EPHRAIM GRISHAM

PARENTS:  George Gresham, Sr. and Miss Waugh
Wife:  Sarah Choate
Born: 1810 in VA
Died: after 1870


Information about Ephraim is included because  he appears to the the person identified by Noel Grisham as the father of his grandfather, Richard Robert Grisham, Sr.


 

3. Ephraim GRESHAM/GRISHAM (1.George1) was born in 1810 in VA.  Ephraim married Sarah "Sallie" CHOATE on  14 September, 1831, in Lawrence County, TN. Bondsman for the marriage apparently was his father, George Gresham. Sarah "Sallie" CHOATE. born 1814, TN, was a daughter of Thomas Kyle ChoateSarah  died about 1880. Ephraim died after 1870, in Van Zandt County, TX.  He was enumerated in the 1840, 1850, and 1860 Census of Lawrence County, TN.   In 1861 Ephraim and his family moved to Kaufman and Van Zandt Counties, TX.

In 1880 Sarah "Sallie" (Choate) Grisham deeded property to Sallie Davidson, Frank Grisham, Dilla Hunt Grammer, Susan Ratliff, heirs of James T. Grisham in Kaufman County, TX, heirs of Martha Burkes of Hamilton County, TX, and heirs of Nancy Lee in Wise County, TX.

Children:

13. i. James Thomas GRISHAM , born 1832.

ii. Martha A. GRISHAM , born 1834, Lawrence County, TN, married L. M. Burkes on 24 August, 1857, in Lawrence County, TN,  (Vol. A, Pg. 188), . When Sarah "Sallie" (Choate) Grisham deeded property in 1880, she included the heirs of Martha Burkes in Hamilton County, TX.

iii. Joseph S. GRISHAM , born 1836, Lawrence County, TN.

iv. Hettie E. GRISHAM , born 1838, Lawrence County, TN, Buried: Henryville Cemetery, Lawrence County, TN.

v. Sarah J. C. "Sallie" GRISHAM , born 1840, Lawrence County, TN, married William J. Davidson on 20 January, 1858, in Lawrence County, TN,  (Vol. A, Pg. 188) . In 1880 Sarah "Sallie" Choate deeded property to Sallie Davidson.

vi. Ephraim A. GRISHAM , born 1842, Lawrence County, TN.

vii. Prudence S. GRISHAM , born 1844, Lawrence County, TN.

viii. Nancy M. GRISHAM , born 1845, Lawrence County, TN, married __?__ Lee. In 1880 Sarah "Sallie" (Choate) Grisham deeded property to heirs of Nancy Lee in Wise County, TX.

ix. Rhoda M. GRISHAM , born 1849, Lawrence County, TN.

x. Hester GRISHAM , born 1850, Lawrence County, TN.

xi. Richard R. GRISHAM , born 1852, TN.

xii. Amanda R. GRISHAM , born 1855, TN.

xiii Andrew J. GRISHAM , born Lawrence County, TN.

xiv. GEORGE F. GRISHAM, born 1858, Lawrence County, TN.

1840 Lawrence County, TN
Ephraim Gresham

Age

Males

Females

0-5

1

2

5-10

1

1

10-15

0

0

15-20

0

0

20-30

0

1

30-40

1

0

40-50

0

1

1850
Lawrence County, TN
Ephraim Grisham, son of George Gresham, Sr. and Miss Waugh

NAME

AGE

SEX

OCCUPATION

VALUE- REAL ESTATE

VALUE- PERSONAL PROPERTY

BIRTH PLA CE

Grisham, Ephreim

40

M

Farmer

.

.

VA

Sarah

36

F

.

.

.

TN

James T.

18

M

.

.

.

.

Martha A.

16

F

.

.

.

.

Joseph S.

14

M

.

.

.

.

Hetty E.

12

F

.

.

.

.

Sarah J.

10

F

.

.

.

.

Ephreim A.

8

M

.

.

.

.

Prudence S.

6

F

.

.

.

.

Nancy M.

5

F

.

.

.

.

Rhoda M.

1

F

.

.

.

.

1860
Lawrence County, TN
#1697
Ephraim Grisham, son of George Gresham, Sr. and Miss Waugh

NAME

AGE

SEX

OCCUPATION

Value- Real Estate

Value-

Personal Property

BIRTH PLACE

Grisham, Ephraim

50

M

Farmer

$1800

$700

VA

Sarah

47

F

.

.

.

.

Ephraim A.

18

M

.

.

.

.

Prudence

16

F

.

.

.

.

Nancy

14

F

.

.

.

.

Rhoda

12

F

.

.

.

.

Hester

10

F

.

.

.

.

Richard

8

M

.

.

.

.

Amanda

5

F

.

.

.

.

George

2

M

.

.

.

.

 


 

SOURCES:

Stoffel, Carol, "Gresham--Any Way You Spell It Lineage Book," Troy, MI, Fall, 1988. p.102.

Sistler, Byron & Barbara, "Early Middle Tennessee Marriages, Vol. I, Grooms" Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1712 Natchez Trace, P. O. Box 120934, Nashville, TN 37212, 1988.

Rice, Shirley Hollis, editor, "Lawrence County, Tennessee Census Records, 1820, 1830, 1840 and Miscellaneous Early County Records." Family Tree Press, 1992.

1850 Census, Lawrence County, TN

Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, Vol. IV, #3, p. 19.

Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, Vol. IV, #3, p. 13.

Gresham, Any Way You Spell It, Vol. VI, #3, Pg. 57.

1860 Census, Lawrence County, TN

GEORGE GRESHAM. SR.

 

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