Person:Peter Grant (12)

Peter P. GRANT was a son of Peter Grant, a brother of left-handed Sandy, who settled in 1789 on a farm adjoining Sandy's. Peter P. Grant was a carpenter, and played on the violin, from which he produced a great volume of sound, and was the chief player at the dances for a long time. He was a captain of a volunteer company that was organized in 1823, the dress of the members of which was a Scotch plaid coat and white pants, and a plate and white feather on the hat, in which, when the dress was new, they made a fine appearance. He afterward was colonel of the regiment and then general of the 25th Brigade, and a taxpayer till after 1830.

1. ↑ Acra Burying Ground, in Find A Grave.

   Peter P. Grant