William Graves

     William Graves was born on 13 July 1792 Virginia. He was the son of Peyton Graves and Charlotte Pinckard. William and Lucy Berger, daughter of Jacob Berger and Catherine Nowlin, were married 12 May 1818 Pittsylvania County, Virginia. William Graves died 28 July 1841, Montgomery County, Missouri at age 49 years and 15 days.
     He owned property 320 acres in Montgomery County, Missouri, cash sales of public lands to William Graves.
Dated 1 Apr 1839:
Cert # 19235
E1/2 NE1/4 Section 26, T049N R004W, 5th PM, containing 80 acres. (note, as of 12 Apr 2021, the BLM-GLO site has this transcribed as sec 6, but image has 26)

Dated 1 Apr 1839:
Cert # 19236
E1/2 SE1/4 Section 26, T049N R004W, 5th PM, containing 80 acres.

Dated 1 Apr 1839:
Cert # 19237
W1/2 NW 1/4 Sec 36, T049N R004W, 80 acres.

Dated 1 Apr 1839:
Cert # 19239
NW 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec 26, T049N R004W, 5th PM, containing 40 acres.

Dated 1 Jul 1841:
Cert #20036
NW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec 2, T049N R004W, 5th PM, containing 40 acres.

Dated 1 Jul 1841:
Tenants in Common, not as Joint Tenants David W Nowlin, William Graves and James N Berger*
W1/2 NW 1/4 Sec 20 T40N R03W, containing 80 acres.

*William Graves and James N Berger were brothers-in-law, David William Nowlin was a brother-in-law to James Nowlin Berger.^1,2,3,4,5,6