Hi, I am trying to get further back on my Grahams, also. I need documentation. According to Mrs. W. S. Elrod, my Grahams are supposedly descended from Jean ? Graham and her husband...supposedly a Rev. Graham. There is a book at the Richland Public Library on the descendants of Rev. John Graham leading one to believe that my ancestor was this Rev. John Graham. Taken from Allied Family, Graham, Ancestry of Nancy Graham Williams, by Mrs. W. S. Elrod. " Mrs. Jean Graham (widow of Rev. Graham) settled on Turkey Creek in that part of Mecklenburg County, N. C. that later became York County, S.C. It was here her will was filed and recorded in 1792. The will was dated Aug. 16, 1790. "The old Graham homeplace, containing 300 A. was located on Turkey Creek in York County, S.C. Jean Graham did not leave her sons any of her estate as indications are that they were quite 'well to do' and did not need it... "... Jeremiah Williams (Capt.) who married Nancy Graham after the revolutionary war was a teacher and minister. Nancy's mother's will ... indicates... she bequeathed to Nancy the Rev. Graham's sermon book (probably for Nancy's husband to use.) "The will of Jeane Graham states: 'I, Jean Graham, of County of York, State of South Carolina, names daughter, Margaret, all my tract of land in said County, containing 289 A. adjoining John Cornachan, Turkey Creek; the daughter Nancy, one sermon....books etc. I appoint my daughter, Margaret Templeton and friend, Hugh Barry (See Hugh Barry) executors. Signed" Jean Graham. Wtns: James Willson, George Templeton, and William Templeton **note the Templeton name...they were related to the Davidsons. Recorded April 30, 1792 in Will Book A-12, pg. 69, Case 56, File 160." "The grandchildren of Rev. John and & Mrs. Jeane Graham migrated to many States after the Revolutionary War. Two of Jean's sons served in the Rev. War, and her grandson was killed near Bamberg by the Tories." This is where I am lost. I trying to connect my Grahams in Newberry County to supposedly Jean's son, George, and to connect Jean to the first Rev. John Graham who preached in Connecticut. There are papers of his and his son John, also a preacher in Connecticut. They can be found in the library at William L. Clements Library at The University of Michigan . *****I wish I could have someone look at those papers and tell me more about the first Rev. John Graham born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1694. Did he marry twice and if so who was his second wife and who were all his children and which mother did they belong to ? This would help me tremendously to figure out where Jean came from and what her maiden name was. I have some guesses..but that is all they are. I have looked up all people who had dealings with her will and land, but haven't found anything substantial. My other brick wall is more about her son George? I can find some information that begins with him and then jumps to his brother telling where the brother is buried...but nothing else on George. I know this George served in the Revolutionary War and his age is appropriate for my George. My George died in Newberry...there are Estate Records in Newberry on George Graham, Box 356, Pkg. 29 dated 1791. It lists his children thus giving me pretty direct proof of my line. (my ancestor was George's son Jesse.) One thing that has really bothered me is that Jesse had a brother named James. In Newberry, there is a book about the family of James stating he was born in England. I know that my James was this James because my Great Grandaddy George Tillman Graham born August 17, 1859 and James's son, John Hillard Graham born July 04, 1814 died Jan. 30, 1878 wrote to each other and called each other cousins. I have copies of the letters. The Graham Family Papers contain a miscellaneous assortment of letters, documents, and diaries relating to John Graham, Sr. and Jr., and Sylvester Graham. John Graham, Sr., is represented by a religious copybook, begun ca.1724, three printed items, two manuscript biographies, and 12 letters between him and his son, John, Jr., written during the French and Indian War. I am pretty sure that his son John Graham, Jr.'s sons, Sylvester and Narcissus Graham came to South Carolina. (Sylvester Graham was raised by a succession of relatives, working as a farm hand, clerk and teacher before chronic ill health led him to choose the ministry as a less stressful profession. Graham preached under the auspices of the Presbytery of Newark in New Jersey during the early 1830's, during which time he began to propound his distinctive, all-encompasing reformist ideas on diet and health. Grahamism stressed the benefit of complete abstention from alcohol, tobacco and meat and advocated eating coarse-grained bread more than 12 hours old, fruits and vegetables. Beyond diet, he recommended hard mattresses, open bedroom windows, chastity, cold showers, loose clothing, pure water and vigorous exercise. He became a well known, if controversial, lecturer on not only the Grahamite philosophy, but physiology and anatomy and the position of the Bible on wine and meat, and he directed a special series of lectures toward African-Americans. The most widely read among his many publications were his Treatise on Bread and Bread-Making (1837) and the journal he edited, the Graham Journal of Health and Longevity (1837-39). Grahamism, the fad of the 1830's, waned in the 1840's, and Graham devoted himself increasingly to his Biblical lectures. His health declined steadily, and he died in Northampton, Mass., after a round of failed Grahamite cures. ...hence the Graham cracker.) If they came, then it is logical other relatives might have came. From George in Newberry on down to me, I am fairly certain except for a few things that need a little more work done on them. I plan to dig deeper into the Mecklenburg Grahams and York District Grahams. If anyone is working on these Grahams, please let's share this information. I looked for your John Graham, but didn't find anything but he and his wife. Do you have their children? He is probably one of the many grandchildren of the originial Rev. John Graham. I will definitely keep you in mind if I run across his line. If you would be so kind to share your John's children and their dates, I would be very pleased. Hope that some of the information above will be of help to you. Thanks for responding, Hope