Only grave visible but stories tell of other graves there
George F. Granberry ( Apr. 24, 1784 - Sep. 8, 1849)
He was born Pitt County, North Carolina. He was the son of Moses
and Susannah Granberry of Warren County, Georgia. He was the first cousin
to Loammi Granberry, grandfather of Hiram B. Granberry, a general of the
Confederate States of America. {Granbury, Texas is named after
Hiram.} George was married to Martha Albritton. It is written that
he emigrated to Mississippi in 1816 with his brothers, Stephen and Seth, and
others who settled in Hinds County.1 Their children were
Nancy (8 Jan 1808 - 3 Feb 1871, married Samuel Hemphill), Moses (22 Sep 1809 - 6
Nov 1870, married Mary Ann Warner), Mary Polly (married Francis A. Martin),
Martha Jane (1816 - 20 Jun 1872, married Samuel Christian Heildelberg), George
F. Jr.( 2 Apr 1919 - 25 Jul 1885, married Isabella R. Baskin), Amelia (married
T. T. Howze), Susan (24 Oct 1824 - 11 Oct 1878 of yellow fever, married Edwin
O'Brine) and Seth Granberry (born in GA - Hinds County, MS). George was
one of the original charter members of the Hepzibah Baptist Church. He was
buried in the rear of the old Granberry home site, now known as the Rogers’
place, 3 miles west of Shubuta. His large tombstone reads:
In Memory, GEORGE GRANBERRY SEN , Born in N.C. April 24, 1784, Died in Miss.
Sept. 8, 1849. Deceased was for 45 years a Deacon of the Baptist church
and in all the relations of parent, master & friend. He was a burning
& shining light, John 5.35. He died as he lived in hope of a blessed
immortality. They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament & they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever &
ever, Dan. 12.3.2 George owned about 700 aces west of
Shubuta. At his death his property was inventoried on about 2 Oct 1849 an
listed at a value of $13,909.60 His belongings were auctioned off and
brought in $13, 303.48. He also owned about 934 acres in Jasper County
that was also auctioned off.3 Martha Albritton Granberry
was small, dark complicated and low statue. She survived her husband a
considerable number of years, and lived with her children after her husband’s
death. She was born about 1790 in N. C. and died sometime after 1850 in
Hinds County, MS, where she was buried at the Palestine Baptist Church cemetery
in an unmarked grave. Out of all her children, Seth was the only one not
to marry. 4
1. The Autobiography of A. C. Ramsey, 1879, page 124,
Edited by Jean Stickland
2. Family Record of the Heidelbergs
and Granberries, by D. W. Heidelberg in 1925
3. Clarke County
Probate Records
4. Family Record of the Heidelbergs and
Granberries, by D. W. Heidelberg in 1925 and The Collins and Travis
Families and their Allies, by Mary Collins Landin, 1982.