Grantland Bits &
Pieces Along the Way
Pictured above is the old Morgan
county courthouse at
Somerville, Morgan county,
Alabama
My great grandmother, my grandmother,
my mother and I played in this courtyard and
on its fence during each of our childhoods.
Great fun and great memories!
The following is a collection of bits &
pieces that I have picked up along the
way in my search...perhaps, one day they
will fit into my family puzzle...some do
already, but only need entering.
- Thanks Rootsweb!
Joe Fennell of Huntsville sent me the
URL for "MadisonCO, AL 1850 Federal
Census" which lists lots of Owen(s),
Grantland, Draper, McClure.
- GRANTLAND.
CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06
(File: erathmarrg.txt)
INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS
ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS 1896-1908
Microfilm #1026024 Volume #1
ALPHABETIZED BY GROOM'S NAMES
Grantland, Ira Grantland, Miss
Georgie GRANTLAND I 45
- 1840 MorganCO, AL Census
- Thanks to gryphfon@juno.com:
Lee Childress>Bonnie Lucille Worthy>John
Williamson Worthy>Anderson Grantland
Worthy>Lucy F Grantland>Samuel
Grantland>Gideon Grantland
Samuel Grantland was a brother of Seaton
Grantland who was a legislator from Georgia.
Samuel also was a newspaper editor in
Milledgeville, Georgia. They migrated there
in the very early 1800's. Gideon Grantland
shows up in some tax rolls in New Hanover,
Virginia. Anderson married Lucy around
1849-50 as they show up in the census as
married at that time... they then moved to
Cullman Co, AL.
- Thank you to Patricia and Sue Marine for
the look up:
BLEVINS at Blue Springs Cemetery
T7S R2W S25
A. P. Blevins
born: 15 Dec 1859
died: 5 April 1927
husband of Samantha Blevins
Samantha Blevins
born 15 Sept 1862
died: 3 July 1914
Wife of A. P. Blevins
pg 201
Lola Blevins
born: 23 Sept 1905
died: 6 Jan 1909
dau. of J. E. and F. O. E. Blevins
Virgie Blevins
born: 28 Feb 1907
died: 8 June 1908
dau of J. E. and F. O. E. Blevins
James E. Blevins
born: 15 Oct 1909
died: 25 Dec 1967
Ala Sgt Army Air Force, WWII
James Elijah Blevins
born: 27 March 1878
died: 22 Aug 1955
Father
on same stone with:
Fannie Fowler Blevins
born: 6 Jan 1882
died: 27 June 1932
Mother
pg 202
Husie Blevins
born: 26 April 1886
died: 26 Jan 1954
on same stone with:
Katie Blevins
born: 16 Oct 1896
Peck funeral home marker: died: 5 April
1981
pg 203
Aulton Blevins
died 11 July 1925
son of Husie and Katie
Huey Blevins
died 25 July 1920
son of Husie and Katie
Hoyt Blevins
died: 2 Nov 1918
son of Husie and Katie
William S. Blevins
born: 1 Aug 1848
died: 24 Sept 1914
Susie Blevins
born: 22 May 1849
died: 22 May 1925
wife of W. S.
Crawford Cemetery
T8S R1W S2
Nancy Blevins
born: 20 March 1823
died: 11 Nov 1896
Elisha J. Blevins
born: 24 Dec 1826
died: 27 June 1862
The following three are on the same
stone:
Children of W. S. and S. Blevins
Franklin S. Blevins
born: 21 Sept 1868 (month ?)
died: 26 Sept 1868 (month ?)
William E. Blevins
died: 26 Oct 1874, aged 19 days
Samuel E. Blevins
born: 15 July 1881
died: 10 Sept 1882 (month ?)
- bevkey03@bellsouth.net (Beverley Key)
Date: Fri, Jul 9, 1999, 9:59am
To: kwanja1@webtv.net (Phyllis Owen)
Subject: GRANTLAND
Hi Phyllis,
Yesterday at the Birmingham, AL library I
found this...
In the 1900 Soundex I found a card for Elias
GRANTLING in Morgan County (ED 132, sheet 6,
line 66), Valhermosa Springs, Pct 8.
The census entry reads:
GRANTLING, Elias 30 M/9 yrs.
farmer 12/1869
AL AL AL Rents f106
Clara 28 Mother 3/3 children 03/1872
AL AL
AL
Edgar 8 03/1892
Lonnie 6 02/1894
Albert 1 02/1899
The children were all born in AL... There was
writing over "Elza's name" which the
transcriber interpreted as Elias...
I didn't copy the census entry but knew you
would like to know what I found...
Take care,Bev
NOTE: I believe the above to be Elsa
Grantland, Clara WRAY G., James Edgar
(GranDaddy Ed, my great grandfather), Louie
G. and Albert G...but need to research
further.
- From: kwanja1@webtv.net (Phyllis Owens)
Date: Fri, Jul 9, 1999, 2:15pm To:
bevkey03@mail.bhm.bellsouth.net,
Grantland@onelist.com Subject: [Grantland]
Fwd: Re: [ALMORGAN-L] IRA G. GRANTLAND
Reply to: Grantland@onelist.com
Our dear, sweet Peggy is so quick with
response!! See below:
Date: Fri, Jul 9, 1999, 2:03pm From:
"Peggy C. Wilson" To:
Phyllis Owens Subject:
Re: [ALMORGAN-L] IRA G. GRANTLAND
None of these counties are neighboring
counties; Hill, Dallas & Erath Co., Texas.
