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22. Grisham DURHAM was born about 1790 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.16,17 He died in 1856 in Arkansas.18 Information provided by Nancy Jones - JONES-BRADY-COPELAND-PERRY
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Grisham Durham and family moved to DeKalb and then to Carroll County, GA.
In 1842, he went to Lawrence Co, ARK, with most of his children. Mary
Durham (1819-1854), a daughter of Grisham, married William Washington
Merrell and stayed in Carroll Co, GA. Their daughter, Sarah Rebecca
Merrell married J.C.C. Carlton of Palmetto, GA, from the line of Blake
Carlton of Greenville Co, SC, and they were the great-grandparents of
Robert Davidson who supplied much of the information on the early
CARLTON/CALTON lines and all of the information on the DURHAM line.

Source: Information compiled and supplied by Robert Davidson

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Census, 1840, GA, Carroll Co, 714th District, page 72, line 12: Grisham Durham.
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Census, 1850, AR, Lawrence Co, Strawbury Township, page 226b and 227a, 500/500: (page 227a, line 4: Listed in the household of William Marshall, farmer is Gresham Durham, 60, m, clerk, SC.

Grisham DURHAM and Catherine WESTMORELAND were married about 1814 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.19 Catherine WESTMORELAND (daughter of Thomas WESTMORELAND and Hannah HOUSE) was born on 17 Mar 1789 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.19 Grisham DURHAM and Catherine WESTMORELAND had the following children:

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Elizabeth DURHAM was born about 1815 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.19 She died about 1847 in Shelby County, Tennessee.19

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Kindred DURHAM was born about 1817 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.19 She died about 1847 in Shelby County, Tennessee.19

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Mary Catherine DURHAM.

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Matilda Clarissa DURHAM.

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Isaiah "Isaac" DURHAM.

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Dennis DURHAM.

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vii.

George W. DURHAM.

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viii.

John W. DURHAM was born about 1826 in Dekalb County, Georgia.19

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Rebecca Sylvia (Silviah) DURHAM.