Isaac Newton Grindstaff (1796 - 1871)

Born 17 Sep 1796 in Burke, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Baker) Grindstaff — married 3 Feb 1818 (to before 1827) in Garrard, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Eleanor (Creason) Grindstaff — married 24 Mar 1832 in Boone, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1871 at age 74 in Sullivan, Missouri

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Jennifer Grindstaff [send private message]

Biography

Married four times:

1. Sarah Easton, m. 13 July 1814^[1], mother of Sarah Creason.
2. Jane Baker, m. 3 Feb 1818 in Garrard County, Kentucky^[2], son Henry, daughters Mary Susan Vandiver, & Charlotte Rogers
3. Nancy Grimes, m. 22 June 1827 in Kentucky^[3]
4. Eleanor ("Nellie Creason") Noland divorced from Ashford Noland, Married Boone County, Missouri, 24 March 1832^[4], son Cain Grindstaff.

1820 Isaac Grindstaff is living in Garrard, Kentucky. There are three young female children and a woman age 20-45 in the house. ^[5]

1840 Isaac Grindstaff is living in Parsons Creek, Linn, Missouri. Isaac is 40-50yo, his wife is age 30-40 and male children age under 5, 10-15 and 15-20 and a female child age 10-15. A slightly younger Michael Grindstaff is living next door. ^[6] (5-6yo Cain, 15-16yo Henry and ??)

7 Oct 1850 53yo Isaac, 41yo Ellimen and 14yo Cain are living in Sullivan, Missouri. Henry Grindstaff is two pages back on the census. ^[7]

10 Sept 1860 64yo Isaac, 48yo Elen and 24yo Cain Grindstaff are living in Sullivan, Missouri. Henry Grindstaff is living next door. ^[8]

23 July 1870 74yo Isaac and 58yo Eleanor Grindstaff are living in Penn Township, Sullivan, New Jersey. Isaac is farming. Henry's widow 47yo Sarah Grindstaff and her children are living up the road. ^[9]

Children

Children of Isaac and ??:

1. Henry, b. 1824 Kentucky (living nearby in 1850 and next door in 1860; after his death in 1870 his widow and children are living down the road)

Children of Isaac and Eleanor (Noland) Grindstaff:

1. Cain, b. 1834 Sullivan, Missouri (in the house in 1850 & 1860 Censuses)

Research Notes

Born in North Carolina. Father Jacob Grindstaff died in Kentucky. Mother Susannah Newton. Several different family Isaac Grindstaffs over the years. War of 1812 Veteran in Kentucky. Received a military US Land Warrant "anywhere in the Military Land of Howard County Missouri" (notes from Find a Grave)

Father listed as Henry Grindstaff and mother as Susanna Grindstaff on marriage to Sarah Easton^[1]

Father listed as George Grindstaff on marriage to Jane Baker^[2]

No parents listed on marriage to Nancy Grimes

Isaac C Grindstaff married Nelly Noland (have not located original image)

This looks to be a conflation of several Isaac Grindstaffs.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5D-K4Z : 12 December 2019), Isaac Grindstaff, 1814.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5D-LLB : 12 December 2019), Isaac Grindstaff, 1818.
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5D-BZP : 12 December 2019), Isaac Grindstaff, 1827.
4. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V287-SY7 : 11 February 2018), Isaac C. Grindstaff and Nelly Noland, 25 Mar 1832; citing Boone,Missouri; FHL microfilm 909,125.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-N4Y : accessed 5 January 2020), Isaac Grinstaff, Garrard, Garrard, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 107, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 186,181.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT5-NVZ : 15 August 2017), Isaac Grindstaff, Parsons Creek, Linn, Missouri, United States; citing p. 246, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 225; FHL microfilm 14,856.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ5-69D : 29 October 2019), Isaac Grindstaff, Sullivan county, Sullivan, Missouri, United States; citing family 319, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZV-9YB : 14 December 2017), Isaac Grindstaff, 1860.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FQ-VJ6 : 13 June 2019), Isaac Grindstaff, 1870.

• "Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 January 2020), memorial page for Isaac Newton Grindstaff (16 Sep 1796–7 Jul 1871), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38153130, citing Hamilton Cemetery, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA
• Death certificate