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 A BROKEN LIMB
 by Linda J. Griffis		Global TreeClubsMy GenCirclesSmartMatching
Joel Griffis4 SmartMatches
Birth:1803 in Montgomery County, Georgia
Death:1871 in Clinch County, Georgia
Sex:M
Father:Samuel B. Griffis, Sr b. 1775 in Four Holes, Orangeburg District, South Carolina
Mother:Nancy LNU (American Indian) b. Unknown
  

Spouses & Children 
Elizabeth Bennett (Wife) b. 1807 in Bulloch County, Georgia
Marriage: 1841 in Clinch County, Georgia
Children: 
  1. Sarah (Sallie) Griffis b. 1842 in Clinch County, Georgia
  2. DescendantsDixon Griffis b. 1 Jan 1844
  3. DescendantsNancy Griffis b. 1845 in Ware (Clinch) County, Georgia
  4. Elizabeth Griffis b. 1848 in Clinch County, Georgia
  5. DescendantsJohn Griffis b. 15 Sep 1850 in Clinch County, Georgia
  6. Noah Griffis b. 1855
 
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Joel moved with his parents to Appling county in his youth. He did not marry until he was nearly 40 years old. For several yars after marriage they lived on lot of land No. 310, 12th district of Clinch county, (but at the time Ware County). He sold out to Abraham Hargraves of Ware county in 1851, and moved to the southwest corner of Clinch county, wehre he located on lot of land No. 149, 12th district, and lived until his death in 1871.
Joel was captain of the militia in the 719th district, Ware County (territory now in Clinch and Echols), 1835-1840. He served a short volunteer term of enlistment in Capt. Levi J. Knight's independent company of Lowndes County militia in 1838.
His widow was baptized into Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, in Clinch County, August 22, 1872, and was dismissed by letter February 10, 1977.
She died at an advance age in about 1895.
Joel is buried at Wayfare Church, Echols County, Georgia Taken from the Griffis Family Book written by Mr. Robert James Robinson

Census Reference: 1830, 1840 Ware County, 1850, 1860,1870 Clinch County, Georgia


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Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
Joel Griffis of S.Lange's Family Trees
Joel Griffis of walden leg
Joel Griffis of Young Family Of Georgia
Joel Griffis of Bogers Family Info

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