This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: batch1an Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/3916.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks anyway Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChuckSexton98 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/3916.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lil, I may have to disappoint you. "Andrew Griffin" (including Andrew J. and Andrew Jackson Griffin) is a rather common name in GA and AL (and elsewhere) in the mid-1800s. In my research over just the past few days, I have identified at least 17 Andrew Griffin's in GA and AL between 1830 and 1850, at least 3 of whom had the middle initial "J." I'm afraid I have no connection to a Frances Grayson (or any Grayson) in my family tree or research, nor to any Andrew Griffin's who ended up in Arkansas by 1855. Sorry. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LillianWelch Surnames: Griffin, Grayson, Slinkard, Jones Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/3916.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Chuck,My Andrew J. Griffin said to have been born in SC !822. He was my gg-grandfather, on my Mother's side. He m. Frances J. Grayson (Grayson her step-father) in 1855,Conway Co. Arkansas. I've been searching him for years,and found him in your database! If you'd like to contact me, it lillianDOTwelchATgmailDOTcom Thanks for the reply! Lil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChuckSexton98 Surnames: Griffin, Scarbrough Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/3916.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Lil. You replied under "batch1an"s message and it was only by accident that I stopped by and saw your question. And funny you should ask about Andrew J. Griffin just now. Several of us have been very interested in (and confused by) the array of Andrew Griffin's in s.e. AL. Just in the past several days I've actually undertaken the task of trying to "collect" info about all of them in one place and trying to trace them through time and space--a daunting task. I don't have an answer to your question...yet. Could you help me out? Could you outline your lineage or point me to your family tree so that I can see *which* Andrew you're referring to, and from whom you descend? As you may have read, Thomas A. Griffin's wife Elizabeth (Scarbrough) is a gg aunt of mine so at least some of the Griffin's (perhaps including you!) are distant cousins in that part of the world. You can also email me directly at: "gcwagen" AT "austin.rr.com" Chuck Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jantrevor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6789.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Our line has been trying to figure out the connection to the Arkansas Griffin lines for a long time. I know that the initial group of Griffin's were removed from ALA to Arkansas before other lines were removed to Oklahoma as reflected on the early rolls. And we know my our line left Texas and went to Arkansas to stay with family during the Civil War. We just don't know who they went to stay with/how the families are connected. My family has recently matched genetically to another family in Arkansas who also described themselves as "Black Irish" which is a euphemism for Indian White, used when it it was not so popular to be Indian. Both families had vague knowledge of Indian ancestry but nothing concrete. I suspect these folks are descendants of the kin our line stayed with with during the Civil war. Our line includes descendants with the name John Wood Griffin....born 1850 and James William Wilburn Wood born 1855. Both went by JW and JWW Griffin respectively. I don't know if these lines are connected to the earlier JW line in the rolls but I suspect they are and that these are family names being passed down generationally. My family ended up in Texas. DNA tests indicate some Native American ancestry between 4-12% which would put it pretty far back...about the colonial period. Our line tracks back to Benjamin Griffin b: 1773 d:13 Mar 1846 and wife(Mary Polly Bird b: abt 1785 d: 11 May 1856 buried Bibb County - Griffin Cemetery) who may have been Cherokee. There is no proof for her, but there is a record of a Polly Bird (poss. her mother and 2 other persons born in Halifax County NC (where they came from before going to GA/ALA) being listed as mulatto (which at that time could mean anything indian or other mixed). (1790 Other Free Persons, Halifax Cty, NC). Our tree ! and research is located here: http://www.visualmediaworx.com/gonetotexas.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BettyJ_Modglin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6789.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have the Cherokee imigration roll 1817-1835.Does anyone have known ancestors on this roll.Like J.W.Griffin left with 12 people 2 was male slaves and one female, He arrived May 12 1834 with 4 dead.Daniel Griffin left with 4 male slaves. he arrived May 6 1834 and died 18 JULY 1834.It looks like Daniel's residence was Chickamauga, Tn. There doesn't seem to be a residence for J.W, Griffin.I am hoping someone knows if any of the Griffin's stayed in AR. Thanks i will check the imformation you sent. Betty Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LillianWelch Surnames: Griffin, Grayson, Slinkard, Jones Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/3916.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did he have a brother named Andrew Jackson Griffin? If so,he's my great-uncle. Lil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vricard14 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6790/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for descendants of Vince (1841) born in Kentucky and Martha (1849) Griffin. They also lived in Vanderburgh, Indiana. Their children were: Virgil (1864), Calorus (1870), and Charles (1873). Virgil married Britannia Selden. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: NWillian Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6658.