This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kkg162 Surnames: GRIFFIN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6658.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Your research on Rev. Thomas Griffin interests me, as I believe he is in my line of Griffins! I, along with the help of other cousins in my line have documentation about this line going back to "Jonas" Griffin who left Cumberland Co., NC, taking his young wife & family by boat, and settled in the Walnut Hills area of the Mississippi Territory in 1802. He had a son named Thomas whom we speculate was born to a wife prior to the one he went to Mississippi with, as he appears to be born before Jonas married Janet Bettis. We are pretty sure Thomas is the same Circuit Preacher you found. This family was Methodist from the time they arrived in MS. The history of this Griffin Line is detailed in Mary Helen Griffin Halloran's book: "A Mississippi Family:The Griffins of Magnolia Terrace, Griffin's Refuge, and Greenville 1800-1950 [Paperback] If you follow this link: http://www.amazon.com/Mississippi-Family-Griffins-Greenville-1800-1950/dp/144014222X : you can view the synopsis under "first pages". Kathy 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.