On Tuesday, November 7, 2000, JohnG48@aol.com wrote: > Three Graham brothers arrived from Ireland at the end of the 1700s, or early > 1800s. They were William, Charles, and Christopher. There was also a James > Graham who could have been their father, or an older brother. William > served with the Ohio Volunteers in the war of 1812. On Thursday, November 9, 2000, Scott Anderson <phssra@physics.emory.edu> wrote: > It appears that your GRAHAMs are closely associated with my CRANSTONs. John > CRANSTON and his family arrived in the U.S. in 1802 from Ireland, and > originally settled in Cecil Co., MD. In 1807 they moved to Guernsey Co., OH. > John CRANSTON died in 1823, and his will was witnessed by Walter and William > GRAHAM (the actual will can be seen at <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi > surnames/c/r/CRANSTON/wills?read=5>). The similarity in immigration probably > gave them common ground, if they didn't, in fact, travel together. Do you > show Walter GRAHAM, perhaps as a son of William GRAHAM? Two last details. Walter GRAHAM died a few years after John CRANSTON (1760 - 1823), and was buried next to him in Fletcher's Cemetery in Oxford Twp. of Guernsey Co. So possibly Walter was the father of the clan you describe, with James the older brother as you suggest. Looking at the War of 1812 database on Ancestry.com <http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4281.htm>, I found the following: GRAHAM JAMES 1 REGIMENT (DELONG'S), OHIO MILITIA. CORPORAL CORPORAL Box 84 Roll 602 This is the same regiment in which served John CRANSTON's eldest son James (1785-1855). S R C A cott obert ranston nderson phssra@physics.emory.edu Admin, {C{offield,ollosky,ranston,ummins},OHGuerns,USAGen}-L@RootsWeb.com USGenWeb Coordinator, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/