This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Griffin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hcB.2ACE/2282 Message Board Post: I have been looking for a Griffin family, namely my great-grandmother, but can't seem to make an absolute connection. I stumbled onto the 1860 census info and found this Griffin family-just up the road a piece from my great-grandfather who was a college student. I am hoping that I finally found the parents of my Martha Griffin. I tracked this family from Anderson Co., SC, to Murray Co. GA, and then to Cherokee Co., NC. My Grandfather was born in Abbeville County, SC in 1867 and appears with his parents in the 1870 census there. The next record I found was his marriage to my Grandmother in 1898 in Polk Co., TN. (Polk Co., TN and Cherokee Co., NC share a common state boundry.) If these are his mother's family it would explain how/why he ended up in Polk Co. TN. Here are the extracts from the census records I found 1860 Census, Town of Williamston - Mineral Springs - Anderson Co., SC M653-1212-180 All born SC J.C. Griffin – age 44 Frances E. Griffin – age 33 Martha A.P. Griffin – age 17 - possibly my great-grandmother Holbert Griffin – age 13 John T. Griffin – age 11 Frances E. Griffin – age 9 Benjamin Griffin – age 7 Mary Griffin – age 5 Susan C. Griffin – age 3 William A. Griffin – age 1 1870 Census, (can't make out district) Murray Co., GA M593-167-538B All born SC JohnC. Griffin – age 54 Frances E. Griffin – age 43 Frances Griffin – age 19 Benjamin Griffin – age 17 Mary J. Griffin – age 15 Susan C. Griffin – age 13 William A. Griffin – age 11 Virginia Griffin - age 8 1880 Census Bever Dam Twp., Cherokee Co., NC T9-958-310A Whitcomb, G.G. age 42 - Head of Household born NY Mary I. Whitcomb - age 24 born SC - wife John C. Griffin - age 64 born SC - father-in-law Frances E. Griffin - age 53 born SC - mother-in-law Dr. George Gary Whitcomb m. Mary Isabell Griffin on 12 Oct 1879 in Cherokee County, NC. Does anyone have information that might help? Thanks for your time. Janice Pate [email protected] When replying by e-mail please include the word GENEALOGY in the subject line or the e-mail police will delete your message.