Individual Details
Solomon Grantham
(Abt 1773 - 1844)
Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions" ======================================================Cemetery number 449 was located on the property of Norwood Smith's heirs, about 2 miles from Grantham Crossroads and on State Road 1006. The cemetery has been ploughed over and any trace of tombstones or markers has been obliterated. An old black man witnessed the destruction and reported it. Believed to be buried there are: Solomon Grantham, died 1844. (Date of Probate of his Will) His wife, Ann Barfield Grantham Possibly his father Joshua Grantham and his wife Pherbia (thought to have been a Herring) Grantham. There are possibly others, but no record of them.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1773 | Wayne, North Carolina, British America | |||
| Marriage | 1796 | Wayne, North Carolina, United States - Sarah Ann Barfield |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1810 | Wayne, North Carolina, United States - Sarah Ann Barfield |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1820 | Wayne, North Carolina, United States - Sarah Ann Barfield | | | |
| Death | 1844 | Wayne, North Carolina, United States | |||
| Burial | Wayne, North Carolina, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Ann Barfield (1775 - 1844) |
| Child | Hiram Grantham (1817 - ) |
| Child | Kenian Grantham (1800 - ) |
| Child | Joshua Grantham (1801 - ) |
| Child | Needham Grantham (1810 - 1879) |
| Child | Fredrick Grantham (1813 - 1888) |
| Child | Ezekiel Grantham (1815 - ) |
| Child | Dicey Grantham (1804 - ) |
| Father | Joshua Grantham (1740 - 1781) |
| Mother | Phereby / Feriby Herring (1753 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Needham Grantham (1777 - 1815) |
| Sibling | Frederick Grantham (1779 - 1839) |
Notes
Census (family)
This shows Needham and Frederick too old to be sons of Solomon...???? Solomon's oldest child could only be 14 in 1810 if he married in 1796. They must be his brothers of the same name?Solomon Grantham 22010 10010
2 boys under 10
2 boys 10-16
1 man 26-45 (Solomon, ~37)
1 girl under 10
1 woman 26-45 (Sarah Ann, 35)
Needham Grantham 40010 00010
4 boys under 10
1 man 26-45
1 woman 26-45
Frederick Grantham 10010 20010
1 boy under 10
1 man 26-45
2 girls under 10
1 woman 26-45
Census (family)
Solomon Grantham 311201 010013 boys under 10
1 boy 10-16
1 man 16-18
2 men 16-26
1 man 45+ (Solomon, ~47)
1 girl 10-16 (Dizey)
1 woman 45+ (Sarah Ann, 45)
Burial
Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions"Cemetery number 449 was located on the property of Norwood Smith's heirs, about 2 miles from Grantham Crossroads and on State Road 1006. The cemetery has been ploughed over and any trace of tombstones or markers has been obliterated. An old black man witnessed the destruction and reported it. Believed to be buried there are: Solomon Grantham, died 1844. (Date of Probate of his Will) His wife, Ann Barfield Grantham Possibly his father Joshua Grantham and his wife Pherbia (thought to have been a Herring) Grantham. There are possibly others, but no record of them.
Endnotes
1. Barfield and Taylor data from D7-247 - Sampson Deed Book 7--Page 247 & W5E-608 - Wayne County Deed 5E--Page 608 (compiled by Jerome Tew, emailed April 1998 & Feb. 1999 jdtew@esn.net), 0.
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1810 > NORTH CAROLINA > WAYNE > NO TWP LISTED Series: M252 Roll: 43 Page: 243.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1820 > NORTH CAROLINA > WAYNE > NO TWP LISTED Series: M33 Roll: 83 Page: 310 .