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Martha Payne (Stanfield) Griffitts (1811 - 1887)

Martha Payne Griffitts formerly Stanfield
Born in Greene, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of and
Wife of — married about 1827 in Georgetown, Bradley, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died at age 75 in Unitia, Loudon, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

Martha (Stanfield) Griffitts was a Tennessean.
Martha (Stanfield) Griffitts was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Married George Martin Griffitts 14 Jul 1827 in Blount County, Tennessee.[1]

1860 Census, 3rd District, Blount, Tennessee:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Griffitts Male 51 Tennessee
Martha Griffitts Female 51 Tennessee
John R Griffitts Male 22 Tennessee
Julia A Griffitts Female 19 Tennessee
Nancy C Griffitts Female 13 Tennessee
Mary J Griffitts Female 13 Tennessee
George M Griffitts Male 10 Tennessee
Harvey Ried Male 15 Tennessee
Mary Lunsford Female 35 Tennessee

[2]

1870 Census, Blount County, Tennessee:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Griffitts Male 60 Tennessee
Martha T Griffitts Female 60 Tennessee
George M Griffitts Male 20 Tennessee
Nancy E Griffitts Female 18 Tennessee
Sarah Johnson Female 13 Tennessee

[3]

In 1880 Martha age 68 was keeping house for William E. and Nancy J. Sheddan in Blount County. The census noted that she was suffering from diarrhoea. [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X852-YWP : 11 February 2018), George Griffitts and Martha Stanfield, 14 Jul 1827; citing Blount County, Tennessee, reference 1137; FHL microfilm 2,073,672.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YS-NJZ : 12 December 2017), Martha Griffitts in entry for George Griffitts, 1860.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8J-XPV : 13 June 2019), Martha T Griffitts in entry for George Griffitts, 1870.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7G-JT2 : 15 July 2017), Martha P Griffitts in household of Wm E Sheddan, Unitia, Loudon, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 218, sheet 420C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,267.




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