Fanny B. WHITE

Fanny B. WHITE

Female Abt 1870 -

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Fanny B. WHITE was born about 1870 in California, United States (daughter of Henry C. WHITE and Elizabeth "Betty" I. GRIGSBY).

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    • _UID: C23C113233FF704390F276040633F06BB622


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry C. WHITE was born in Apr 1839 in Mississippi, United States; died after 1910 in California, United States.

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    • _UID: 34ACD5B5DA349249AF3474CBF0C21EF73CB0

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    1870 United States Federal Census about Henry C White
    Name: Henry C White
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Age in 1870: 32 farmer
    Birthplace: Mississippi
    Home in 1870: Napa, Napa, California
    Family and neighbors: Elizabeth wife age 20; Lilly age 1; Fannie age 6/12
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Value of real estate:
    Post Office: Napa City

    1880 United States Federal Census Henry C. White
    Name: Henry C. White
    Home in 1880: Dayton, Butte, California
    Age: 42
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Birthplace: Mississippi
    Relation to head-of-household: Head
    Spouse's name: Elizabeth J.
    Father's birthplace: VA
    Mother's birthplace: KY
    Occupation: Farmer
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Household Members: Name Age
    Henry C. White 42
    Elizabeth J. White 30
    Lilly White 12
    Fanny B. White 10
    John H. White 8
    Daisy White 5
    William H. H. 2
    James Hicks 29
    John Edmonds 27
    Charles 49, Yan 38, Lett 30, Kot 18,Lanie 19, Chow 35, Wee 50, Baek 23, Foo Wing 29, Soon 25, Wan 28 Lanie 29, Mow Chong 40, Ang 45 (labors and 1 cook)

    1900 United States Federal Census Henry C White
    Name: Henry C White
    Home in 1900: Chico, Butte, California
    Age: 61
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
    Birthplace: Mississippi
    Relationship to head-of-house: Head
    Spouse's name: Elizabeth J
    Race: White
    Occupation: stage driver
    Household Members: Name Age
    Henry C White 61
    Elizabeth J White 50
    John H White 28
    William H White 22

    1910 United States Federal Census Henry C White
    Name: Henry C White
    Age in 1910: 72 owner stageline
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Birthplace: Mississippi
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birth Place: Not Stated
    Mother's Birth Place: Not Stated
    Spouse's name: Elizabeth
    Home in 1910: Chico Ward 1, Butte, California
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Household Members: Name Age
    Henry C White 72
    Elizabeth White 60

    Henry married Elizabeth "Betty" I. GRIGSBY on 16 Oct 1867 in , Napa, California, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Lillard Harrison GRIGSBY and Hannah) was born in Oct 1850 in , Laclede, Missouri, United States; died after 1910 in California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth "Betty" I. GRIGSBY was born in Oct 1850 in , Laclede, Missouri, United States (daughter of Lillard Harrison GRIGSBY and Hannah); died after 1910 in California, United States.

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    • _UID: 916CBBB75BD7C642A48542CED9EA1D55177E

    Notes:

    She was 4 years old when she was orphaned on the trip to California. She was living with Franklin T Grigsby in the 1860 census, Napa, California.

    1860 United States Federal Census about F F Grigsby
    Name: F F Grigsby
    [F T Grigsby]
    Age in 1860: 30
    Birth Year: abt 1830
    Birthplace: Tennessee
    Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Sebastopol
    Value of real estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    F F Grigsby 30
    Martha L Grigsby 34 born Tennessee
    Wm H Grigsby 8 born California
    Martha R Grigsby 4 born California
    Geo F Grigsby 1 born California
    Samuel H Grigsby 11 born Missouri
    Elizabeth J Grigsby 10 born Missouri

    Notes:

    by John P. McCorkle, Napa County marriages Bk A pg 194 (Napa Valley Genealogical and Biographical Society Quarterly - Vol 11 No 1 pg 20)

    Children:
    1. Lilly WHITE was born about 1868 in California, United States.
    2. 1. Fanny B. WHITE was born about 1870 in California, United States.
    3. John A. WHITE was born in Dec 1871 in California, United States.
    4. Daisy WHITE was born about 1875 in California, United States.
    5. William Henry WHITE was born in Feb 1878 in California, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Lillard Harrison GRIGSBY was born on 29 May 1824 in Lynville, Giles, Tennessee, United States (son of Samuel Harrison GRIGSBY and Mary "Polly" LINDSEY); died on 1 Oct 1853 in Bear Valley, Nevada, California, United States.

