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John Clan Grisham/Gresham Jr.

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John Clan Grisham/Gresham Jr.

Birth
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death
22 Jun 1835 (aged 74)
Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Old Pickens, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.7915528, Longitude: -82.8873667
Memorial ID
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born in Virginia. Private VA Militia Revolutionary War. grave of Grisham and wife moved to Old Pickens Cemetery from a nearby area in the 1970s when the dam creating Lake Keowee was built and flooded the original cemetery.Son of John Gresham/Grisham Sr. & Barbara Burdine. Married Martha Halbert on 13 November 1788.

Following information from DAR Genealogy database:
GRESHAM, JOHN Ancestor #: A047936
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 3-14-1761 CULPEPER CO VIRGINIA
Death: 6-22-1835 PICKENS DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Pension Number: *S21790
Service Description: 1) CAPTS CRIGHT, SHELTON, HILL, REUBEL 2) COLS LINES, LYON, HAMPTONRESIDENCE
Residence: 1) County: HENRY CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) MARTHA HALBERT
Children Proven through DAR for this line: Joseph (1789-1857), Lucinda Parthenia (1795-1875), Frances (1798-1876), and William (1803-1876).

Other children not proven through DAR are: Elizabeth (1791-1843), Susannah (1794-1794), John Ridge (1800-1843), and Reuben (1808-1846).
born in Virginia. Private VA Militia Revolutionary War. grave of Grisham and wife moved to Old Pickens Cemetery from a nearby area in the 1970s when the dam creating Lake Keowee was built and flooded the original cemetery.Son of John Gresham/Grisham Sr. & Barbara Burdine. Married Martha Halbert on 13 November 1788.

Following information from DAR Genealogy database:
GRESHAM, JOHN Ancestor #: A047936
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 3-14-1761 CULPEPER CO VIRGINIA
Death: 6-22-1835 PICKENS DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Pension Number: *S21790
Service Description: 1) CAPTS CRIGHT, SHELTON, HILL, REUBEL 2) COLS LINES, LYON, HAMPTONRESIDENCE
Residence: 1) County: HENRY CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) MARTHA HALBERT
Children Proven through DAR for this line: Joseph (1789-1857), Lucinda Parthenia (1795-1875), Frances (1798-1876), and William (1803-1876).

Other children not proven through DAR are: Elizabeth (1791-1843), Susannah (1794-1794), John Ridge (1800-1843), and Reuben (1808-1846).

Inscription

John Grisham
Inscription in part: Pvt Va Mil, Rev War



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