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52. Maria (Mary) Graves (Married George Glass (51)[Source for the gray information is research done by Michael Cavenaugh (Glass family genealogist denoted on the Guilford County Genealogy Association Website)

Born: about 1777 of John Jacob Graves (103) & Anna Dorothea "Turley" Coble (104.)

Died: before February 1861 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

 

[Her siblings included:

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Graves: (Married: John Albright, son of Jacob Albright (197/217) and Sophia Catherine Welder (198/218) ) Born: about 1770; Died: 30 March 1852; buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Alamance County, North Carolina. [Note: John was the brother of Henry Albright (99) and Daniel Albright (109) ]

John "Clinch John" Graves: (Married: Sarah "Sallie" Sharp in 1793 in Orange County, North Carolina , daughter of Henry H. Sharp and Barbara Graves.) [Note: Henry's wife Barbara Graves was the sister of Maria Philopena Graves (194/224) and John Jacob Graves (103)] Born: 8 March 1772 in Orange County, NC; Died: 6 September 1850 in Sharpe's Chapel, Claiborne County, Tennessee. [Michael Cavenaugh notes: John and his wife moved to Tennessee probably between 1796 and 1800. They had 10 children. On 22 Nov 1799, John Graves sold to Jacob Graves land on Stinking Quarter adjoining John Noe corner... Jacob Graves line... Isleys line... 100 acres, $500... in presense of Michael Holt and Joshua Holt. Recorded in Orange County Deeds, 1755-1927, FR-HE].

Barbara Graves: (Married: George Isley after 9 Apr 1820, son of Malachi Iseley and Mary Magdalene (---)). Born: 24 April 1773 in Orange County, North Carolina ; Died: 8 Dec 1844 in Orange County, NC; buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Alamance County, NC. Notes: She was still single at the date of her father's will in 1820.

Boston Graves: (Married: Barbara Keck on 25 Nov 1812 in Guilford County, NC, daughter of Henry Keck and Elizabeth Clapp). Born: ? ; Died: after 9 April 1820.

Daniel Graves: (Married: Mary Noe in Jul 1814, daughter of John Noe and Catherine Efland.); Born: 7 January 1793; Died: 23 July 1860; buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Alamance County, North Carolina.

Eli Elias Graves: (Married: Delilia Shoffner on 31 Mar 1820 in Orange County, North Carolina); Born 17 February 1794; Died: 10 September 1846; buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Alamance County, North Carolina.

Catherine Graves: (Married: Philip Glass Jr. in 1806 in Orange County, NC , born abt 1742 in Opequon, Orange County, VA; died bef Aug 1824, son of John Philip Glass and Anna Maria (---)) [Note: Philip Glass Jr. was the brother of Christian "Crisley" Glass (#101) and was 1st married in 1790 to Maria Barbara Coble (Catherine's mother's sister... ie. her aunt); Catherine later married her uncle ]. Born: ?; Died: after 9 Apr 1820. [Notes by Michael Cavenaugh: Catherine (Graves) Glass was mentioned in the will of Jacob Graves dated 9 Apr 1820.]

Nelly Graves: (Married: John Neese on 28 Nov 1811 in Orange County, North Carolina.) Born: ?; Died: after 9 Apr 1820, buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Alamance County, North Carolina.

David Graves: (Married: (1) (?) Fogleman; (2) Dolly Shoffner.) Born: ?; Died: after 9 Apr 1820.

Sarah Graves: Born: ? Died: aft 9 Apr 1820.]

 

Miscellaneous:

[Note: Mary's aunt was Maria Philopena Graves (#194/224), who married Isaac Sharp Jr. (#193/223. ; Maria Philopena Graves and her husband had a son Sebastion Sharp (#97) who married Catherine Garrett (#98). They had a son, William Sharp (#49), who married Lizzie Albright (#50). They had a son, Henry Sharp (#25). Mary Graves married George Glass and one of their children was Ellen Glass (#26). Ellen married her distant cousin, Henry Sharp ] .[Also note: Mary's husband (George Glass) and her sister Catherine's husband (Philip Glass) were related. Philip was George's uncle.]

The Will of her father Jacob Graves dated 9 April 1820 mentions Mary (Graves) Glass.

The Guilford County 1850 census shows Mary Glass, age 73.

Her estate papers were processed in Guilford County North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the February Term 1861. William Gilbreath was the Executor and six children were named.

Maria and her husband, George, had six children: Elizabeth (Betsy), David, Sarah "Sally", Ellen "Nelly" (26), John G., and Eli.