Hill Co., Texas is south of Johnson Co.,
Texas which is south of Tarrant Co., Texas
(Fort Worth). Dallas County is the county to
the east of Tarrant Co., Tx. Erath is further
west, Hill and Erath are not as populated as
Dallas County. I will run your query on the
Texas lists that I'm on. Peggy
Phyllis Owens wrote:
Hello!
My friend and cousin, Bev Key in Birmingham
(who is, also, a part of this list) and I
have been working on this puzzle for awhile.
Please KNOW how very, very much I appreciate
any and all help with this. The following is
what we have thusfar on Ira G. Grantland:
Ira G. Grantland, son of James B. Grantland
and Mary WINTON.
MorganCO, AL 1880 census:
James B. Grantland white male age50 b:AL
Mary w f 46
Martha w f 23
Elsa w m 20
Ludie w f 15
"Ira w m 9"
HillCO, TX 1900 census:
"Ira Grantland w m Feb. 1872 age28 AL AL AL
farmer"
Clara wife w f Feb. 1883 age17 MS MS MS
Charles H. son w m May 1897 age3 TX AL MS
DallasCO, TX 1910 census:
"Ira G. Grantland m w 38 m:14yrs AL AL AL
real estate agent"
Georgia wife f w 30 m:14yrs TX AR AR
Charles H. son m w 12 single TX AL TX
James B. son m w 11 single TX AL TX
Robert L. son m w 9 single TX AL TX
Mary dau. f w 8 single TX AL TX
I cannot recall the date, but I believe it
was 1896 or 7 that Ira Gantland and Miss
Georgie GRANTLAND (cousins?, akin?, no
kinship? LATER NOTE:It turns out her maiden
name is CROWSON) married in ErathCo, TX. I do
not know where this is in conjuntion with
HillCo, TX or DallasCO, TX. I do not know
where HillCO, TX is, either. I should have
already looked at a map.
Notice:
1) the wives' places of birth for
themselves and their parents;
2) the number of 14 years Georgia was his
wife after only 10 years since he was married
to Clara; 3) Charles' mother's names and
places of birth are different.
Bev Key has a picture.
Your Friend in the
Search,
Phyllis Owen :-)
- 08/11/1999 While searching for Ira and
Clara's marriage in Texas, I found the
following:
Oakwood Cemetery, Denison, Grayson County,
Texas:
GRANTLAND GARY LYNN MAR 4,1951 APR
29,1988
GRANTLAND KENNETH RAY DEC 18,1922 MAY 14,1992
GRANTLAND LULA V AUG 15,1897 APR 20,1979
Some of ours, maybe?
- From: PHILIPBROADWAY@prodigy.net (Philip Broadway)
Date: Thu, Oct 7, 1999, 6:38pm (CDT-2)
To: kwanja1@webtv.net
Subject: Grantland Genealogy
Phyllis, I saw the surname GRANTLAND in Morgan County, Alabama being researched by you. I am not a descendant of the Grantland's. My great grandfather, ANDREW BENNETT WHITE, had a half-brother named JOHN HENRY WHITE. John and his wife, EMILY CATHERINE KEY, had a daughter named LAURA ADD WHITE.
I found her death in a book from Morgan Co. titled "Tid-Bits." which was written entirely from newspapers. She died 5 Jul 1890. It stated that she left a husband behind to mourn her death and his name was E. O. GRANTLAND. It also stated that they married in March 1889. I have never been able to find the marriage. Have you found this one? Do you know if Elsa O. was the same person as mentioned above? What county did the Grantland's reside around 1890? The White's lived in Lawrence and Morgan counties.
Brenda White Broadway Athens, Alabama
NOTE: I feel that Laura might have been Elsa's 2nd wife and Clara his 3rd.
- From Ancestry.com Search
Terms: GRANTLAND (7)
Database: War of 1812 Muster Rolls
Combined Matches: 7
Surname/Given Name/Middle Initial/CompanyUnit/Rank @ Induction/Rank @ Discharge/MISC/ROLL-BOX/ROLL-EXCT/
GRANTLAND/JOHN//19 REGIMENT (AMBLER'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA/PRIVATE/PRIVATE//84/602
GRANTLAND/JOHN//19 REGIMENT (AMBLER'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA/PRIVATE/PRIVATE//84/602
GRANTLAND/JOHN/P/19 REGIMENT (AMBLER'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA/PRIVATE/PRIVATE//84/602
GRANTLAND/SAMUEL//74 REG'T (TRUEHEART'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA/PRIVATE/PRIVATE//84/602
GRANTLAND/THOMAS/B/NEWNAN'S COMMAND, GEORGIA VOLS/CORPORAL/CORPORAL//84/602
GRANTLAND/THOMAS/B/2 REG'T (BALLOWE'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA/PRIVATE/PRIVATE//84/602
GRANTLAND/JOHN//19 REG'T (AMBLER'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA/PRIVATE/PRIVATE//84/602
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