My great great grand father is Andrew J. Fowler married
Martha J. Gravitt January 29th 1859 he was the son of Aaron
and Elizabeth Fowler he was born in 1829 in Rabun county Ga.
his older brothers and sisters were born in what is now
pickens oconee county,s south carolina "Old pendelton dist"
Martha J. Gravitt was born in May of 1839 in Forsyth county
Ga. There is some dispute as to who her mother and father were however it has been told in my family that her mother and father were Alfred Gravitt and Jane Langley as refernce
to the 1900 census where Martha states she was born in May
of 1839 if this is true she shows in the house hold of Alfred Gravitt in the 1840 Forsyth county census he shows
1 male child under 5 years of age and 1 female under 5 years of age and his wife and mother 1 female 20 to 30, 1 female 50 to 60. His brother Gilford Gravitt married Julia "Judah" Hendrix they list no children in the 1840 census.
However in the 1850 census Martha J. Gravitt shows up in Gilfords and Julia,s house along with Alfred and Gilford,s
mother Mary Hammond Gravitt and Julia,s mother Martha Hendrix. So these 2 moved from Alfred,s
home to Gilfords home between 1845 and 1850. The 1845 Forsyth county state census list,s 5 people in Alfred,s home. When Gilford Gravitt died in 1856 Julia requsted 12 month support for her and her children Martha was not listed as a child of hers. It has been said that she is there daughter but in the 1840 Forsyth county census they list no children. Also Alfred Gravitt married Andrew J. Fowler and
Martha J. Gravitt as referenced by the marrage License.
It has been said and carried down that Gilford Gravitt died
on a fox hunt when his horse fell on him. My family has lived in the Chatahoochee dist of Forsyth county for over 160 years. Tidwells Fowler's Gravitt's, Hendrix or Hindricks, Youngbloods, Shadburn's and many more old Forsyth countynty families.