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James GRAVELY

Male Abt 1718 - 1780  (~ 62 years)

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  • Name James GRAVELY 
    Birth Abt 1718  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 9B458B80747546C8966A278C4A802038B76C 
    Death 1780  Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Jabez Gravely Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • From findagrave.com, January 2015:

      He married Ann unknown. [from a public member's tree at ancestry, the surname is WATSON]
      The children I know of are James, Joseph, John and Mary.
      (Mary married Adam Stultz)
      ===
      James Sr. is mentioned in Tithables List for Amelia County, VA. in 1736. (later Prince Edward County, VA.) Name spelled Gravelet or Gravelette.
      James was an overseer for the Joseph and William Ligon plantation of Henrico County, VA.
      He bought 100 acres on Sandy River in 1738 which he and Ann sold to Joseph Ligon in 1741.
      James' name is on a Will that year in Amelia County (24 April 1741) in the Thomas Rutledge inventory.
      He was a witness for Robert Browns' Will 1745/46. James "Gravilly" patented 114 acres in 1754.
      He is listed in VIRGINIA HEADS OF FAMILIES 1758.
      James Sr. or James Jr. patented 4 tracts of land totaling 1600 acres between 1760-67.
      1761 - first of several land entries on Sandy River in what became Prince Edward County, VA. with Gravelet and 1762 sold Sandy River tract in Prince Edward County, VA.
      1765 - in Halifax County, VA. (later Pittsylvania County) he was exempted from tax probably because of old age.
      1772 - sold land in Prince Edward County, VA.
      1779- sued in Prince Edward County, VA.
      1782- James Jr. has 7 white people in family on Census.

      Family links:
      Children:
      Joseph Gravely (1744 - 1834)*
      John Gravely (1745 - 1835)*
      Mary Gravely Stultz (1748 - 1805)*
    Person ID I227  America
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2023 

    Family Ann WATSON 
    Children 
     1. Mary GRAVELY,   b. Abt 1748, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1805, Henry County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2010 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.


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