{"id":1057,"date":"2021-07-27T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/?page_id=1057"},"modified":"2021-08-12T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:13:24","slug":"the-real-people-in-my-new-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/?page_id=1057","title":{"rendered":"The real people in my new book"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Testimony of the Infant Children, <\/i><\/span>the Untold Story<\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n

List of attorneys, judges and <\/i><\/span>special <\/i><\/span>referee:
<\/i><\/span>W. Brantley Harvey, Sr<\/u>., Beaufort attorney for my father,
John S. Graves, Jr.
Julian S. Levin<\/u>, Beaufort attorney for my mother,
Florence Rubert Graves.
Basil W. Hall<\/u>, Beaufort attorney for my mother,
Florence Rubert Graves.
J. M. Moorer<\/u>, Walterboro attorney, appointed by Judge Johnson
as Special Referee.
J. Henry Johnson<\/u>, SC Resident Judge, 14th<\/sup> Judicial Circuit
(Original SC judge).
E. H. Henderson<\/u>, SC Judge of the 2nd<\/sup> Judicial Circuit,
gave the SC judgment.
Francis Burch<\/u>, Philadelphia judge, gave the Pennsylvania
judgment.<\/p>\r\n

Witnesses for the Petitioner, the First
Reference:
<\/i><\/span><\/i>(Witnesses are listed in their order of appearance.)
<\/span>John Samuel Graves, Jr<\/u><\/span>. <\/i><\/span>(my father)
<\/span>Mr. <\/u><\/span>Dan Heyward<\/u><\/span>, Mayor of Bluffton.
<\/span>Mr. <\/u><\/span>Eddie Heyward<\/u><\/span>, <\/span>neighbor.
<\/span>Mr. W. W. Niver<\/u><\/span>, neighbor and friend.
<\/span>Mr. J. C. Haile<\/u><\/span>, repaired outboard motors for my father.
<\/span>Mr. H. O. Lowden<\/u><\/span>, town resident and friend.
<\/span>Mr. H. E. McCracken<\/u><\/span>, Superintendent of Bluffton Schools, married Jane and George Guilford\u2019s granddaughter, Naomi.
<\/span>Mrs. Gaillard Heyward<\/u><\/span>, neighbor and friend.
<\/span>Mrs. Elizabeth G. Heyward<\/u><\/span>, neighbor and friend.
<\/span>Queenie Jenkins<\/u><\/span>, Daddy\u2019s cook and housemaid. <\/span>Queenie had a lot to do with rearing my brothers and me. <\/span>We loved her dearly.<\/span>
<\/span>M<\/u><\/span>rs. John Cantrell<\/u><\/span>, next door neighbor. Her husband brought telephones to Bluffton.
<\/span>Mr. <\/u><\/span>Charles <\/u><\/span>J. <\/u><\/span>Getsinger<\/u><\/span> (my father\u2019s brother-in-law. He assisted in kidnapping my brothers and me. He was married to Cora Jane Graves, my father\u2019s sister.)
<\/span>Mrs. Woodrow <\/u><\/span>Graves<\/u><\/span> (<\/span>Elsie<\/span>), <\/span>wife of Woodrow Graves, my father\u2019s brother. (She also participated in the kidnapping.)
<\/span>Colonel Charles J. Colcock<\/u><\/span> (by affidavit)
<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Witnesses for the <\/i><\/span><\/span>Respondent, <\/i><\/span><\/span>the First
Reference:
<\/i><\/span><\/span>Reverend George Haynsworth<\/u>, mother\u2019s Episcopal Priest.
Mrs. Charles Perry<\/u>, Episcopal Church member and friend.
Mrs. deSaussure Pinckney<\/u>, Episcopal Church organist and music teacher.
Mrs. Lois McGarvey<\/u><\/span>, church worker and my father\u2019s second cousin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Witnesses for the <\/i><\/span><\/span>Respondent, <\/i><\/span><\/span>the <\/i><\/span><\/span>Second
<\/i><\/span><\/span> Reference:
<\/i><\/span><\/span>Mrs. Florence Rubert Graves<\/span>, my mother
Mrs. Harriett Inez Cadugan<\/span>, my mother’s grandmother and mother of her mother, Florence Inez Cadugan Rubert. We always called her “Nanny.” See her letter to my father in the Appendix.<\/p>\r\n

Witnesses for the the <\/i><\/span>Respondent, <\/i><\/span>th<\/i><\/span>e Third
<\/i><\/span> Reference:
<\/i><\/span><\/span>Mrs. Heyward Graves
Mr. Heyward Graves
Mr. Oscar Davis<\/u>, one of Mother\u2019s close friends in Savannah.
Mrs. Oscar Davis<\/u>, another of Mother\u2019s close Savannah friends.
Florence Rubert Graves<\/span>, recalled.
<\/u><\/i><\/p>\r\n

Witnesses for the the Petitioner, the Third
Reference, continued in Bluffton:
<\/i><\/span><\/span>Mrs. John Samuel Graves, Sr<\/span>. (My father’s mother)<\/p>\r\n

Testimony of the Infant Children:
<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>John Samuel Graves III<\/span>
Gerald Beekman Graves<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Reference Closes:
<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>Testimony of Louisa Simmons<\/span>, daughter of R. T. Wilson (by affidavit)
Mrs. Oscar Davis<\/span>, recalled.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Testimony of the Infant Children, the Untold Story List of attorneys, judges and special referee:W. Brantley Harvey, Sr., Beaufort attorney for my father,John S. Graves, Jr.Julian S. Levin, Beaufort attorney for my mother,Florence Rubert Graves.Basil W. Hall, Beaufort attorney for my mother,Florence Rubert Graves.J. M. Moorer, Walterboro attorney, appointed by Judge Johnsonas Special Referee.J. Henry … Continue reading The real people in my new book<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8R7Sy-h3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1057\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graveshouse.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}