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Places
Churches, Graves Family Homesteads and Taverns

• Churches
• The Forks of Elkhorn Church
• Hungars Church (Front View)
• Hungars Church (Side View)
• Lindsay's Station (Stamping Ground Kentucky)
• Lindsay's Station (Stamping Ground Kentucky)
• A Front view of the Old Waits Place (1946)
• Spring House at Cole's Bad Inn
• The Cole Place
• Out Kitchen at Cole's Bad Inn
• The Black Horse Tavern
• Graves Tavern Stand
• The Homestead of Thomas and Mary Graves
• Home of Thomas Bushrod Graves
• James Edgar Graves Second Home (Laurel Mississippi)
• J.E. Graves's House
• Historical Marker for the Forks of Elkhorn Church
• Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
• Graves Chappel, Graves Mill, Virginia
• Alabama Methodist Church (Weldon Louisiana)
• Nelson County Courthouse (BardstownKentucky)
• Alabama Methodist Church Historic Register
• Springfield Home of Thomas Graves of Spotsylvania
• Home of Asa Graves
• Graves Mill
• The Pisgah Church

26 images in this category

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Cemeteries
Headstones of the Graves Family and related families, all these individuals are related to the line of Thomas Sims Graves or Mary Emma Graves.

• The Old Rugged Cross
• Old Headstone of Thomas Sims Graves
• Thomas Sims Graves
• Mary Emma Graves
• William Fisher Graves
• Benjamin F. Graves and Elizabeth Newton Graves
• New headstone of Thomas B. Graves
• Angelia W. Graves
• Headstone of Edward Willis Graves
• Headstone of Elizabeth Wells Graves
• Thomas Smith Graves
• Emma Grooms Graves
• Michael Edward (Max) Graves
• Thomas Browning Graves
• Headstone of James E. Graves
• Elizabeth Laird Graves
• Abraham Smith
• Mary E. Smith (Daughter of Thomas S. Graves)
• William J. Graves (Family Historian)
• Eva Raplee Graves
• Sarah Graves Hobbs
• Austin Taylor Graves
• Claude Ervin and Lenora Flurry Graves
• Mark Howard Graves
• Jesse Woodson James (The Famous Outlaw)
• Alexander Franklin (Frank) James
• Susan James Parmer
• Allen Parmer
• Zerelda Cole Samuel
• Julia Austin
• Headstone of Henry James Newton
• William Graves
• Cole Family Cemetery (1930's Photo)
• Richard Cole Sr.
• Ann Hubbard Cole
• The Reverend Eli Hobbs

36 images in this category

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People

• Jessie Woodson James
• Alexander Franklin (Frank) James
• Henry James Newton
• Family of James E. and Elizabeth Laird Graves
• Isaac Clairborne Graves
• Elizabeth Sanders Graves
• Nancy Ann (Nanny) Graves
• Thomas W. Gaines
• Ollie Fleece Gaines
• William Harold Smith
• Family of Enos Laird
• James Edgar Graves
• Major Rice E. Graves (Confederate)
• Wanted Poster
• Austin Taylor Graves
• Mark Howard Graves
• Thomas Smith Graves
• ........

18 images in this category

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Graves Coat of Arms and English Origins
Coat of Arms of John Greaves. ( Graves ) The e was dropped in America. The Latin inscription " Superna Quaero " ( I SEEK HEAVENLY THINGS ).
A coat of arms was presented to an individual and members of the family were allowed to use it and modify it slightly in each generation. The date on his tomb is 13 October 1694.

• The Tomb of John Greaves
• Belltower of St. Anne's Church, Beeley England
• The Cemetery at St. Anne's Church
• Baptismal
• The Little Village of Beeley
• 'Hilltop' - The Graves Family Homestead
• Devonshire Arms Inn and Pub

7 images in this category

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Obituaries
Old Newspaper Obituaries and Funeral Notices

• Old Funeral Hearse
• Death Notice of Thomas Bushrod Graves (Shelby)
• Death Notice of Edward Willis Graves
• Death Notice of Edward Willis Graves (Lexington)
• Death Notice of Willis Y. Graves (Indianapolis)
• The Death Notice of Thomas Smith Graves

6 images in this category

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Family Business
The Graves Family owned many business ventures only a few of which were farming, clothing manufacturing, horse breeding, tobacco farming, taverns, stage lines, freight companies, hemp farming and manufacturing, and livery stables.

• Man with a quill pen
• An Advertisement for The Graves Cox Company
• 1832 Fayette County Kentucky List of Tavern Keepers
• 1950 Photo of Graves Tavern Stand
• Horse Breeding: Black Squirrel
• Graves Livery Stable (Circa 1900) Bardstown, KY.
• Lexington Business Directory

7 images in this category

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Angels, Ghosts and Spirits
Stories, Pictures or Tales of the Spirit World

• A Ghostly Picture at the Old Home Place
• The New Headstone of Thomas Sims Graves
• cyber
• favouritekid
• cybershell
• cybershell
• cybershell

7 images in this category

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Military Records

• Stonewall Jackson
• Confederate Service Record of James E. Graves
• Prisoner of War Record of Jame E. Graves
• The Capture of Benjamin F. Graves
• The Prisoner Exchange of Benjamin F. Graves
• Service Record Thomas S. Graves (War of 1812)
• Index Card Major Rice E. Graves
• Letter to General Breckinridge
• Payroll Record of Major Rice E. Graves
• Request for Artillery from Captain Rice E. Graves
• Battle of Chickamauga
• The Continental Army

12 images in this category

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Myths, Urban Legends and Fairy Tales
This album was created for folk lore, family traditions, interesting stories, tall tales and disputed family history. Have a story, myth, or tale you want to share? E-mail me......... tsgraves@consolidated.net .

• The Dragon a mythical creature

1 images in this category

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Politics, The Colonization Society, and The Civil War
The Graves Family was heavily involved in politics in Kentucky being Judges, Lawyers, Justice's of the Peace and Congressmen. Henry Clay and William Jordan Graves had a profound effect on the family view of slavery. Family history shows that both men knew and visited the family of Thomas S. Graves. The Civil War divided the family in their beliefs.

• Certificate of the American Colonization Society
• Old Newspaper Offering A Slave Sale
• Letters of Congress on the Colonization Society
• Page two, Letters of Congress on the Colonization Society
• One Hundred Dollar Reward for a Runaway Slave
• Slave Quarters on a Georgia Plantation
• Smith Plantation Slaves
• Presidential Campaign Poster (1844)
• Portrait of Henry Clay

9 images in this category

All Clip Art Graphics courtesy of Old Fashion Clip Art, used with permission. Coat of Arms photo and the Colonization Society images are the property of Mike Graves. The Virginia Company Seals are courtesy of the Library of Congress who has declared the images "public domain".