Person:John Griffin (60)

Daughters Margaret and Sibella gave testimony in 1853 and 1854 in an effort to obtain Revolutionary War pension money.

Margaret Griffin Pruett's testimony of 1853 stated that her mother left six heirs in 1840 and that five were living in 1853: Hugh, Selia, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Siby.

Sibella Hamilton's testimony of 1 May 1854 stated the following: 1. She (Sibella Hamilton) was 48 2. Hugh, age 64, was her only surviving brother. There were two other brothers who were older.

The following were her surviving sisters: 3. Selia Cunningham, age 47 4. Elizabeth B Hamilton, age 55 5. Margaret Pruett, age 52

The following was copied from the RootsWeb database of William Hackney:

" Genealogical Notes:

   Griffin, John was born in Orange Co., N.C. about 1752 and served as a Private under Col. Thackston & Col Lytle in the Fourth North Carolina Regiment over a seven year period. He was promoted to Captain in 1778. In his pension application, filed from Maury Co., in 1828, he stated that he had lost an affidavit from his superior officer affirming his service during the Revolutionary War. Evidently, for lack of proof of service, he never received a pension.He married Jane_______in 1783 and immigrated to Gibson Co., Tenn. and, in 1807, to Maury Co., settling near the south of Fountain Creek. They had seven children, several of whom settled in Maury Co. He died 28 Dec 1829 and his wife returned to Gibson Co., where she died in 1840.
   Ref:
   T.P.T.W. Pg D-157
   Maury Co. Cemeteries by Fred L. Hawkins pg. 442"