I first find my Griffin line in Barbour Co., AL, in 1860 (actually, there are a couple of deeds in the late 1850s). Where they lived in Barbour Co. became part of Bullock Co. by 1870. My gg-gf was James B. Griffin (supposedly, the "B" stood for "Bartlett"), born abt 1835, presumably in SC (according to the census). I think he married 1) Sarah Justice, 1857 and 2) Sarah Strother, 1862. He died abt 1877, and his widow and family moved to Warren Co., MS (near Vicksburg) by 1880. The fact that James B. Griffin's first child, a girl, was named Johnnie Eudora Griffin leads me to suspect that she was named for John A. Griffin and that he was James' father. Like James, this John A. Griffin was also born in SC (abt 1810), according to the 1860 census. I don't find him after the 1860 census. John A. had another son, Thomas Jefferson Griffin, b. abt 1838, SC. I can't find these Griffins in the 1850 census anywhere! I have looked in AL, GA, and SC. One of James B.'s granddaughters once wrote me that the family was from Ireland, but the census references about their birth all say SC. Sarah Strother's mother and siblings were in 1850 Pike Co. (where they lived in Pike Co. was taken in by Bullock Co.). Any help would be much appreciated. Jim Harmon home email: jrh@arkansas.net