On Tuesday, November 7, 2000, JohnG48@aol.com wrote: > I am in the process of tracking my Graham kin in Ohio. > > Here is what I have so far: > > 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. I believe the others > did as well because they all qualified for government land in Ohio. They > settled in Guernsey County in the middle to late 1820s. In the mid 1830s > Charles and William sold their land to Christopher and James, then moved to > Allen County (now Auglaize County). Charles dropped out of sight, but > William stayed, populated the county with Grahams, and lived out his life > there. Christopher and James did the same in Guernsey County, James died > in 1855 and Christopher in 1872. > > Have any of you researchers out there run into these folks? I think so! 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? 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/