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font-family:"Times New Roman"'>William Graves</span></u><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> was born in 1788 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> to Lewis Graves and Ann Sims. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He died after 1854 and before 1859 Laurens Co., </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>His will was written </span><st1:date Year="1854" Day="11" Month="1"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>January 11, 1854</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Mary Polly Wait</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> was born in 1794 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She died before </span><st1:date Year="1844" Day="10" Month="6"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>June 10, 1844</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> in Laurens Co., </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She was the daughter of John Wait and Frances Graves of </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Culpeper County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> and </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="Will%20of%20William%20Graves.htm">Will of William Graves</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The children of William and Polly were:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>John Lewis</span></b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:4'>                             </span>Born about 1818 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He died before 1829 because he is not listed his grandfather, John Waits will. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He is also not on the 1829 Election Census in William s household.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="Joseph%20Franklin%20Graves%20and%20Sydney%20Watson.htm">Joseph Franklin</a></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                     </span>Born </span><st1:date Year="1820" Day="19" Month="8"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>August 19, 1820</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Elizabeth Monroe</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                   </span>Born about 1821 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She married John H. Spoon on </span><st1:date Year="1854" Day="6" Month="10"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>October 6, 1854</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, the widower of her sister Mary Frances Polly and she raised her niece Mollie or Polly. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She died between 1880 &amp; 1900. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She had no children of her own.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Obed Wait</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:4'>                              </span>Born </span><st1:date Year="1822" Day="4" Month="10"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>October 4, 1822</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He died of Typhoid on </span><st1:date Year="1849" Day="5" Month="7"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>July 5, 1849</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> while a student at </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Erskine</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>College</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> in Due West, </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Abbeville County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Nancy Sims</span></b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                             </span>Born before 1823 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. She died in 1853 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>No marriage or issue is recorded for her.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>James</span></b></st1:PersonName><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Thomas</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                       </span>Born after </span><st1:date Year="1823" Day="10" Month="6"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>June 10, 1823</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He died about 1849 in </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Mary Frances  Polly </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>            </span>Born after </span><st1:date Year="1823" Day="10" Month="6"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>June 10, 1823</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She married John H. Spoon in 1851 and died on </span><st1:date Year="1852" Day="11" Month="7"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>July 11, 1852</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Her daughter Mary Wait  Mollie or  Polly Spoon was born in April of 1852. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>John H. Spoon remarried to her sister Elizabeth who raised her daughter.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span> Mollie Spoon married Abram W. Sims, son of Nathan Sims of Laurens.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Peachy Keziah</span></b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                        </span>Born in 1824 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She died in 1853 in </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>No marriage or issue is recorded for her.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>William Wesley<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>   </span></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                   </span>Born in 1825 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He died </span><st1:date Year="1863" Day="16" Month="7"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>July 16, 1863</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> as a Private with Company D, 27<sup>th</sup> Regiment, Haygoods Brigade, of Typhoid in the Civil War. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>After the death of his brother Joseph Franklin, he helped to raise his children until he went to war.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>After the 1860 Census and before he died in 1863, he married Ann M. ?.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She is the executrix for his will.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Ann M. remarried to W. J. Anderson about 1865, then to Mr. Pinson in 1870, and then Mr. Boyd in 1878.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Ann M. is found not only on the estate papers for William Wesley Graves with her other husband s names and dates but on the 1883 map of Laurens Co. as Mrs. A. M. Boyd living right next to the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Old</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Bethlehem</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Church</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> which is where the </span><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Graves</span></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> family farm was.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She died before </span><st1:date Year="1884" Day="18" Month="6"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>June 18, 1884</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> when the estate papers for William Wesley Graves have a letter stating that she is dead and the estate needs to be settled written by Washington Lafayette Wait, son of John Travis Wait and Rutha Watson, grandson of Franklin Wait and Orphie Hansel Sims.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>By the end of the Civil War, the only remaining descendents of William Graves and Mary  Polly Wait were four children by Joseph Franklin Graves, Jacob Strawder Graves, Sarah Niswanger Graves, Martha Elizabeth Graves, and John Travis Wait Graves, and the daughter of Mary Frances  Polly Graves, Mary  Mollie Spoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Philip Harvey</span></b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                          </span>Born 1830 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurens County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He died in 1853 of Typhoid.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>This page was last updated on </span><st1:date Year="2003" Day="31" Month="12"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>December 31, 2003</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>