John Graves (1703-1804) was of German Palatinate background. The family name was originally "Graff" and the name was changed to Graves after the family moved to North Carolina. His son Jacob, was born John Jacob Graff (1746-1820) in Berks Co., PA. His son Boston was born Sebastian Graff (b.1747). It is believed that John was listed as Johann Sebastian Graff and included on a list of forty-six Palatines which arrived at Philadelphia in 1730. Family members settled in Orange Co., NC before 1757. Later, the family moved to Tennessee.

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Descendant of John Graves born in 1703 in the German Palatinate and died in 1804 in Tennessee. After emigrating to America before 1757, he settled in Stinking Quarter Creek, North Carolina.

Samuel Graves was born in England and emigrated to America about 1630. He settled in Lynn, Massachusetts. He had three sons - Thomas, Mark, and Samuel - all born in England between 1620 and 1630.

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Descendants of immigrant Thomas Graves (1585-1662) from England.