A Family Line from Virginia That Migrated to Kentucky and Then Indiana
"Grishaw" is apparently a derived name from another name - probably Grimshaw or, possibly, Grischau or Grischow (German names). Most of the earliest records for Isaac Spice Grimshaw apparently find him in Virginia. These records indicate that he had the name "Grishaw" from the time of his arrival in America or his birth in Virginia - it was not a mistake of a census taker, for example. Isaac married "Lettuce" (probably Leticia, Letitia or Lettrice) in Virginia, and the couple had seven children - Susan, Priscilla, Elizabeth, William, Hannah, Isaac and Martha. Most, if not all, of the family migrated to Kentucky, and many subsequently moved to Indiana.
Most records found on the internet indicate that Isaac was born in Virginia, but one website indicates that he was born in Scotland. If this record is accurate it is much more likely that his family was originally the Lancastrian "Grimshaw" than of German origins:
70. Isaac Spice GRISHAW was born about 1755 in Scotland. He died 18 May 1835 in Pulaski Co. Kentucky. Isaac Spice GRISHAW married Lettrice GRISHAW.
71. Lettrice GRISHAW was born about 1774 in Viginia. She died about 1840 in Campbell Co. Virginia.
Source: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~satcover/weaver/aqwg07.htm#67
In addition, internet search indicates that "Grimshaw" had been shortened to "Grishaw" in at least one census in Yorkshire. Isaac Grishaw's family line is included on the "Grimshaw Origins" website in the likelihood that it was originally a Grimshaw family line.
 | Webpage Credits |
Thanks go to Bryce Stevens for providing the information on this webpage. The GEDCOM and Rich Text Files that he provided indicate thorough and well documented research. Bryce has also developed a very nice website; the link to Isaac Spice and Lettuce Grishaw on it is shown below:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bstevens/wooley.html#anchor686666
A picture of Isaac and Lettuce's great-granddaughter, Martha Jane (Wooly) Shaw can be found at:
Thanks also go to Laura Mitchell for providing information and a photo of one of Isaac and Lettuce Grishaw's descendants, Matilda (Grishaw) Fish as well as a number of grave photos.
| Summary Descendant Chart |
Bryce Stevens has provided a GEDCOM file that was used to derive the following summary descendant chart. Additional detail on the descendants are provided further down on this webpage.
Isaac Spice Grishaw (About 1750 - Before 18 May 1835) & Lettuce (_____) Grishaw' (SeeNotes - )
|---Susan Spica Grishaw (About 1776 - ) & John Ratekin (About 1775 - )
|---|---Nancy Radican (12 Feb 1802 - 29 Apr 1870) & William Wooley (1805 - 11 Feb 1898)
|---|---|---Martha Jane Wooley (15 Aug 1830 - About Oct 1896) & Catlett Taliaferro Shaw (27 Oct 1826 - 8 Mar 1898)
|---|---|---|---Lucy Jane Shaw* (8 May 1849 - 17 Jun 1906) & Nim Myer Hager (About 1845 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Martha Isadora Hager (About 1871 - ) & George Miller
|---|---|---|---|---William M Hager (About 1873 - )
|---|---|---|---Lucy Jane Shaw* (8 May 1849 - 17 Jun 1906) & Nicholas Ebeneezer Hammon (31 Oct 1850 - 5 Jul 1920)
|---|---|---|---|---Rufus Ole Hammon (29 Oct 1880 - 17 Mar 1901)
|---|---|---|---|---Merton Alva Hammon (30 Aug 1882 - 11 Nov 1884)
|---|---|---|---|---John Elbridge Hammon (16 Aug 1884 - 15 May 1978) & Erma Pratt (8 Jan 1895 - 28 May 1981)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Laura Lucille Hammon (27 Feb 1915 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Eva June Hammon* (14 Jun 1916 - 19 Feb 2004)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Eva June Hammon* (14 Jun 1916 - 19 Feb 2004)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Norman Emerton Hammon (4 Sep 1918 - 20 Sep 1999)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Blanche Violet Montana Hammon (24 Dec 1919 - Nov 1951)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Edith Marie Hammon (4 Nov 1923 - 11 Mar 1924)
|---|---|---|---|---|---John Elbridge Hammon (17 May 1925 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Dorothy Jean Hammon (10 Dec 1926 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Deloris Imogene Hammon (12 May 1928 - 26 Mar 1938)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Maybeth Ann Hammon (25 Apr 1931 - 1971)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Rufus Edward Hammon (30 Aug 1932 - 1990)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Franklin Dallas Hammon (15 Nov 1936 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Rissa Edith Hammon (17 Sep 1886 - 25 Mar 1979) & George Dallas Henderson (25 Feb 1875 - 20 Mar 1941)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Verna Henderson* (26 Jan 1908 - 2 Apr 1997)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Verna Henderson* (26 Jan 1908 - 2 Apr 1997)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Bertha Henderson* (14 May 1909 - 1993)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Bertha Henderson* (14 May 1909 - 1993)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Mildred Leslie Henderson (27 Jan 1919 - 7 Feb 1919)
|---|---|---|---|---|---L J Henderson
|---|---|---|---George F. Shaw (About 1851 - )
|---|---|---|---John H Shaw (About 1854 - )
|---|---|---|---Rachel E Shaw (About 1856 - )
|---|---|---|---Joseph E Shaw (About 1861 - )
|---|---|---Elizabeth Ann Wooley (3 Dec 1832 - 28 Jul 1897) & William Kelly (1 Jan 1826 - 12 Jan 1881)
