GRANBERRY

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Jonathan & Nancy Granberry memorial in the Bryant Cemetery, near Lux, MS  COMPLETED (Click Here) ************************************* Restoration of the Granberry Family Cemetery near the Beulah Baptist Church on Hwy 22. the Burial place of Gen H. B. Granbury's parents and sisters

Granberry Family Cemetery In Madison County off HWY 22 at the intersection of Spring Creek Rd and Purvis.

Tombstone pictures courtesy of: Fran & Les Devenport, Thanks

Catherine (Granberry) Davis  -  Jemima Jane (Granberry) Davis

On September 7, 1853 Hiram Granbury's sister Jemima Jane wife of Thomas W. Davis died at the age of 20 years and was buried in the old Granberry family cemetery in Madison County. The inscription on her elaborate headstone reads "Thy faith hath saved thee go in peace" In the lower right hand corner is the name of the marble headstone company -- H. B. & O., St. Louis. On February 13, 1854 Hiram's other sister Catherine C. wife of Frank Davis died at the age of 18 years. Her inscription reads "My sweet Cate -- The pure in heart they shall see God." The two stones are placed side by side. Time has weathered their bases so they often lie buried beneath a thin cover of leaves and dirt. To the right of their headstones are two graves marked only by the presence of several worn bricks placed at the head. This is possibly the location of Hiram Granbury's parents. In 1857, Loammi Granberry acting as attorney for the family sold the Granberry farm near Bogue Chitto Creek containing 460 acres to Frank and Ann Davis. According to the deed two acres of land were set aside for the building of a cemetery and school but historians in Flora do not believe the school was ever built. This document is important because it records that Loammi, Hiram, and Nautie were the only remaining children of Norval Granberry. The youngest son Norval R. J. Granberry is not mentioned so it can be assumed that he had also died and was probably buried in an unmarked grave in the family cemetery.

Text from TOM HOLDERS Paper on Gen Granb(ur)erry

In 1846, Hiram Granberry's family moved to Brownsville a small community located on the old Bolton-Cox Ferry Road about 8 miles north of Bolton. Norval Granberry was now the pastor at Beulah Baptist Church which was first organized in 1831 as Spring Hill Baptist Church. In 1842, the congregation built a small log house a few hundred yards west of the current modern church. So his family could live close to the church, Norval bought land from Archibald Clark and his wife which was located a few miles north of Brownsville in Madison County near Bogue Chitto Creek. It was not a town but a small dispersed community of farms that tilled the rich alluvial bottom lands of the Big Black River. The Granberry farm was located just south of the junction of Bogue Chitto Creek and Spring Creek at the intersection of modern Purvis Road and Spring Creek Road. The old Granberry Cemetery still stands a short distance from the Spring Creek Road, hidden in the woods, marking the location of the farm house which stood on the back edge of the property. A narrow plantation road ran in front of the cemetery partially following the course of the modern Spring Creek Road except for visages of the original trace which can still be seen wandering off through the woods as the lane turned west toward the Cox Ferry road. Norval Granberry was soon joined by his brother George who bought land near Bogue Chitto Creek after the death of their father Loammi in Shubuta. With George Granberry were his two daughters Carey J. and Ella J.

SPECIAL FRIENDS

Jerry & Kay McWilliams Artist Gen Hiram B. Granbury Portrait Resident of the Granberry plantation house in Hinds, County. www.southerncedarsgallery.com ----------------------------------------------- Rebecca Drake Author "Lone Star General" and other Civil War books Raymond, MS www.battleofraymond.org

Carl Williams, Jerry McWilliams, & Rebecca Drake

SOUTHERN CEDARS home of Jerry & Kay McWilliams. Plantation home of Jessie Dykes Granberry Hinds County, Mississippi

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