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    • _UID: 50928D122C20D643974F9334A3656E565F99

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    He was called Harrison. He had come ahead of the family to California to prepare a home for his wife and small children. They came across the plains with Harrison's parents in 1853, but in Bear Valley the group came down with "Camp Fever". When Harrison, who had been expecting their arrival, heard of the sickness, he started off with a wagon from Napa. He helped with the nursing of the party, and though the children recovered, he and his wife died. They were buried beside the Bear River in a grave marked by rocks. Their remains were later moved to Samuel Harrison Grigsby's plot in Yountville.
    Information from Bible of Samuel Harrison Grigsby, in Possession of Barbara Grigsby Bickford.

    1850 United States Federal Census Lillard H Grigsby
    Name: Lillard H Grigsby
    Age: 25
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
    Birth place: Tennessee
    Gender: Male
    Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 45, Laclede, Missouri
    wife: Hanna age 21 born Kentucky
    children: Samuel H.Grigsby age 1 born Missouri
    Elizabeth I. Grigsby age 1/12 born Missouri

    Lillard married Hannah about 1848 in , Ralls, Missouri, United States. Hannah was born in 1828 in Kentucky, United States; died in 1853 in Bear Valley, Nevada, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Hannah was born in 1828 in Kentucky, United States; died in 1853 in Bear Valley, Nevada, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States.

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    • _UID: 177EE3D3A19F6444AF895489007CC84FDBCF

    Notes:

    died of "camp fever" on the way to California. She was buried at Bear Valley, California, and was later reburied in Yountville, Napa, CA.

    Children:
    1. Samuel Harrison GRIGSBY was born on 4 Mar 1849 in , Laclede, Missouri, United States.
    2. 3. Elizabeth "Betty" I. GRIGSBY was born in Oct 1850 in , Laclede, Missouri, United States; died after 1910 in California, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Samuel Harrison GRIGSBY was born on 18 Sep 1794 in Wythe County, Virginia, United States (son of Aaron GRIGSBY and Phoebe HARRISON); died on 28 Mar 1873 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in George Yount Cem. Yountville Napa County, California, United States.

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    • _UID: A621F67AF27C9D47BDB42E33B716B5E3C094

    Notes:

    Things to do:
    1. find Emily Starr in 1860 census, Missouri.
    2 Find out why Lewry died on plains in 1852, when the story says they came in Oct 1853?
    3. http://www3.nvusd.k12.ca.us/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=7977&sc_id=1160959139
    4.check out: War of 1812 Service Records http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=Samuel&gsln=Griggsby&msbdy=1794&msbpn__ftp=Virginia%2c+USA&msbpn=49&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3245%7c49%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=2u2&pcat=39&h=421108&recoff=4+5&db=1812muster&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3 about Samuel Griggsby
    Name: Samuel Griggsby
    Company: BROWN'S REG'T, EAST TENNESSEE VOLS.
    Rank - Induction: SERGEANT
    Rank - Discharge: SERGEANT
    Roll Box: 86
    Roll Exct: 602

    U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 about Samuel Grigsby
    Name: Samuel Grigsby
    Company: COFFEE'S REG'T, CAV., W. TENNESSEE VOLS.
    Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
    Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
    Roll Box: 86
    Microfilm Publication: M602

    http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/regimental-histories-tennessee-units-during-war-1812
    COLONEL JOHN COFFEE
    DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
    DATES: December 1812 - April 1813
    MEN MOSTLY FROM: Rutherford, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties
    CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Thomas Bradley, John W. Byrn, Blackman Coleman, Robert Jetton, Charles Kavanaugh, Alexander McKeen, Michael Molton, David Smith, Frederick Stump, James Terrill
    BRIEF HISTORY:
    This regiment of cavalry joined Jackson's forces at Natchez in early 1813. The strength of the regiment was approximately 600 men. While the bulk of Jackson's troops traveled by boat to Natchez, Coffee's mounted men went overland after rendezvousing near Franklin, Tennessee in mid-January 1813. The officers of this regiment were considered to be the elite citizens of their counties.
    Many of the men in this regiment later became part of the unit led by Colonels Alcorn and Dyer during Jackson's first campaign into the Creek territory in the fall of 1813. John Coffee was a wealthy landowner in Rutherford County and a one-time business partner of Andrew Jackson. Coffee was married to Rachel Jackson's niece, Mary Donelson (they named two of their children Andrew and Rachel).

