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Descendants of Wiley Griggs

Generation No. 2

2. BERRY⁶ GRIGGS (WILEY⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN?³, MINUS?², MINUS?¹) was born Abt. 1838 in Tennessee. He married (1) EDNEY C. WHITSON in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee. She died Abt. 1859. He married (2) FRANCES JOHNSON 28 Jan 1864 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee, daughter of ??? JOHNSON and MARY ???. She was born 1840.

Notes for BERRY GRIGGS:
He is listed in the book, Tennesseans in the Civil War, published by the Civil War Centennial Commission, in Nashville, in 1965 as having served as a Private in H Company, 7th Cavalry, Confederate States of America.
1870 Census, Tenn., Lauderdale Co., pg 567
Griggs, Berry age 36 male white farmer land value $500
Francis age 27 female w keeping house
Tennessee age 6 female w
Annretha ? age 5 female w
Bettie age 1 female w
Johnson, Mary age 52 female white b. in Virginia
Griggs, Lucretia age 10

Children of BERRY GRIGGS and EDNEY WHITSON are:

	i.		LUCRETIA⁷ GRIGGS, b. 1859.
	ii.		MARY GRIGGS, b. 1860; m. J. P. BLACK, 19 Dec 1883, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee ³.

Children of BERRY GRIGGS and FRANCES JOHNSON are:

	iii.		TENNESSEE⁷ GRIGGS, b. 1864.
	iv.		ARMETTA GRIGGS, b. 1865.
	v.		ELIZABETH GRIGGS, b. 1869; m. E. J. JONES⁴, 23 Dec 1885, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee ⁵.
	vi.		GEORGE GRIGGS, b. 1871.

3. WILLIAM⁶ GRIGGS (WILEY⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN?³, MINUS?², MINUS?¹) was born Abt. 1843 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1880. He married MARTHA F. BARNES 24 Jan 1865 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee ⁶, daughter of ANDREW JACKSON BARNES. She was born Abt. 1845, and died Aft. 1880.

Children of WILLIAM GRIGGS and MARTHA BARNES are:

	i.	HENRY L.?⁷ GRIGGS.
	ii.	ANDREW JACKSON GRIGGS, b. 1868.
7.	iii.	CHARLES NATHANIEL GRIGGS, b. 1869.
	iv.	SUSAN E. GRIGGS, b. 1870.
	v.	MARGARET GRIGGS, b. 1871.
	vi.	JOHN W. GRIGGS, b. 1873.

Notes for JOHN W. GRIGGS:
1910 Census, Tenn., Lauderdale Co., Civil Dist. 11, E.D. 109, Sheet 18
Griggs, John W. head male white age 59 single farmer
Margaret sister female white age 61 single
Griggs, Willie (boarder) male white age 18 (13?) single farm laborer

8.	vii.		ROBERT LEE GRIGGS, b. 1878.
	viii.		MATTIE GRIGGS, b. Aug 1879.

4. WILEY⁶ GRIGGS, JR. (WILEY⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN?³, MINUS?², MINUS?¹) was born Abt. 1846 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee, and died Aft. 1910. He married (1) VIRGINIA DYRE 26 Jun 1866 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee⁶. She was born Abt. 1846, and died Aft. 1910. He married (2) HENRIETTA HINTON 28 Jun 1866 in Lauderdale Co., TN. She was born Abt. 1847, and died Deceased.

Notes for WILEY GRIGGS, JR.:
First name sometimes spelled Willie on census records.
1870 Census, Tenn., Lauderdale Co.,
Griggs, Wiley age 22 male white farmer pers. prop. value $200
Virginia 22 female w keeping house
Rebecca 2 f w
George 7/12 male w
1910 Census, Tenn., Lauderdale Co., E.D. 109
Griggs, Spinx head male white age 61 married 40 yrs farmer owns land
Virginia O. (D?) wife female white 61 married 40 yrs mother of 10, 6 living
Wylie son male white age 17 single
Jimmie gr-dau female white age 13
Henrietta gr-dau female white age 7
Thomas son male white age 36 widowed

Children of WILEY GRIGGS and VIRGINIA DYRE are:

	i.	MARGARET⁷ GRIGGS.
	ii.	ROBERT GRIGGS.
9.	iii.	THOMAS GRIGGS, b. Abt. 1874.
10.	iv.	SOLOMON GRIGGS, b. Abt. 1882, Tennessee.

