Linnah Griggs
b. circa 1804
- Father: William Griggs b. circa 1761, d. circa 1817
- Mother: Linnah (?) b. circa 1761
- Linnah Griggs was born circa 1804.
- Her name was recorded as Levina.
- She married Lewis Bryant Barnes, son of Lewis Barnes and Elizabeth Thomas, on 19 December 1820 in Hancock County, Georgia.
- 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