|---|---|---|---James William Kelly (After 1851 - )
|---|---|---|---Nancy Elizabeth Kelly (After 1851 - ) & Flavis Ross
|---|---|---|---Rachel Ellen Kelly (After 1851 - ) & Marion Monroe
|---|---|---|---Jesse Kelly (After 1851 - ) & Cinda Moore
|---|---|---|---Cyntha Kelly (After 1851 - )
|---|---|---James W. Wooley* (16 Mar 1834 - 8 Feb 1905) & Mary Emeline Suits (22 Aug 1833 - 12 Jan 1881)
|---|---|---|---Fannie Thompson Wooley (4 Jun 1855 - 3 Nov 1881) & George Robert Suddath
|---|---|---|---John William Wooley (16 Apr 1857 - 14 Oct 1918) & Emeline Brown (29 Apr 1860 - 4 Apr 1947)
|---|---|---|---|---William Harrison Wooley (9 Feb 1878 - 12 Feb 1901)
|---|---|---|---|---James H Wooley (12 Feb 1880 - 23 Aug 1882)
|---|---|---|---|---Mary Magnola Wooley (25 Aug 1882 - 25 Aug 1882)
|---|---|---|---|---Solomonia Wooley (18 Oct 1885 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Elonzo R R Wooley (22 Apr 1889 - 3 Jan 1949)
|---|---|---|---|---Myrtle Ann Wooley (27 Nov 1891 - ) & Obediah Dean
|---|---|---|---|---Ada Francis Wooley (11 Sep 1898 - 25 Jun 1963) & Vernie Jones
|---|---|---|---Harrison Osborn Wooley (30 Apr 1859 - 4 Apr 1939) & Sarah Casandra Helm (5 Feb 1861 - 28 Mar 1919)
|---|---|---|---|---Edith Gertrude Wooley (20 Sep 1881 - 22 Dec 1966) & Oliver Eugene Nix (15 Jan 1874 - 1 Feb 1968)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Carl Everett Nix (15 Jan 1904 - 20 Oct 1956)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Olive Edith Nix
|---|---|---|---|---|---Amy Esther Nix (3 Sep 1908 - 10 Dec 1973)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Catherine Nix
|---|---|---|---|---|---Helen Margaret Nix (25 Jan 1914 - 25 Jul 1994)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Oliver Earl Nix
|---|---|---|---|---|---Gertrude Evelyn Nix (15 Jun 1919 - 13 Feb 1975)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Donald Eugene Nix (24 Mar 1922 - 8 Sep 1970)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Dorothy Elizabeth Nix
|---|---|---|---|---Rebecca Ida Wooley (30 Aug 1884 - 28 Mar 1887)
|---|---|---|---|---Snowden Israel Wooley (4 Sep 1886 - 4 Apr 1948)
|---|---|---|---|---Clodus Allen Wooley (16 Feb 1889 - 30 Dec 1890)
|---|---|---|---|---Osborn Herbert Wooley (5 Apr 1896 - 8 May 1927)
|---|---|---|---|---Runnie Aaron Wooley (4 May 1899 - 21 Feb 1961) & Gladys Josephine Sanders
|---|---|---|---Cynthia Ann Wooley (15 Jun 1862 - 1 Aug 1862)
|---|---|---|---Charles Washington Wooley (15 Jun 1862 - )
|---|---|---|---James Grant Wooley (3 May 1864 - 17 Sep 1864)
|---|---|---|---Allen Marion Wooley (3 Oct 1865 - 1 Mar 1925) & Theodosia Saddeth
|---|---|---|---|---Jacob Wooley
|---|---|---|---|---Mable W Wooley (1891 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Rachel B Wooley (8 Sep 1893 - )
|---|---|---|---Robert Franklin Wooley (23 Feb 1868 - 1 Jun 1951) & Cora Littrell (2 May 1879 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Ivy M Wooley (1896 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Basil Wooley (6 Sep 1898 - )
|---|---|---|---Isaac Newton Wooley (28 Dec 1870 - 28 Aug 1958) & Stella Magill (22 Jan 1878 - )
|---|---|---|---|---George W Wooley (22 Feb 1899 - ) & Esther _____
|---|---|---|---|---Ezra N Wooley (7 Feb 1900 - ) & Mattie Deering
|---|---|---|---|---Mamie Wooley & Steward Morricle
|---|---|---|---|---Louis R Wooley & Jessie Wood
|---|---|---|---|---Mary J Wooley & Charlie Barrogh
|---|---|---|---|---Lendra M Wooley & Everett Baumgarner
|---|---|---|---|---Dollie Edith Wooley (29 Apr 1912 - 14 Mar 1914)
|---|---|---|---|---Henry L Wooley & Mildred Ball
|---|---|---|---Henry Lafayette Wooley (11 Dec 1873 - 7 Mar 1896)
|---|---|---|---Mary Nancy Wooley (10 May 1876 - 6 Oct 1876)
|---|---|---James W. Wooley* (16 Mar 1834 - 8 Feb 1905) & Elizabeth Maricle
|---|---|---Cary Allen Wooley (24 Apr 1836 - ) & Sarah Louise Laws (1846 - 1926)
|---|---|---|---Rhoda Alice Wooley (3 Jan 1867 - ) & Madison Peterson (1863 - 1931)
|---|---|---|---Charity E Wooley (17 Sep 1874 - 1952) & George Langston (1862 - 1926)
|---|---|---|---Tony L Wooley* (19 Nov 1876 - 1948) & Martha Eirston (1871 - 1939)
|---|---|---|---Tony L Wooley* (19 Nov 1876 - 1948) & Rachel Hollowel (1868 - 1926)
|---|---|---|---|---Carl Arthur Wooley (1900 - 1918)
|---|---|---|---|---Ruth Esther Wooley (1901 - ) & Harold Ebbinghaus
|---|---|---|---|---|---William Henry Ebbinghaus (1932 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Mary Ann Ebbinghaus (1935 - )
|---|---|---|---|---John Henry Wooley (1903 - ) & Norma Herr
|---|---|---|---|---Annie Elizabeth Wooley (1906 - ) & Melvin Walker
|---|---|---|---|---Ralph Allen Wooley (1908 - ) & Juanita Traylor
|---|---|---|---Elmer Otto Wooley (15 Sep 1883 - )
|---|---|---Rachel Alice Wooley (28 Jun 1839 - 5 Jan 1913) & Samuel T Parker (15 Sep 1844 - 6 Jul 1918)
|---|---|---|---Florence Miranda Parker (6 Oct 1871 - ) & Hugh Ballard (1870 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Sam Ballard (1902 - ) & Lydia Foster
|---|---|---|---|---|---Georgiana Ballard (1932 - 1938)
|---|---|---|---|---|---Monica Ballard (15 Apr 1935 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Foster Ballard (1940 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Arlington Ballard (1908 - ) & Florence Roe
|---|---|---|---|---|---Hugh Ballard (1932 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Zelma Ballard (10 Nov 1912 - ) & Ellsworth Beeman
|---|---|---|---|---|---Cynthia May Beeman
