The Descendants of William Graham Sr. and Sarah Jacobs
This page is a weekly dedication to the history of family members and families of William Graham Sr. & Sarah Jacobs-Graham. If you see a needed correction please email kevin at [email protected].
Roscoe Jacobs Sr. (1922-2009) was the 3rd great grandson of William Graham Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794 via their daughter Margaret “Peggy” Graham-Baldwin born about 1827 and husband Matthew Baldwin born about 1825. Roscoe Jacobs Sr. parents were Jerry Jacobs (1876-1929) & Lucinda Patrick-Jacobs (1879-1963), Roscoe wife was Ella Marie Brewington-Jacobs (1925-1999). Roscoe Jacobs Sr. was the first elected Chief of the Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe located in Buckhead, Saint James and Council, North Carolina.
Clifton Freeman was born November 19, 1919 in Columbus County North Carolina and died November 15, 1985 in Wilmington, North Carolina, he was the son of Rena SophiaGraham-Freeman (1882–1961) and William James Freeman (1883–1966). Rena Sophia Graham-Freeman was the daughter of Joseph William Graham born about 1849 and Susannah Jacobs-Graham born about 1853. Joseph William Graham was the son of Joseph Graham born about 1827 and Margaret Young-Graham born about 1836, Joseph Graham was the son of William Graham born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794. Clifton Freeman was one of many chiefs of the Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of Buckhead, Saint James and Council North Carolina and the great-great grandson of William and Sarah Jacobs-Graham.
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Moses Blanks Sr. (1882-1954)
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Mamie Gertrude Graham-Mitchell (1906-1989)
May 20-26, 2013
Mamie Gertrude Graham-Mitchell was born January 25, 1906 in Columbus County North Carolina and died August 12, 1989 in Whiteville, North Carolina. She was married to Jervey Briskey Mitchell (1902–2007) and was the daughter of Benjamin Judson Graham (1870–1944) and Mary Annie Blanks-Graham (1874–1955). Benjamin Judson Graham was the son of WilliamJack Graham Jr. born about 1836 and Ann Eliza Moore-Graham born about 1834. William Jack Graham Jr. was the son of William Graham Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794.
Moses Edgar Blanks Sr. was born in East Arcadia, North Carolina August 5, 1881 to Salter Blanks (1837–1925) and Catherine Curley Graham-Blanks (1845–1919). Moses Blanks Sr. passed July 11, 1954 and is buried at Graham Chapel AME Zion Church located in East Arcadia, North Carolina with his wife Lois Lacewell-Blanks (1887-1941) and many of their children. Moses was one of ten children and he was well known and very instrumental in the East Arcadia and surrounding Communities as he owed a family grocery store, farm and assisted many of the growing young males. Moses brothers and sisters were Cornilia Winnie Blanks-Bowen (1867–1938), Matilda Blanks-Moore (1871–1899), Mary Etta Blanks-Brown (1873–1951), Ann W. Blanks (1875–?), Edith Blanks-Carter (1877–1953), Haywood Sampson Blanks (1879–1939), William M. Blanks (1886–1908), Robert H. Blanks (1888–1910), Elizabeth Augusta Blanks- Miller (1891–1917). Curley Graham-Blanks, Moses mother was the daughter of James Graham (1814-1884) and Winnie Blanks-Graham. James Graham was the son of William Graham born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794. Salter Blanks, Moses father was the son of Michael Blanks born about 1805 and Edith Freeman-Blanks born about 1825 and the grandson of Alfred Blanks Sr. born about 1783 and Abraham Freeman Jr. born about 1782.