    COLONEL JOHN ALCORN
    DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen
    DATES: September 1813 - December 1813
    MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson Counties (Winston's company from Madison County, Alabama)
    CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bradley, John Byrne, Robert Jetton, William Locke, Alexander McKeen, Frederick Stump, Daniel Ross, John Winston
    BRIEF HISTORY:
    Colonel John Coffee commanded this regiment until the end of October 1813, when Coffee was promoted to Brigadier General. John Alcorn took over as colonel and the unit was incorporated with Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen to form the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. The Second Regiment, along with Colonel Robert Dyer's First Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, formed the brigade under John Coffee. Muster rolls reveal that the regiment went by various designations besides volunteer mounted riflemen: volunteer cavalry; mounted militia; or mounted gunmen.
    Many of the men from this unit were with Andrew Jackson on the expedition to Natchez (December 1812 - April 1813) and, consequently, felt their one-year's enlistment expired in December 1813. Jackson insisted that the time not spent in the field did not apply to the terms of enlistment. Hence, a dispute broke out between the troops and Jackson late in 1813. Most of the troops did leave by the end of that year, despite Jackson's strenuous efforts to keep them.
    The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813) and muster rolls show that practically all of the companies sustained casualties, the most being in Captain John Byrne's company. The regiment's line of march took them from Fayetteville (where the regiment was mustered in), through Huntsville, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, to the battles, and back the reverse way.


    COLONEL ROBERT DYER
    DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry
    DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
    MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
    CAPTAINS: (Lt.)James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
    BRIEF HISTORY:
    One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves, and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.

    DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment of West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
    DATES: September 1814 - March 1815
    MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Dickson, Williamson, Bedford, Maury, Montgomery, Rutherford, Smith, and Stewart Counties
    CAPTAINS: Bethel Allen, Ephraim D. Dickson, Robert Edmonston, Robert Evans, Cuthbert Hudson, Thomas Jones, James McMahon, Glen Owen, Thomas White, Joseph Williams, James Wyatt
    BRIEF HISTORY:
    Part of Coffee's brigade at New Orleans, most of this regiment took part in the night battle of 23 December 1814. Most of the company muster rolls show casualties from this engagement. Portions of this regiment also participated in the capture of Pensacola from the Spanish in West Florida (7 November 1814). The initial rendezvous point for this unit was Fayetteville, Tennessee. From there they passed through Fort Hampton, to Baton Rouge, and finally to New Orleans.

    Source Information
    Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
    Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
    About U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
    When the United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812, Congress authorized the President to accept and organize volunteers in order to win the war. This database is a listing of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1815. Taken from records in the National Archives, each record includes the soldier's name, company, rank at time of induction, rank at time of discharge, and other helpful information. It provides the names of nearly 600,000 men. For researchers of early American ancestors who may have served in the military, this can be a helpful source of information.
    These records were taken from Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, microfilm publication M602, a total of 234 rolls of film.
    Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR)
    Each volunteer soldier has one Compiled Military Service Record (CMSR) for each regiment in which he served. The CMSR contains basic information about the soldier's military career, and it is the first source the researcher should consult. The CMSR is an envelope (a jacket) containing one or more cards. These cards typically indicate that the soldier was present or absent during a certain period of time. Other cards may indicate the date of enlistment and discharge, amount of bounty paid him, and other information such as wounds received during battle or hospitalization for injury or illness. The soldier's place of birth may be indicated; if foreign born, only the country of birth is stated. The CMSR may contain an internal jacket for so-called "personal papers" of various kinds. These may include a copy of the soldier's enlistment paper, papers relating to his capture and release as a prisoner of war, or a statement that he had no personal property with him when he died. Note, however, that the CMSR rarely indicates battles in which a soldier fought; that information must be derived from other sources.
    A CMSR is as complete as the surviving records of an individual soldier or his unit. The War Department compiled the CMSRs from the original muster rolls and other records some years after the war to permit more rapid and efficient checking of military and medical records in connection with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits. The abstracts were so carefully prepared that it is rarely necessary to consult the original muster rolls and other records from which they were made. When the War Department created CMSRs at the turn of the century, information from company muster rolls, regimental returns, descriptive books, hospital rolls, and other records was copied verbatim onto cards. A separate card was prepared each time an individual name appeared on a document. These cards were all numbered on the back, and these numbers were entered onto the outside jacket containing the cards. The numbers on the jacket correspond with the numbers on the cards within the jacket. These numbers were used by the War Department only for control purposes while the CMSRs were being created; the numbers do not refer to other records regarding a veteran nor are they useful for reference purposes today.