|---|---|---|---Ladaska Florella Parker (30 Apr 1874 - ) & Arthur Barkley
|---|---|---|---|---Rachel Barkley
|---|---|---|---|---Milton Barkley
|---|---|---|---|---Elmer Barkley
|---|---|---|---|---Cora Barkley & Unknown Leas
|---|---|---|---|---Francis Barkley
|---|---|---|---|---Velma Barkley & Will Carson
|---|---|---|---Lawrence Alonso Parker (28 Jan 1878 - 28 Aug 1915) & Ann Renfro (1 Nov 1880 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Alice Parker
|---|---|---|---|---Ruby Parker
|---|---|---|---|---Ida Parker
|---|---|---|---Stella Velara Parker (28 Oct 1880 - 1957) & Silas M Shaw (22 Dec 1876 - 1946)
|---|---|---|---|---Theodore Roosevelt Shaw (15 Nov 1903 - 9 Dec 1988) & Florence Lavonna Cook (24 Mar 1919 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Carl Edward Shaw (18 Apr 1942 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Richard Martin Shaw* (28 Jul 1944 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Richard Martin Shaw* (28 Jul 1944 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Donna Jean Shaw (16 Sep 1945 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Nancey Ann Shaw ( - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Estella Marie Shaw ( - )
|---|---|---|---|---Dorothy Shaw
|---|---|---|---|---Leonard Shaw
|---|---|---|---|---Gilbert D Shaw (1910 - 1944)
|---|---|---|---|---Warren G. Shaw & Reiko Toyama (21 Mar 1927 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Wesley Shaw (2 Oct 1951 - )
|---|---|---|---|---|---Norman Shaw (10 Mar 1957 - )
|---|---|---|---|---Dora Dimple Shaw
|---|---|---|---|---Walter W Shaw (1913 - 1946)
|---|---|---Isaac Wooley (27 Apr 1842 - ) & Mary Crail Wade (About 1849 - 31 Oct 1912)
|---|---|---|---Albert Grant Wooley (Oct 1869 - )
|---|---|---|---Lulu May Wooley (After 1869 - ) & Ward Havens
|---|---|---|---Sarah Emeline Wooley* (After 1869 - ) & John Ashba
|---|---|---|---Sarah Emeline Wooley* (After 1869 - ) & Will Lawrence
|---|---|---|---Rosa Belle Wooley (After 1869 - ) & Rollie Hodson
|---|---|---Cynthia Ann Wooley (19 Jun 1844 - 1886) & Peter Parker (About 1847 - 24 Jun 1909)
|---|---|---|---Oliver Morton Parker (21 May 1868 - )
|---|---|---|---Silas P Parker (After 1870 - )
|---|---|---|---Clarence Edgar Parker (After 1870 - )
|---|---Martha (Patsy) Radican (24 Dec 1804 - 18 Mar 1885) & Elias Reynolds (23 Oct 1799 - 25 Sep 1868)
|---|---|---George Reynolds (13 Mar 1835 - 29 Jan 1885) & Dicey A. E. Conley (5 Feb 1842 - 8 Apr 1911)
|---|---|---|---Elias Reynolds (1859 - )
|---|---|---John Reynolds (About 1837 - )
|---|---Patrick Ratekin (10 Aug 1805 - 26 Feb 1880) & Cynthia Young (15 Feb 1815 - 11 Oct 1893)
|---|---Isaac Ratekin (27 Jan 1808 - 24 Sep 1881) & Sarah Hyatt (27 Nov 1823 - 5 Jan 1894)
|---|---|---Elizabeth Ratekin (1849 - ) & George Washington Wooley (About 1846 - )
|---|---|---|---Laura Wooley (About 1868 - )
|---|---|---Jonathan Ratekin (About 1842 - )
|---|---|---Mary Ellen Ratekin (About 1843 - )
|---|---|---William Thomas Ratekin (1846 - )
|---|---|---Nancy J. Ratekin (About 1852 - ) & William J. Smock (About 1850 - )
|---|---|---Sarah A. Ratekin (About 1855 - )
|---|---|---Isaac L. Ratekin (18 Dec 1858 - 26 Feb 1880)
|---|---|---Abraham Lincoln Ratekin (About 1861 - )
|---|---Elizabeth Radican (About 1811 - ) & Mitchell Sering (About 1810 - )
|---Priscilla Grishaw (About 1780 - ) & Aaron Acton (About 1760 - )
|---Elizabeth Grishaw (About 1780 - ) & Vincent Glass (About 1780 - )
|---William Grishaw (About 1780 - ) & Jemima Finch (About 1780 - )
|---Hannah Grishaw (About 1785 - ) & Aaron Acton (About 1785 - )
|---Isaac Grishaw (6 Apr 1789 - ) & Polly Ann Copland (About 1790 - )
|---|---George Washington Grishaw* (17 Jan 1814 - 26 Jan 1865) & Martha Holman (19 Apr 1812 - 3 Nov 1852)
|---|---|---William Monroe Grishaw (22 Jun 1839 - 26 Apr 1894) & America Minah Shook (4 May 1840 - 31 Dec 1927)
|---|---|---|---Infant Grishaw (12 Feb 1865 - )
|---|---|---|---Ora Bell Grishaw (22 Apr 1868 - 3 Dec 1903)
|---|---|---|---Ira Grant Grishaw (22 Feb 1868 - 5 Feb 1890)
|---|---|---|---James Byron Grishaw (16 Nov 1869 - 15 Jul 1963) & Grace Campbell (1 Oct 1870 - 8 May 1921)
|---|---|---|---Charles Lorenzo Grishaw (9 Sep 1871 - 6 Oct 1932) & Estella M Holmes (1874 - 1944)
|---|---|---|---Harry Evert Grishaw (29 May 1873 - 1944) & Bertha Gray (1874 - 1954)
|---|---|---|---|---William H Grishaw
|---|---|---Jesse L. Grishaw (5 Jul 1846 - 9 Aug 1901) & Frances D. Franklin (1848 - 1939)
|---|---|---James Perry Grishaw (6 Aug 1837 - 16 Jul 1852)
|---|---|---Poly Ann Grishaw (4 Mar 1843 - ) & Perry J. Naylor (About 1840 - )
|---|---|---Martha A. Grishaw (9 Apr 1844 - 3 Sep 1849)
|---|---|---Christopher Columbus Grishaw (3 Jan 1849 - 5 Sep 1852)
|---|---George Washington Grishaw* (17 Jan 1814 - 26 Jan 1865) & Rachel Bowlsby (9 Apr 1815 - 18 May 1893)
|---|---Lettee A. Grishaw (About 1816 - ) & Squire Robinson (About 1814 - )
|---|---Sallie E. Grishaw (About 1816 - ) & Jonathan Needham (About 1814 - )
|---|---Perry Grishaw (About 1818 - )
|---|---Madison Grishaw (About 1819 - ) & America Ann Rutledge (About 1820 - )
|---|---|---Matilda A. Grishaw (4 Feb 1842 - 21 Oct 1928 ) & Francis Asbury Fish (About 1860 - ) [Author's Note: birthdate corrected from "aft 1860" with information from Laura Mitchell, November 2005]
|---|---|---John Grishaw (About 1844 - )
|---|---|---Isaac Grishaw (About 1845 - )
|---|---|---Ruth J. Grishaw (About 1848 - )
|---|---|---Martha A. Grishaw (About 1853 - )
|---|---|---Sarah C. Grishaw (About 1855 - )
