Grable Family in Kentucky
David Grable was born about 1755-1760 in Frederick County, Maryland to
Samuel Grable, a farmer living near _________, and his wife Hannah
Earhart who had a total of 9 children (sons David, Samuel and Philip,
daughters Catherine, Elizabeth, Susanah, Mary, Hannah and Sarah).
In 1780 Samuel moved the family to Redstone township in Fayette Co,
PA. His property was known as the "Maiden's Bower" and was
patented to him in 1785. They lived on what is called the Beal
place where Samuel died in 1811.
David Grable "removed at an early day to Kentucky". In 1786 David
Crabil (Grable) and Francis Shane obtained a Land Grant from the
Commonwealth of Virginia for 500 acres of land in Nelson County on
Crooked Creek, a branch of the Rolling Fork River (later Bullitt Co,
KY).
