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Note: Went by "David Griffin" as well as OD...OD was used most often to differentiate him from his father. BIBLE RECORDS: In my possession: Original 1848 family bible of Owen D. Griffin. His name is recorded as "Oen" The inside cover is inscribed: Mary B. Griffin David Griffin unreadable word OD Griffin (Oen David) -two initial below that W W (probably John WIlliamson Wood - father in law) almost illegible "Love" David I believe this bible was a wedding gift from Mary and David to OD (Oen David) and his wife Catherine Wood. The initals W W are her father's initials and there are other non legible signatures on the page...(other family members) So, based on this, I am assuming Oen's parents were David Griffin and Mary B. Further research reveals that this David Griffin and Mary B. are David A. Griffin and Mary B. Mahan. *** Owen David was born almost 1 year exactly before his parents were married. Some folks say therefore Mary and David cannot be his parents. However, the bible proves they were. Now I suppose it is possible that David Anthony Griffin could have had another wife before Mary who died in childbirth..I suppose that is possible but regardless it would appear if that were the case that Mary and David raised Owen together as he would have only been 1 year old...so if Mary is not is biological mother...she was certainly the only mother he ever knew. FAMILY BIBLE OF OWEN DAVID GRIFFIN AND CATHERINE WOOD Oen D. Griffin was born Feb 15, 1826 Catherine E. Griffin was born September 28. 1829 John W. Griffin was born September 28, 1850 Thomas O Griffin was born July 27, 1852 AD W. J. W. Griffin Griffin was born April the 1, 1855 AD (James William Wilburn Griffin) May B. Griffin was born 16 Dec 1858 or 9 (Mary Belle Griffin) Corneailer H Griffin was born September the 20 (ink smear) 1861 Luscous C. Griffin was the 19 date 1863 (Lucius Clinton Griffin) Alonzo P Griffin was born March the 31 1866 (Alonzo Pascal Griffin) Richard A Griffin was born December the 26 1869 Births page 2 R.C. Griffin was borned February 2, 1872 A.M. Griffin was borned January 1, 1815 David Griffin was borned August the 29 1877 L.C Griffin was borned September 19, 1868 or 1863 (not sure from writing) G.G. Griffin was borned February the 15 1876 Harvey L. Griffin was borned February 17, 1878 Belle L. Griffin was born April the 25 1890 Mollie M. Griffin was born February 3 1870 L. E Griffin was borned October 23, 1874 C. C. Griffin was borned April 14 1880 Glen A. Griffin was born April the 18 1892 Deaths Page: Cornelias H. Griffin died August the 31 1868 Texas, Boskez R.C. Griffin died October the 6 1874 R. A. Griffin died January 2 1899 O.D. Griffin died Dec 21 1903 (Oen David Griffin) C.E. Griffin died March 15 1910 (Catherine Elizabeth Griffin) Marriages FIRST COLUMN Oen D. Griffin Catherine E. Wood was married the 16 of November 1849 AD WA Whitlock and Belle Griffin was married October 7th 1877 RA Griffin and Mollie Walling was married Dec 1, 1889 J.W. Griffin and Georgia Duke was married August the 12 1888 NEXT COLUMN J.W. Griffin and RA Abbot was married January 15, 1871 T.O. Griffin and (incomplete-completed below later) J.W. Griffin and (incomplete-completed below later) Alonzo P. Griffin and Estelle G. Middlebrook was married January 3 1896 T.O. Griffin and Sallie M. Ferguson was married October the 28 1875 J.W.W. Griffin and M.M. Ford was married November the 21st AD 1875 FAMILY HISTORY RECORDS Family history (form Odessa Griffin - grandaughter of Owen David Griffin) said that Owen came with brother James to Texas. BIOGRAPHY Owen David Griffin was born in Heard Cty GA in 1826 and is the son of Benjamin Griffin and Mary Mahan. This was determined by the inscription on the cover of the 1847 bible which was signed by both his parents and the father of his bride, Catherine Elizabeth Wood. He married Catherine Wood and moved with his wife and family to Texas by 1852 and had 10 children . He was a farmer/tanner. He listed land owned/valued at 750.00 and personal estate of 300.00. Married 55 years. Lived to age of 77. He died from Black Jaundice in 1903 and was buried in the Walling Bend Cemetery, Whitney, Hill Country, Texas. CIVIL WAR SERVICE 5th Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Regiment] was formed in March, 1864, by redesignating the 3rd (Pargouad's) Louisiana Cavalry Regiment. The unit served in the Trans-Mississippi Department and saw light action within its boundaries of Louisiana. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded. Colonel Richard L. Capers was in command. LAND GRANT FROM CIVIL WAR SERVICE From the State of Texas 110 acres to OD Griffin Bosque County on the waters of Rocky Creek December 20, 1883 Catherine filed for his pension. September 22, 1905 OTHER LAND RECORDS - BOSQUE CTY BOSQUE County Texas Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed. Block - Block number. Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded. Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres. Section - Section Number Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the Texas General land Office in Austin. Survey Grantee Abstract OD GRIFFIN O.D. GRIFFIN 903 Texas Land Title Abstracts about O. D. Griffin Grantee: O. D. Griffin Patentee: O. D. Griffin Patent Date: 3 Dec 1883 Acres: 110 District: Milam County: Bosque File: 2736 Patent #: 59 Patent Volume: 15 Class: Mil. Pre BIRTH RECORD - SEE FAMILY BIBLE Per Georgia State Archives, actual birth certificates were not maintained until 1919. Actual birth certificate is unavailable. NOTE: The reason David Griffin never showed up on census records for his father David Griffin and Mary Mahan is that as oldest child he was already married and living near his wife's family in 1850. Earlier census records would not have enumerated him by name. CENSUS RECORDS/OTHER RECORDS 1850 HEARD CTY GA Owen David Griffin is recorded in the 1850 census as being 24 years of age and living in Heard County Georgia. David Griffin age 24 Catharine Griffin age 20 *They are living next door to John Wood and Mary (Catherine's parents) 1850 Obit says this is when they moved to Texas. Obit says they lived in "Eastern part of the state" until they moved to Columbia County Arkansas (during the Civil War...about 1862 because they were in Bosque county when Cornelius H. Griffin Died - His death is recorded in the family bible at "Boskez" 1852 TYLER TEXAS - Son Thomas Owen Griffin is recorded as being born in Tyler Texas on his death cert. 1855 BOWIE TX - Son JWW Griffin is recorded as being born in Bowie Texas on his death cert. 1860 CENSUS - Not able to find them at all. 1864 MARCH - Owen's Application for Indigent Soldier or Sailor of the Confederacy dated July 1899 states he served in the 5th Louisianna Cavalry for 2 years (8 months) in the field. The Cavalry unit he states he served in was not formed until 1864 and the war was completely over by June 1865...? 1870 BOSQUE COUNTY 1870 United States Federal Census about Owen Griffon Name: Owen Griffon Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Age in 1870: 44 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1870: Bosque, Texas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: 750 land, 300 personal estate Post Office: Meridian All in this household can neither read nor write. (Perhaps this is why their name spellings vary from year to year) Says 4 attended school during the year Household Members: Name Age Owen Griffon 44 - Head - Farming Catharine Griffon 39 - Keeping House John W Griffon 20 - Farm Laborer Thomas Griffon 18 - Farm Laborer William M Griffon 15 Bellzora Griffon 11 Clinton Griffon 6 (A)lonza Griffon 4 Wesley Griffon 7/12 1880 BOSQUE CTY TX 1880 Census records indicate that his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in North Carolina Name: O. D. Griffin Home in 1880: Bosque, Texas Age: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Catharin E. Father's birthplace: Virginia Mother's birthplace: North Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farming Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age O. D. Griffin 54 Catharin E. Griffin 50 Lucius C. Griffin 16 Alonza P. Griffin 14 Richd. I. Griffin 10 1900 HILL CTY TEXAS about Duain C Griffin (Owain - Owen) Name: Duain C Griffin (Owain - Owen) Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 4, Hill, Texas Age: 74 Birth Date: Feb 1826 Birthplace: Georgia Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Spouse's Name: Catharine Marriage Year: 1849 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 51 Residence : Justice Precinct 4 (East Part), Hill, Texas Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Duain C Griffin 74 Catharine Griffin 70 BURIAL Whitney Cemetery which contains the graves moved from Walling Bend Cemetery which was flooded when Lake Whitney was put in. All of the following are buried there: John Wood Griffin b.1850 d.1928 John Wood Griffin b. 9-28-1850 d. 11-9-1928 Georgia Griffin b. 5-20-1868 d. 3-9-1907 Harvey R. Griffin b. 1894 d. 1895 Ruffus O. Griffin b. 1872 d. 1874 Boxianor Abbott wife of J. W. Griffin b. 9-22-1858 d. 4-27-1887 J.W.W. Griffin b. 4-1-1855 d. 3-31-1930 (same stone) Mary Mateldin Griffin b. 1-8-1860 d. 2-14-1936 Catherine E. Griffin b. 9-28-1829 d. 3-15-1910 Hattie E. Griffin b. 12-30-1886 d. 8-27-1904 O.D. Griffin b. 2-15-1826 d. 12-21-1903 James A. Griffin b. 1879 d. 1906 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Griffin no dates Almer M. Griffin b. & d. 1875 Richard A. Griffin Mint Ezra Griffin Allman Griffin Wesley Griffin
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