Clifford Graham was born March 20, 1874 in Bladen County, North Carolina and died July 25, 1947. He was one of eight children of Henry Graham born about 1830 and Lucy Blanks-Graham born about 1831, his father Henry was the son of William Graham Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794. Clifford was married twice, his first wife was Sarah Catherine Blanks-Graham 1876–1917 to that union was born at least twelve children Luther Graham, Morris Graham, Nellie Graham, Elvie Graham-Butts 1901–1989, Nora Graham-Shaw 1903– 979, Rosa Graham born in 1905, Moses Graham 1906–1977, David C. Graham 1908–1989 , Maurice Graham 1910–1915, Ottis Edward Graham 1911–1995, Baby Boy Graham 1914–1915 and Lucy A. Graham-Bryant 1916–1944. After the death of Sarah Cartherine he married Winnie Virginia Lacewell-Graham 1882 – 1973 from that union was born one daughter named Irene Graham-Bellamy 1922–1976. Clifford Graham raised his family in the Youngstown Community of Carvers Creek, North Carolina and is buried in the family graveyard at Graham Chapel AME Zion Church located in East Arcadia, North Carolina.
Harvey Bowen was born May 22, 1900 in Bladen County, North Carolina and died December 29, 1990 in Wilmington, NC. Harvey was one of eleven children of Charles Wesley Bowen (1859–1928) and Cornilia Winnie Blanks-Bowen (1867–1938); he is buried in the family cemetery at Graham Chapel located in East Arcadia, North Carolina along with his wife Bettie D. Hall-Bowen (1904–1980). Harvey’s mother Cornilia Winnie Blanks, named after her Grandmother Winnie Blanks (1824-1913) was the daughter of Salter Blanks (1837–1925) and Catherine Curley Graham-Blanks (1845–1919). Catherine Curley Graham-Blanks was the daughter of James Graham (1814-1884) and Winnie Blanks-Graham, James Graham was the son of William Graham born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794.
Harvey had at least eleven brothers and sisters, their names were Olivia Bowen-Lacewell , Daniel Mack Bowen Sr. (1890–1924), George Clemon Bowen (1891–1961), Cornelia Bowen, Mark Lee Bowen, Mary Etta Bowen-Braye (1896–1963), Lucy Tisha Bowen-Lacewell (1898–1958), Sanford Bowen Sr. (1902–1978), Frederick Roosevelt Bowen, Josie Augusta Bowen-Webb (1905–1993).
Harvey and wife Bettie had at least eleven children, Harvey Lee Clair Bowen (1924–2005), Mary Bowen, Cleola Bowen, Josie A. Bowen, Marvin Felton Bowen Sr., Jackson Fernanand Delnoir Bowen (1936-2009), Ottis Bowen, James Bowen, Kenneth Oneal Bowen, (1941–2013), Sidney Dewey Bowen Sr. (1947–1990), Dottie Jorette Bowen. Harvey and Bettie’s son Sidney Dewey Bowen Sr. (1947–1990) was the first Mayor of color in Bolton, North Carolina.
Whiteford Wiley Graham was born about 1851 in Columbus County, North Carolina to Joseph Graham and Margaret Young-Graham, Whiteford's father Joseph was the son of William Graham Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794. Whiteford married Elizabeth Freeman-Graham who was the daughter of Anthony Freeman born about 1806 and Millie Patrick-Freeman born about 1834 in North West Brunswick County, North Carolina, present day Columbus County NC. To that union was born at least nine children six girls and 3 boys, their children were Jannie H. Graham- Jacobs-Moore (1871–1933), Samuel Graham (1873–1952), James Graham (1879–?), Joseph William Graham (1881–1941), Margaret Caldonia Graham (1884–1948), Amy L. Graham-Freeman (1887–1980), Harriett Graham-Mitchell-Saulter 1891–1963, Rhoda Graham (1898–1971), Mary Elizabeth Graham- Jackson (1900–1977). Whiteford Wiley Graham is buried in Gum Swamp Cemetery with his wife and many of their children and descendants. At least two of Whiteford Graham brothers and sisters Joseph William Graham born about 1849 and Mary Polly Graham-Patrick (1853-1933) became members of the Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe.