    Timeline for Samuel Harrison Grigsby
    1794 Sep 18, Samuel Harrison born in Wythe County, Virginia
    1808 Samuel moved with his family to Roane County, Tennessee (Roane Co created in 1801,
    1815 Dec 4, Samuel married Mary Lindsey in Roane County Tennessee
    1816 May 10, daughter, Drewsilah, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee (Giles Co created in 1809, county seat Pulaski)
    1818 Feb 3, son, Terrell Lindsey, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
    1820 Apr 2, daughter, Chillnery, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
    1822 May 1, son, Achilles Fine, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
    1824 May 29, son, Lillard Harrison, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
    1827 Aug 2, daughter, Lewry, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
    1831 Oct 1831, son, John Melchesadeck, born in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee
    1833 Samuel moved his family to Pulaski County, Missouri
    1840 US Census, Samuel living in Pulaski County, Missouri with family
    1850 US Census, Samuel living in Pulaski County, Missouri with family
    1851 Made a land claim in Laclede County, MO T 32, R 16,
    1853 Moved his family overland to California
    1853 Oct 11, Samuel's wife Mary died in Yountville, Napa, CA
    1860 US Census, Samuel living in Yount, Napa, CA with freed slave, Lucy Grigsby
    1870 US Census, Samuel living in Yount, Napa, CA with Lucy, and Starr family (I believe Emily Starr is Lucy's daughter
    1873 Mar 28, Samuel died in Yountville, Napa, CA at age 78


    Much of the information on this family came from Barbara Bickford who has the Grigsby family bible
    In 1808 Samuel Harrison Grigsby moved to Giles County, Tennessee from Virginia when he was fourteen. He may have served under William Henry Harrison (perhaps his uncle, brother of his mother? There was a Benjamin Harrison who moved to Pulaski County Missouri ) during the War of 1812.

    He moved his family to Pulaski County, Missouri, in 1833. (Perhaps in Waynesville.) He squatted and farmed on the Osage Fork of Brush Creek making a land claim in Laclede County, Township 32, Range 16 in 1851. (The lands embraced in the territory of Laclede County were not surveyed into sections, townships and ranges, and put into market and made subject to entry, until from 1835 to 1840. LaClede County was made from Pulaski County in 1838)

    In 1853, Samuel, his wife and family made the overland journey to California, but she survived after the trip only a few days. The party they traveled with was struck with valley fever in Bear Valley. (Could this have been the Colorado tick fever or Mountain fever? This malady included severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, chills, and fever) Their daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, (wife of Lillard) died at Bear Valley, California, as did her husband who came from the Napa Valley to meet them. Their two small children survived. Samuel Harrison Grigsby lost another daughter-in-law on the plains in 1852, the wife of Achilles Grigsby. In 1852, Lewrey Grigsby also died on the plains coming west. Accompanying Samuel and Polly Grigsby on the trip west was Lucy, a slave they had freed before starting west. She refused to be left behind and became Samuel's housekeeper. According to the family bible, Lucy was born 11 November, 1806.
    Samuel may have been a half-brother to Captain John's father.

    CHECK DATES IN THE ABOVE. THEY DON'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE!

