Elizabeth is widowed on 1840 Carroll census, and has other males in the house; I think possibly Simpson and Sachel are her sons.
Sources
1850 U S Census, Carroll county, Carroll, Kentucky,
Elizabeth Griffeth
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1787
Birthplace: Kentucky
Household ID: 373
House Number: 358
Line Number: 20
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Elizabeth Griffeth F 63 Kentucky
Elisha Griffeth M 21 Kentucky
Elizabeth Griffeth F 18 Kentucky
Francis M White M 14 Kentucky
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M651-XDG : accessed 25 Mar 2014), Elizabeth Griffeth, Carroll county, Carroll, Kentucky, United States; citing family 373, NARA microfilm publication M432.
Suppositions of mine in (xx)
my transcription of 1840 Carroll county
Carroll county 1840
Elizabeth Griffeth -already a widow
-----------males-----females-/- (my speculations)
00-04------------------------/
05-09-------01--------01-----/(?, Elizabeth-18 in 1850)
10-14-------01---------------/(Elisha-21 in 1850)
15-19-------01---------------/(Simpson-24 in 1850)
20-29-------01---------------/(Sashel-30 in 1850)
30-39-----------------01-----/Elizabeth-63 in 1850 (? dates)
40-49-------------------
50-59-------------------
60-69
etc
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