Joseph William Graham (1881-1941) was the son of Whiteford Wiley Graham and Elizabeth Freeman-Graham. Joseph William Graham married Prudy Jane Jacobs-Graham (1888-1955) granddaughter of Armlin Blanks (1837-1899) and Mary Bowen-Blanks (1840-1927). Armlin Blanks was the grand son of Alfred Blanks Sr. born about 1783 via his son Michael Blanks born about 1805, Mary Bowen-Blanks was a granddaughter of William Graham Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794 via their daughter Elizabeth Graham-Bowen-Freeman (1819-1911). Prudy Jane Jacobs-Graham father is buried at Graham Chapel Cemetery located in East Arcadia, North Carolina and her mother is buried at Gum Swamp located in Bolton, NC. Joseph and Prudy had at least eight children, three boys and five girls. Their children were Elizabeth Lee Graham-Jacobs (1909–2000), Ann Graham (1910–?), Collins James Graham Sr. (1912–1973), Willie James Graham Sr. (1914–1996), Janie Mae Graham-Beatty (1916–2006), George Harley Graham (1919–1992), Mary Eliza Graham-Brown (1921–2004), Rose Anna Graham (1925–?), Helen Laura Graham-Freeman (1928–1984).
February 16-22, 2014
James H. Graham (1874-1946)
James H. Graham was born May 14, 1874 in Carver Creek, Bladen County North Carolina near present day community of East Arcadia and Youngstown to William “Jack” Graham Jr. and Eliza Moore-Graham. James father William “Jack” Graham Jr. was the youngest child born to William Graham Sr. and Sarah Jacobs-Graham. Based on his name, suggestion could be said that he was named after his uncles James Graham Sr. born (1814-1884) and Henry Graham Sr. (1830) brothers of William “Jack” Graham Jr. who settled their families in the East Arcadia and Youngstown Communities. James H. Graham married Lula Spaulding-Graham March 3, 1903 and to that union at least seven children were born.
1.Elease Graham-Mitchell (1904 – 1952) Married Samuel Leslie Mitchell (1900 – 1980)
7.John Riley Graham (1915 – 1980) Married Julia Emiline Green-Graham (1922-) and later married Hazel Jacobs-Graham (1918-1999)
6.Stedman Worth Graham Sr. (1913 – 1995) Married Mary A. Jacobs-Graham (1924 – 2010)
5.Lewis Ward Graham (1912 – 1981) Married Sadie Priscilla Moore-Graham (1926 – 1993)
3.James Russell Graham Sr. (1908 – 1969) Married Sadie Patrick-Graham (1910 – 2002)
4.George Dancy Graham (1910 – 1996) Married Minnie Mitchell-Graham (1920 – 1987)
2.Andrew Thomas Graham (1907 – 1973) Married at least twice first to Annette Julia Leak-Graham (1922 –)
and second to Rebecca Norman-Graham (1913-)
Lula Spaulding was the daughter of Guy Spaulding (1849-1904) and Patsy Mitchell-Spaulding (1854-1904), she was also the granddaughter to the Spaulding's Patriarch and Matriarch Benjamin Spaulding (1773-1862) and Edith Jacobs-Spaulding (1786-1871). Lula’s mother Patsy Mitchell was the granddaughter of Alfred Blanks Sr. born about 1783 and the great grand to the Blanks of Bladen, Columbus and Robeson Counties Patriarch John Blanks Sr. born about 1750.
Many of James H. Graham and Lula Spaulding-Graham descendants live in the present day community of Saint James, Columbus County and are members of the Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe based in Columbus County, North Carolina. At least one of their children Stedman Worth Graham Sr. (1913-1995) and wife Mary Jacobs-Graham (1924-2010) moved to Whitesboro, New Jersey and raised his family there. Nearly all of James H. Graham and Lula Spaulding-Graham deceased descendants are buried at Saint James Cemetery located on Chauncey Town Road in the Saint James Community of Columbus County, North Carolina.
