Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

1797 - 1839 (42 years) Has 7 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	Henry William Ayer
Birth	5 May 1797	Anson Co, NC
Gender	Male
_UID	CF6F898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400006314
Death	27 Jul 1839	Cumberland Co, NC
Burial	Auld Family Cem, Anson Co, NC
Person ID	I34532	Marty and Karla Grant
Last Modified	10 May 2025

Father	Hartwell Ayer d. Aft 1796, Anson Co, NC
Mother	Mary Auld, b. 14 Oct 1761 d. 14 Oct 1837, Anson Co, NC (Age 76 years)
_UID	FA00881B12E76041A1BA2216CD98A72A0009
Family ID	F13945	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah C Salmon, b. 14 Feb 1814, NC d. 26 Apr 1879, Iredell Co, NC (Age 65 years)

Marriage 18 Aug 1830 Cumberland Co, NC

_UID D770D1B4CA530C4C9E309228929C05E0DC39

Children

	1. Mary Elizabeth Ayer, b. Aft 1830, Cumberland Co, NC d. Aft 1839, Cumberland Co, NC (Age > 9 years)
	2. Henry William Ayer, b. Aft 1830, Cumberland Co, NC d. Aft 1839, Cumberland Co, NC (Age > 9 years)

Family ID F13944 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

Notes

!NOTE:Henry is apparently not the son of Fairlise Braddy Ayers Hobson, though he did serve as bondsman for her son William's marriage; Henry seems to be a son of Hartwell Ayer of MD and a brother to a man of the same name (Hartwell) in SC. See his Will below for some details;

!CENSUS:1800;
!CENSUS:1810;

!CENSUS:1820 Cumberland Co, NC pg 196 Henry W. AYRE age 16-17 (1802/04) "001100-00001";

!BONDSMAN:18 Oct 1820 Cumberland Co, NC Benja W. Williams & Mary Chalmers, Henry Wm. Ayer, bm;

!BONDSMAN:24 Jun 1824 Cumberland Co, NC, Thomas Ashburner & Emily Taber, Henry W. Ayer, bm;

!CENSUS:1830 Cumberland Co, NC pg 84 Henry W. AYER age 30-39 (1790/1800)
"000101-0000000001";

!MARRIAGE BOND:18 Aug 1830 Cumberland Co., NC
Henry W. Ayer & Sarah C. Salmon
James Hart, bm;

!BONDSMAN:14 Jun 1831 Cumberland Co, NC, Jesse Rankin & Ann D. Salmon Henry W. Ayer, bm;

!BONDSMAN:27 Dec 1835 Cumberland Co, NC Cleveland Haywood & Rebecca McKellar, Neill Johnson and Henry W. Ayer, bm;

!BONDSMAN: 4 May 1837 Cumberland Co, NC Marriage - William HOBSON & Nancy TAYLOR. Henry W. AYER, bm; Wit: John L. ATKINS, CC;

!BONDSMAN:18 Sep 1838 Cumberland Co, NC Daniel Finolson & Margaret McNeill, Henry W. Ayer, bm;

!WILL(From Cumberland Co, NC GenWeb)
Will of Ayer, Henry W.
WB: B 305-307
July 18, 1839/Proved September 1839
Leave to my wife Sarah C. Ayer during her lifetime only, 1/3 of my house and lots on Maiden Lane and Hogg Street, Pew #4 of Presbyterian Church, on the ground floor. After her death all to my Daughters Mary Elizabeth Ayer. Son Henry William Ayer. Mary Elizabeth Ayer’s grandfather, Mr. Salmon and Grandmother, Mrs. Blakeny mentioned (not as heirs). Brother Hartwell Ayer of Marlborough District. “...me, as late Clerk of superior Court of Cumberland County”. “...my brother Harwell Ayer of Marlborough District” I leave a tombstone for the late Mrs. Blakeney his mother.
Executors. Friends Joshua Carmon, Henry McLean.
Witnesses: A. McLean, Jr. David Salmon, Dr. Benj. Robenson.
A codicil prover: by Dr. Benjamin Robinson July 30, 1839.

Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

Henry William Ayer