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William Rotan Griffith

Male 1817 - Bef 1868  (50 years)


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  • Name William Rotan Griffith 
    Birth 1816-1817  Caldwell County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1868  Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I36692  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2015 

    Father Daniel Winfrey Griffith,   b. 0___ 1792, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1868, (Pleasant Ridge, Fulton County, Arkansas) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Margaret Rotan,   b. Abt 1794, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1850 (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1816  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1850  Butler County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1860  Pleasant Ridge, Fulton County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F13505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Walden,   b. Abt 1820, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 19 Mar 1840  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 8] 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1860  Strawberry, Lawrence County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Daniel Griffith,   b. 27 Dec 1842, Sparta, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1933, Ash Flat, Sharp County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F13506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1816-1817 - Caldwell County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Mar 1840 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 0___ 1860 - Strawberry, Lawrence County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 1868 - Howell County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Here is all that I have from the report made for Foster C. Griffith in the late 1800's, by the Welsh Genealogist, Thomas Allen Griffith (some added by family members after the report was turned in) XVI. Winfrey Dan Griffith, b. abt 1792 in Spartanburg District (96), Spartanburg, SC, the fourth or fifth son of William Wells and Elizabeth Griffith. He married Margaret Rotan, daughter of William Rotan, abt 1815 or 1816. Margaret was born 1794-95 in SC.

      As of this writing, primary evidence has not yet been located that definitely establishes Dan as a son of William Wells; however, significant evidence places Dan with Wells' family throughout their migration from SC to KY.

      In his will, Wells leaves a portion of the family farm to his son Winfrey; however, no census, tax, probate or other records can be found for a Winfrey Griffith. Dan Griffith is listed in two of the original land grants to Wells and shows up on Christian Co., KY tax rolls in 1813 (the year he would have turned 21) immediately following the entry for Wells and again in 1816.

      Dan is further linked to Wells' family by the birth of his first son, William Rotan Griffith in 1817 in KY and the fact that he named his second son Wells. It is the opinion of Lewis G. Griffith and this author ? that Dan is, in fact, the Winfrey listed in Wells' will.

      Hope you can take this info and run with it.

      Barbara Anne [9]
    • Clues to the Rotan | Griffith families...

      This is all I have for my Grandfather's Grandmother:

      Martha Rotan Griffith married William B. Denton -1868 (?do not know where)

      I did find the marriage date and a list of their children, and Martha's last name is spelled Grifatt.

      William was born in Tenn., was in the Civil War, and died in Ark. So she could have been from Anywhere.

      Maybe there would be hints in family names (some altered naming pattern) the couples' children...

      Susie Ella*, Luther, George, Willie, Lillie, O'Dell,Sarah, Nora, Julia, Isom, James,

      The only real place names I have is White co. Tenn., Sharp & Lawrence co. Ark., and Susie probably died in Des Moines ,Iowa.

      I know this is a long shot, but never hurts!

      Thanks all, Good luck!

      J.C.Mitchell [10]

  • Sources 
    1. [S50888] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPJM-Y2Q.

    2. [S8620] "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-6LH : accessed 27 Nov.

    3. [S8621] "William Rotan Griffith (1816-1867", biography, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File.

    4. [S50892] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SY1R-H3M.

    5. [S50949] http://www.griffith.dna.rdgriffith.com/Trees/kydivor/ghtout/np3.htm#iin1325.

    6. [S8619] "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZQ-C85 : acc.

    7. [S8618] "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W9-MLQ : accessed 27 Nov.

    8. [S50889] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPJM-YLP.

    9. [S50891] http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=435&p=surnames.griffith.

    10. [S50894] http://genforum.genealogy.com/rotan/messages/18.html.


  

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