Arthlia Graham-Simpson (1899-1953) was the daughter of Haynes Graham born 1855 and Dora Burney-Graham (1873-1958). Haynes Graham’s parents were John N. Graham born in 1834 and Eliza Moore-Graham. They were both from Bladen County North Carolina. Haynes’ father, John N. Graham moved from Bladen County, North Carolina in the mid 1860’s during the height of the American Civil War. He relocated to Robeson County, North Carolina where he may have remarried at least three times and fathered at least fourteen children. Their names were Christian Graham-Oxendine (1895–1963), Juliett Graham (1899), Rosie Lee Graham (1904–1980), Virginia Graham (1863-1963), Joseph James Graham (1863–1948), Mary Jane Graham-Lowery (1866–1915), John W Graham (1867–1958), Henrietta Graham-Locklear (1871), Daniel Tucker Graham (1872–1960), Pernelia Graham-Locklear (1874–1958), Mosley Masslin Graham (1876–1943), John Oxendine (1870), William D Oxendine (1872–1920), and Haynes Oxendine (1883–1952). Many of their descendants are members of the Lumbee Indian Tribe.
Legend is said that John N. Graham was accused of a crime in Bladen County. He feared for his life because he didn’t believe he would not get a fair trial. For his safety, he hopped a train for Robeson County and left his family behind. Haynes’ mother, Eliza Moore-Graham remarried shortly afterwards to John N. Graham’s uncle William “Jack” Graham Jr. born in 1836. Jack and Eliza had at least eight children: Lydia "Liddie" Graham (1864–1918), William “Willie” Graham (1864–1941), Benjamin Judson Graham (1870–1944), Mary Jane Graham-Blanks (1873), James H. Graham (1874–1946), Andrew Graham (1875), Elizabeth Graham-Mitchell (1877–1949), and Sarah Graham-Meares (1882–1953). Many of Jack and Eliza’s children lived in or near the Saint James Community of Columbus County, North Carolina and their descendants are members of the Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of Bladen County and Columbus County North Carolina. John N. Graham’s father was John Graham. John Graham was born about 1810 and his mother was Mary Jane Graham. Mary Jane Graham was born about 1810. John N. Graham’s grandparents were William Graham, Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794.
Arthlia Graham married Frederick “Fred” Simpson (1888-1934) and from that union at least eight children were born. Their names were Annie M Simpson (1916), Louise Simpson-Bruney (1918), Clayton Simpson (1919–1978), Aaron Haynes Simpson (1922), Beulah L Simpson (1924), Odessa Simpson (1925), Martha Simpson-Young (1927), Mary Simpson (1927–1929), and Sarah V Simpson (1929). Fred Simpson’s parents were James “Jim” Simpson born about (1851-1916) and Henrietta Gillispie-Simpson born about 1855. From that union at least six children are known Willie Simpson (1872), Eddie Simpson (1873), Letty Jane Simpson (1875), James H. Simpson (1878), Sallie Simpson (1879), Fred Simpson (1888–1934). James Simpson’s Mother was Bettie Wright. James Simpson is buried in the historic Blanks Grave Yard located in Council, North Carolina.
Sarah Graham-Ross was born about 1879 in Bladen County, North Carolina to George Frank Graham and Hester Ann Mitchell. Sarah’s father George Frank Graham was the son of John Graham born about 1810 and the grandson of William Graham Sr. born about 1790 and Sarah Jacobs-Graham born about 1794. Sarah Graham-Ross died on Saturday September 5, 1925 in "Seabreeze" Federal Point, New Hanover County North Carolina. She married James M. Ross, son of Merneny Ross on March 13, 1898 in Federal Point, New Hanover County North Carolina. Sarah Graham-Ross and James M. Ross had the following Children:
Andrew J Ross 1900-1976
James Dudley Ross 1903–1954
Bennie W Ross 1905-1988
Benjamin Ross 1906
Earl F Ross 1908
