Key Facts

Snapshot:	moved from North Carolina to Georgia
Parents:	394Richard Grantham Her mother's identity is uncertain.
Born:	sometime between 1785 and 1790 probably Bladen/Robeson County, North Carolina
Died:	by 23 December 1841 probably Houston County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

197Talitha Grantham's first name is known from just one record: the will of her father 394Richard Grantham, which names "my daughter Talitha Ammons" as an heir. Her mother might be 394Richard's wife Sarah, who is also named in the will,1 but this is uncertain.

197Talitha's father's will is the only record that provides her given name. Full pages: 1, 2.1

197Talitha was born sometime between 1785 and 1790, as determined by comparing the relevant entries from the 18102 and 18303 censuses. She was probably born in Bladen County or Robeson County (which was created from Bladen County's territory in 1787), North Carolina, since her father lived there around the time of her birth.4,5

She married 196Stephen Ammons, probably circa 1809 and probably in/near Robeson County, North Carolina. For evidence proving their marriage, their lives together, their move to Houston County, Georgia, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

197Talitha must have died by 23 December 1841, since that's when her husband 196Stephen re-married to his second wife Nicey Griffith.6

Sources Cited:

1: Robeson County, North Carolina. Original wills from the years 1663-1978, microfilm reel for Neill Brown through Alexander McBryde, folder labeled "GRANTHAM, Richard   1817." FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9G4-3954-7>, accessed 27 October 2025.

2: 1810 U.S. Federal Census. page 160 (handwritten) or 239 left side (stamped), Stepon Amons household. NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 38. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY6-SYSS>, accessed 19 October 2025. The county name (Robeson) and column headers are back on page 120 (handwritten).

3: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Houston County, Georgia. Page 296, Stephen Ammons household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 18. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB7-NH6?i=79&cc=1803958&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHPL-KX5>.

4: Robeson County, North Carolina. 1784 tax list, page 26, entry for Richard Grantham. North Carolina Archives MARS ID 66.30.4. North Carolina Digital Collections, <https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/tax-lists-bladen-county-1784/290561?item=290687>, accessed 28 October 2025.

5: 1790 U.S. Federal Census. Robeson County, North Carolina. Page 146, Richard Grantham Sr. household. NARA microfilm publication M637, roll 7. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY8-3716>, accessed 28 October 2025.

6: Houston County, Georgia. Marriage book A (1833-1852), page 72, marriage of Stephen Amonds and Nicey Griffith, dated 23 December 1841. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7W-J3YB-9?i=90&cat=2739190>.