Thomas Griffin was married to Mary Elizabeth Mullis.
The Thomas Griffin who married Elizabeth Mullis lived in Chatham Co. N. C., not Essex Co. Va. In 1772 he, his father-in-law John Mullis were in the Chatham militia, along with two other sons-in-law of Mullis, Jacob Pyburn and William Stewart. In 1774 the Chatham court assigned John Mullis to work on a road and the year following, it assigned Thomas Griffin to work on the road where it passed his plantation. By the winter of 1779/80 the Mullis and Griffin families had relocated in Anson Co., Thomas' wife Elizabeth Mullis recorded a chain carrier on a survey plat of land on Negro Head Creek dated March 2, 1780. In 1781 Thomas bought land on Richardson Creek nearby, and in 1783 he submitted pay vouchers for his military service in the Rev. War just ended, to the Auditor's office of the Hillsborough Military District, the same district as when he served in the 1772 Chatham militia. In short, he was not the other, contemporary Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. who served in that county's militia. Aside from all that, no Mullis, period, was ever recorded in Essex Co. Va. and, the Thomas Griffin who resided there and served with Gist's troops during the Rev. War, married Elizabeth MILLS in adjoining King and Queen Co. Va. in Sept. 1783. The military headstone erected on Thomas' grave in Griffin-Hamilton Cemetery is incorrectly engraved with the military service of the other Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. Ref: Chatham Co. militia rolls 1772, Court Orders 1775, Anson Co. Deeds, and Pay Vouchers Rev. War/N. C./Thomas Griffin in FamilySearch.com.
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The Thomas Griffin who married Elizabeth Mullis lived in Chatham Co. N. C., not Essex Co. Va. In 1772 he, his father-in-law John Mullis were in the Chatham militia, along with two other sons-in-law of Mullis, Jacob Pyburn and William Stewart. In 1774 the Chatham court assigned John Mullis to work on a road and the year following, it assigned Thomas Griffin to work on the road where it passed his plantation. By the winter of 1779/80 the Mullis and Griffin families had relocated in Anson Co., Thomas' wife Elizabeth Mullis recorded a chain carrier on a survey plat of land on Negro Head Creek dated March 2, 1780. In 1781 Thomas bought land on Richardson Creek nearby, and in 1783 he submitted pay vouchers for his military service in the Rev. War just ended, to the Auditor's office of the Hillsborough Military District, the same district as when he served in the 1772 Chatham militia. In short, he was not the other, contemporary Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. who served in that county's militia. Aside from all that, no Mullis, period, was ever recorded in Essex Co. Va. and, the Thomas Griffin who resided there and served with Gist's troops during the Rev. War, married Elizabeth MILLS in adjoining King and Queen Co. Va. in Sept. 1783. The military headstone erected on Thomas' grave in Griffin-Hamilton Cemetery is incorrectly engraved with the military service of the other Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. Ref: Chatham Co. militia rolls 1772, Court Orders 1775, Anson Co. Deeds, and Pay Vouchers Rev. War/N. C./Thomas Griffin in FamilySearch.com.
Contributor: Arthur Mullies (47620291) • [email protected]
Thomas Griffin was married to Mary Elizabeth Mullis.
The Thomas Griffin who married Elizabeth Mullis lived in Chatham Co. N. C., not Essex Co. Va. In 1772 he, his father-in-law John Mullis were in the Chatham militia, along with two other sons-in-law of Mullis, Jacob Pyburn and William Stewart. In 1774 the Chatham court assigned John Mullis to work on a road and the year following, it assigned Thomas Griffin to work on the road where it passed his plantation. By the winter of 1779/80 the Mullis and Griffin families had relocated in Anson Co., Thomas' wife Elizabeth Mullis recorded a chain carrier on a survey plat of land on Negro Head Creek dated March 2, 1780. In 1781 Thomas bought land on Richardson Creek nearby, and in 1783 he submitted pay vouchers for his military service in the Rev. War just ended, to the Auditor's office of the Hillsborough Military District, the same district as when he served in the 1772 Chatham militia. In short, he was not the other, contemporary Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. who served in that county's militia. Aside from all that, no Mullis, period, was ever recorded in Essex Co. Va. and, the Thomas Griffin who resided there and served with Gist's troops during the Rev. War, married Elizabeth MILLS in adjoining King and Queen Co. Va. in Sept. 1783. The military headstone erected on Thomas' grave in Griffin-Hamilton Cemetery is incorrectly engraved with the military service of the other Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. Ref: Chatham Co. militia rolls 1772, Court Orders 1775, Anson Co. Deeds, and Pay Vouchers Rev. War/N. C./Thomas Griffin in FamilySearch.com.
Contributor: Arthur Mullies (47620291) • [email protected]
The Thomas Griffin who married Elizabeth Mullis lived in Chatham Co. N. C., not Essex Co. Va. In 1772 he, his father-in-law John Mullis were in the Chatham militia, along with two other sons-in-law of Mullis, Jacob Pyburn and William Stewart. In 1774 the Chatham court assigned John Mullis to work on a road and the year following, it assigned Thomas Griffin to work on the road where it passed his plantation. By the winter of 1779/80 the Mullis and Griffin families had relocated in Anson Co., Thomas' wife Elizabeth Mullis recorded a chain carrier on a survey plat of land on Negro Head Creek dated March 2, 1780. In 1781 Thomas bought land on Richardson Creek nearby, and in 1783 he submitted pay vouchers for his military service in the Rev. War just ended, to the Auditor's office of the Hillsborough Military District, the same district as when he served in the 1772 Chatham militia. In short, he was not the other, contemporary Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. who served in that county's militia. Aside from all that, no Mullis, period, was ever recorded in Essex Co. Va. and, the Thomas Griffin who resided there and served with Gist's troops during the Rev. War, married Elizabeth MILLS in adjoining King and Queen Co. Va. in Sept. 1783. The military headstone erected on Thomas' grave in Griffin-Hamilton Cemetery is incorrectly engraved with the military service of the other Thomas Griffin of Essex Co. Va. Ref: Chatham Co. militia rolls 1772, Court Orders 1775, Anson Co. Deeds, and Pay Vouchers Rev. War/N. C./Thomas Griffin in FamilySearch.com.
Contributor: Arthur Mullies (47620291) • [email protected]
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