Hi, Gail. I have very limited dates for these GRIFFINS. Looking for my great grandfather, Lee / Lae GRIFFIN 1865-1870 NC and died 1911. By 1903, I believe he met my great grandmother , Minerva Jane ALDRIDGE, in CO while her family was traveling (probably looking for gold). They married and had 5 children: Twins, Della Mildred GRIFFIN and Florence Hildred GRIFFIN (my grandmother) 1903 Estella GRIFFIN 1907 Anna Lee GRIFFIN 1909 Pauline GRIFFIN 1912 All of these children were born in Mitchell / Avery Co. (western) NC where many of their descendants still reside. On 21 May 1910, the US Federal Census finds Lee and his family in Linville, Mitchell Co. (also western NC), NC. I believe he died a year or so later. The story is that Lee owned several logging camps in VA and would travel back and forth between them and his home in western NC. Apparently, the family story is that he died from pneumonia while at one of his logging camps. However, someone just passed on conflicting info that he died back in Linville, NC. This Lee GRIFFIN was known to have a brother called Fate GRIFFIN (This could be a nickname for Frank, LaFayette, or something else). Fate and his wife (name / dates unknown) came back to Avery Co., NC to visit family after Lee died. As you can see, I still have considerable info to verify. Got any leads? Tamara ----- Original Message ----- From: griffin-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin-request@rootsweb.com> To: griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:07 AM Subject: GRIFFIN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 148 Today's Topics: 1. Re: GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's (G FINNEGAN) 2. Re: GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's (ruby cobb) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:34:29 -0700 (PDT) From: G FINNEGAN <elfinno2004@yahoo.com<mailto:elfinno2004@yahoo.com>> Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's To: griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <359872.10311.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com<mailto:359872.10311.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii DATES FOR THEM? GAIL --- On Tue, 8/12/08, Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>> wrote: From: Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>> Subject: [GRIFFIN] GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's To: "GRIFFIN ROOTSWEB" <griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com>> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 2:20 AM OK, so I'm grasping at straws and looking for links to my great grandfather and his family. If you have GRIFFINS located in western NC between 1850 and 1960, please tell me who they were and what info you have. Hoping to find a link between them and brothers, Lee and Fate GRIFFIN. Thanks. Tamara G. Suttle Castle Rock, CO Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com%3Cmailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>> Researching ALDRIDGE, BISHELL, CALLOWAY, CASSETTE, DANIELS, GRIFFIN, HENDLEY, HORTON, HUGHES, JOHNSON, MARKES, MCKINNEY, POSEY, RICHARDSON, STEELE, SUTTLE, TREADWAY ------------------------------- 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, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:43 -0400 From: "ruby cobb" <cobb@lcs.net<mailto:cobb@lcs.net>> Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's To: <elfinno2004@yahoo.com<mailto:elfinno2004@yahoo.com>>, <griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <000501c8fc81$05d931c0$0ffb9904@DDPYN3B1<mailto:000501c8fc81$05d931c0$0ffb9904@DDPYN3B1>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I don't know if this helps any but my Griffin's are from NC. My Griffin's have the name Lee Griffin, and Leander Bethel. My line starts with George Griffin and Ollie Dunoway marriage in Dandridge, Jefferson Co., TN. There was also John Griffin b. ca 1800 who married in Jefferson Co., TN and later in 1850 moved to neighboring Cocke Co., TN. Some of this John Griffin's son's went to McKinney, Collin Co., TX along with some of the other Cocke Co., TN families before the Civil War. I don't have any clue as to what part of NC them came only the Census states they came from NC. Ruby in TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "G FINNEGAN" <elfinno2004@yahoo.com<mailto:elfinno2004@yahoo.com>> To: <griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:34 AM Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's > DATES FOR THEM? GAIL > > --- On Tue, 8/12/08, Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>> wrote: > > From: Tamara Suttle <Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>> > Subject: [GRIFFIN] GRIFFINS western NC 1850 - 1960's > To: "GRIFFIN ROOTSWEB" <griffin@rootsweb.com<mailto:griffin@rootsweb.com>> > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 2:20 AM > > OK, so I'm grasping at straws and looking for links to my great > grandfather > and his family. If you have GRIFFINS located in western NC between 1850 > and > 1960, please tell me who they were and what info you have. Hoping to find > a > link between them and brothers, Lee and Fate GRIFFIN. > > Thanks. > > Tamara G. Suttle > Castle Rock, CO > Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com<mailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com%3Cmailto:Tgsuttle@msn.com>> > > > Researching ALDRIDGE, BISHELL, CALLOWAY, CASSETTE, DANIELS, GRIFFIN, > HENDLEY, > HORTON, HUGHES, JOHNSON, MARKES, MCKINNEY, POSEY, RICHARDSON, STEELE, > SUTTLE, > TREADWAY > > ------------------------------- > 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 contact the GRIFFIN list administrator, send an email to GRIFFIN-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:GRIFFIN-admin@rootsweb.com>. 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