Name: vanhook99 -- Updated Version for 2005 of the Van Hook Database

Updated: 08-06-2020 00:08:17. Owner: Matthew Van Hook


Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Eli J. Granstaff: Birth: 29 OCT 1834 in Tennessee. Death: 16 AUG 1919 in Smith Co., TN

  2. David Granstaff: Birth: 23 FEB 1836 in Tennessee. Death: 22 FEB 1864 in Tennessee

  3. James Dillard Granstaff: Birth: 11 FEB 1837 in Tennessee. Death: 20 FEB 1892 in DeKalb Co., TN

  4. Reason Granstaff: Birth: 22 NOV 1838 in Tennessee. Death: 27 NOV 1860 in Tennessee

  5. Mary E. Granstaff: Birth: 13 FEB 1840 in Tennessee. Death: 25 MAR 1909 in Tennessee

  6. Sarah W. Granstaff: Birth: 15 OCT 1841 in Tennessee. Death: JAN 1922 in Tennessee

  7. William Bumpass Granstaff: Birth: 24 JAN 1843 in Tennessee. Death: 14 JAN 1905 in Tennessee

  8. Martha Granstaff: Birth: 24 APR 1845 in Tennessee. Death: 9 JAN 1892 in Tennessee

  9. Frances Granstaff: Birth: BET 1846 AND 1847.

  10. Rebecca Granstaff: Birth: 30 AUG 1846 in Tennessee. Death: 6 AUG 1936 in Tennessee

  11. Nathaniel Hayes Granstaff: Birth: 9 JUN 1851 in Tennessee. Death: 19 NOV 1933 in Dekalb Co., TN


Sources
1. Title:   "Granny's" Bible
Author:   Louise Granstaff Winfree
Publication:   transcribed 1998 Wilson Co., TN
2. Title:   New Hope Cemetery, Smith County, TN
3. Title:   1837 Smith Co., TN Tax List
Publication:   http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/1837taxlist.htm
4. Title:   Granstaff Correspondence
Publication:   Linda Granstaff, dir. Wilson Co., TN Archives, 111 S. College St. Lebanon, TN (Buddy L. Granstaff charts and other information)
5. Title:   Stanford Correspondence
Publication:   Ron & Eileen Stanford (rstanfor@@frontiernet.net); much information comes from a 700 page book by Doris J. Brown (64 Main St. Silver Creek, NY 14136) on the Crantzforf/Grindstaff/Grandstaffs

Notes
a. Note:   See the note in Isaac's page.
  From the History of Smith County (1987): Gives the dates; buried in New Hope Cemetery; the land where the cemetery is located was given by William. "The old William Granstaff farm is north of the cemetery."
  Settlement Book 1886-1907 DeKalb County, TN: ( I believe there are mispellings on the intials)
  pg. 268-271 23 Dec 1897. J. W. Walker administrator with will annexed of the estate of W. B. Grandstaff, dec'd. The monies "in the hands of the administrator to be divided among Sarah W. Grandstaff, now Bratten, the heirs of J. D. Grandstaff, N. H. Grandstaff, the heirs of David Grandstaff, the heirs of Rezin Grandstaff, Rebecca Grandstaff and Sis Grandstaff. E. J. Grandstaff, Wm. B. Grandstaff having received in advancements more than the prorata will be to the heirs which will give to the seven heirs including their advancements $492.53 each": . . . J. T. Grandstaff [must be J. D.] R. E., Isaac, Oscar, Tassie; David Grandstaff heirs: W. B. Kyle and wife, J. L. Parker and wife C. C., W. M. Herdin and wife M. M.; Rezin Grandstaff's heir: William; Rebecca; Sis; N. H. Grandstaff by gdn.
  From History of DeKalb County by Goodspeed:
  Is the William listed the same William as here?
  The settlement of Dekalb County dates back to the year 1779, at which time Adam Dale settled on Smith Fork, in the immediate neighborhood of the present town of Liberty. Dale was a Marylander in search of a home, and was attracted to Tennessee by the abundance of cheap land, and to the above locality by the fertile land and healthy climate. Being satisfied with the outlook he at once sent work back to his friends in the East, and two years later a colony of forty families, composed of his relatives, friends and acquaintances, left Maryland to join the pioneer in his frontier home. The colony came down the Ohio River, up the Cumberland to Nashville, and from that point made their way overland to the Dale settlement in wagons. There were no roads in those days and the journey from Nashville required several weeks' time, passages for the teams having to be cut as they went along, the forests and canebrakes being impenetrable. Reaching Smith Fork they settled in and around what is now Liberty, and being of a hardy, industrious nature, were in an incredibly short time comfortably housed and domiciled. Among those who composed the colony were William and John Dale, Thomas West, William and George Givens, Thomas Whaley, Josiah Duncan, James and William Bratton, Henry Burton, The Walks, Fruits and others. Between 1800 and 1820 many new comers settled in various parts of the county, among whom were Jesse Allen, Allan Johnson, Martin Phillips, Britton Johnson, James Lockhart, John Martin, James Davis, Giles Driver, I. H. Hayes, Tobe Martin, John Robinson, George, Samuel H. and John Allen, John C. Kennedy, Milton Ward, John Wooldridge, John Frazier, David Taylor, Nicholas Smith, D. League, John Maynor, Henry Cameron, P. G. Magness, Zachariah Lafever, Jacob and Abraham Overall, Robin Forester, Ruben Evans, Matthew Selleers, James Powell, James Tubb, Jack Reynolds, Reddick Driver, Thomas Given, William Boyd, Thomas Duncan, Thomas Durham, Davidand William Adcock, William Floyd, Hezekiah Bowers, James Powell, John Vantrees, Jonathan and Stewart Dorse, E. Turner, James Goodner, WM. GRANDSTAFF, Thomas Simpson, William Wright, Benjamin Garrison, Anderson Pickett, Isaac Jones, James Jones and Edmund Turner, Sr.

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