Creek. That area is now part of Hoke Co., NC.
About 1793, he married Jennet McNeill of Cumberland County. The couple built their home in Richmond Co, NC, near to Blue's Bridge, which served as a dividing landmark for Cumberland & Richmond Co. It was here, at Blue's Bridge, that they raised their ten children.
John Purcell Graham was an active member of the Presbytery. According to the 1812 Record Book for the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, he was a Ruling Elder in the church. Although not in its original location, the Old Bethesda Church exists today as an historical landmark near the Town of Aberdeen in Moore Co., NC.
In 1836, he, his wife and many, if not all, of their adult children migrated to Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama. There he helped organize the Carolina Presbyterian Church. Again, according to the church record book, he was a Ruling Elder and Sessions Clerk. (Source: Record Book of the Carolina Church - http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/coosa.htm)
He died in Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama, March, 1848. In the years following his death, some of his descendants migrated to Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, where they help organize the Alabama Presbyterian Church.
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DEATH NOTICE, 16 May 1848, Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, NC), p. 3:
"DIED,... On the 14th day of March last, at his residence in Coosa county, Ala., in the 83rd year of his age, JOHN P. GRAHAM, Esq., a native of Scotland, but for more than 60 years a citizen of Richmond county, N.C. He removed to Alabama in 1836, and died esteemed and lamented by everyone who knew him."
_________________
Louisiana Tech University has a special collection of Graham Family Papers. More information about this collection can be found online: http://www.latech.edu/specialcollections/collections/m089.shtml
He was the father of ten (10) children:
Elizabeth Graham (1794–1873)
Mary Graham (1795–1855)
James Graham (1798–1842)
Alexander Graham (1800–1865)
Margaret Graham (1802– )
Hector Graham (1804– )
Sarah Ann Graham (1806–1842)
Jane Paisley Graham (1808–1864)
Flora Ann Graham (1810–1842)
Isabella Archibald Graham (1813–1892)
John Purcell Graham immigrated with his parents to North Carolina from Argyll, Scotland, in or about 1770. His parents settled in what was then Cumberland County, east of Drowning Creek (aka Lumber River), near Mountain Creek. That area is now part of Hoke Co., NC.
About 1793, he married Jennet McNeill of Cumberland County. The couple built their home in Richmond Co, NC, near to Blue's Bridge, which served as a dividing landmark for Cumberland & Richmond Co. It was here, at Blue's Bridge, that they raised their ten children.
John Purcell Graham was an active member of the Presbytery. According to the 1812 Record Book for the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, he was a Ruling Elder in the church. Although not in its original location, the Old Bethesda Church exists today as an historical landmark near the Town of Aberdeen in Moore Co., NC.
In 1836, he, his wife and many, if not all, of their adult children migrated to Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama. There he helped organize the Carolina Presbyterian Church. Again, according to the church record book, he was a Ruling Elder and Sessions Clerk. (Source: Record Book of the Carolina Church - http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/coosa.htm)
He died in Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama, March, 1848. In the years following his death, some of his descendants migrated to Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, where they help organize the Alabama Presbyterian Church.
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DEATH NOTICE, 16 May 1848, Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, NC), p. 3:
"DIED,... On the 14th day of March last, at his residence in Coosa county, Ala., in the 83rd year of his age, JOHN P. GRAHAM, Esq., a native of Scotland, but for more than 60 years a citizen of Richmond county, N.C. He removed to Alabama in 1836, and died esteemed and lamented by everyone who knew him."
_________________
Louisiana Tech University has a special collection of Graham Family Papers. More information about this collection can be found online: http://www.latech.edu/specialcollections/collections/m089.shtml
He was the father of ten (10) children:
Elizabeth Graham (1794–1873)
Mary Graham (1795–1855)
James Graham (1798–1842)
Alexander Graham (1800–1865)
Margaret Graham (1802– )
Hector Graham (1804– )
Sarah Ann Graham (1806–1842)
Jane Paisley Graham (1808–1864)
Flora Ann Graham (1810–1842)
Isabella Archibald Graham (1813–1892)
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