Nancy Gaskins Griffin was born in 1839 to Harmon Gaskins and Malissa Gaskins.[1] She married Solomon Griffin about 1856.[2] Solomon and Nancy had 11 children, 9 of whom were living in 1910.[3][4] Nancy died on August 17, 1917 in Berrien County, Georgia.[5] She is buried in Griffin Cemetery, Berrien County, Georgia.[5]
United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch 1850 Census, Nancy Gaskins in household of Harmon Gaskins, Lowndes county, part of, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing family 683, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch 1860 Census, Nancy Griffin in the household of Solomon Griffin, Berrien, Georgia, 1860.
United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch 1870 Census, Nancy Griffin in the household of Solomon Griffin, District 1148, Berrien County, Georgia, United States; citing p. 73, family 464, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,634.
United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch 1880 Census, Nancy Griffin in the household of Solomon Griffin, District 1148, Berrien, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 626C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0134; FHL microfilm 1,254,134.
United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch 1900 Census, Nancy Griffin in the household of Solomon Griffin, Militia District 1157 Nashville town, Berrien, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 7B, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,180.
United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch 1910 Census, Nancy Griffin in household of John T Griffin, Nashville, Berrien, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 5B, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 172; FHL microfilm 1,374,185.
Find A Grave, database and images FindaGrave, memorial page for Nancy Gaskins Griffin (29 Aug 1840–19 Aug 1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 51831138, citing Griffin Cemetery, Berrien County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by searcher (contributor 47109559).
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