Tamara, I don't recognize the names Lee and Fate and I didn't see them mentioned in any of my Griffins information. There were/are a lot of Griffins from NC--that's the problem with having a relatively common last name! Myy great great grandfather's name was Rufus Griffin--you would be surprised at the number of Rufus Griffins there are! Sorry I couldn't be of any help. Good luck in your search. Diane --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com> wrote: > From: Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com> > Subject: [GRIFFIN] Lee and Fate > To: griffin@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 4:34 AM > Diane, I'm still grasping at straws -- trying to find my > great grandfather,Lee GRIFFIN and his brother Fate > (Lafayette?) GRIFFIN. There may have been more siblings. I > suspect they may have been born in NC so am wondering if > these names are in your GRIFFIN line? > > Tamara SUTTLE > Castle Rock, CO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > griffin-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin-request@rootsweb.com> > > To: > griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:00 AM > Subject: GRIFFIN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 164 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: California Griffins (Diane Blodgett) > 2. GRIFFINS IN KENTUCKY (Vircher B Floyd) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:09:19 -0700 (PDT) > From: Diane Blodgett > <dianeblodgett@yahoo.com<mailto:dianeblodgett@yahoo.com>> > Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] California Griffins > To: > griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <831609.36931.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com<mailto:831609.36931.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > No, Steve, I don't know where my Griffins emigrated > from. I've read that the Griffin name is Welsh, but I > haven't been able to go back any further than my great > great great grandfather, William C. Griffin. He was born in > North Carolina--I don't where in NC. My great great > grandfather, Rufus Marion Griffin, was born in Cherokee Co., > NC (this information came from my grandmother). > > Diane > > > --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Shervey, Steve > <SteveShervey@allstate.com<mailto:SteveShervey@allstate.com>> > wrote: > > > From: Shervey, Steve > <SteveShervey@allstate.com<mailto:SteveShervey@allstate.com>> > > Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] California Griffins > > To: > griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 5:01 PM > > One quick question, Do you know where in the old > country > > that your Griffins emigrated from??? Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > griffin-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin-bounces@rootsweb.com> > > [mailto:griffin-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of > Diane > > Blodgett > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:06 AM > > To: > griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] California Griffins > > > > > > You are so right--the Griffins are an adventurous > group! > > My great great grandfather, Rufus Marion Griffin, > was born > > in Cherokee County, NC in 1844(his father was > William C. > > Griffin). By 1860, the family was living in > Randolph > > County, Alabama. I think Rufus and his wife, > Maretta Jane > > Reeves Griffin, moved to Georgia for a short time, > then to > > Arkansas, Texas, possibly Arizona, Beaumont, > Riverside > > County, CA, and finally National City, San Diego > Co., CA. > > Rufus fought in the Civil War for the Union > side--that's > > a pretty brave thing to do when you lived in > Alabama! Rufus > > and Maretta Jane's son, Archie, went to the > Klondike > > Gold Rush. > > > > If anyone has any information about my Griffins, > please > > share! > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Shervey, Steve > > > <SteveShervey@allstate.com<mailto:SteveShervey@allstate.com>> > wrote: > > > > > From: Shervey, Steve > <SteveShervey@allstate.com<mailto:SteveShervey@allstate.com>> > > > Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] California Griffins > > > To: > griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:32 AM > > > Hi there, don't think it's a fit for my > > Griffin > > > roots. My GGrandfather, Henry Griffin, came > over from > > > Whimple Parrish, Devonshire, England. He went > to > > Michigan, > > > fought in the Civil war as a cavalryman in the > first > > > michigan cavalry, and then farmed in Iowa, > Illinois, > > > Tennessee, and ultimately lived in New London, > > Ontario, > > > Canada where he died. His daughter Eliza Jane > Griffin > > is my > > > Mother's Grandmother, and she died in > Oakland > > > California. Good luck, those Griffins are an > > adventerous > > > group/ Steve > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: > griffin-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin-bounces@rootsweb.com> > > > [mailto:griffin-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf > Of > > Elizabeth > > > Carnes > > > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 8:52 PM > > > To: > GRIFFIN@rootsweb.com<mailto:GRIFFIN@rootsweb.com> > > > Subject: [GRIFFIN] California Griffins > > > > > > > > > Hoping to find the family of my Great Uncle > Walker > > Avery > > > Griffin who was born in Ga in 1899 and died in > Los > > Angelos > > > Ca in 1981.? He was married to a lady named > Betty, > > her > > > maiden name may have been Welsh.? They had two > > sons.? > > > Walker Avery Griffin Jr. (1936-1977) and John > Griffin > > born > > > about 1939, both born in California.? I would > like to > > find > > > there children, if they have any.? I have some > nice > > > photographs of Walker Jr. as a baby that > someone may > > like to > > > have.? It's a shot in the dark, but I > thought I > > would > > > give this a chance.? > > > ? > > > Thanks, > > > ? > > > Beth > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to > > > > GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word > > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > > subject and > > > the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to > > > > GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word > > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > > subject and > > > the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > > GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > > GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:52:41 -0400 > From: Vircher B Floyd > <djvbfloyd@juno.com<mailto:djvbfloyd@juno.com>> > Subject: [GRIFFIN] GRIFFINS IN KENTUCKY > To: > 622083.91854.qm@web83202.mail.mud.yahoo.com<mailto:622083.91854.qm@web83202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Cc: > griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <20080909.201607.3424.1.djvbfloyd@juno.com<mailto:20080909.201607.3424.1.djvbfloyd@juno.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Friends > > I hope that I am doing the proper thing by > writing to you. If I > am not supposed to communicate directly, please guide me > in the proper > way of making inquiries. I am a relative new member of > Ancestry. > > I am searching for a Griffin fellow whose first > name I do not > know. If I am correct, he had a family with him on a farm > in Garrard > County in KY.in the late 1800's. My great Aunt > Sophie Owens informed > the Cowan and the Floyd families, descendants, in a > Floyd-Cowan Family > Reunion about 45 years ago that a Mr. _________Griffin, > a farmer in > that area, slept with a Native American lass ( I believe > she was an > employee nanny, helper who live with the family) named > Clarissa and from > that union came Fannie our great grandmother. > > To help further, when Fannie became of age Mr. > ________ Griffin > gave her hand to a Negro man named Wallace Cowan. About > two years later > Mr.________Griffin became unhappy with Wallace's > treatment of Fannie. He > separated them and gave her hand to Aaron Floyd in (May > 15th) 1869 in > Boyle, Lincoln, or Garrard County. Aaron was born, we > believe, in 1839 > -1840. Fannie and Aaron were about the same age but we > are not sure > where she was born,..possibly Boyle, Pulaski or Garrard > Counties, KY. > > Among the uncertainties we have; ~first what was > Mr. > ____Griffin's (or was it Griffith) first name ? > > ~did he have > a farm in Boyle or Garrard,..or both ad in what > years...........? > > ~ what was > his wife's name,..(Sarah ?) and what were the > children's names....? > > ~ was he in > the military in the war between States.....? Rank ? > > ~ did Aaron > work on his farm,..or on the Davis Floyd's farm > nearby ? > > > > > > > > > > We have a hundred more questions. We > are open,..even > eager, to respond to questions you may have. > > Does the information I have shared, help you in > some manner. I > hope we can connect with good results for us both. > > > > > V. 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In my GRIFFIN line there is an Anderson Lafayette who was b ca 1821, we think in NC. His youngest son was a Jr. and he was called, "Fate".. I'm just throwing this in the mix. :) Kay ~**Have you had your DNA tests run yet?**~ <snip> : [GRIFFIN] Lee and Fate Tamara, I don't recognize the names Lee and Fate and I didn't see them mentioned in any of my Griffins information. There were/are a lot of Griffins from NC--that's the problem with having a relatively common last name! Myy great great grandfather's name was Rufus Griffin--you would be surprised at the number of Rufus Griffins there are! Sorry I couldn't be of any help. Good luck in your search. Diane --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com> wrote: Diane, I'm still grasping at straws -- trying to find my > great grandfather,Lee GRIFFIN and his brother Fate > (Lafayette?) GRIFFIN. There may have been more siblings. I > suspect they may have been born in NC so am wondering if > these names are in your GRIFFIN line? > > Tamara SUTTLE > Castle Rock, CO <BIG SNIP>