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Descendants of Boston Griffin

Generation No. 2

2. SMITH³ GRIFFIN (BOSTON², PETER¹ ALLEN) was born January 1867 in WAYNESBORO, GA.^4,⁵, and died December 19, 1922 in WAYNESBORO, GA.⁶. He married EMMA BRAYTON April 3, 1886 in BURKE COUNTY, GA.^7,⁸, daughter of JOE BRAYTON and NANCY BRAYTON. She was born March 1869 ⁹, and died July 8, 1954 in GREENSBORO, N.C.¹⁰.

Notes for SMITH GRIFFIN:
GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH-BURKE COUNTY, GA

DISTRICT-60 & 62

TOWN- WAYNESBORO ,FILE # FOR STATE REGISTRAR- 31232, REGISTERED#- 202

FULL NAME---- SMITH GRIFFIN ,SEX-- MALE , RACE---COLORED/WIDOWED
DATE FO DEATH----DEC.19, 1922

HUSBAND OF EMMA GRIFFIN

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I ATTENDED THE DECEASED FROM DEC. 9TH ,1922. I LAST SAW HIM ALIVE ON DEC. 9TH , 1922 AND THAT DEATH OCCURRED AT THE DATE STATED ABOVE AT 3 AM. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS AS FOLLOWS- TYPHOID FEVER

DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG SICK AS I ONLY MADE ONE VISIT ON DEC. 9TH 1922.

DID AN OPERATION PRECEDE DEATH?-NO

WAS THERE AN AUTOPSY?-NO

DR. ---- MILLER, DEC. 20, 1922
ADDRESS- WAYNESBORO, GA.

PLACE OF BURIAL- FELLOWSHIP CHURCH DEC. 20,1922

UNDERTAKE- PHINAGU AND CARPENTER, WAYNESBORO, GA.
DATE OF BIRTH- 1861, AGE-61, OCCUPATION- FARMER, BIRTH PLACE- BURKE CO.

WITNESS- THE ABOVE IS TURE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.--JONAS MCCULLERS.

FILED- 12/19/22 LOCAL REGISTRAR: R.L.OLIVER

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Smith Griffin 19 Dec 1922 Burke Death cert. #31232-D
Ancestry.com. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-98. Georgia: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.

1900 CENSUS -- Smith and Emma Griffin in Burke County, Georgia.

Smith Griffin b.Jan 1867
Emma Griffin b. Mar 1869
Eddie - Oct 1891
Magie - Sept 1893
Jasin (maybe Josin or Josias) - Sept. 1894
March (Maybe Marck) - Sept 1895
Tomie - Mar 1898
George - Feb 1900

Record also indicates that the couple had been married for 10 years and that Emma was the mother of only six children at the time.

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Smith GRIFFIN
Sex: M

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Emma BRAYTON
Marriage: 3 Apr 1886
Burke, Georgia

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Source Information:

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Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type
M712265 1877-1895 0222870 V. 56 Film NONE
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Gender: M Marriage: 3 Apr 1886 Burke, Georgia
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Title: Marriage records, 1855-1912; index to marriages, 1855-1952
Authors: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Burke County) (Main Author)

Notes: Microfilm of originals in the Burke County courthouse at Waynesboro, Ga.
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Includes index.

Subjects: Georgia, Burke - Vital records

Format: Manuscript (On Film)
Language: English
Publication: Atlanta : Georgia Dept. of Archives and History
Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960

Physical: 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Children of SMITH GRIFFIN and EMMA BRAYTON are:

3.	i.	ELIZABETH⁴ GRIFFIN.
4.	ii.	JOSEPHINE ANN GRIFFIN, b. October 24, 1888, WAYNESBORO, GA; d. December 29, 1978, GREENSBORO, N.C..
5.	iii.	EDDIE GRIFFIN, b. October 24, 1891, BURKE COUNTY, GA.; d. September 12, 1969, GREENSBORO, N.C..
	iv.	MAGGIE GRIFFIN, b. September 1893 ¹¹.
	v.	JOSIN GRIFFIN, b. September 1894 ¹².
	vi.	MORCK, b. July 1895¹².
	vii.	TOM WATSON GRIFFIN, b. May 1898, BURKE COUNTY, GA.^13,^14,¹⁵; d. June 11, 1967, THE SANITORIUM IN MCCAIN, N.C.¹⁶; m. (1) PEARL HUSTON, October 28, 1916, Burke County, Ga ¹⁷; m. (2) ROSA GREEN, February 14, 1952, GREENSBORO, N.C.¹⁸; b. October 31, 1893, WINNSBORO, S.C.¹⁸; d. June 12, 1977, GREENSBORO, N.C.¹⁸.

Notes for TOM WATSON GRIFFIN:
Obituary
Torn Watson Griffin, was born in Burke County, Georgia, to the late Smith and Emma Griffin September 13, 1893. He departed this life early Sunday, June 11, 1967 at the Sanitorium at MeCain, N. C. after a lengthy illness.

In 1923, he moved to Greensboro, but shortly thereafter migrated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he resided until 1936 when he moved back to Greensboro. While at Fort Lauderdale, he was a member of Pinev Grove Baptist Church.

After moving back to Greensboro, he was on February 14, 1952 united in Holy Marriage to Mrs. Rosa Crump who survives him. Earlier, he joined Shiloh Baptist Church, where he re-mained a devoted member.

He was also active in the Masonic Order of Greensboro.

Survivors, in addition to his widow, are: four sisters Mrs. Josephine Bell and Mrs. Nancy McGowan of Greensboro; Miss Mattie Griffin, New York City and Mrs. Willie Coleman of Burke County, Ga.; two brothers: Mr. Eddie Griffin of Greensboro and Mr. James Griffin of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and a host of neDhews and nieces.

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1920 Census Burke County Ga. District 61 14 April
Heritage Quest T625\239\PART1\61B

Name Relationship Sex Race Age Status
Griffin, Tom Head M B 22 M
Griffin, Pearl Wife F B 28 M

Marriage Notes for TOM GRIFFIN and PEARL HUSTON:
Griffin,Tom Houston,Pearl 28Oct 1916

	viii.	GEORGE GRIFFIN, b. February 1900 ¹⁹.
6.	ix.	WILLIE MAE GRIFFIN, b. 1902; d. May 1996, BURKE COUNTY, Ga..
	x.	JAMES GRIFFIN, b. August 27, 1911; m. ELIZABETH EDWARDS.
	xi.	MATTIE GRIFFIN, b. August 27, 1911; d. March 17, 1993, QUEENS, NY, NY; m. MAX CARPENTER.

Notes for MATTIE GRIFFIN:
Obituary

Mattie Griffin was born in Waynesboro, Georgia on August 27, 1906. She was the youngest girl of twelve children born to the late Emma and Smith Griffin. She departed this life on March 17, 1993.

Mattie Griffin was a resident of New York City. During this time, she was an active member of the church in New York City. She later returned to live with a sister in Waynesboro, Ga. until she and her sister became ill. She then returned to New York to reside with her niece and husband, Freddie and Lillye Watts of Jamaica, NY. Mattie attended church with the Watts family until her illness.

Mattie is survived by one sister, Willie Coleman of Augusta, Ga., one nephew, Rufus Wornack of Bronx, NY. Three nieces, Lillye Watts of Jamaica, NY, Elois Bessent of Augusta, Ga. and Emma Wheeler of Bronx, NY., many cousins, grand and great nieces and nephews.

PLACE OF DEATH- QUEENS NY, NY, -PENINSULA GENERAL HOSP

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