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Facts and Events
Descendants enumerated in the 1880 census all say Alexander Grant was born in PA. Resided in PA, OH, IA, owner of an ox mill, amassed conside rable wealth buying and selling land questions on Betty Turner`s fam sheet ??Mary Folleck m Alexander Grant 13 Oct 1856 Mercer Co OH, in 1850 census age 33, 3 small children Alexander Grant s igned his will 30 June 1863, proved 6 Jul 1868 Sources fo r sheet: Birthdays, from Bible Record (Alexander and Mary M ontgomery Grant received from Juanita Tyler Kellerman rr3 box 38 Garnett, KS 66032) HISTORY OF MERCER CO OH S. S. Scranton Biographical Publishing Chicago 1907 p437 article on H enry Brandenburg Bennett has several errors on both Grants and Bennetts Children not mentioned in will: (deceased??) Mary, Amy, William, Hezekiah Surname in settlement papers not accounted for: Lane Census records: 1790-1850s Allegeny, Beaver PA; Butler, Mer cer OH; Mahaska IA Land records, tax records, marriage, bir th and death records, history of mercer co oh 1790 PA Alleghany, seems to be enumerated with sisters Rachel and Elizabeth in census, hh of Jonathan Grant 1791 tax returns Alleghany Co PA (from Marilyn Ramsay) PENN SYLVANIA ARCHIVES 3RD SERIES VOL. XXVI p688 Pitt Township , tax 3 .5 who was this? our Alexander only six years old?? ? Jonathan Grant in Moon twp 1804 petition to divide South Beaver twp, Beaver Co PA (Jon athan and Alexander Grant listed as `inhabitants` see delin quent tax list, 1794 Alexander Grant 1805 mg to Mary Elizabeth Montgomery, her father enumerate d Beaver Co PA 1804, 1805, 1807 1807 tax list Butler Co OH with Edward Bebb, (John VanSickl e listed in 1809, not Alexander Grant) 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812 Vol 1 Page 311 ROLL OF CAPT. WILLIAM B. JONES` COMPANY (County Unknown) Capt William B. Jones (sic. actually William D. Jones, see affidavit 1819 Butler Co OH for Hugh Montgomery, says Hugh served with three sons and two sons-in-law) Lieut Simon Phillips Ensign Abraham R. Caldwell Sergt John Elliott Sergt John Drybread * margin note, someone had penciled in `Butler` ne: 1820 census of Butler has 2 enumerations for John Drybread in Morgan twp Sergt William Morris Corp Alexander Grant Corp Samuel Hardin Corp David Bell Corp Perry Orndorff Privates: Bett, Henry Blackburn, William Evans, David House, Andrew Montgomery, Hugh Montgomery, William Pottinger, Dennis Ralph, Louis Shaw, Knowles Bears, John Campbell, Samuel Howard, James Hardin, Charles Montford, Aaron Montgomery, Henry Pickle, Thomas Stokes, Joseph Sallee, Samuel Wyne, James Barnfeld, Thomas Cooper, Justice Howard, Stephen Jones, William Montgomery, Thomas Price, Michael Pickett, Joseph Sallee, William Thompson, John === ne: Had some of this bunch been in Greene Co TN, the Wautaugans? === 1812 land patent to Robert VanVickle Range 1 Township 3 sec tion 10 1813 land patent to Alexander Grant: 30 Nov 1813 Range 1 Township 3 section 4 se quarter 154.5 acres BLM Credit Volum e 39 Page 544 Final certificate # 6449 error here- 1818 Marilyn has a note saying a Mercer Co deed says Alexander Grant of Franklin Co OH [she was not able to find this , perhaps mixed notes, as Alexander Grant of Franklin is a different group] the following is close, but also contains errors- 1819, Feb. 20th: Butler Co., OH, Book G, Pg. 278; Alexander Grant & Everett Vansickle sold 78 acres of land in Morgan Twp. to Robert Thompson. Witness David Bell, King Dearmon d. Deed signed by Alexander Grant & Mary X Grant. (Mary signed with her mark.) Everett Vansickle & Sarah X Vansickle. correction: [in addition to the spelling variations] a cop y of a deed in my possession, same date, but Evert Vanvickle and wife Sarah along with Alexander Grant and wife Mary sell 78 acres in Morgan twp to Jonathan Winn. [index ref in margin says Wynn] The deed does show the name Robert Thompson, but he`s not the purchaser, he`s a neighbor, sharing the described property line. 1820 census, ne: rechecked last columns- appears had hired hand, male 19-25, also a foreign born in hh at time of enumeration 1824 land record, Decatur Co IN- Thomas Montgomery and Alexander Grant `of Butler Co OH` purchase land in Decatur BL M website 1827 Feb term Butler Co OH exec of will of Warner Wynn 1830 OH/columbus Franklin Co Alexander Grant Philip started to Columbus to work on (the) canal and was gone for some time `Parkesson Grant, suit of John Grant vs Philip and John Yauger 1830 census Holmes Co OH records, 24 Mar 1832 *** p300 Oath by Alexander Grant of Butler Co OH for Jonathan Grant, witnessed by William Bebb [ne: this record created in Butler Co sent to Holmes for recording] 1833 will of Jonathan Grant in Holmes Co OH, Alexander named to receive five dollars 1834 St. Mary`s Lands tax list, Alexander Grant 2 horses , 2 cows; James Grant 1 horse 2 cows all in Recovery twp 1835 OH tax Duplicate: Alexander Grant in Butler Co Morgan twp (poss 2 parcels?), along with one Joseph Dunwoody [who was Robert Grant 1835 Dublin twp Mercer area? Samuel Grant in Union twp ck James Gillespie] 1836 Dublin twp Robert Grant, 1836 Recovery twp Alexander Grant and James Grant 1837 Dublin Robert Grant, Recovery twp Jonathan, James and Alexander Grant 1837 09-12 Darke Co OH land record Alexander Grant Sr. and wife Mary sell to Aaron Powers of Butler Co OH land in Sec 13 twp 15 r1 said Grant holds by certificate of the Receivers Office of Cincinnati #3036 [ne: Aaron Powers was a neighbor, land now in Mercer co OH] 1838 Union, both Samuel T. Grant and Sam Grant; Recovery twp Alexander and Jonathan Grant; Granville twp James Grant 1838 01 18 Darke Co OH land record Book D p152 Alexander Grant of Mercer Co OH purchased land from Peter and Elizabeth Aughinbaugh sec 18 in twp 15 r 1 [ne: Aughinbaugh also owned land in sec 19 land located beside James Dunwoody] 1838 08 01 Alexander Grant and James Dunwoody patented land at Cincinnati, a quarter section owned by Horace Biggs separated them as neighbors. Need to find where they resided, this land or nearby. Gibson twp of Darke Co OH became a part of Mercer Co in 1848. 1840 census Mercer Co OH Recovery twp 1843 06 03 Darke Co OH records Alexander Grant and wife Mary of Darke Co OH, Gibson twp sell land to Maribeck Franklin [ne: Samuel D. Franklin owned land north of James Dunwoody] 1850 census (2) Mercer and Mahaska 1855 claim for bounty, horse and service of six months, records sent to Ft. Recovery, Mercer Co OH 1860 census (2) Mercer and Mahaska 1868 estate, owned property, lots 35 and 46 in the town of Montezuma [ne: Poweshiek Co Iowa or Mercer Co OH?], BIRTHPLACE: not yet proved: enumerated as MD and VA, 1880 on desc to see what the majority ruling might be... unanimous as the 1880 Mahaska, Sarah Grant Dunwoody says father b PA all her siblings also say Alexander Grant b PA. HOW MANY Alexander Grants were there? PA TN OH census: 1790 age 5 (Jonathan Grant family Alleghany Co PA) 1800 age 15 (Jonathan Grant family Beaver Co PA) 1810 age 25 (War of 1812 record Butler Co OH) 1820 8 children (Butler Co OH) 1830 likely 14 ch, some gone by then- track them, too 1840 Mercer Co OH 1850 Mahaska IA and Mercer OH 1855 bounty land records sent to Ft. Recovery OH 1860 ck both Mahaska Co IA and Mercer Co OH when did he purchase: or was this bounty land??? 1868 estate, owned property, lots 35 and 46 in the town of Montezuma [ne: Poweshiek Co Iowa or Mercer Co OH?] anomolies: 1825 birth of ?son William in Artesia, Eddy Co New Mexico Mercer Co OH ck about 1850/-51 probate son James, seems to have had about 200 acres of land in Mercer ck about 1855 probate son Alexander jr mg to Mary Folleck? Mercer to Mahaska Change Date: 10 OCT 2003 Father: Jonathan Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&i d=I847> b: 16 JUL 1755 Mother: Mary Parkison </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id =I848> b: BEF 1770 Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth Montgomery </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=G ET&db=emmich&id=I222> b: 14 JUN 1785 in Washington Co PA Married: 19 SEP 1805 2 6 Children Elizabeth Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I225 > b: 15 MAR 1806 in Butler Co OH James Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I854> b : 8 OCT 1807 in Butler Co OH Jonathan Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I855 > b: 29 DEC 1808 in Butler Co OH Eva Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I856> b : 3 MAR 1811 in Butler Co OH Mary Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I857> b : 28 MAR 1813 in Butler Co OH Sarah J. Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I9> b : 9 JUN 1815 in Butler Co OH Nancy Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I858> b : 4 NOV 1817 in Butler Co OH Rebecca Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I859 > b: 20 SEP 1819 in Butler Co OH Alexander Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I860 > b: 12 MAY 1821 in Butler Co OH Amy Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I861> b: 1 5 APR 1823 in Butler Co OH William Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I862 > b: 9 JUN 1825 in Artesia, Eddy Co NM Rachel Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I863> b : 6 APR 1827 in Butler Co OH Robert Marcus Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id= I864> b: 15 NOV 1828 in Butler Co OH Hezekiah Grant </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I865 > b: 4 OCT 1830 in Butler Co OH Marriage 2 Mary </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emmich&id=I3920 > b: 1816 in OH Married: 13 OCT 1856 in Mercer Co OH Note: not proved yet as our Alexander Sources: Text: SOURCE: Cemetery record and headstone inscription RELIABILITY: good DATE:1999 CONTRIBUTOR: Marilyn Ramsay, 223 E 19th St, Cozad NE 69130 Text: date only, ne: birthplace not proved yet Text: SOURCE: Bible Record of family of Alexander and Mar y Montgomery Grant RELIABILITY: high DATE: 1994 CONTRIBUTOR: Juanita Tyler
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