|---|---|---Mary A. Grishaw (About 1858 - )
|---|---Monroe Grishaw (About 1820 - )
|---|---Isaac Grishaw (About 1822 - ) & France Bonher (About 1824 - )
|---|---John Wesley Grishaw (About 1824 - ) & Millie Jane Hawthorne (29 Jun 1829 - )
|---|---|---Sarah F. Grishaw (About 1850 - )
|---|---|---Mary M. Grishaw (About 1853 - )
|---|---|---Polly A. Grishaw (About 1853 - )
|---|---|---Martha Jane Grishaw (1858 - ) & William Emory Richards (1854 - )
|---|---|---John Wesley Grishaw (After 1860 - )
|---|---Mary Ann Grishaw (About 1827 - )
|---|---Martha A. Grishaw (About 1830 - ) & George Washington Holman (About 1821 - )
|---Martha Spicer Grishaw (About 1790 - ) & Abner Davison (About 1785 - 1837)
| Descendant Report for Isaac Spice and Lettuce Grimshaw |
Bryce Stevens also provided a copy of the descendant report for Isaac and Lettuce Grimshaw, which is shown below.
| Generation 1 |
Descendants of Isaac Spice Grishaw
Generation No. 1
1.
ISAAC SPICE1 GRISHAW1,2 was born Abt. 1750, and died Bef. 18 May 1835 in Pulaski County, Kentucky3. He married LETTUCE (_____) GRISHAW'4. She was born Bet. 1750 - 1760.Notes for ISAAC SPICE GRISHAW:
Found in the 1810 census of Campbell County, Virginia. Two Campbell County deeds have been located by researcher Mark Cook:
Virginia deeds, page 10:
Page 43. May 5, 1785 from William Harris of C, to Isaac Sprice Grishow of C, for 100 £, one certain tract of land of 450 acres of land in C on the West Branches of the main fork of Falling river, and bounded by Jones, Tanner, Powel, Lane. The land was patented to the said William Harris. Signed - William Harris. Wit - none. Recorded May 5, 1785.
Virginia deeds, page 76:
Page 505. Sep 2, 1790 from Isaac Spice Grishow of C, to Thomas Jones of C, for 30 £, one certain tract of land of about 100 acres in C on both sides of a west branch of Falling River, and bounded by Jones, Tanner. Signed - Isaac S Grishow. Wit - none. Recorded Sep 2, 1790.
Isaac owned 200 acres, "more or less," which he deeded to John Ratakin for $600 on 23 September 1819, along Bucks Creek, near Barney's Fork, in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Will of Isaac Grishaw:
This the twenty third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and twenty eight,
In the name of God, Amen, -- Being Well in body and of good and perfect memory -- thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to recollection, the uncertain estate of this transitory life, and that all Flesh must yield unto Death, when it shall please God to call me, do make and constitute ordain and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, in the manner and form following, revoking annulling by these presents & every Testament and Testaments, will & wills heretofore by me made and declare either by word or writing and this to be taken for my last Will & Testament & no other, -- First, I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God my Saviour, and my body to be buried is my Will to exempt twelve yards square on the land I now reside on, the place I have marked off, I prefer such place to be buried on. And now to dispose of my temporal estate -- I do ordain give and dispose of the same in the manner and form following, towit,
I lend to my beloved wife Lettuce Grishaw the third of my whole estate, during her natural life after my Just Debts are paid I will that my negro Woman Jude have her freedom after my death, and my wife's death, and provided my Negro Woman should have children, heretore, I Will that they should be free also. Now after my wife's death, I Will and bequeath Susan Rattican one Dollar of my estate -- Also I will and bequeath Martha Davidson one dollar of my estate. Also I Will and bequeath William Grishaw One dollar. Also I Will & bequeath Prissilla Acton One dollar. Also I Will & bequeath to Hannah Acton one dollar. Also I Will & bequeath Elizabeth Glass one Dollar. Also, I Will & bequeath Isaac Grishaw on Dollar & the residue of my estate I will and bequeath unto Elizabeth Ratakin & the following grand children, towit, Isaac Acton Lettice Acton & Isaac Grishaw Jun, Jesse Glass, Lettice Asbury Grishaw to be equally divided between them. Also I appoint James Dunn my Executor to the Within named Will.
Isaac Grishaw (seal)
Test
William Williams
Allen Dunn
John Waddle (his mark)
David Estice (his mark)
Shipten Estice (his mark)
More About ISAAC SPICE GRISHAW:
Will written: 23 February 1828, Pulaski County, KY, Will Book 3, page 231
Children of ISAAC GRISHAW and LETTUCE GRISHAW' are:
2. i. SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1776.
ii. PRISCILLA GRISHAW4, b. Abt. 1780; m. AARON ACTON, 03 October 1814, Garrard County, Kentucky5; b. Abt. 1760.
Notes for PRISCILLA GRISHAW:
Priscilla was Aaron's second wife. Birth and marriage dates are very rough estimates, as much to keep the chronology straightened out in my database as anything. Research shared by Mark Cook; primary research done by his great-aunt, from original will and other primary sources.
More About AARON ACTON and PRISCILLA GRISHAW:
Marriage: 03 October 1814, Garrard County, Kentucky5
iii. ELIZABETH GRISHAW6, b. Abt. 1780; m. VINCENT GLASS6, 26 October 1809, Campbell County, Virginia7; b. Abt. 1780.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH GRISHAW and VINCENT GLASS:
Bond 26 October 1809. Consent by Isaac Grishaw, father of the bride. Vincent Glass and William Moore, bondsmen; Mathanial Tanner, witness. Recorded 26 October 1809 by Obadiah Edge.
