John Wilton Grigsby1

Male, #431, (1867 - 1929)

FatherJohn Wallace Grigsby2 b. c 1844, d. b 1880
MotherElizabeth (?)2 b. 1844

Birth*1867 John Wilton Grigsby was born in 1867 in Virginia.3 
(Witness) Census18701 Jun 1870 He was listed as a household member living with John Wallace Grigsby on the 1870 census in King George County, Virginia.4 
Marriage*circa 1892 John Wilton Grigsby married Eva Mae Rowley circa 1892.5,6 
Census1920*1 Jan 1920 John Wilton Grigsby was listed as the head of household on the 1920 census in King George County, Virginia.7 
Death*1929 He died in 1929.8 
Burial* He was buried in King George County, Virginia.9 

Family

Eva Mae Rowley b. 1868, d. 1940
Children

Last Edited 3 Oct 2005

Citations

  1. [S25] Jeff Clark, Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Online Database http://www.rootsweb.com/~vakingge/cemetery/ShilohCem.htm, accessed 19 Sep 2001, Name on gravemarker: John Wilton Grigsby. Hereinafter cited as Shiloh Church Cemetery.
  2. [S44] 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, p.23, family 157, lists John W. Grigsby, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  3. [S25] Shiloh Church Cemetery, Birth date on gravemarker: 1867.
  4. [S44] 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, p. 23, line 13, dwelling 157, family 157, John W. Grigsby household (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.), image 127 of 150.
  5. [S54] Grigsby Family, Informal Genealogical Notes, Nancy Stewart Smith, Personal papers of Keith Dishman, Alpharetta, Georgia.
  6. [S49] 1930 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, ED 50-6, Shiloh District, Sheet 9A, Household 197. Age at first marriage for Eva May Rowley was given as 25., electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2003), http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  7. [S48] 1920 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), King George County, Virginia, Wilton J. Grigsby household, ED 61, Shiloh District, Sheet 7A, line 59, electronic image, (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc.,2002), image 13 of 15, http://www.ancestry.com, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC).
  8. [S25] Shiloh Church Cemetery, Death date on gravemarker: 1929.
  9. [S289] King George County Historical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of King George County, Virginia; Volume 1 Church Cemeteries (King George, VA: King George County Historical Society, 2000), p. 194, Shiloh Baptist Church, John Wilton Grigsby entry.
 

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