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Descendants of James Grant

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES¹ GRANT was born 1750 in Virginia, and died November 04, 1820 in Chester County, South Carolina. He married DORCAS 1776 in Chester County, South Carolina. She was born 1755 in Chester County, South Carolina, and died January 29, 1845 in Chester County, South Carolina.

Notes for JAMES GRANT:
The first authenic information is that two brothers, James Grant and John Grant came to what is now Chester County from Virginia before the Revolutionary War, court house records show that James Grant sold land on Sandy Creek in 1798 and bought land on Jewel fork of Sandy River.

They had two sons, James Jr. and Benjamin; James Jr. migrated to Georgia and four daughters; Dolly, Phoebe, Sarah and Tabitha who married James R. (Rock) Grant

James and John were members of Capt. Francis Kirkpatrick's company of volunteer horsemen.

The descendants of Benjamin were known as the tribe of Benjamin and the descendants of Rock Grant were known as the House of Rock.

Children of JAMES GRANT and DORCAS are:

	i.	MARY "POLLY"² GRANT, b. 1784, Chester County, South Carolina; m. JAMES JOHNSEY, 1807.
	ii.	SARAH GRANT, b. 1785, Chester County, South Carolina; m. JOSEPH JOHNSEY, 1807, Chester County, S, C..
2.	iii.	JAMES GRANT, JR., b. 1787, Chester County, South Carolina; d. 1867, Harris County, Georgia.
	iv.	PHOEBE GRANT, b. 1790, Chester County, South Carolina; m. JAMES GRANT.
3.	v.	BENJAMIN GRANT, b. 1798, Chester County, South Carolina; d. September 01, 1880, chester County, South Carolina.
4.	vi.	TABITHA GRANT, b. 1799, Chester County, South Carolina; d. 1870, Chester County, South Carolina.

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