More About VINCENT GLASS and ELIZABETH GRISHAW:
Marriage: 26 October 1809, Campbell County, Virginia7
iv. WILLIAM GRISHAW8, b. Abt. 1780; m. JEMIMA FINCH8, February 1797, Campbell County, Virginia9; b. Abt. 1780.
More About WILLIAM GRISHAW and JEMIMA FINCH:
Marriage: February 1797, Campbell County, Virginia9
v. HANNAH GRISHAW10, b. Abt. 1785; m. AARON ACTON, 15 October 1816, Garrard County, Kentucky11; b. Abt. 1785.
Notes for AARON ACTON:
Birth-date and date of father's marriage are purely speculative, to provide a rough time frame. See notes under Priscilla Grishaw.
More About AARON ACTON and HANNAH GRISHAW:
Marriage: 15 October 1816, Garrard County, Kentucky11
3. vi. ISAAC GRISHAW, b. 06 April 1789; d. Indiana.
vii. MARTHA SPICER GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1790, Virginia12; m. ABNER DAVISON; b. Abt. 1785, Virginia; d. 1837.
| Generation 2 |
Generation No. 2
2. SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW (ISAAC SPICE1)13 was born Abt. 1776. She married JOHN RATEKIN13 17 September 1796 in Campbell County, Virginia13,14,15, son of PATRICK RATTEKIN and RACHEL BEST. He was born Abt. 1775.
Notes for JOHN RATEKIN:
Estimated year of birth based on marriage date.
State of Kentucky Garrard County 23 day of September 1819. to all to whom it may concern know it that on the 24th of October in the year 1818 Issac Grishaw of the State above and County of Pulaski and John Ratekin of said State and County of Garrard in consequence of a joint purchase of land made of them from James Kitchens of the State above and of the county of Pulaski for a tract of land lying in Pulaski County containing 200 acres more or less said land lying on a branch of Buck Creek Barney Branch and known by the place that Issac Grishaw now lives the above Issac Grishaw and John Ratekin since for diverse good causes wishes to give up his part of the aforesaid land unto the said Grishaw these are therefore to show that from hence forth the John Ratekin relinquishes all pretense to any claim to the above land on proviso never the less that the said Issac do in the name and stead of the said John pay unto said Kitchens the amount of money that said John Ratekin was bound for and it shall be considered the duty of Issac Grinshaw to return the obligation or receipt in full for them and against the said John from any part of the payment of said notes and in consideration of the performance of the above the said John Ratekin shall and hereby doth quit all manners of claims to the said premises for himself and heirs against other claiming for or by me or my heirs in witness whereof we have set our hands and seal the day aforesaid.
Solomon Spawn Issac Grashaw
Aaron Acton John Ratekin
State of Kentucky Garrard County towit. I Benjamin Letchen clerk of the County Court in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the amended Article of agreement between Issac Grishaw and John Ratekin was this day proven before me in my office to be the act and deed of the said Grishaw and Ratekin by oath of Solomon Spawn and Aaron Acton two subscribing witness thereto given in my hand at my office in Lancaster this 27th February 1823.
Benjamin Letchen clk.
More About JOHN RATEKIN:
Aka (Facts Pg): Also Ratekin, Rattekin.
Marriage Notes for SUSAN GRISHAW and JOHN RATEKIN:
Bond, 17 September 1796; recorded 21 September 1796 by Menoah Lesley. John Ratekin and Isaac S. Grishaw, bondsmen. Bride listed as Susan Spisa Greshaw.
More About JOHN RATEKIN and SUSAN GRISHAW:
Bondsman: John Ratekin & Isaac S. Grishaw
Marriage: 17 September 1796, Campbell County, Virginia16,17,18
Children of SUSAN GRISHAW and JOHN RATEKIN are:
4. i. NANCY3 RADICAN, b. 12 February 1802, Virginia; d. 29 April 1870, Ripley County, Indiana.
5. ii. MARTHA (PATSY) RADICAN, b. 24 December 1804, Virginia; d. 18 March 1885, Ripley County, Indiana.
iii. PATRICK RATEKIN19, b. 10 August 1805, Virginia20,21,22,23; d. 26 February 1880, Ripley County, Indiana24; m. CYNTHIA YOUNG, 13 September 1836, Ripley County, Indiana25; b. 15 February 1815, Indiana26,27,28; d. 11 October 1893, Ripley County, Indiana28.
More About PATRICK RATEKIN:
Burial: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
More About PATRICK RATEKIN and CYNTHIA YOUNG:
Marriage: 13 September 1836, Ripley County, Indiana29
6. iv. ISAAC RATEKIN, b. 27 January 1808, Virginia; d. 24 September 1881, Ripley County, Indiana.
v. ELIZABETH RADICAN30, b. Abt. 1811; m. MITCHELL SERING30, 23 June 1831, Jefferson County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1810.
More About MITCHELL SERING and ELIZABETH RADICAN:
Marriage: 23 June 1831, Jefferson County, Indiana
3. ISAAC2 GRISHAW (ISAAC SPICE1) was born 06 April 178931, and died in Indiana31. He married POLLY ANN COPLAND 24 October 1808. She was born Abt. 1790.
Notes for ISAAC GRISHAW:
Grishaw Heirs to Akers:
This indenture made this 24th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty six between Mitchel D. Young and Elizabeth his wife late Elizabeth Radikin and Isaac Grishaw Jun. and Squire Robinson who was the husband of Lettittia Asberry Grishaw and who is the guardian of her heirs acting for them of the County of Ripley and State of Indiana who are the legal heirs mentioned in the will of Issac Grishaw Dec. - of the first part and George W. Akers of the county of Campbell and State of Virginia of the second part witness that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the Sum of twenty one dollars lawful money of the United States to them in hand well truly and by the said party of the second part the receipt thereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and bye their presents do grant the party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever their interest in a certain tract of land lying and being in the County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky belonging to the above named Issac Grishaw Dec. at the time of his death and willed by the said Issac Grishaw Dec. to the following persons to wit Elizabeth Ratikin, Isaac Acton, Lettittia Acton, Issac Grishaw Jr., Jesse Glass, Lettittia Asberry Grishaw. The above Mitchel D. Young and Elizabeth his wife late Elizabeth Ratikin and Isaac Grishaw Jun. do sell and convey all our rights and titles in the will of said Isaac Grishaw Dec. to the said George W. Akers and all of the estate rights title interest claims and demand of them the said party of the first part of in and to the said premises and every part there of together with all and singular the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise apportioning and the rents issue and property there of to have and to hold the premises hereby bargained and sold or meant or intended so to be with the appurtenance to the only proper use and behalf of the said party of the second part his heirs assigns forever to the party of the first part his for themselves and assign that they are the true and lawful owners of the premises hereby granted and have good right full power lawful authority to sell and convey the same from whence and for affore said and further that they the said party of the first part their being executors and administrators will warrant forever defend their afore said right to said premises with their appurtenances and every part and parcel there of unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all persons lawfully claiming or claim by from or under them as any of them.
