The Seagraves Family
This is A Work in Progress Jim Seagraves and Louanne Seagraves Love are working on this. Contact us at louanne.love@yahoo.com or jfsea@hotmail.com
Family: Gilbert (Gil 1) SEAGRAVES / Sarah WILSON (F24)
m. Abt 1815-
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Gilbert (Gil 1) SEAGRAVES
Birth Abt 1797 North Carolina 
Death 27 May 1887 Clay County, Arkansas Burial Seegraves Cemetery, Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States Marriage Abt 1815 Father Mother
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Sarah WILSON
Birth Abt 1796 North Carolina Death 31 Dec 1885 Clay County, Arkansas Burial Seegraves Cemetery, Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States Father Mother
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+ William (Gil 2) SEAGRAVES
Birth 1817 North Carolina Death Jan 1851 Macon County, Tennessee Burial Spouse Sarah LNU | F28 Marriage Abt 1836 Tennessee
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+ Lewis L. (Gil 2) SEAGRAVES
Birth 10 Dec 1819 North Carolina Death 5 Dec 1901 Era, Cooke County, Texas Burial Era Cemetery, Era, Cooke County, Texas, United States Spouse Rhoda Ann JENKINS | F279 Marriage Abt 1845 Macon County, Tennessee
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+ Maxwell C. (Gil 2) SEAGRAVES
Birth Abt 1823 North Carolina Death 8 Dec 1867 Macon County, Tennessee Burial Spouse Emeline ATKERSON | F66 Marriage Abt 1846 Macon County, Tennessee
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+ Samuel Tilman (Gil 2) SEAGRAVES
Birth Abt 1825 North Carolina Death Burial Spouse Sarah ROBERTSON | F422 Marriage 18 Dec 1844 Wilson County, Tennessee
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+ Henry (Gil 2) SEAGRAVES
Birth Abt 1830 North Carolina Death 8 Apr 1881 Macon County, Tennessee Burial Mount Vernon Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee, United States Spouse Martha ROBERTSON | F426 Marriage 5 Apr 1852 Wilson County, Tennessee Spouse Phariliza SEAY | F427 Marriage 24 May 1862 Dekalb County, Tennessee
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+ John Henderson (Gil 2) SEAGRAVES
Birth 1 Aug 1832 Surry County, North Carolina Death 17 Oct 1909 Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky Burial Seegraves Cemetery, Rector, Clay County, Arkansas, United States Spouse Margie A. ATKERSON | F568 Marriage 28 Feb 1859 Macon County, Tennessee Spouse Ella D'AUMALL | F569 Marriage 11 Nov 1895 Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi
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Notes - The Search for Gilbert's Father
Numerous postings on the internet (and OneWorldTree) boldly state that the parents of Gilbert Seagraves are William and Polly. But the fact is, so far there is no reliable proof of Gilbert's parents. We want to change that. One of the long range goals of this website is to brainstorm and research to find proof of Gilbert's parents, so we would like to open up a discussion about what we know, where we look and how we get there. Here are our initial thoughts about how we begin.
When was Gilbert Born? On the first census to record actual ages in 1850 Gilbert reported his age to be 53. On later censuses his age was always rounded: on the 1860 census he was 60; on the 1870 census he was 70; in 1880 he was 80. We think that it is more likely that the age he reported in 1850 was accurate which would make his birth year 1797. If that is true then his father, who was not likely to be less than 17 when Gilbert was born, must have been born no later than 1780. Assuming that Gilbert's father would have been no older than 47 (an arbitrary but reasonable date) when he was born, then the earliest date of birth for Gilbert's father would be 1750.
Where is Gilbert's family most like to be found? Gilbert always reported his birthplace as North Carolina on the census, and everywhere he is found in the public records prior to 1842 is in North Carolina:
1817 Birth of son William - NC
1819 Birth of son Lewis - NC
1821 Birth of alleged out of wedlock son - Wake Co NC
1821 Bastardy Bond court record stating Gilbert had "removed to Anson County" NC
1822 Birth of son Maxwell - NC
1826 Birth of son Samuel - NC
1827 Purchase of 100 acres of land - Ashe Co NC
1828 Birth of son Henry - NC
1830 Gilbert?s first appearance in the census records - Surry Co NC
1832 Birth of son John Henderson - Surry Co NC
1840 On census - Surry Co NC
So, based on Gilbert's movements outlined above, we see that Gilbert spent much if not all of his early years in NC, mainly in western NC. However, we can't ignore the fact that he "removed" to Anson Co when slapped with a paternity suit, since that suggests he had family there.
Where do we begin looking for Gilbert's Daddy? We believe that the logical place to start looking for Gilbert's parents is the list of Seagraves on the 1800 census for NC who had young male children in their household. If Gilbert were born in 1797, he would have been counted in the census age range of 0-9 years old - and that narrows our initial search to 6 Seagraves households:
John Segraves of Anson County husband (former?) of Phoebe below
Daniel Segraves of Montgomery County who was in Wake Co. in 1790
Stephen Segraves of Wake County who married Prudence Sevils in Wake in 1795
William Segraves of Wake County who married Leah Sealey in Wake in 1798 and lived in Montgomery Co. in 1840 and 1850
John Segraves of Wake County several men named John appear in NC in this era
Phoebe Segrave of Warren County [I believe that Phoebe was the wife (former?) of John Seagraves of Anson Co.]
Please let us have your thoughts on what we've said here, and share any other information and ideas you might have about how to prove Gilbert's parentage.
Jim Seagraves and Louanne Seagraves Love
Married:
- It is not known where Gilbert and Sarah were married, but since he was noted as a resident of Anson County, NC in 1821, she may have been from that county and they may have possibly married there.
- The Search for Gilbert's Father