Children of WILEY GRIGGS and HENRIETTA HINTON are:

11.	v.		NELLIE FLORENCE⁷ GRIGGS, b. Abt. 1884.
	vi.		WILEY GRIGGS III, b. 24 Jun 1890 ⁷; d. Apr 1977⁷.

Notes for WILEY GRIGGS III:
[Br�derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 29 Jun 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.92049.173]

Individual: Griggs, Wiley
Birth date: 24 Jun 1890
Death date: Apr 1977
Social Security #: 415-54-4501
Last residence: TN 38063
State of issue: TN
Zip of last payment: 38063
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5. GEORGEANNA⁶ GRIGGS (WILEY⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN?³, MINUS?², MINUS?¹) was born Abt. 1853 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee, and died Abt. 1885 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee. She married JAMES WATSON BURNS 27 May 1874 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee ⁸. He was born 18 Nov 1846 in Tennessee or South Carolina, and died 29 Jun 1909 in Lauderdale Co., Tennessee.

Children of GEORGEANNA GRIGGS and JAMES BURNS are:

	i.	FRANCES⁷ BURNS, b. Abt. 1876; d. WFT Est. 1877-1970.
	ii.	EDWARD BURNS, b. Abt. 1878, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee; d. WFT Est. 1879-1968.
12.	iii.	LULA AGNES BURNS, b. 24 Oct 1880, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee; d. 8 Jan 1916, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee.
	iv.	CALVIN BURNS, b. Abt. 1885.

6. JAMES BUCHANAN⁶ GRIGGS (WILEY⁵, THOMAS⁴, JOHN?³, MINUS?², MINUS?¹) was born 23 Jan 1857 in Ripley, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee, and died Bef. 1920 in Tennessee. He married MARTHA A. BURNS 3 Aug 1879 in Ripley, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee ⁹, daughter of ? BURNS. She was born 4 Jan 1862 in North Carolina or Tennessee, and died 10 Feb 1944 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.

Notes for JAMES BUCHANAN GRIGGS:
1880 Soundex Series T 772 Roll 30, Lauderdale Co., Civil Dist. 3, E.D. 80, Sheet 19, line 48
Griggs, James B.
Martha A. wife
Julia E. dau age 1/12
1900 Census, Tennessee, Lauderdale Co., 15th Civil Dist., E.D. 93, Sheet 11, Line 19
Griggs, James B. 1857 age 43 b. TN
Martha A. Jan 1862 38 b. TN
Lillia Edna dau Aug 1881 18 (Julia?)
Willis son Jan 1884 16
Linnie H. dau Feb 1886 14
James Sam son Mar 1888 12
Anna dau May 1892 8
Arbra (Aubrey) L. son Jan 1896 4
1910 Census, Tenn., Lauderdale Co., 15th Civil Dist., E.D. 109, Sheet 1B
Griggs, James B. head age 54 married 31 yrs. b. TN father b. SC mother b. TN
Mattie wife age 47 b. NC parents both b. NC
Landers, Lillia dau age 28 married (widow?)
Griggs, Anna dau age 18 single
Aubrey son age 13 single
Stephen son age 8 single
Landers, Henry May gr-dau age 2
Minnie gr-dau age 1

Children of JAMES GRIGGS and MARTHA BURNS are:

13.	i.	LILLIA EDNA⁷ GRIGGS, b. Aug 1881; d. Abt. 1916.
14.	ii.	WILLIS GRIGGS, b. Jan 1884; d. May 1964, Upland, California.
15.	iii.	LENNIE H. GRIGGS, b. Feb 1886, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee.
	iv.	JAMES SAM GRIGGS, b. Mar 1888.
	v.	ANNA GRIGGS, b. May 1892.
16.	vi.	AUBREY LEON GRIGGS, b. 2 Aug 1896, Ripley, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee; d. 10 Feb 1925, Ripley, Lauderdale Co., Tennessee.
	vii.	STEPHEN GRIGGS, b. 4 May 1902 ¹⁰; d. May 1967, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee¹⁰.

Notes for STEPHEN GRIGGS:
[Br�derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: 4 Jul 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.92048.12]

Individual: Griggs, Stephen
Birth date: 4 May 1902
Death date: May 1967
Social Security #: 414-18-8770
Last residence: TN 38111
State of issue: TN
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