Person:George Graft (1)

Heisterkamp's Annotated Landis Ferree Tree (as of 30 April 2004)

From Hans Graf Genealogy -

George died while a prisoner of war during the American Revolution.

[Tallman-GM.GED]

Colonial Families of the U.S.A. Volume II page 594 Kentucky in Retrospect. Submitted by Mrs. Mark B. Stark, Spanish Fork, Utah. Ancestral File in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Hans Graf "A First Settler" (Lindsey Brien) PB929.2 #1304. New Film #1,033 ,947

George Graf, the son of Hans Jr. and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Graf, was born April 6, 1739 in Lancaster County and died April 10, 1778, while a prisoner of War, during the Revolution. (See D.A.R. Nat'l No. 230,081, papers of Mrs. Bessie (Graft) Frazier). He married in Lancaster County, Mary Ferree, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Eltinge) Ferree.

Abraham Ferree was the son of Philip Ferree, the Huguenot, who married Leah DuBois (Abraham, Louis) and his wife was the daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and wife Rebecca Van Meter of Ulster County, New York. The will of Abraham Ferree of Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, names wife Elizabeth and four daughters, Rebecca, wife of David Shriver, Rachel, wife of David Miskimmins, Elizabeth, wife of William Miller and Mary, wife of George Graf; sons Israel and Cornelius. He further says, "The reason I have not mentioned my two daughters, viz. Rebecca, wife of David Shriver and Mary, wife of George Graf not having part of my real estate, was on account of a former agreement made between my wife and I that she was to make an equal division of her estate at Potomac and Sinnequer Creek - Maryland between the two daughters".

George Graf went into Maryland later than his father and brother Jacob, and seems to have settled on land given his wife by her Mother, Elizabeth Eltinge. (See deeds, Montgomery County, Maryland, Volume A, page 121; also Frederick County, Maryland No.1, RD, page 394 Montgomery from Frederick 1776-71.

After the death of George Graf, his widow, Mary, married at Hagerstown, November 20, 1783, Griffith Willett and with her youngest son, Abraham, removed to Kentucky and settled near Bardstown .

George and Mary (Ferree) Graf had issue twelve children, all of whom wrote the name Grove, except the family of Abraham who used or wrote the name Graft. The descendants of George Graf are to be found in the court records of Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the settlement of the estate of William Grove.

The following data given to me by John D. Barker Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Before 1759: he lived in Prince Georges County, Maryland near Alexandria, Virginia.

Service Records of Captain George Graff during the Revolutionary War. (National Archives - Chicago Illinois branch).

George Graft - Captain - 1st Regiment of Foot of Flying Camp from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

15 Oct 1781: Thought to have been killed (died in prison) in the Revolutionary War according to inventory of papers filed Montgomery County Maryland.

1. ↑ Jessie A. Landis nee Witmer. Ferree - du Bois Family Tree. (1913).

   Jessie A. Landis nee Witmer, "Ferree - du Bois Family Tree," 1913. - states "Groff"

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Allen Donald Tallman. Hans Graf Family Descendants: Lancaster County, PA.
3. ↑ kamp3genealogy@@netscape.net. Heisterkamp, Charles, III, M.D..

   1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, PA, 17601, ckamp3@@netscape,net, 717-392-0562

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D. Annotated Landis Ferree Tree. (30 April 2004).

   Date of Import: Jul 14, 2004

5. ↑ Tallman, Allen Donald.

   allendon@@networld.com, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Tallman-GM.GED.

   Date of Import: Jul 15, 2004

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Notes. (See Notes Section for this information).
8. ↑ Estimated date.
9. ↑ Ferree, Roberta North & Barbara, Data Records. (unpublished).
10. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
    Allen Donald Tallmen - 14 February 2001.
11.   Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D..

    1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 17601-5529, [email protected]