GARDNER GRANT
Gardner Grant, born in Washington county, near the present site of
Osceola, April 27, 1813, was a son of James Grant, who came to the
county from North Carolina, in 1796, and whose father, also named
James, was the son of the founder of the family in America, who came
from the Highlands of Scotland. The mother of Gardner was Jeanette,
daughter of Archibald McGinnis, who was born in Ireland, married Mary
Scott, in that country, and with her came to America.
In Franklin county, Virginia, October 6, 1836, Gardner Grant married
Mary Holland, who was born in that county, September 24, 1816. Their
children were born in the order named. Peter Holland, Virginia Frances;
James Taliaferro, Sarah Lettie, Lucinda Jeanette (deceased), Mary Ann,
Robert G. Clayadell, Lucy Elizabeth, Mattie (deceased). The parents of
Mrs. Grant were both of Franklin county, Peter D. Holland and Fanny
(Hancock) Holland. She died July 15, 1888, and was buried in Bethel
Cemetery, near her old home.
Through the years that Virginia formed a part of the Confederate
States government, Mr. Grant was postmaster at Osceola. In 1873 he
was appointed to the same office, and is still so serving. His second
son, James Taliaferro, was seventeen months in service, Company H,
37th Virginia Infantry, C. S. A., then in the 6th North Carolina cavalry
till the close of the war. Mr. Grant's nephew was captain of Company
H, 37th Virginia regiment, then in the 1st Virginia cavalry.
