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| Husband: Elbert James Griffin 1, 2 |
| Born: 13 OCT 1848 | Place: Lowndes/Berrien County, Georgia 3 |
| Died: 12 JUL 1917 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 4 |
| Married: 10 FEB 1867 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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| Father: James Griffin |
| Mother: Mary "Polly" Monk |
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| Wife: Keziah Linnie Knight 10 |
| Born: 15 FEB 1849 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 11 |
| Died: 14 JUN 1923 | Place: Chatham County, Georgia 12 |
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| Father: John Knight |
| Mother: Sarah Sally Moore |
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| Child 1 (F): Lula P. Griffin |
| Born: 25 JUN 1870 | Place: Georgia 13 |
| Died: 18 APR 1900 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 14 |
| Buried: | Place: Cat Creek, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 15 |
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Spouses: William Jefferson Giddens |
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HUSBAND NOTES: At the time of his Confederate Pension application on 26 Oct 1916 Elbert J. Griffin was employed as a laborer making $10.00 per month. HUSBAND FACTS: TITL CSA: Military: APR 1864 CSA - Company H, 12th Georgia Regiment 16, 17 Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia 18 WIFE FACTS: Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia 19 SOURCES: 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 101. 2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 3LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Batch F790661, Sheet 04, Source Call 1260575. 4Georgia Confederate Pension Application Files, Microfilm, Widows application dated 25 Oct 1917. 5Georgia Confederate Pension Application Files, Microfilm, Widows application filed in Berrien County, Georgia on 25 O, A copy of the marriage license is included in the pension application. 6Berrien County Marriages 1856-1906, No Author or Publisher Noted, Book, page 689. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 101. 8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 9Max L. Tatum, Berrien County Georgia Marriage Records, Albany, Georgia 1991, Book, page 28, 126. 10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 101. 11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 12Georgia Confederate Pension Application Files, Microfilm, A letter and bill dated 17 Jul 1923 from Fox and Weeks Funeral Home in Savannah, Georgia states she. 13Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 14Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 15Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 16Georgia Confederate Pension Application Files, Microfilm, Berrien County, Georgia (filed 26 Oct 1916), Surrendered and was discharged on May 25, 1865 at Thomasville, Georgia.. 17Virgil D. White, Index to Georgia Civil War Conferate Pension Files, National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1996, Book, page 402. 181850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, 53rd Division, page 408, Records James E. in household of James Griffin.. 191850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, Records Keziah A.L. in household of John Knight.. |
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