In witness where fore the said party of the first part have here onto set their hands and seal this day and year first above written sealed and delivered in presence of
Mitchell D. Young
Elizabeth + Young (her mark)
Isaac Grishaw Jr.
Frances + Grishaw (her mark)
Squire Robinson
State of Indiana
Ripley County
Before us Calvin Westover and Isaac Miles two Justices of the Peace within and for said County this day personally appeared Mitchel D. Young and Elizabeth his wife and Issac Grishaw Jr. Francis his wife and Squire Roberson the above grantors who being personally known to us to such and severity acknowledges his signing sealing and delivering of the above Indentures to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes there in mentioned and use having made known the the wives of the said Mitchell D. Young and Isaac Grishaw Jr. the full contents and purports of said above deed they severally acknowledged to us in a private examination separately and apart from and without hearing their said husband that they executed said above deed of their own free will and accord and without an coercion or compulsion from their said husbands in testimony where of we have unto set our hands and seals of office on the twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Calvin Westover
Isaac Miles
Justice of the Peace
More About ISAAC GRISHAW and POLLY COPLAND:
Marriage: 24 October 1808
Children of ISAAC GRISHAW and POLLY COPLAND are:
7. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON3 GRISHAW, b. 17 January 1814, Kentucky; d. 26 January 1865, Tipton County, Indiana.
ii. LETTEE A. GRISHAW31, b. Abt. 1816; m. SQUIRE ROBINSON, 18 February 1834, Ripley County, Indiana32; b. Abt. 1814.
Marriage Notes for LETTEE GRISHAW and SQUIRE ROBINSON:
"Grashaw" in the marriage record.
More About SQUIRE ROBINSON and LETTEE GRISHAW:
Marriage: 18 February 1834, Ripley County, Indiana32
iii. SALLIE E. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1816; m. JONATHAN NEEDHAM, 26 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana33; b. Abt. 1814.
Marriage Notes for SALLIE GRISHAW and JONATHAN NEEDHAM:
Sally Grashaw in the marriage record. License and marriage, 26 June 1834. Filed 27 June 1834. Performed by Mshach Hyatt. David P. Shook, County Clerk.
More About JONATHAN NEEDHAM and SALLIE GRISHAW:
Marriage: 26 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana33
iv. PERRY GRISHAW34, b. Abt. 1818.
8. v. MADISON GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1819, Kentucky.
vi. MONROE GRISHAW34, b. Abt. 1820.
vii. ISAAC GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1822; m. FRANCE BONHER, 29 March 1842, Ripley County, Indiana35; b. Abt. 1824.
Marriage Notes for ISAAC GRISHAW and FRANCE BONHER:
"Grashaw" and "Booher" in marriage record.
More About ISAAC GRISHAW and FRANCE BONHER:
Marriage: 29 March 1842, Ripley County, Indiana35
9. viii. JOHN WESLEY GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1824, Ripley County, Indiana.
ix. MARY ANN GRISHAW36, b. Abt. 1827.
x. MARTHA A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1830, Indiana37; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON HOLMAN; b. Abt. 1821, Indiana37.
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Generation No. 3
4. NANCY3 RADICAN (SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 12 February 1802 in Virginia38,39, and died 29 April 1870 in Ripley County, Indiana40. She married WILLIAM WOOLEY 23 June 1829 in Ripley County, Indiana41,42,43, son of DANIEL WOOLEY and NANCY HYATT. He was born 1805 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky44,45, and died 11 February 1898 in Ripley County, Indiana46.
More About NANCY RADICAN:
Burial: Holman Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Notes for WILLIAM WOOLEY:
William was farming at the time of the 1860 census, in Otter Creek Township. His real property was valued at $1000, and his personal property at $200.
More About WILLIAM WOOLEY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana46
Marriage Notes for NANCY RADICAN and WILLIAM WOOLEY:
James Wooley, J. P., performed the marriage. Filed 10 July 1829.
More About WILLIAM WOOLEY and NANCY RADICAN:
License: 23 June 1829, Ripley County, Indiana47
Marriage: 23 June 1829, Ripley County, Indiana48,49,50
Children of NANCY RADICAN and WILLIAM WOOLEY are:
10. i. MARTHA JANE4 WOOLEY, b. 15 August 1830, Ripley County, Indiana; d. Abt. October 1896, Ripley County, Indiana.
11. ii. ELIZABETH ANN WOOLEY, b. 03 December 1832, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 28 July 1897, Ripley County, Indiana.
12. iii. JAMES W. WOOLEY, b. 16 March 1834, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 08 February 1905, Marion County, Illinois.
13. iv. CARY ALLEN WOOLEY, b. 24 April 1836, Ripley County, Indiana.
14. v. RACHEL ALICE WOOLEY, b. 28 June 1839, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 05 January 1913, Ripley County, Indiana.
15. vi. ISAAC WOOLEY, b. 27 April 1842, Ripley County, Indiana.
16. vii. CYNTHIA ANN WOOLEY, b. 19 June 1844, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 1886.
5. MARTHA (PATSY)3 RADICAN (SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 24 December 1804 in Virginia51,52,53, and died 18 March 1885 in Ripley County, Indiana53. She married ELIAS REYNOLDS 05 June 1834 in Ripley County, Indiana54. He was born 23 October 1799 in Maryland55,56,57, and died 25 September 1868 in Ripley County, Indiana57.
More About MARTHA (PATSY) RADICAN:
Burial: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
Notes for ELIAS REYNOLDS:
Elias was listed as a framer in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Ripley County, with real estate valued at $800 in 1850, and at $2000 in 1860. The family was in Shelby Township, 1850; Otter Creek Township in 1860.
