1880 Federal Census

1880 US Federal Census 

The 1880 Census is one of the only census records that contains the whole Granbery Family under one Head of Household. The family starts on line 1 and goes till line 10.  The unique thing about this census is that the census taker used initials for many of the family.  Which could make indexing and searching harder then having the full names. 

By this time the Granbery Family had moved to the Rattle and Snap plantation they had purchased from the Polks. 

Joseph worked on the Rattle and Snap plot as a farmer, while his wife Susan B was a house worker trying to raise her eight young children. 

All the the Granbery children, were born and raised in Tennessee. Being from a wealthy family, all the children attended school from an early age and continuing until their 20s.  Nettie and Harry, the youngest of the 8 children. were the only ones not attending school at the time. 

This is the last year that Joseph and William, the oldest of the Granbery family will be listed with Joseph has their head of house hold.

Derelys Granbery Anthony Finds Her Father

Californians Trace Ancestry to Tennessee On Camper Jaunt

Derelys Anthony mentioned that she had traced  her fathers family to Tennessee but had gotten no further. With help of local neighbors in the Tennesse area, she was able to locate the Granbery line she was seeking. Derelys brought six of her children, Sharon, Tom, Hal, Debra, Eric, and Kristen to accompany them on their cross country tour. Derelys was able to locate her fathers grave, photography of the family home in Ashwood, outside Columbia known as "Rattle and Snap". 

After much investigation, Derleys discovered who her family was.  Starting with her father, Harry Pointer Granbery. The infamous man who was witnessed shooting Washington Long. 

Derleys was able to find the newspaper from the trial. 

Derleys learned that Harry Pointer Granbery was the youngest in the Granbery family, Son of Joseph John and Susan Brown. He was married to a woman named Katie May Carmack, the daughter of a famous senator. They had one child together and another on the way. Harry was convinced that Washington Long was growing affection towards Katie, and it needed to stop. On June 9 1908 Harry Pointer Granbery, shot Washington Long. Harry and Katie May separated shortly after the trail. 

"Famliy Search", database, Family Search, Family Search (familysearch.org : viewd May 2009), "Alexa Allyn Prolo," Derleys Granbery Anthony, Henry Pointer Granbery; submitted, [contact information for private use], Provo

Who Killed Washington Long?

Eye witness describes how Harry Granbery shot Washington Long. 

Columbia Herald Vol Ll - NO 36. Page 1 

An Eye witness described to the jury how Washington Long was shot and killed by Harry Granbery on the night of June, 6 (1908), in a deplorable tragedy that shocked the entire Mt Pleasant (click link) community. 

The witnesses described minutely how Granbery had entered Peter's Pool Room and without warning shot and almost instantly killed Washington Long. 

The news of this tragedy generated at least three other articles in the Columbia Herald (click link). The issue that went to print on Friday June 12 1908 (page 6) describes why this shooting caused one of the biggest trials, at the time, in Maury County, Tennessee. 

The article states,

Awful Tragedy 

At Mt Pleasant 

No tragedy in recent years in Maury County has caused so much comment and excitement or has been so generally deplored as the killing of young Washington Long by Harry Granbery at Mt. Pleasant Saturday night. Both families are prominent, influential, and wealthy, and the fact that the unwritten law will be set up as a defense for the killing lends additional interest to the altogether unfortunate affair. 

Long was said to be playing pool and he was in the act of making a pool shot when Granbery entered the room, drew an automatic Colt's pistol and began firing. Six shots all told are said to have taken, three of which went through the young mans head. Granbery went at once to police headquarters to give himself up to Officer Pack, he was quoted saying 

"He has spoiled my pleasure for life having caused myself and wife to be separated. I shot him nine times and guess I killed him. If he is not dead he ought to be. I did what any other man would have done." 

The article continues to state that there was a warrant out for Harry Granbery, murder in the first degree. 

[1]"Awful Tragedy at Mt Pleasant," Columbia Herald Tennessee, 31 August 1908; online archives (: viewed online 2010); Columbia Herald Archives.

[1] "Witness Describe How Harry Granbery Shot Washington Long," Columbia Herald, 1908; Vol L1 No 36 (: viewed online 2010).