Individual Details

Alabama Land Patents
20 Sep 1839
#19408 to Vincent J. Gragg of Shelby County. West 1/2 of NW 1/4, Section 20, Twp 23, R 15 E - land office at Tuscaloosa. 79.95 acres.
10 Nov 1840
#23432 to Vincent J. Gragg of Shelby County. NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 17, Twp 23, R 15 E - land office at Tuscaloosa. 40.75 acres.

1850 Census. Shelby, AL, Hh 424
Vincent J. Gragg, 43, b. GA
Elizabeth, 36, b. GA
Miles 7 (male). Paralee 6. Henry 4.

1860 Census. Shelby, AL, Hh 1311
V. J. Gragg, 53, b. GA
E. Gragg (female), 48, b. GA
Willy, 17, male. Parlie, 15. Henry 11.

Alabama State Census. 1866. Autauga Co
V. J. Gragg. 2 males in household - both over age 20
1 females age 10-20, 2 females over 20 - total of 2 females (obvious error!)
Total of 4 in the household.

It would seem that Vincent had an earlier marriage. Alabama Marriage Collection on Ancestry has a marriage, Shelby County for V. J. Gragg to Sid Watley, 7 Mar 1847. They were married by W. D. Bowden, Justice of the Peace. Note: her name was Elizabeth Watley - not sure how that was read as "Sid".

1870 Census.
Prec 4, Baker, AL, Chestnut Creek P.O.
Elizabeth Mims, age 26
Elijah, 4.
V. J. Gragg, age 63, teaching school

Birth	6 Apr 1807	Alabama
Marriage	7 Mar 1847	Shelby County, Alabama - Elizabeth Watley
Marriage	3 Jan 1875	Chilton County, Alabama - Emily Baker
Death	17 Jan 1899
Burial		Cane Creek Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse	Emily Baker (1831 - 1908)
Child	Vincent Jones Gragg (1876 - 1947)

Spouse	Elizabeth Watley (1813 - 1866)
Child	Wiley W. Gragg (1843 - )
Child	Paralee E. Gragg (1844 - 1908)
Child	Henry M. Gragg (1848 - 1862)