Person:Samuel Griswold (15)

Subj: Found info on the Samuel Griswold, gun manufacturer Date: 3/22/2000 2:31:59 PM Eastern Standard Time From: RAG LADY

Son of Jeremiah Griswold & Phoebe Case. Nice picture of the gun as well. Little info on Samuel as below. Gloria

http://southerntrading.freeservers.com/gris.html The Confederate Griswold and Gunnison revolver was manufactured by Samuel Griswold from 1862 to 1864. Basically a copy of the 1851 Navy, it differed from the Colt with it's brass frame , round barrel and unengraved cylinder. Hammer, loading lever, and trigger are case hardened.

Bbl.length:7 1/2"; O.A.L.: 13"; Weight: 2 lbs. 12 oz; Rec. Ball Dia.: .375 RB for .36 Cal., .451 RB for .44 Cal.

Subj: Found more info on Samuel Griswold, son of Jeremiah & Phoebe

http://www.lincolncountyga.org/The%20Cotton%20Gin.htm

Again, a nice picture of the Gin Mill. And Clinton GA is where the Griswold Assoc. said Samuel died, so has to be the same man. Gloria

THE COTTON GIN The early settlers brought with them the cultures and trades of their homelands, but the necessity of living off the land in their new environment required them to become farmers. Cotton and tobacco were grown as money crops. Cotton became "king" only after the cotton gin was invented.

    The Lincoln County Historical Society has restored a mule-powered cotton gin that dates back to the 1830's or 1840's.  This is the oldest operating gin in the country.  Once owned by Tolliver Lamar Rees Estate in Wilkes County, the gin was donated to the society by Lawton Eugene Rees in 1984.  In 1994, the society began meeting on Wednesday to build a gin house and put the actual gin together, creating the same environment the gin once knew.
   The gin was designed from scratch, but patterned somewhat after the gin presently operating at Westville Historical Village in Lumpkin, Georgia.  It was manufactured in Clinton (Jones County), Georgia, by Samuel Griswold around 1830-1840.
   Run by animal power, it operates efficiently inside the gin house. Mules walk in a circle on the bottom level, turning the power train and the cotton gin saws located on the top floor.  As cotton is placed into the cotton gin, the moving saws extract the lint from the cotton seed and is blown through a chute into the lint room at the back of the house. The seed fall into a storage bin to be kept for other uses.  In its heyday, a gin in the Lincolnton area enabled farmers to produce two bales of cotton each day.  The ginned, baled cotton would then be gathered from farmers and brought to the river, where long, open-faced Petersburg boats would slowly transport the cotton to Augusta for sale.

ubj: Just one more.....<grin> Date: 3/22/2000 2:52:36 PM Eastern Standard Time From: RAG LADY

I'm finding this stuff interesting ...... sure hope you all do to.

http://www.hollidaydental.com/caution/hist1011.htm BATTLE OF GRISWOLDVILLE Southern forces suffered resounding defeat at Griswoldville

By James Palmer The Macon Telegraph

A freak snowfall had landed around Griswoldville in late November 1864. That meant the force of Georgia Militia was marching through freezing slosh as it made its way from Macon to Augusta. The militia was charged with protecting a key ammunition supply in the east Georgia City.

When the milita arrived in Griswoldville, it found the town had been burned Nov. 21 by Sherman's troops as they marched to the sea. Union forces destroyed Samuel Griswold's Confederate arms plant in the process.

About 2,300 members of Georgia Militia, made up mostly of young boys and old men under the command of Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Phillips, ran into a Union force of 1,500 battle-hardened troops east of the town.

Thinking he held the upper hand, Phillips ordered his troops to attack. The battle began at 3 p.m. Nov. 22 with Confederate troops making a full, frontal assault on entrenched Union positions. Union troops, commanded by Brig. Gen. C.C. Walcutt, had Spencer repeating rifles, compared to the Southern troops' outdated muskets.

What followed was a three-hour battle that was not much more than a slaughter. Confederate troops repeatedly charged the Union positions and were cut down. Southern casualties were almost 100 killed and 500 wounded. Union forces had 13 dead and 86 wounded.

"Old, gray-haired men and weakly looking men and little boys not over 15 years old lay dead or writhing in pain," wrote one Union officer.

To get to the Griswoldville battlefield site, take U.S. 80 east to Ga. 57 toward Gordon. Turn left onto Henderson Road. Go about 1 1/4 miles and turn onto Griswoldville Road, just before Henderson Road cross train tracks. This portion of Griswoldville Road is unmarked. Go about 1 1/2 miles to Baker Road. Turn left and look for the battlefield site on the left.[WmtheConqueror.GED]