James Grigsby

his 3rd wife, m. 17 , was Mary Ann Monday 1780-1860, a distant cousin. They were married in Polk, Tenn, had 8 children: Charles Scott 1808-1885,who married Delphia Witt, William 1802-1864 who married Sally Porter,James 1805 -1864 m. Sara Clark, Calvin 1794-1820 , Louis 1804 -1862, Wilkerson 1810-1860, Newton 1810- , and Mondaner ,a girl ,1799-1876

James Grigsby BIRTH 10 Nov 1748 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA DEATH Feb 1835 (aged 86) Tennessee, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 107425102 · View Source

James Grigsby, was the eldest son & first born of John Grigsby and first wife Rosanna Etchison. He was born 10 Nov 1748 in Culpeper Co., VA and died in Feb 1835. He last resided in Bledsoe Co., TN. In 1768, he married in Orange Co., Virginia to Frances Porter (abt. 1747 to abt. 1779), the daughter of Benjamin Porter and Ann Campbell. His step mother Elizabeth Porter Grigsby, was the sister of his wife Frances, AKA Franky.

They had 5 known Grigsby children:

Benjamin Porter, 18 Sep 1770 John, 7 Mar 1772 - ? (died in early youth) Mary, 27 May 1774 - 26 Sep 1836 in Columbus, MS (Andrew Reid Weir, 1755-1821) Hannah, 10 Oct 1777 - ? Simeon, 18 Dec 1779 - lost at sea on ship from Norffwallaceolk to New Orleans

http://www.archive.org/details/historyofvirgini01griguoft; 10-07; The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1806-1881); edited by R.A. Brock, Richmond, Virginia Historical Society, 1890-1891, page vi and vii: "James Grigsby married twice, first, in 1768, Frances Porter, the sister of the second wife of his father, and settled at "Fancy Hill," Rockbridge County. Their eldest son, the father of Hugh Blair Grigsby, was christened Benjamin Porter Grigsby, but appears to have omitted the use of his second name. He was a trustee of Washington College, 1796-1807." I think if he married 3 times (per various other undocumented sites) that his grandson Hugh, would have known.

He married 2nd to Rebecca Anderson and had a son John in about 1787. Another source (Wm H Grigsby's) states : A "considerable time after the death of his first wife, James married Rebecca Wallace, widow of Col. Samuel Wallace, Rockbridge Co., parents of Elizabeth, wife of CHARLES Grigsby. They had 3 children: John, Etchison and Samuel.

Land, Tax, Etc.: 1 Dec 1778 Rockbridge Co. VA Deed A, p79-80, Jas & Franky Grigsby sold 289 3/4 acres, purchased from Richd Mathews, on Mill Creek, to Robt McFarland for 1250 pounds. James & (wife) Franky Grigsby buy on Mill (Creek), 1778, and on Buffalo, 1779. Morton, Oren F., A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, (Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1980, org. pub. 1920, p 465.)

1779 he held a Rockbridge Co. Tavern License

1779 building, Richd Matthews sold to Jas Grigsby, Jas G sold to kin Thos. Welch on 2 Sep 1779, in Rockbridge Co. called "Fancy Hill Farm," 11 mi S of Lexington/5 mi N of Natural Bridge. See WPA #ROC 207 by Jas. W. McClung, 1936. Another different home on the WPA is # PW 23 called Prospect Hill owned by Jas. Grigsby also.

Fruit Hill Farm, in the Natural Bridge District, 7 miles S of Lexington in 1937, home built about 1770, believed built by first owner, Richard Matthews was first sold to Jas Grigsby on 2 Mar 1779 (DB A, p 102), Jas sold to his dad John Grigsby, 1 Nov 1779 (DB A 219), at John's death it passed to his 2 sons Elisha & Jos. Then Jos. transferred it to Elisha on 20 Sep 1817 (DB K, 579), Elisa sold it to Abner A.P. Grigsby on 20 Dec 1826 (DB P, 206); Abner sold it to Benj. F. Porter on 21 Aug 1832 (DB R, 432) and Benjamin sold it to Henry A. McCormick o 31 Aug 1844 (DB BB, 285) who sold it to Madison H. Effinger and it stayed in the Effinger family through 1937. It's one of the oldest homes in this area, a 2 story, made of Flemish bond brick (pattern) and contains over 400 acres. Photograph, history and full home description is contained in Jas. W. McClung's WPA inventory #ROC 393.

1 Mar 1781 in Rockbridge Co. deed (no #, I have original) James Grigsby purchased from Wm Gibson, 59 acres on Buffaloe Creek. See transcription below & photo on right. DO NOT REPRODUCE PHOTO.

6 Mar 1782 in Rockbridge County, VA Court, Publick Claims for Revolutionay War efforts: James Grigsby donated 717 lbs of fodder (animal feed); 750 lbs of beef, 25 sheaves oats, 15 lbs bacon, corn and fodder plus 120 lbs more of fodder. Then after 7 Nov 1782, he added 6 days collecting beef, £1-10.

3 Dec 1782 in Rockbridge Co. Deed A, p 376-77 for 200 acres sold by Jas & Frankey to John Patton for 100 pounds. Corner Robert Glasgow. Both Jas and Franky sign the doc.