    Transcription of Will of Samuel H. Grigsby dated 4 Nov 1868
    In the name of God Amen - I Samuel H Grigsby Sr of the county of Napa and State of California being weak in body but of sound a disposing mind being advanced in years and in view of the uncertainty of life, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following
    My estate consists of real and personal property to wit about Two Hundred (200) acres of land lying and being situate in said Napa County State aforesaid, promissory notes, cash and some stock.
    My first request is that if die in California that I be buried near my departed wife and that our graves be enclosed in one enclosure. That I be buried in decent and fashionable order and that a proper and fitting tomb stone with suitable engravings of my age, place of birth, death, etc. thereon engraved be erected and maintained over and upon my grave. And that the expenses of and in order to the complete execution of the above request be paid out of my undivided estate.
    Second - I give devise and bequeath to my old servant woman - Lucy, the house and orchard thereto attached and adjoining known as the march house during her life and widowhood, and after her death or widowhood the said premises, house, orchard to revert back to my estate and be disposed of as the other real estate.
    Third - I give will and bequeath to my son Terrel L. Grigsby One Thousand Dollars in money, or the value of one Thousand Dollars in land of my real property said land to be valued quality quantity location and improvements considered at it then market valuation.
    Fourth - I give will and bequeath to my son John M Grigsby, Five Hundred Dollars in money or the value of Five Hundred Dollars in land of my real property. Said land to be valued quality quantity location and improvement considered at its then market valuation. I make this difference owing to my having paid a debt for said John M Grigsby to the heirs of L H Grigsby, deceased.
    Fifth - I give will and bequeath to my grand child Samuel H Grigsby, a minor, heir of L H Grigsby - deceased, seven hundred and fifty dollars in money, or the value of seven hundred and fifty dollars in land of my real property quality, quantity location and improvement considered at its then market valuation.
    Sixth - I give will and bequeath to my grandchildren Rachel Barker and Samuel Cooper Five Hundred dollars each in money or land of my real property quality quantity location and improvements considered at its then market valuation.
    Seventh - I knowingly and intentionally refuse to give will or bequeath any of my estate or property to Elizabeth White (my grand child)
    Eighth - I hereby nominate and appoint my son A F Grigsby of Napa County, California to be my sole executor, without bond, of this my last will and testament to settle my entire estate and to settle with each and all of the legaties without the interposition, aid, or authority or control of any court or courts of this State. Except for the purpose of Probate of this my last will and testament. To take possession and control of my estate at my death and to pay the before mentioned legacies, giving and granting to my said executor the privilege and entire discretion of paying the same either in land or money as and in the manner herein before provided. Granting to my said executor two years to pay and discharge said legacies to the legatees who are of age at the time of my death, and to the minors so soon after the two years as they may become of age.
    Ninth _ After the above and foregoing bequests and requisitions have been done, performed and complied with by my executor, I will devise and bequeath to my said Son A F Grigsby all of the residue of my estate, whether real personal or mixed, and where ever it may exist.
    Saml H Grigsby Sr.(his signature)
    Subscribe by the testateor, Samuel H. Grigsby Sr. in the presence of each of the undersigned. The said testator at the time of subscribing the said will, declared the same to be his last will and testament and we in his presence and in the presence of each other, and at the request of said testator have subscribed our names witnesses.
    Nov 4, 1868 R N Sture
    Jesse Grigsby




    1829, Wed. Feb 25 Samuel H. Grigsby vs. Judge Hudspeth, Wiley C. and Arthur Hudspeth - lands condemned for sale. (Every name index to 18 Middle Tennessee County Record Books, Giles County Chancery Court Records)

    1836, Aug 1, Samuel Grigsby was Justice of the Peace in Laclede County, Missouri. He was also JP in 1840, Aug 3. (reference: "Our Ancestors in Pulaski Co. MO, Supplement 1, compiled by Tom Turpen, FHL, Salt Lake City, Utah)

    1840 United States Federal Census Samuel H Grigsby
    Name: Samuel H. Grigsby
    Township: Not Stated
    County: Pulaski
    State: Missouri
    Number of persons in household: Ages of persons in household:
    1 male 5-10; 2 males 15-20; 1 male 20-30; 1 male 40-50; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 40-50 1

    Slave schedule Pulaski County, Missouri
    Samuel H Grigsby
    # age colour
    1 40 F M ( Probably Lucy)
    2 26 F B
    3 23 M B
    4 23 M M
    5 21 M B
    6 6 M M
    7 4 F B
    8 3 M B

    1850 United States Federal Census
    Name: Samuel H Grigsbey
    Age: 54
    Estimated birth year: abt 1796
    Birth Place: Virginia
    Gender: Male
    Household: Mary wife age 54 born N. C.
    Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 72, Pulaski, Missouri

    1860 United States Federal Census Samuel H Grigsby
    Name: Samuel H Grigsby
    Age in 1860: 65
    Birth Year: abt 1795
    Birthplace: Virginia
    Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Sebastopol
    Value of real estate:
    Household Members: Name Age
    Samuel H Grigsby 65
    James A Meritt 30 bn Illinois Occupation: Ostler, (a person who takes care of
    horses; groom.)
    Lucy Grigsby 46, mulatto, bn Virginia