Josie E Ross 1908
Irving Ross 1910
Alma L Ross 1912
Harvey M Ross 1914–1953
Eugene Arthur Ross 1916–1995
Elizabeth Ross 1918–1919
Sarah Graham-Ross 1879-1925
George Frank Graham (1850) & Hester Mitchell (1851)
"Janie Graham-Beatty direct line to William Graham Sr. & Sarah Jacobs records"
"Janie Graham-Beatty 2nd direct line to William Graham Sr. & Sarah Jacobs records"
Joseph W. Graham (1881-1941) & Prudy Jacobs (1885-1955)
Whiteford Graham (1851-1921) & Elizabeth Freeman (1853-1915)
William Graham (1790) & Sarah Jacobs (1794)
Joseph Graham (1827) & Margaret Young (1836-1870)
Janie Mae Graham (1916-2006)
Janie Mae Graham-Beatty was born to Joseph William Graham and Prudy Jacobs-Graham on August 31,1916 in Bolton Columbus County, North Carolina. She died on September 5, 2006 in Riegelwood, Columbus, North Carolina. She married Marvin Lemuel Beatty Sr. in Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina. Janie Graham and Marvin Beatty Sr. had the following Children:
Ruth Mae Beatty 1936
Marvin Beatty Jr. (1942-2005)
Cleo Beatty (1944-2008)
Reddick Jacobs (1860-1910) & Mary Blanks (1865-1944)
Sarah Graham-Jacobs (1830) & Daniel Jacobs (1823)
William Graham (1790) & Sarah Jacobs (1794)
John Graham (1810) & Mary J. (Graham) (1810)
Prudy Jacobs-Graham (1885-1955) & Joseph Wiliam Graham (1881-1941)
Janie Mae Graham (1916-2006)
February 2016
Jernice Patrick (1951-2013)
Jernice Patrick (1951-2013)
Mary E. Baldwin-Patrick (1851-1928) & William Patrick (1845-1933)
William Graham (1790) & Sarah Jacobs (1794)
Margaret Graham-Baldwin (1827) & Matthew Baldwin (1825)
"Jernice Patrick-Patrick direct line to William Graham Sr. & Sarah Jacobs records"
Joseph Patrick Sr. (1873-1951) & Mary Moore-Patrick (1878-1944)
Joseph Patrick Jr. (1902-1993) & Katie L. Freeman-Patrick (1921-1997)
George Washington Graham, son of Richard McZonal Graham and Martha Jane Howard-Graham, was born on September 22, 1919 in East Arcadia Bladen County, North Carolina. He died August 28, 2001 in Wilmington, North Carolina. George Washington Graham grandfathers James Graham Sr. (1814-1884), Moses Young (1816) and James Blanks were three of the original founders of Graham Chapel AME Zion Church located in the East Arcadia Community. Also, he was the great grandson of William Graham Sr. (1790) and Sarah Jacobs-Graham (1794).
Chester Morris McGlockton (1969-2011)
George H. Graham (1852-1902) & Rhoda Blanks-Graham (1870)
William Graham Sr. (1790) & Sarah Jacobs (1794)
James Graham (1814-1884) & Winnie Blanks-Graham (1824-1913)
Timon Graham (1895-1955) & Delila Bowen-Graham (1903-1966)
Chester Graham Sr. (1915-1992) & Armeria Brown-Graham (1920-1967)
Hazel E. Graham-McGlockton (1944-2014) & Hambric L. McGlockton (1909-1988)
Chester M. McGlockton (1969-2011)
"Chester M. McGlockton direct line to William Graham Sr. & Sarah Jacobs records"
Chester Morris McGlockton was born September 9, 1969 in Whiteville North Carolina to Hazel Elizabeth Graham and Hambric McGlockton. Chester was named after Hazel’s father Chester Graham (1915-1992) and was an American professional football player who played for four NFL teams. Chester McGlockton played for the Oakland Raiders (1992-1997), Kansas City Chiefs (1998-2000), Denver Broncos (2001-2002) and New York Jets (2003). Just some of the many NFL accomplishments of Chester McGlockton were 4-Time Pro Bowl selections (1994-1997), 3-Time All Pro selections (1994-1996), 551 tackles, 51 sacks and 4 interceptions.
Chester McGlockton with New York Jets
Jernice Patrick was born in Bladen County, North Carolina January 2, 1951 to Joseph Louis Patrick Jr. (1902-1993) and Katie Lee Freeman (1921-1997). Jernice marriage Hubert Timothy Patrick, she died February 6, 2013 in Columbus County, North Carolina.
