Griffith WHITT
Age 63 in 1850. Sources: 1850 Census and Family Record. A source says born in Montgomery county, Virginia A source said to be a Civil War veteran, but how many 75 year olds fought in the Civil War? Said to be pension records. More than likely for his son Griffith Jr. born 1836. Buried at Coon Creek. Sources: 1840 U. S. Census, Virginia, Tazewell, Unknown Township, Roll M704 579, page 60, Line 14, Griffith WHITT.
Died on a Sunday. *Whitt - Johnson Family History, by J. B. Whitt, 1094 Fagins Run Road, New Richmond, Ohio 45157-9734, c. 1998, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHLC # US/CAN 929.273 W617wb. Birth, parents, spouse and marriage page 28.
*Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From1800 to 1922 in two volumes, by John Newton Harman, Sr., 1922, W. C. Hill Publishing Company, Richmond, Virginia, BYU, F 232 .T2 H28, Section I, pg 116, marriage.
*Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From1800 to 1922 in two volumes, by John Newton Harman, Sr., 1922, W. C. Hill Publishing Company, Richmond, Virginia, BYU, F 232 .T2 H28, Section I, pg 121, marriage.
May not be a child of this family.
May not be a child of this family.
He married Martha Skaggs 21 Mar 1807 at Tazewell, Virginia . Martha Skaggs was born at Montgomery, Virginia 2 Aug 1791 daughter of Jeremiah Skaggs and Hannah Lester .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Noah Whitt
born 1820.
Jeremiah Whitt
born 1822.
Richard Whitt
born 13 May 1826.
Elizabeth Whitt
born 1827.
Thomas L. Whitt
born 1829.
John Whitt
born 1833.
Jonas Whitt
born 17 Aug 1837.
Mary E. Whitt
born 1839.
Griffith Whitt died 28 Aug 1853 at Grundy, Missouri .
Martha Skaggs died 28 Apr 1855 at Grundy, Missouri .