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By all means! i have been searching for 10 years for my 3rd gt grandfather, & i have been in contact with some very nice & very informed & documented griffins who can't make the connection either. i have access to the adams book at the univ of w.fl here in p'cola, i have to photograph the pages - the curator of the archives won't allow me to copy them - i might bend the spine:) he wasn't there when i took my camera:) at any rate, there are more than just a few connections in that part of barbour cty & henry cty. the lee's fillingims, hawkins, hartzogs, creels, adams, the albrittons from next door in randolph cty. my 2nd gt grandfather was joseph alexander griffin who married the 1st child of lewis nashwell adams & alice jane albritton. i know there is only one extra special mary & joseph, & i seriously doubt my 2nd gt grandparents are the ones mentioned int the Bible:) somewhere out there is his father charles. family history lists his name as charles - which is a name that! appears on several occassions - w/a dob of 1809 in ga. the family historian was a librarian & charles was her 2nd gt grandfather. she has his wife as a caroline smith. i would relly love to swap info, how do you want to do it? my email is clubcurve@bellsouth.net. your last name is sexton. my dad's maternal grandmother was a sexton. this should be interesting. do you want to see my tree? please, just ignore all the duplications, i honestly don't know what i am doing to generate 4-5 of the same people. i try very hard to make sure before i link other info, but darned if they just don't replicate themselves faster than rabbits! have i talked to you yet? i started my search 10 years ago for ole charles, but then as i kept finding more & more - well, i have ended up w/one giant forest of trees - all rolled in one! i hunt for this acorn until i can't stand it anymore & then pick up another one & search it. i don't know if i have spoken to you or not, i do know that there was a charles & a caroline or emeline, or emily, that appears in the census for barbour cty, but there is such a HUGE gap between my joseph & their next child which is named charles jr. and in one census, little charles married a missouri & lives next door to the only ch! arles i can find that could actually fit the bill. but no proof. if i haven't already, i will put your name down for access to my tree, but now remember, gremlins have been playing in my forest for awhile now! look forward to further talks. nancy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: foxfndr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/2454.1.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I have run across both Wilson and Britton. But I cannot think where right off the top of my head. What can you tell me about them so I can see if the connect in any way to the other Griffins? You can contact me hear or at foxfndr@aol.com. Thanks, Todd Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: elvisdgriffin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/2454.1.3.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a David Griffin that 1860 census says was born in TN. Yours disappeared and mine appeared in Sumter County, AL in 1842. He marries there and ends up in Arkansas. I am stumped at tracing him any further back. Could this be the same David. Contact emgriffin@suddenlink.net. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: btgurst1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/2454.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do any of you have a Briton/Britton Griffin--born 1807 and ended up in Mason Co, IL? Wilson Griffin--born 1842 in TN or IL? His father was also named Wilson, and was born in TN. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jantrevor Surnames: Griffin, Cherokee, AL, VA, GA, TX Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6658.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Some folks had referenced the Snead Notebook in various sites. I happened to get a copy of the page referencing Benjamin Griffin. The following is transcribed from page 199. Griffin In the folklore of the Griffin family is a story of the great size and physical strength of the Griffin men. Great Great Grandfather Griffin or maybe it was one of his sons was reported to be so strong that when he went to the woods to search for a cow and a calf, he came home with the cow over one shoulder and the calf under his arm. However this was not the present day beef animal, but a scrawny range animal. Still the image is most impressive and the story is told and retold. Benjamin Griffin 1773-1846 is the first Griffin of whom we have a record. It is likely that he was born in Virginia. From the record of David V. Kersh III, Benjamin's parents emigrated from Dublin Ireland. Their names are not available at this time. Benjamin is said to have left Virginia about 1802 and moved to Wilkes County GA then to Goat Hill Montgomery Alabama. Goat Hill is near the present State Capital Building. From there he moved to Bibb County Alabama. He had many children fourteen were named in the settlement of his estate in 1850. There may have been more than one wife. According to their grave marker, Polly Griffin was born 1785 twelve years later than her husband. She was only 15 years old when Benjamin's first son Robert W. was born. Considering this and the great span of time between Robert's birth 1800 and the last child Elizabeth birth in 1830, it is plausible that Polly may have been a second wife and not the mother of some of the earlier children! . The date of her marriage is unknown. The heirs who participated in the sharing of Benjamin Griffin's estate were: Polly Griffin his widow and fourteen children: Robert W. Griffin born 1800 in Virginia Bird Griffin born 1803 in Georgia Daniel Griffin John W. Griffin born 1811 Martha Griffin born 1807 wife of Joseph A Blakely James S. Griffin born 1810 Henry P Griffin born 1812 in GA William Griffin Nancy Griffin Notes about the above: I've been unable to find the research of David V. Kersh III as mentioned or any sources