1782 Rockbridge Co., VA Tax Roll James Grigsby, -3Tithe-8Slaves-4horses-12cattle

1783 Rockbridge Co., VA Tax roll James Grigsby, 3-5-4-7-18; sadly with slaves: Peter, Mall, Phillis, Racheal, James, Patience, George, Jude, Salley

3 Nov 1790, in Rockbridge Co. Deed B, p 263, James Grigsby bought lot 3 in Lexington for 60 pounds, from James Hays of Wilks Co., GA. Lot previously owned by This Whiteside, bound on NE by This Margrave, and NW by Saml Wallaced, deceased...

4 Oct 1791, Rockbridge Co. Deed B, p 278, 173 acres for 50 pounds, James sells to Lawrence Bousman, delivered to him 11 Mar 1803. 100 acres by Caleb Gibson, Jacob Yost & Saml Brawford and 73 acres corner of Saml Brawford & Caleb Gibson. END

17 Feb 1794, James Grigsby, VA Land Office Grant #36, p 75-76, warrant #256, 171 1/2 acres in Rockbridge Co., in John Robinson's, formerly John Bowyer's line, corner to Arthur Glasgow's land, formerly Wm Ramsay's, of the South Mountain near Henry Bank's line, Recorded 16 Aug 1796.

On 22 Feb 1796, James gave 20 pounds for subscription to Lexington's first meeting house (church) AKA Lexington Presbyterian Church. Angela Ruley contributed on http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockbr/scotpres.htm

"James moved to East Tenn., and settled in Sequatchee Valley, Bledsoe Co. His third wife was Mary Ann Mondon; and they had one daughter, Mondaner, and seven sons: William, James, Louis. Charles, Wilkilson, Newton and Calvin. Mondaner and Charles were living in Dec 1876. Uncle Reuben described a visit to him in the Valley, 1834; and he died February following, in the 87th year of his age. When a young man he was a member of the General Assembly of Va." There is more data in this source. The Genealogy of the Grigsby Family in Part : Including a Brief Sketch of the Porter Family, by Wm. H. Grigsby (born 1838), Dec 1878, p 4. It was republished in 1905, Chicago by kin, Robert Hall McCormick.

In 1830 I found a Jas Grigsby Jr. on the Bledsoe Co., TN census, but he is age 20 to 30 and not a Junior. Resides with a female age 15-20. Plus on same census, towards end of census pages, a Saml Grigsby, age 30-40.

As above: 1 Mar 1781 (see photo) Original deed transcription, not a copy, passed down in my family. Thomas Jefferson, Governor of the Commonwealth of VIRGINIA, TO all whom there Prefents Shall come, Greeting: KNOW YE, that in consideration the ancient Composition of Ten Shillings Sterling paid by James Grigsby unto the Treasury of this Commonwealth there is granted by the faid Commonwealth unto the said James Grigsby As__ of William Gibson, a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Fifty nine acres by survey bearing date of 23 day of November, 1779 lying and being in the County of Rockbridge on the waters of Buffaloe Creek and Bounded as followeth Towit, Beginning at two black oaks and white oak ____on the Side of shill, corner to Said William Gibson old Survey, then old line North Twenty degrees West, one hundred poles Crofsing branch to a black oat on the Top of Whiskey hill Corner to Said Gibson(.) Then North Sixty four degrees East Sixty poles to a black oak ____________Road __________the _____ of Buffaloe, then North Twenty four poles to a black oak and two White oaks. Then South for four degrees East one hundred poles thence South fifty Six degree West one hundred and Twenty two poles to the beginning, with it Appurtenances; to have and to hold the fair Tract or Parcel Land, with its Appurtenances, to the faid James Grigsby and his Heirs for ever. IN WITNESS whereof, the fair Thomas Jefferson Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto get his Hand, and caused the lesser Seal of the fair Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the first Day of March in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty one and of the commonwealth the fifth. (Signed) Thomas Jefferson (signature of clerk Charles Lewis, not TJ) A copy Charles Lewis Clk S.off. Deed measures about 13" x 14.5".

The Genealogy of the Grigsby Family in Part : Including a Brief Sketch of the Porter Family, by Wm. H. Grigsby (born 1838), Dec 1878, p 1-5, Republished in 1905, Chicago by kin Robert Hall McCormick. One of several sources on the family.

DO NOT REPRODUCE MY DEED PHOTOS or transcription.

Bio researched and written by LSP.

Family Members Parents Photo John Grigsby 1720–1794

Rosanna Etchison Grigsby 1730 – unknown

Spouses Frances Porter Grigsby unknown–1779

Rebecca Anderson Grigsby 1752–1798

Siblings Photo John Grigsby 1752–1842

Sarah Grigsby Welch 1757–1821

Half Siblings Joseph Grigsby 1768–1820

Photo Jane Ashley Grigsby Paxton 1769–1832

Photo Rachael Grigsby McNutt 1771–1840

Photo Martha Grigsby Trimble 1772–1868

Elisha Grigsby 1774–1847

Photo Elizabeth Grigsby McNutt 1776–1842

Frances Grigsby Beckham 1778–1842

Photo Reuben Grigsby 1780–1863

Children Photo Benjamin Grigsby 1770–1810

Photo Etchison Grigsby 1788–1845

Samuel C Grigsby 1790–1869

John Grigsby 1793–1856

Mary Ann was James' 3rd cousin. "Ol John was 2nd Great Grandfather to both.

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