According to the record of Dr. Maupin, John Spencer was born in 1732. It has been a tradition in the family that both he and a son were killed in the Revolution. The son, Thomas, was killed at Guilford Court House. The lieutenant John Spencer may not have been the John Spencer of Albemarle since there was a Spencer living in that county after the Revolution and his death occurred there in 1789. In a petition from Albemarle for the emission of paper money, dated Anno Dom. 1788, we find the names of John Spencer Sr., Thomas Maupin (his son-in-law), Gabriel Maupin, father of Thomas Maupin, John Spencer Jr., Gideon Spencer, Zachariah Maupin, Daniel Maupin Sr., Daniel Maupin Jr., and Cornelius Maupin. (From William and Mary Quarterly Review, July 1922.) All of these men lived in the same locality west of Charlottesville. The wife of John Spencer was Rosanna Graves and their children were: John Sharp Abraham Thomas - killed at Guilford Court House. Elizabeth-married a Scotch surgeon, Dr. Melvin, who, while serving in the British army, was taken prisoner with Burgoyne at Saratoga and confined In the prison barracks near Charlottesville. Sarah wife of David Maupin (17) Ann wife of Thomas Maupin (18) Mary Graves-wife of Chapman White Maupin (34) Rosanna- wife of Thos. Naylor. Their children: a. Susanna, married Mat Walton. Had a son, Chapman. Sally, m. Jordan Davidson of Kentucky. Children: b. Nancy, James, Abner, John, Sarah, Mary Jane, Martha, and Samuel, all of Lawrence, KS c. Mildred, married R. Fowler, and second, J. Turner of Garrard Co. Kentucky. Their children were not known. d. Rosanna, married Jesse Davidson of Garrard County, KY. Children were: Louisa, Leander, Lou Ann, Elizabeth, Sarilda, Mary Jane, and William Abner Davidson. Susan wife of William Sandidge, who was a grandson of John Graves. Rosanna Graves Spencer died in 1831 at the age of 97. Her father, Thomas Graves, was originally from King and Queen County, it is believed, but later appeared in Spotsylvania about the year 1725, a deed of land being made to him in that year. (Deed Book A). His home was on the border between Hanover and Spotsylvania and he owned a mill there. This home was
eventually owned by his son-in-law, Col. William Pettus. Early in the history of Albemarle, Thomas Graves took up large tracts of land in the county. It is not known if he ever lived there but many of his children were residents of the county and may have occupied his lands. Graves died in 1768. 路 His family is noted for its longevity and his father, it is said, lived to a great age. His daughter, Rosanna Spencer, was 97 at her death and his granddaughter, Mary Graves Maupin was 96 years old at the time of her death. The will of Thomas Graves (Will Book D, page 318) is dated Oct. 17, 1767, and in it he bequeaths the land where he lived and a third of the revenue from his mill to his wife, Ann Graves. In Deed Book H, date 1772, there is a record of a gift of a negro slave from Ann Rice Graves to her granddaughter, Barbara Pettus, and four years later she makes record of another gift of a slave to her granddaughter, Susanna Spencer of Albemarle. Ann Rice Graves died in 1782 and her son, Rice, administered her will. Both Thomas Graves and his wife, Ann, had been previously married. Her first husband had been a Clark of King and Queen County. The name of the first wife of Graves is not known. By his first wife he had sons: John Thomas ___ Susan -
lived in North Carolina. lived in Kentucky wife of a Smith of Meechums River, Albemarle County. wife of Col. Wm. Pettus of Meechums River. He was executor of his father-in-law's will and finally bought the Graves homestead. He died in 1798 and his will is dated that year and recorded Sept. 4th 1798. His children were: a. William, who married Lucy Walters. Overton Hart Pettus b. c. James Pettus d. Joseph Pettus e. Barbary Arnold f. Nancy, wife of William Graves of Louisa. Susanna, wife of Davenport. g. h. Louisa Rosanna -married John Spencer of AI bemarle. David married a Tilley and lived four miles west of Charlottesville. Susanna, mother of COl. Joseph Martin of Henry County seems to have been a daughter of this David Graves. The father of Ann Rice, who married Thomas Graves, was Thomas Rice, and Englishman of Welsh extraction, who came to Virginia during the last quarter of the 11th century. He seems to have settled first in New Kent COunty. Apr. 29th 1693, he was granted lands in Kingston Parish, Gloucester county (Patent Book 8, page 261). In Vol. 17, page 132 of the Patent Book is a record