More About ELIAS REYNOLDS:
Burial: Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana
Marriage Notes for MARTHA RADICAN and ELIAS REYNOLDS:
License and marriage, 5 June 1834. Filed 6 June 1834. Performed by Mishach Hyatt, L. D. Methodist E. P. Church. David P. Shook, County Clerk.
More About ELIAS REYNOLDS and MARTHA RADICAN:
Marriage: 05 June 1834, Ripley County, Indiana58
Children of MARTHA RADICAN and ELIAS REYNOLDS are:
17. i. GEORGE4 REYNOLDS, b. 13 March 1835, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 29 January 1885, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii. JOHN REYNOLDS, b. Abt. 183759,60.
6. ISAAC3 RATEKIN (SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 27 January 1808 in Virginia61,62, and died 24 September 1881 in Ripley County, Indiana63. He married SARAH HYATT 15 October 1839 in Ripley County, Indiana64, daughter of WILLIAM HYATT and SARAH COPELAND. She was born 27 November 1823 in Kentucky65,66,67, and died 05 January 1894 in Ripley County, Indiana67,68.
Notes for SARAH HYATT:
The Tanglewood Cemetery has Sarah's stone reading 27 Nov 1828 to 5 Jan 1894. The marriage certificate says 15 October 1839... I have trouble believing that she married at age 13. Something has got to be off here...
More About ISAAC RATEKIN and SARAH HYATT:
Marriage: 15 October 1839, Ripley County, Indiana69
Children of ISAAC RATEKIN and SARAH HYATT are:
18. i. ELIZABETH4 RATEKIN, b. 1849, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii. JONATHAN RATEKIN, b. Abt. 184270.
iii. MARY ELLEN RATEKIN, b. Abt. 184370,71.
iv. WILLIAM THOMAS RATEKIN, b. 184672,73,74.
v. NANCY J. RATEKIN, b. Abt. 185275,76; m. WILLIAM J. SMOCK, 15 February 1877, Ripley County, Indiana77; b. Abt. 1850.
Marriage Notes for NANCY RATEKIN and WILLIAM SMOCK:
License and marriage both 15 February 1877. Filed 28 March 1877. Wm. Evans, Pastor, M. E. Church.
More About WILLIAM SMOCK and NANCY RATEKIN:
Marriage: 15 February 1877, Ripley County, Indiana77
vi. SARAH A. RATEKIN, b. Abt. 185578,79.
Notes for SARAH A. RATEKIN:
Possibly the Sarah M. Rattekin who married John Prewitt, Ripley County (Marriage Records, Volume 9, page 571, license, marriage and filing all 18 September 1879, by Stephen Chandler, Justice of the Peace)
vii. ISAAC L. RATEKIN, b. 18 December 1858, Ripley County, Indiana80,81,82; d. 26 February 1880, Ripley County, Indiana83,84.
More About ISAAC L. RATEKIN:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
viii. ABRAHAM LINCOLN RATEKIN, b. Abt. 186185.
7. GEORGE WASHINGTON3 GRISHAW (ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 17 January 1814 in Kentucky86,87, and died 26 January 1865 in Tipton County, Indiana88. He married (1) MARTHA HOLMAN 22 September 1836 in Ripley County, Indiana89. She was born 19 April 181290, and died 03 November 185290. He married (2) RACHEL BOWLSBY 29 September 185791. She was born 09 April 1815 in New Jersey92, and died 18 May 1893 in Tipton County, Indiana.
Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON GRISHAW:
In the 1860 census, Washington reported Real Property valued at $6500, and Personal Property worht $1000. He appears in this census with Rachel, indicating that Martha Holman had died before. As no marriage record is found in the Indiana State records prior to 1850, I am speculating that they married sometime afterward. For the same reason, I am speculating that Jesse L. Grishaw is a son by Martha rather than by Rachel.
More About GEORGE GRISHAW and MARTHA HOLMAN:
Marriage: 22 September 1836, Ripley County, Indiana93
More About GEORGE GRISHAW and RACHEL BOWLSBY:
Marriage: 29 September 185794
Children of GEORGE GRISHAW and MARTHA HOLMAN are:
19. i. WILLIAM MONROE4 GRISHAW, b. 22 June 1839, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 26 April 1894, Tipton County, Indiana.
ii. JESSE L. GRISHAW, b. 05 July 184695,96; d. 09 August 190196; m. FRANCES D. FRANKLIN, 02 December 186996; b. 184896; d. 193996.
More About JESSE GRISHAW and FRANCES FRANKLIN:
Marriage: 02 December 186996
iii. JAMES PERRY GRISHAW, b. 06 August 183796; d. 16 July 185296.
iv. POLY ANN GRISHAW, b. 04 March 184396; m. PERRY J. NAYLOR, 18 November 186096; b. Abt. 1840.
More About PERRY NAYLOR and POLY GRISHAW:
Marriage: 18 November 186096
v. MARTHA A. GRISHAW, b. 09 April 184496; d. 03 September 184996.
vi. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS GRISHAW, b. 03 January 184996; d. 05 September 185296.
8. MADISON3 GRISHAW (ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born Abt. 1819 in Kentucky97. He married AMERICA ANN RUTLEDGE 16 October 1840 in Ripley County, Indiana98. She was born Abt. 1820 in Kentucky99.
Notes for MADISON GRISHAW:
In the 1860 census, Madison gives his occupation as farming, with real property worth $2500, and personal property worth $1000.
More About MADISON GRISHAW and AMERICA RUTLEDGE:
Marriage: 16 October 1840, Ripley County, Indiana100
Children of MADISON GRISHAW and AMERICA RUTLEDGE are:
i. JOHN4 GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1844, Indiana101.
ii. ISAAC GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1845, Indiana101.
iii. RUTH J. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1848, Indiana101.
iv. MARTHA A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana101.
v. SARAH C. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1855, Indiana101.
vi. MARY A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1858, Indiana101.
vii. MATILDA A. GRISHAW102, b. Aft. 1860; m. FRANCES ASBURY FISH; b. Abt. 1860.
