Graves, Willis [1]

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Title: Graves, Willis [1]
Gender: Male
Biography: Willis Graves was born on 12 Oct 1790 in Madison County, Virginia to Absalom and Felicia White Graves. He married twice: first to Catherine "Kitty" Johnson, dauughter of Cave Johnson; and later to Sophia Conn after Kitty died tragically within a year of their marriage. Willis Graves is best known for serving as Boone County Clerk during the 1810s and 1820s. he died at a relatively young age in 1834 and is buried within the family cemetery near Petersburg, Kentucky.
Member: Graves family
Birth date: 12 Oct 1790
Place of birth: Madison County (Va.)
Father: Graves, Absalom [1]
Mother: White, Felicia
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 14 Jul 1818; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.); Marriage 2: 15 Jun 1824; Bourbon County (ky.); Bourbon County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Johnson, Catherine "Kitty"; Conn, Sophia
Child(ren): Graves, Thomas Conn; Graves, Sophia Catherine
Death date: 12 Nov 1834
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Graves-Cave-Willis Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Occupation(s): County Clerk
Employed by: Boone County (Ky.). Clerk's Office
Participant in: 1847--Linny Excluded from Bullittsburg Baptist Church
Related resource: Willis Graves House (Burlington, Ky.)
Member of: Bullittsburg Baptist Church (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Collaborates with: Hawes, Nathaniel Edson
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, child [7]; unknown, Harriet [4]; unknown, Jane [7]; unknown, Kit [2]; unknown, Linny [2]; unknown, Maria [7]; unknown, Meda [2]; unknown, Washington [4]; unknown, Harriet [4]; unknown, Jane [7]; unknown, Kit [2]; unknown, Linny [2]; unknown, Maria [7]; unknown, Meda [2]; unknown, Washington [4]
Description: Enslaved held in 1830: Male aged 24-35, one; Female aged 10-23, one
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #118749122
Source(s): Fifth Census of the United States, 1830; Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; Find A Grave.com; Samuel Barkshire Purchase of Land Mentioned in Land Transfer

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--G

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Items with "Participant: Graves, Willis [1]"
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1847--Linny Excluded from Bullittsburg Baptist Church	Event

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Title	Class
unknown, Ann [38]	Person
unknown, Bet	Person
unknown, Harriet [4]	Person
unknown, Henrietta [2]	Person
unknown, Jane [7]	Person
unknown, Kit [2]	Person
unknown, Linny [2]	Person
unknown, Maria [7]	Person
unknown, Meda [2]	Person
unknown, Washington [4]	Person

Items with "Father: Graves, Willis [1]"
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Graves, Thomas Conn	Person

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Title	Class
Graves, Absalom [1]	Person
White, Felicia	Person

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Title	Class
Conn, Sophia	Person

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Wake, Henry	Person

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Title	Class
Hawes, Nathaniel Edson	Person