John Wesley Griggs changed into born 1757 in eire. He died 1820 in Anson County and changed into buried in Griggs Cemetery on the North Carolina-South Carolina state line. John: he's buried subsequent to his wife, Fannie dashing Griggs. The huge new gravestone turned into positioned there by using Elisha Griggs in 1927 ,with the proceeds from the sale of the family unit property. according to some spouse and children, there is some question of even if or not Elisha had the correct to sell it.
The middle identify "Wesley" may additionally have simply been fantasy on the a part of Elisha or of John's spouse Fannie. Fannie changed into a devout Methodist and handed that trait on to a couple of generations of Griggs children. There is a few suggestions that exists that shows that the "Wesley" on the tombstone may additionally have simply been the concept of Fannie after John died. This can also were achieved in some faulty try to shop his soul.
John and Fannie are concept to were members of the lengthy Pine Methodist Church but there aren't any church information that date returned that some distance. The normal church burned down and the brand new church changed into developed down the street so the church grounds might accommodate a cemetery. The fashioned website become too near the native neatly to allow a cemetery at that vicinity. The usual land deed for the church is within the Methodist Church Archives in Charlotte. The land for the fashioned church changed into donated by using Thomas Tarleton.
in the search for the place John Griggs served his time within the American modern army, as a minimum four researchers have come up with as a minimum three distinct armies and places. i would like to debunk at the least two of these and support the different. in spite of everything, my guess is only as good because the others who pulled the locations out of their collective hats. everybody based mostly their guesses on incomplete or wild ideas and dangerous or no information. I admit that John changed into just a little of an enigma, so i attempted to method this logically. What we know about John for certain is this:
• John has a gravestone that calls him John Wesley Griggs on a spot where he supposedly lived.
• Elisha, John's grandson via John Wesley Griggs Jr., recalled in a letter how his grandmother told him that when John came home from the progressive war, he rested for slightly and then went over to a rushing house local and shot the man for leaving the army in time of need. (excellent story!)
• John purchased land in Anson County, North Carolina in 1804. It became brought up in the invoice of sale John became a resident of Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The land he purchased become inside a mile of the state line. at the moment, the land was on what became called the North Fork of Thompson's Creek. Later it was known as dead Fall Creek. The identify on the "invoice of Sale" turned into John Grigg. The 1800 U.S. Census suggests his name in Chesterfield County, South Carolina as John Greggs.
• John had six sons and four daughters by way of Fannie. These are spelled out in his will on the Anson County Courthouse.
• in keeping with the tombstone, John changed into born in 1757 in eire and died in 1820 in Anson County, North Carolina.
His land became divided on his death between his sons, who then offered it in 1830 to William Griggs, the eldest brother. The Census records exhibit that at least three of the sons remained in the enviornment — William, John and Cleamand (Clement) — and that three left for what turned into to be Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Lemuel, Lewis and Samuel had been the three that left after the property sale to their brother William. I even have discovered later census from 1850/1860 that point out americans named Lemuel and Lewis. on account of the a while, I do not believe they are the same americans as the sons outlined in John's will. i believed that these households should be outlined for the sake of other researchers. I actually have predicament believing that Lewis born in 1815 become John's son. You don't perpetually father a son for your loss of life mattress and when your spouse is 51 years old.
A gravestone is just too vulnerable of a reference to aid any family unit claims. this is the place I element out that the death date on the headstone is 1820, but John's will changed into probated in 1811 and a couple of household trust he was alive after 1820.
Steve Bailey is employed with the Anson County old Society and has specialized in native African-American family background for twenty years.
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