GRANBERRY HARRISON LITTLE 1837 - 1911
November 24 2022 Today John’s paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Granberry Harrison Little , would have been 185. Taken from book "History of Houston County" THOMAS LITTLE pg. 476 Thomas Little came from Butler County, Alabama, to settle in Houston County, on Nevil’s Prairie, in the Prairie View Community, in about 1857. He was born (c. 1806) in Georgia - a first generation American. His father, John Little, was born (c. 1766) in North Ireland, and Catherine, his mother, was born (c. 1775) in Scotland. Thomas’s father, John Little was ageless in his approach to life. Some of his children were grown and married and he and his large family were apparently settled in Pulaski County, Georgia, when the lands in the Territory of Florida, newly acquired from Spain, were opened for American settlement. By late 1826, he and his family, including his married children and some of their in-laws, had moved to Gadsden County, in the Territory of Florida. In 1828, the Territorial Governor appo...
