Robert Hinds Grigsby (1831 - 1875)

Born 6 Jul 1831 in Crawford, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Augusta Eleanor (Helms) Grigsby — married 15 Nov 1865 in Anderson, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1875 at age 44 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Robert Hinds Grigsby was born in 1831 in Illinois, he died in Texas in 1875.

Robert was the son of John Grigsby and Hester Sharp.

He married Augusta Eleanor Helms.^[1]

1870 US Census^[2]
Name Age
R M Grigsby 39
Augusta Grigsby 24
Robert Grigsby 3
Ellen Grigsby 7/12
Jessie Price 10 (domestic servant in the Census)
John Grigsby 1 (not transcribed, but in the image)

Note that the census image and transcription had "R M Grigsby", but his age and the names and ages of his wife and all his children matches other US Census records. Should have been "R H Grigsby", apparently an error by the Census taker.

Robert Hinds Grigsby died in 1875, but the 1880 US Census shows two additional children after the 1870 US Census above.

Robert Hinds Grigsby's wife was named Augusta Eleanor Helm. After the death of her husband, she apparently moved in with her brother, T A Helm in the 1880 Census.

1880 US Census^[3]
Name Age
T. A. Helm 27
E Helm 24
T Helm 3
E Helm 1
A. Grigsby 32 (Augusta Eleanor (Helm) Grigsby)
R Grigsby 13 (Robert Henderson Grigsby)
J. D. Grigsby 11 (John Davis Grigsby)
Greg Grigsby 9 (Guy Grigsby, error in the Census or transcription)
May Grigsby 7

Two additional children, Greg and May now show up which were not in the 1870 US Census.

"Greg" is wrong though. Later US Census records list him correctly as "Guy Grigsby".

After Robert's death, in multiple applications for a military pension for his wife Augusta, some witnesses and Augusta herself refer to Robert as "Robert Hinds 'Dock' Grigsby". I don't understand the context or meaning of the nickname Dock, but it is repeated several times in those official documents.

Timeline

Robert Hinds Grigsby was born around 1831.

Robert Hinds Grigsby was the son of John Grigsby and Hester Sharp.

His mother, Hester Sharp, died in about 1831.

John Grigsby remarried to Elizabeth (or Eliza) Louisa Thompson in 1833.

John and Louisa moved from Illinois to Texas in 1834 along with the 8 children of John and Hester Sharp.

John Grigsby, Louisa and all 8 of their children appear in the Tax Records taken in 1835 in the Teneha District of the Texas Territory, Robert appears as:^[4]

Name: Robert Grigsby
State: TX
County: Texas Territory
Township: Teneha District
Year: 1835
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839

Sources

1. ↑ Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, FHL Film Number: 987141
2. ↑ US Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Anderson, Texas; Roll: M593_1573; Page: 25B; Family History Library Film: 553072
3. ↑ US Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 1, Anderson, Texas; Roll: 1288; Page: 66B; Enumeration District: 002
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999, Souced from TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839

See also:

• 1850 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 8054 #6978844;

Name: Robert H Grigley; [Robert H Grigsby]
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1850: Anderson, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 30

Household Members:
Name Age
Markus T Mead 42
Elizabeth Mead 28
Welburn M Mead 17
Mary E Mead 16
Nancy S J Mead 14
James R Mead 1
James Grigley 21
Robert H Grigley 18
Hooper A Moore 25. Image