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Nse'-rHs rovSbsas 90 rsr rAcAbEsr-coSTIzssD
To ~ Elsssrs sf As ESes Prass
0ps more letter
sfter ihis kops 70 give yss, gentlemen. n. on
the snbjsct Of the Acadsmy ani to shat
hual ose, 1 will add some Addsala, and
Errats, provided there be sny facts TO be
sddsd-o or errors 70 be reeii6ed And, in
the belief that there are many Of your read.
ers Who, BY reason Of their better memory
or longer life. are able 10 sst me right where
am srong. make this fdal appeal to the
old residents Of jefferson, to aid me. either
With thar own pens, or with those Of aman.
uenses, IN this efJrt TO rescue from oblivion
The early history Of these settlement. I
hasten 90, nov. towards the epd Of the lis,
XAXVIIL- Thoaas Griygs This ven.
cradle old gentleman, with houipg white
locks, and, fair top bosts-a regular atteod.
ant on public worship some 80 odd years
sgo-vas the father sf DR. Lee Griggs, aud
bis brothers Thomas aud Jsmea, and was
father in'law Of Hsr6eld Tinberlake. He
was native Of Lovland Virginia; aud re.
moved TO the choice lands, in this garden.
spot Of the Valley, at an early period Of
Gen, George Washisgton's gigantic land op-
erations in this neigh hborhood I believe be
was connected, In some way, with Gen. W.'s
business operations this side Of the Blue
hidge.
SXXIX- Bszja,ais S,ydkey.-I have
NJ further kBosiedgs Of this geptIeman.
than thsthe was the father Of Col Strother,
Of Bath Springs, Morgan Co also, father.
10 Law to Cate Moore, Benjamin Pendleton,
Richard Dufield, (by last wife, bis 6rst be.
ing Miss Darke, As per Ne 30)-also,
grandfather Of Joseph and Smith Crane,
sre Of Mrs. joe y Abe!l
1L -Tnoaas Rzihekgogd, sea-Father
OF \, and XXtII, which see, 10 preyisus
Nos Of these Sketches. lie was proprietor
Of the estate nov held by james ii Brown.
His widoS-naiden name Drusilla Swear
ingeu-died about 1917. A very large
train followed her corpse 90 the grave T6e
Rev. John Matthews, afterwards Theolog
zeal Professor at New Albany, Ind bat
previous 10 1917 Missionary TO the Nat.
chez coonury, Mississippi TeTritory ? rescued
= sermon at the house, aud then delivered a
paDgeht bat teGder address to the Tetiuuc
Of African servants st the grave, whose grief
vas iBeeptEollable.
XII Robert RKfherIsrd The descend.
ants Of this gentleman are 90 numerous, aud
the different branches are so rauifrd, that
l must not 90 into minute detail, IS to the
present gsuers,ion. FIRST, must state tha,
he was brother Of XL,--snd that be lived
just above aud adjoining him-beipg propri.
stor Of the Fleuing Spring Mill aud Farm,
aud resident there. He Was . member of
Congress, aud vas 10 public life during the
Revolutionary War His-dwslliug was Of
ten stripped Of comforts, through the pa.
tfisi!e libefaliiS ef himsslf asd ziEe, 10 sup-
ply the necessities of continental soldiers.
The father Of these two gentlemen (Ha Hagh
Ru,heFf0rdl accompanied his sons from Car
oline, their native oouRty--at sH early day.
say l72S OF 30 Tho Fsi-is-eh Rsga died
a. the FlosiBg Spring, sod Was buried there
The son Robert died in the secoHd or third
year Of the present centary. lie lsft no
sous but bad SIX daughters the youngest
Of whom, Mrs Eleanor BfoEn, with her
husband, James Brown, Is Bou residing in
this tosn. Eaoh Of thea VeperAble rsbrs.
seRiatives Of . former sentaty is more than
fourseors years old sad, though feeble IN
health, they have borne ths Tigors Of The
passing winter silh admiFable fersitude
The other danghtsrs-goiBg back, though
not in the order Of seniority were as fol.
lows 2, Mrs. CoHradg Who becAmea widow,
and afterwards married De- jos Wilson
Davis She was the mother OF Mrs Maria
Hamnssa and ef Mrs Mary Hsmpbreys,
vito Of John Humphreys 3, Mrs Bsdin.
ger. wife Of Daniel, aud mother of Henry
Bsdingsr 4, MEs Hits, (see No. VLlD
5, Job0 Morrow, (see No III J 6, Mrs.
Psyt0o, Uifo Of Jsbb Peytoa. aud mother.
in.iaE Of w L. Clark Tbs mother a
Capt William Little. aud grandmother Of
The present wm Little aud Of the late Ms
Elisabeth CTsighill, Vas . step daughter Of
Mr. Robert Rutherford Her maidsa hame
vas Hows--kor mother beiBg the sidou
Hove when she married dF Rathefflrd
IL Il said that RoeeFt Rathsfford opened
the Gfst store that was kebt IN Winehss,ss
Ia che will of THE gsn.lsman, datsdJsn.
3, is02--soms ssyen yesFs after his sgb.
asFiDtioa TO Ihs Aesdomy--hs makes ~.
qasss ef ons hasdfed Poasds. le333 S5i J
20 Be divided smongsi ths most deserving
psor of bis neighboFhood asd ah0lhsr, q
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