Person:John Grigsby (2)

brother may be Elijah P. Grigsby who married Emily McVey Nov 18 1849 in Rusk county Texas

JACK ROBERT GRIGSBY Leakey, Texas. "I was born in Tyler, Texas, August 26, 1854, coming to this country in November, 1870. I was about sixteen years old when I came here. I was raised an orphan. I don't ever remember seeing my mother, and my father died when I was six or seven years old. After that I lived first one place and another till I came out here. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?wpa:154:./temp/~ammem_zvgG::

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Rusk DIVISION: Rusk REEL NO: 315-31 6 PAGE NO: 501

40 39 39 Grigsby John P. 36 M W Dist Cler 200 SC

41  39   39  Grigsby        Frances        24   F    W TN
                  REMARKS:  maiden name Hamilton
42  40 40  Hamilton  Young H.  23   M   W Tavern Keeper 300    TN

JACK ROBERT GRIGSBY Leakey, Texas. "I was born in Tyler, Texas, August 26, 1854, coming to this country in November, 1870. I was about sixteen years old when I came here. I was raised an orphan. I don't ever remember seeing my mother, and my father died when I was six or seven years old. After that I lived first one place and another till I came out here. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?wpa:154:./temp/~ammem_zvgG::

1. ↑ Family records.

   CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Rusk DIVISION: Rusk REEL NO: 315-31 6 PAGE NO: 501
   
   40 39 39 Grigsby John P. 36 M W Dist Cler 200 SC
   41 39 39 Grigsby Frances 24 F W TN
   REMARKS: maiden name Hamilton
   42 40 40 Hamilton Young H. 23 M W Tavern Keeper 300 TN

   Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae
   1850--see text, 1860 Rusk Texas census

2.   Carolyn Reeves Ericson. Book: Nacogdoches Headrights- Board of Commissioners Records- disposition of land in East Texas. ((Carolyn Reeves Ericson, 1614 Redbud St., Nacogdoches, TX 75961))
   CERTIFICATE # 615.