Charles Griffith Merrick (abt. 1786 - 1851)

Born about 1786 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Hall — married about 1818 in Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 1851 at about age 65 in Lamar County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Griffith Merrick settled in the Republic of Texas before February 19, 1846.

Charles Griffith Merrick—who used his middle name almost exclusively—was born about 1786. He moved his family to Texas in the fall of 1839, and he passed away in 1851.

Sources

• Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families. (Chicago, Illinois; F.A. Battey & Company, 1889), 587-588. Portions of book available online at https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1151235/. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannin County Historical Commission.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-6GG : 19 November 2020), Griffith Merrick household, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States; citing page 199, line 14, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 122; FHL microfilm 193,684, enumerated 7 August 1820. See also Ancestry Record 7734 #994967. Note that William Merrick is head of the adjacent household, line 15.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-M8P : 19 November 2020), Griffith Merick household, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States; citing 324, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 176, page 324, line 16; FHL microfilm 24,534. See also Ancestry Record 8058 #708061. Note that his mother, Rachel (Hawkins) Merick is head of the adjacent household, line 17.

• Texas, U.S., Land Title Abstracts, 1700-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Texas General Land Office. Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and Locations. Austin, TX, USA. Grantee: Griffith Merrick; Certificate: 91; Patentee: Griffith Merrick; Patent Date: 15 August 1845; Acres: 640; District: Lamar, Nacogdoches, Paschall; County: Hopkins; File: 8; Patent #: 208; Patent Volume: 1; Class: R. R. 3rd. Ancestry Record 5112 #191980.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLL-7TG : 17 December 2020), Griffith Merrick household, Precinct 4, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing family 196; enumerated 8 Nov 1850; NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). See also Ancestry Record 8054 #1040164. Household members:
  • Griffith Merrick, Male, 64, Virginia
  • Elizabeth Merrick, Female, 50, Virginia
  • George W Merrick, Male, 20, Illinois [sic; Tennessee]
  • Charles M Merrick, Male, 17, Illinois [sic; Tennessee]
  • Eliza Merrick, Female, 10, Illinois [sic; Texas]

• U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Record 1276 #764193. Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Precinct 4, Lamar County, Texas; Archive Collection Number: T1134; Roll: 2; Page: 461; Line: 18; Schedule Type: Agriculture; Enumerated 7 Nov 1850. Acres Improved: 25; Acres Unimproved: 775; Cash Value of Farm: 800; Value of Farming Implements & Machinery: 100; Horses: 8; Milk Cows: 7; Working Oxen: 2; Other Cattle: 15; Sheep: 20; Swine: 50; Value of Livestock: 510; Wheat, Bushels: 20; Indian Corn, Bushels: 500.

See also:

• Stephanie Piefer Niemeyer, "Merrick, George Washington," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December 20, 2020, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/merrick-george-washington. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. George Washington Merrick was a son of Griffith Merrick and Elizabeth Hall.

• Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Company, 1889; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978). Mary Helen Haines, "A Short History of the 22nd, 31st and 34th Texas Cavalries of North Texas" (https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/mcfarlandcsa.html), accessed 19 November 2020. Permalink saved to Internet Wayback Machine 21 December 2020.