Jennet (---) Graham of Horry Co., SC

Marty and Karla Grant

[Home] [What’s New?] [Books for Sale] [Christian] [Genealogy] [Search] [Support] [About] [Contact]

Jennet (—) Graham (bef 1790-aft 1790) of Horry Co., SC

[Graham Home] - [Table of Contents] - Jennet (—) Graham

Jump to Children’s section | Jump to Family Group Sheet

Jennet Graham is possibly my 5 times great aunt (by marriage) or perhaps even a 6 times great aunt, though I can’t currently prove any relationship to her.

Jennet Graham is listed on the 1790 census in Georgetown District in Prince George Parish.

1790 Census - Georgetown District., South Carolina, Prince George Parish

Page	Name	Males 16+	Males under 16	Females	Others	Slaves
507	Jennet Graham	1	~	1	~	9

My analysis (who each person *might* be):

1m 16+ (before 1774) Son? (Bef 1774)

1f (before 1790) Jennet (—) Graham, widow of ?

9 Slaves (before 1790)

She wasn’t listed on the 1800 census in Georgetown or Marion (formed from Georgetown in 1799) so either remarried by then, dead, or residing in someone else’s household and thus not head of household herself. It should be noted that James Graham (1755/65) has an older female at home with him in 1800. Is that Jennet? James didn’t marry until the 1790s, so that works as well.

Since I only have one record for Jennet Graham (the 1790 census), there isn’t much to say about her. However, I can speculate.

First, she was probably a widow of a Mr. Graham who died prior to 1790, perhaps long before.

Second, the 1790 census was roughly alphabetical. She wasn’t in the same grouping with the family of John Graham and Mary Johnston which might mean she isn’t closely related to them, or didn’t live near them at the time, or it might not mean anything. The name “Jennet” was used among members of that family, but it was a common enough name in those days that it may not indicate any connection to this Jennet. Keep in mind also that “Jennet” was a common diminutive form of “Jane” so the names are often used interchangeably for the same person.

Third, she had one child over 16 (before 1774) with her in 1790, meaning she’d been married since at least by 1774.

Fourth, she had 9 slaves in 1790 meaning she was almost certainly a land owner. I found no deeds in Horry that mentioned her. The land may have been disposed of prior to Horry’s formation and thus lost with most of the other early Georgetown records.

What is now Horry County was part of Craven County until 1769 when Georgetown District was created from it. The area remained Georgetown until 1801 when Horry District was carved out from it. It remained Horry District until 1868 when all districts became counties, thus it was Horry County from then on. However, Mr. Graham died long before Horry was ever formed. From the 1790 census alone, being alphabetical like it is, we can’t say with any certainty whether Jennet was in the part of Georgetown that became Horry. She could just have easily been in the section that became Marion or the part that remained Georgetown, all of which was part of Prince George Parish in 1790.

As noted, James Graham had an older woman with him in 1800, aged 45 and up (born before 1755). Is that Jennet? It certainly could be, but I have no way to know for sure without some records to prove it. It could just as easily be James’s mother-in-law instead or his own mother, but not Jennet.

Unfortunately I have nothing else on Jennet Graham.

Children

Jennet Graham had at least one son per the 1790 census, born before 1774. As noted about, this could be James Graham (1755/65) but that is speculative.

For Family Group Sheet and other notes see my database pages for Mrs. Jennet Graham (bef 1790-after 1790)

Revised: October 25, 2025

[Home] [What’s New?] [Books for Sale] [Christian] [Genealogy] [Search] [Support] [About] [Contact]