Sargent GRIFFIN

Birth:
1778
Chatham, North Carolina
Death:
6 Jun 1858
Pickens, South Carolina
Burial:
Griffin Baptist Church Cem., Pickens, South Carolina
Marriage:
Abt 1801
of Pickens, South Carolina
Sources:
The Barton Book (1994) , (FHL#929.273 B285 b 1994)
Ancestry.com World Family Tree
The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Volume 65, No. 1 (Jan 1964), pg. 46
Marriage Record 1834 to 1850, Benton (now Calhoun) County, Alabama, (FHL#976.163 V2mc V.1)
Marriage Records 1850 to 1865, Benton (Calhoun) County, Alabama, (FHL#976.163 V2mc V.2)
Internet IGI , Aug 2007
Ancestral File - Version 4.19 - nil
Six Sons who left South Carolina prior to 1847 & Settled in Benton/Calhoun County, Alabama
Notes:
                   Six sons who left South Carolina prior to 1847 and settled in Benton, Calhoun County, Alabama.
Averilla BARTON
Birth:
16 Jun 1788
Oconee District, South Carolina
Death:
16 Jun 1863
Pickens, South Carolina
Children
Marriage
1
Elihu Holby GRIFFIN
Birth:
10 Dec 1801
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
3 Oct 1874
Pickens, South Carolina
Anna AMBLER 
Marr:
Abt 1830
of Pickens, South Carolina 
2
Dorcas GRIFFIN
Birth:
1803
South Carolina
Death:
3
William Monroe GRIFFIN
Birth:
18 Mar 1808
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
23 Jan 1857
4
Benjamin Franklin GRIFFIN
Birth:
1810
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
Aft 1860
Calhoun, Alabama
Frances BROWN 
Marr:
Abt 1837
of Calhoun, Alabama 
5
Barton GRIFFIN
Birth:
11 Oct 1812
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
13 May 1880
Lee, Mississippi
Jane REID 
Marr:
Abt 1830
of Calhoun, Alabama 
6
Sergant GRIFFIN
Birth:
18 Jun 1816
Pendleton Dist, South Carolina
Death:
10 Apr 1897
Calhoun, Alabama
Martha J. SOUTHA 
Marr:
12 Aug 1863
Calhoun, Alabama 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    Sergant GRIFFIN, Jr.

NOTE:
    Sergant built a yellow frame home on Ohatchee River, but the home was destroyed by fire in the 1950's.
7
Richard Harrison GRIFFIN
Birth:
5 Aug 1818
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
17 Nov 1896
Calhoun, Alabama
Elizabeth LEE 
Marr:
7 Mar 1843
Benton, Alabama 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    1. This family has not yet been located in the 1870 U.S. Census. It is likely that additional children were born between the census years 1860 and 1870. They had either left home, were married or died before 1 June 1880.
    2. Benton County, Alabama was created from the Creek Session of 1832. In 1858 the county changed it's name and the name Benton County was discontinued. On 29 January 1858 it's name was changed to Calhoun County.
8
Bailey GRIFFIN
Birth:
1820
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
10 Sep 1854
Benton, Alabama
Frances LEE 
Marr:
10 May 1849
Benton, South Carolina 
9
William Thomas GRIFFIN
Birth:
28 Mar 1823
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
5 Nov 1892/1905
Pickens, South Carolina
Martha CRAIG 
Marr:
28 Oct 1850
Pickens, South Carolina 
10
Averilla D. GRIFFIN
Birth:
25 Jun 1825
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
7 Dec 1878
Pickens, South Carolina
Henry Jacob ANTHONY 
Marr:
12 May 1842
Pickens, South Carolina 
11
Anderson GRIFFIN
Birth:
1827
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
1887
12
Vashti O. GRIFFIN
Birth:
22 Mar 1831
Pickens, South Carolina
Death:
FCID:4827:7107
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Sargent Griffin - Averilla Barton

Sargent Griffin was born at Chatham, North Carolina 1778. His parents were William Griffin and Elizabeth Stroud.

He married Averilla Barton Abt 1801 at of Pickens, South Carolina . Averilla Barton was born at Oconee District, South Carolina 16 Jun 1788 daughter of Benjamin Franklin Barton and Dorcas Anderson .

They were the parents of 12 children:
Elihu Holby Griffin born 10 Dec 1801.
Dorcas Griffin born 1803.
William Monroe Griffin born 18 Mar 1808.
Benjamin Franklin Griffin born 1810.
Barton Griffin born 11 Oct 1812.
Sergant Griffin born 18 Jun 1816.
Richard Harrison Griffin born 5 Aug 1818.
Bailey Griffin born 1820.
William Thomas Griffin born 28 Mar 1823.
Averilla D. Griffin born 25 Jun 1825.
Anderson Griffin born 1827.
Vashti O. Griffin born 22 Mar 1831.

Sargent Griffin died 6 Jun 1858 at Pickens, South Carolina .

Averilla Barton died 16 Jun 1863 at Pickens, South Carolina .