Henry Griggs

Henry Griggs

• Father: William Griggs b. circa 1761, d. circa 1817
• Mother: Linnah (?) b. circa 1761

• Henry Griggs was born on 18 December 1793 in Hancock County, Georgia.
• He married Ann G. Sturdivant on 30 October 1816 in Hancock County, Georgia.
• Henry Griggs and Ann G. Sturdivant appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John William Griggs, Francis Marion Griggs, Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs, Joseph B. Thorp, Mary Maxwell Griggs, Joseph Paul Thorp, Henry R. Thorp and James Kelly Markey. Also in the household was Georgia-born farmer A. William Jackson, age 27.
• He was a farmer, acccording to the 1850 census.
• By 1853, the local planters of southeastern Grimes County recognized the need for a town, so Judge Henry Griggs, Colonel Isaac Baker, and Dr. Mitchell each donated ten acres of land for the founding of Plantersville.
• The following appeared on 5 September 1855 in a Texas Baptist newspaper: (Married) On the 30th, at the residence of Henry Griggs, Esq., by the Honorable George M. Patrick, Mr. James K. Markey to Mrs. Mary M. Thorp, all of Grimes County.
• Henry Griggs became a widower at the 1868 death of his wife Ann G. Sturdivant.
• Henry Griggs died on 27 December 1871 at age 78 in Navarro County, Texas.
• He was interred at Old Chatfield Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.
• Research Note: James Kelly Markey's wife Mary Maxwell Griggs, a daughter of Henry Griggs, whose sister Linnah was the wife of Evelina's father's brother Lewis Bryant Barnes. Another brother of Evelina's father William and Lewis Bryant Barnes was Thomas Barnes, whose son James W. Barnes in Grimes County served with the Texas Home Guard as commander of the 5th Texas Brigade District. Also note that the Markey school was established on donated land - 10 acres each by 3 people, one of whom was Dr. James L. Mitchell, father of William Barnes Wood's wife Josie and grandfather of Campbell Wood's wife Nannie.

• Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015