    1870 United States Federal Census Saml H Grigsby
    Name: Saml H Grigsby
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1794
    Age in 1870: 76
    Birthplace: Virginia
    Home in 1870: Yount, Napa, California
    Family and neighbors:
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Napa City
    Household members:
    Lucy 70 white, keeping house, bn Virginia, (this probably is the mulatto servant brought with them)
    Cebar Starr 35, black, labor, bn Tenn
    Emily Starr 31, black, at home, bn Missouri (probably Lucy's daughter?)
    Robert Starr 7 black, at home, bn Missouri
    Edward Starr 10 at home, bn Missouri

    *Re: Emily Starr:
    1880 United States Federal Census
    Name: Emily Starr
    Home in 1880: Napa, Napa, California
    Age: 40
    Estimated birth year: abt 1840
    Birthplace: Missouri
    Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
    Father's birthplace: Tennessee
    Mother's birthplace: Virginia
    Occupation: Laundress
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: Black
    Gender: Female
    Household Members: Name Age
    Emily Starr 40

    Appendix:

    Pulaski County, Missouri is located in the scenic Ozarks of Southcentral Missouri. It is composed of woods, forested hills and beautiful streams.---------

    Condensed from "Missouri As It Was" pg 6.
    The early settlers were mostly deer hunters and farmers from Tennessee, North Carolina and Kentucky. They drove through the country and where ever they found good land and good water, they squatted. Between 1835 and 1840 settlers from Tennessee took squatters claims along the Gasconade & Ozark Forks. Among them were Samuel Grigsby, Robert Faires and John Honsinger. The Gasconade and Osage Forks were two large rivers buttressed by towering bluffs. Robert Faires built a Mill and store on the Osage Fork. The lives of the well to do families were not so different from that in their native state. Samuel Grigsby brought with him at least one slave, Lucy.

    In the house, the walls would be hung with festoons of dried fruit and vegetables. Dried flax would be strung from the rafters. There would be no glass in the windows. Perhaps they were covered with shutters or oiled paper or cloth. These pioneers would have brought with them everything they needed to live. A rifle and ammunition were indespensible both as protection and as a means of procuring food. Also needed were a hunting knife, an ordinary ax, a broad ax, and other tools, implements and household furnishing depending upon the financial condition of the settler.

    Well to do families came with their slaves and whatever furniture they could bring be wagon trains. Their women and children rode in carry-alls with some degree of comfort. They had some horse teams and a sufficient number of cattle, sheep, hogs and domestic fowls. Each family would always have at least one hound or a pack of hounds if they could afford it.

    Samuel married Mary "Polly" LINDSEY on 4 Dec 1815 in , Roane, Tennessee, United States. Mary was born on 11 Sep 1794 in , Anson, North Carolina, United States; died on 11 Oct 1853 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, Yountville, Napa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Mary "Polly" LINDSEY was born on 11 Sep 1794 in , Anson, North Carolina, United States; died on 11 Oct 1853 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, Yountville, Napa, California, United States.

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    • Also Known As: Polly
    • Reference Number: *
    • _MARNM: Grigsby
    • _UID: 80724175F58F2B4B85E11C7B91533535ED59

    Notes:

    Yountville Cemetary

    !death: Yountville Cemetary Records

    Notes:

    Roan County Tennessee marriage record book 1 page 30
    The book "Early East Tennessee Marriages" by Byron Sistler lists the marriage of Samuel H. Grigsby of Roane County, and Polly Lindsey (note spelling) of Roane County, on December 4, 1815, in Roane County, Tennessee. by J Purris, J.P. Noah Ashley gave security. For information on how to order a microfilmed copy of this marriage record please visit our web site at: http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/mailcnty.htm#Marriages.

    Children:
    1. Drewsilah GRIGSBY was born on 10 May 1816 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died in 1816 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States.
    2. Terrell Lindsey GRIGSBY was born on 3 Feb 1818 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died on 16 Jan 1892 in Napa, Napa, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States.
    3. Chillnery GRIGSBY was born on 2 Apr 1820 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died in 1820 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States.
    4. Achilles Fine GRIGSBY was born on 1 May 1822 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died on 12 Jun 1907 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States; was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States.
    5. 6. Lillard Harrison GRIGSBY was born on 29 May 1824 in Lynville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died on 1 Oct 1853 in Bear Valley, Nevada, California, United States.
    6. Lewry L. GRIGSBY was born on 2 Aug 1827 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died on 17 Jun 1852 in on the plains, United States; was buried in on the plains, United States.
    7. John Melchesadeck GRIGSBY was born on 5 Oct 1831 in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, United States; died on 13 Apr 1914 in Lower Lake, Lake, California, United States.