Karen, Have you checked the census records & tax records for Person County for the names of Williams & Griffin? I found this when I checked those records. There was only one GRIFFIN family in Person Co. at any one time period. There were several WILLIAMS families, but very few in the same township as the GRIFFIN family, which will lead you to who was probably ELISHA WILLIAMS parents & grandparents. "Person County North Carolina Compilations, Land Grants, 1794, 1805,1823 Tax lists, Record Books Abstracts 1792-1820, Letters of Attorney", Katherine Kerr Kendall: 1794 Tax List - St. James Dist. (below listed Name,Acres,White Polls,Black Polls) MATTHEW GRIFFIN - 0 - 0 - 0 BENNIT WILLIAMS - 0 - 0 - 0 1805 Tax List - Capt. Hubbards Dist. MATHEW GRIFFIN - 0 - 1 SAMUEL WILLIAMS- 188 - 1 BENNETT WILLIAMS - 300 ABNER WILLIAMS - 260 - 0 - 2 1823 Tax List - Capt. Sweaney Dist. JAMES GRIFFIN - 214 -1 SAMUEL WILLIAMS - 50 ELIZABETH WILLIAMS - 150 ===================== Census Records; (WM =white male; WF-white female. Age range beside it) 1830 Person County,North Carolina, Image 39: LEWIS GRIFFIN 1 - WM = 5 -10 2 - WF = -5 1 - WM = 20-30 2 - WF = 5-10 2 - WF = 20-30 JOHN W. WILLIAMS 1 -WM = 10-15 2 -WF = 15-20 1 - WM = 40-50 (must have been widowed by then because the 1840 census shows woman aged 30-40) 1850 Person County,North Carolina, Image 40,#299/299: JOHN W. WILLIAMS - 67 - M - FARMER - $5441 - NC MARY S. WILLIAMS - 51 - F - NC ROBERT W. WILLIAMS-10 - M - NC RALPH D. WILLIAMS - 6 - M - NC MARTHA JEFFREYS - 28 = F - NC 1850 Granville County, North Carolina, Nutbush,Images 1 & 2,#11/11: LEWIS GRIFFIN - 51 - M - FARMER - NC MARY GRIFFIN - 47 - F - NC MARGARET GRIFFIN -25 - F - NC MARTHA GRIFFIN - 22 - F - NC ELIZABETH GRIFFIN - 19 -F - NC EMILIE GRIFFIN - 18 - F - NC WILLIAM GRIFFIN - 16 - M - FARMER - NC MARY GRIFFIN - 14 -F - NC REBECCA GRIFFIN - 10 - F - NC ========================================= Marriages- I don't know who John W. Williams 1st wife may have been, but here are all of the marriage records of a John Williams for that time period in Person: Groom:John Williams Bride:Mary Seymoore Bond Date:07 Jan 1800 Bond #:000109451 Level Info:North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum:007126 County:Person Record #:01 169 Bondsman:James Pulliam Witness:Jesse Dickins Groom:John Williams Bride:Susanna Cocke Bond Date:15 Apr 1807 Bond #:000109458 Level Info:North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum:001605 County:Person Record #:01 169 Bondsman:Laurance B Ha Witness:Ira Lea Groom:John Williams Bride:Susanna Stone Bond Date:09 Feb 1815 Bond #:000109448 Level Info:North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum:007687 County:Person Record #:01 169 Bondsman:William William Witness:Ira Lea It is very likely that JOHN W. WILLIAMS was your ELISHA WILLIAMS father. Perhaps by studying more census & tax records you can identify his mother. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Elisha Williams > There has been a lot of interesting info on this newsletter lately about > the > Williams clan of Warren Co.,NC. I am trying to find the parents of > Elisha > W. Williams. He was born around 1821 in NC, but I don't know which > county. > He marred Martha Griffin in 1841 in Person C.,NC, which is close to > Warren. > By 1860 he had moved to Christiansburg, in Montgomery Co., VA. Does > anyone > know which family line he was from? Karen Lee Williamsburg,VA > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >