James Rufus Graham

1819 - Abt 1905  (85 years)   Has 11 ancestors and 44 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James Rufus Graham
  Birth	Jul 1819	Buncombe Co, NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	64CD888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000055D8
  Death	Abt 1905	Buncombe Co, NC
  Person ID	I3564	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	13 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Jeffrey Graham,   b. 12 Aug 1784, Wilkes Co, NC d. 14 Mar 1855, Avery Creek, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Frances Eastridge,   b. 16 Jul 1793, Wilkes Co, NC d. 2 Feb 1855, Avery Creek, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1810/1811	Buncombe Co, NC
  _UID	EE2700FAA7AE5F4AB274BF3C43539E90F2AC
  Family ID	F1702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Ann Pinner,   b. 1842/1843, Rutherford Co, NC d. 1877/1897, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Type: Unmarried
  _UID	64234AB6B4AF7047A2B6966FCF92776C4270
  Children	1. Daniel Francis Graham,   b. 13 Apr 1872, Buncombe Co, NC d. 17 Jul 1926, Graham Co, NC (Age 54 years)   2. Charles Jefferson Graham,   b. 23 May 1875, Buncombe Co, NC d. 22 Feb 1938, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F1576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Uncle.; !CENSUS:1820 Buncombe Co, NC pg 86 w/Jeffrey GRIMES Free Colored age 0-13 (1806/20); !CENSUS:1830 Buncombe Co, NC pg 240 w/Jeffrey GRIMES Free Colored age 0-9 (1820/30); !CENSUS:1840 Buncombe Co, NC pg 153 w/Jeffrey GRIMES Free Colored age 10-23 (1816/30); !CENSUS:1850 Buncombe Co, NC # 751 James GRAHAM, 32 (1817/1818) born NC, race = "M"; !DEED:12 Oct 1855 Buncombe Co., NC Deed Book 25, pp. 668-669 William Hampton and wife Delilah Hampton William Evans and wife Phebe Caroline Evans William Harrison Taburn & wife Rosanah Taburn of the one part, all of Buncombe Co., NC except Hampton and wife of Haywood to James Rufus Graham Thomas Jefferson Graham Alpheas Theodore Graham Miles Washington Graham all of Buncombe Co., NC Sell all our rights and shares of our fathers land, Jeffery Graham Decd 200 acres on both sides Avery Creek ... S: William Evans, Phebe Evans (her mark) S: William Hampton (his mark), Delilah Hampton (her mark) S: Rosanah Taburn; !CENSUS:1860 Buncombe Co, NC # 749 James GRAHAM, 49 (1810/11) born NC, race = "M"; !CENSUS:1870 Buncombe Co, NC Bent Creek # 27 James GRAHAM, 51 (1818/19) born NC, race = "M"; !CENSUS:1880 Buncombe Co, NC Avery Creek # 116 J.R. GRAHAM, 61 1818/1819) born NC, father born NC, mother born NC, Single, race = "M"; !CENSUS:1900 Buncombe Co, NC Avery Creek # 12 James R. GRAHAM, born Jul 1819, age 80, born NC, father born NC, mother born NC, Race = "B", Widowed; !NOTE:1907 Albert Graham estate mentions Daniel and Charles Graham, only HEIRS of James GRAHAM, suggesting James was dead by then;