proving the Dublin Ireland origin. In fact, documents point to this Griffin line being in Virginia back to 1656. It is however possible that they originally (prior to 1656) came from Dublin Ireland and that this origin myth was passed down but out of its original context...but that is yet to be proved. As to Mary Polly Bird Griffin not being the mother of some of the earlier children, possible, not proved. Many lines also believe her to have been Cherokee....which is also consistent with the time period, historical texts and where they were at. The Griffin men being strong and running cattle in GA/The Mississippi Territory (AL) - very plausible and consistent with historical documents on the period and local and certainly true of my line to present day. Big square strong men. As to them being in Goat Hill, very likely. State capital records state that a "Mr. Griffin owned a market ! next to the original jail." For more research/source documentation on this family see: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=updatedjan&id=I4938 Anyway, hope this is helpful to family researchers. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jantrevor Surnames: Griffin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6789/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Source: http://historical-melungeons.com/emigration.html Hope this is helpful to someone. "The names of Cherokees who have with their families emigrated to the West since the first of July 1833. Showing the ammount at which their abandoned improvements were valued. The ammount of debt acknowledged by them to be justly due to individuals residing East of the Mississippi and which are so considered by the superientendant as well as the ammount of debt. Upon Satisfactory proof and which the creditors had not an opportunity of presenting before the diappearing of the emigrants, also the balance due West of the Mississippi after subtracting the debts due East." 78. Thomas Griffin TN 90. Nancy and W Griffin NC 92. John Griffin TN 137 Danl Griffin TN 138 Dnl and Jno Griffin (no state specified) 55. Jas W Griffen AL Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChuckSexton98 Surnames: Griffin, Scarbrough, Adams Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6658.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Nancy, It appears that you and I should compare notes on our Griffin research. I linked to the Griffins of Barbour Co., AL, when a great great aunt, Elizabeth Rebecca Scarbrough married Thomas Absolom Griffin (b. GA) in adjacent Russell Co. in 1861. They farmed in the Cotton Hill area for several decades before moving into Eufaula proper in their elder years. These Scarbroughs (Elizabeth, her mother, and siblings), Griffins, and Adams were all closely associated with one another through the Civil War era and thereafter. My own great grandmother Martha Jane Scarbrough was actually living in the household of Fabian Adams (a son of Lewis Nashwell Adams) in the 1870 census, and there are many other tie-ins. I have a copy of L. H. Adams, Jr., book "History of the Adams Family" (publ. 1981) which focuses on the Adams which came through this region. I'd be happy to do look-ups in that volume. You can also get to my Griffin information via my genealogy web site on RootsWeb at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gcwarbler/index.html Follow the link there to my "Sexton Family Web Site" and search for the Griffins or Elizabeth Rebecca Scarbrough as a starting point. I completed a research trip to the Barbour/Russell Co. area in January 2005. I have further notes which are not reflected on that web site. Chuck Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: katgriffey Surnames: GRIFFIN, HESSION Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6788/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking information about a GRIFFIN family shown in 1901 & 1911 census in Ballykinava Mayo. Descendants of Mark Griffin and Ellen HESSION. Some siblings may have left for Bacup UK(?) Anthony born 1881 and sister Ellen b 1876 are known to have emigrated to USA. Anthony in 1905 departing from Liverpool to join sister Ellen. Only know details of Anthony Griffin not others. LDS records indicate 1st & 2nd sons born Tuam Galway: Patrick b 1865; Mark Jr b1867;Others born Mayo: Mary b 1870; Honoria b 1871; Julia b 1873; Ellen b 1876; Katherine b 1877 Anthony b 1881. (These dates are LDS records) Mark was married with family at Ballykinava in 1911 census with Mark Sr. No luck tracing others but Anthony's passenger record indicates arrival in USA to Brooklyn NY from Bacup UK last residence. Previously he was in 1901 census in Ballykinava with sister Katherine. Anthony may have been working in Bacup in mill. There are Griffins (named "Anthony" - possibly related = Mark senior's brother?) in Bacup in UK census. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LillianWelch Surnames: Griffin, Grayson, Slinkard Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6787/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone in the area know exactly what this Griffin Mine is, history of it, description? All help sincerely appreciated! Thanks, Lil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Rayhunting Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/2454.1.3.3.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe I was referring to Athena3. If you will email me rcobb5097@att.net, I will try to get you in touch with her. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bremer3 Surnames: Griffin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/2454.1.3.3.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Not sure which one of us you were referring to. I have not been in contact with Terri in California. Would love to trade information, however. My tree is on ancestry/rootsweb. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Rayhunting Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/2454.1.3.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Also, is your tree posted on ancestry? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.