Dear Listers: I am helping my new son-in-law, Cliff Giles, research his family tree and there are some Grittons in one of the branches. The particular branch we are interested in is John Gritton and Mary Moore of the Kings Creek, Hancock Co., West Virginia area and whose daughter Rosalina b. 1867 in Hancock Co. is a direct ancestor. Rosalina married John Carpenter possibly in Ohio @ 1887 and had children in West Virginia and then Greene Twp in Hocking County, OH. In looking over the "pockets" of Grittons in the U.S. for this particular time period I see that there are a lot of them in Mercer County, Kentucky. Is it possible that this John Gritton and/or his parents left Kentucky and went up to the Virginia/West Virginia area earlier? Thank you for anything you can help us with on this family. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Janice Connell Whidbey Island, Washington State