Matilda A. Grishaw (4 Feb 1842 - 21 Oct 1928) & Francis Asbury Fish (About 1860 - ) [Author's Note: birthdate for Matilda A. Grishaw corrected from "aft 1860" with information from Laura Mitchell, November 2005]
9. JOHN WESLEY3 GRISHAW (ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born Abt. 1824 in Ripley County, Indiana103,104. He married MILLIE JANE HAWTHORNE 15 April 1849 in Ripley County, Indiana105. She was born 29 June 1829 in Ripley County, Indiana106,107.
More About JOHN GRISHAW and MILLIE HAWTHORNE:
Marriage: 15 April 1849, Ripley County, Indiana108
Children of JOHN GRISHAW and MILLIE HAWTHORNE are:
i. SARAH F.4 GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1850, Indiana109.
ii. MARY M. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana109.
iii. POLLY A. GRISHAW, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana109.
iv. MARTHA JANE GRISHAW, b. 1858, Tipton County, Indiana109,110; m. WILLIAM EMORY RICHARDS, 1882, Tipton County, Indiana110; b. 1854, Johnson County, Indiana110.
More About WILLIAM RICHARDS and MARTHA GRISHAW:
Marriage: 1882, Tipton County, Indiana110
v. JOHN WESLEY GRISHAW, b. Aft. 1860.
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Generation No. 4
10. MARTHA JANE4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 15 August 1830 in Ripley County, Indiana111, and died Abt. October 1896 in Ripley County, Indiana112. She married CATLETT TALIAFERRO SHAW 03 June 1848 in Ripley County, Indiana113,114, son of JOSEPH SHAW and REBECCA OWEN. He was born 27 October 1826 in Bracken County, Kentucky115, and died 08 March 1898 in Ripley County, Indiana116.
Notes for CATLETT TALIAFERRO SHAW:
Served in the Civil War as a private, Company G, 123rd regiment, Indiana Volunteers, at Ohio County, Indiana, 24 February 1864. Mustered in at Indianapolis, 12 March 1864, for a term of three years, though he served only one and a half years, to the war's end. He mustered out at Lexington, North Carolina, 5 August 1865. Service papers describe Catlett (frequently misspelled as Callet) as 5'9" tall, with dark hair, dark eyes, and dark complexion.
He was reported at roll calls several times as a deserter or straggler, showing up later with the excuse of hospitalization at Greensburg, Indiana, for unspecified illnesses. His health never was very good, and in 1880 he made application for a pension as an invalid veteran. On the application he states that he contracted lung disease during service, which left him with chest pains and a chronic cough; that while at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, on 23 July 1864, he contracted dropsy; that while at Wise's Fork, North Carolina, on 10 March 1865, he contracted rheumatism from marching hard during the day and sleeping on the ground; and that he suffers from heart disease brought on from the Battle of Wise's Fork, 9 March 1865, which disease causes him to sometimes "fall over as if dead," and so remain for several hours. I do not know whether he obtained the pension; it is remarkable that he could pinpoint the day that these chronic ailments set in.
After the war he returned to his small farm, located just over a mile west of Versailles, Indiana, and remained there until his death. His wife, Martha, made the family's clothing, spinning wool into thread on her wheel, then weaving the heavy thread into cloth on her shuttle loom. She died a few years before he did, at which time his oldest daughter, Lucy, and her family moved in to care for him and eventually take over the farm.
George Miller, husband of C T & Martha's granddaughter Martha Hager, appears to have been C. T.'s legal guardian. A receipt from John L. White's Dry Goods store, dated November 4, 1896, and signed by W. W. Connelly, reads "Rec'd of Geo Miller Guard. of C T Shaw for Funeral Expenses. Thirty Seven (37 00/100) dollars in full of account." Two years later, Will W. Connelly, Undertaker, wrote a receipt reading "Versailles Ind. Sept 15th 1898 Received of George Miller Guardian of the Estate C T Shaw Thirty nine dollars in full payment of Burial Expenses of C T Shaw Deceased".
An Editor's Affadavit for the Osgood "Journal" states that a notice of the estate sale, to be held 20 August 1898, was posted at the courthouse door, and was published 4 weeks successively, beginning 14 July 1898.
In the 1860 census, Catlett is listed as a farmer with personal property valued at $100.00, and with no real estate. Nancy Hiatt Wooley was living with the family at the time of the 1850 census.
More About CATLETT TALIAFERRO SHAW:
Burial: Holman Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana117
Marriage Notes for MARTHA WOOLEY and CATLETT SHAW:
Gatchell, in "The Wooley Saga," lists children Edward and Elizabeth, but not Joseph, with this family. The 1870 census needs to be checked.
James Vanosdoll, J. P., performed the marriage.
More About CATLETT SHAW and MARTHA WOOLEY:
License: 31 May 1848, Ripley County, Indiana118
Marriage: 03 June 1848, Ripley County, Indiana118,119
Children of MARTHA WOOLEY and CATLETT SHAW are:
20. i. LUCY JANE5 SHAW, b. 08 May 1849, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 17 June 1906, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii. GEORGE F. SHAW, b. Abt. 1851, Ripley County, Indiana120,121.
iii. JOHN H SHAW, b. Abt. 1854, Ripley County, Indiana122,123.
Notes for JOHN H SHAW:
John lost a leg from about the knee down. He lived on the farm with Lucy Jane and Nicholas E Hammon. The leg was buried along the back edge of the house garden. My grandmother, Rissa Hammon Henderson, told me that sometimes when nothing else would alleviate the phantom pains he suffered, they would dig up the leg and re-wrap it or adjust its position, which would satisfy him for a time.
iv. RACHEL E SHAW, b. Abt. 1856, Ripley County, Indiana123,124.
v. JOSEPH E SHAW, b. Abt. 1861, Ripley County, Indiana125.
11. ELIZABETH ANN4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 03 December 1832 in Ripley County, Indiana126, and died 28 July 1897 in Ripley County, Indiana127. She married WILLIAM KELLY 16 September 1851 in Ripley County, Indiana128. He was born 01 January 1826129, and died 12 January 1881 in Ripley County, Indiana130.
More About ELIZABETH ANN WOOLEY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana130
More About WILLIAM KELLY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana130
More About WILLIAM KELLY and ELIZABETH WOOLEY:
Marriage: 16 September 1851, Ripley County, Indiana131
Children of ELIZABETH WOOLEY and WILLIAM KELLY are:
i. JAMES WILLIAM5 KELLY, b. Aft. 1851.
ii. NANCY ELIZABETH KELLY, b. Aft. 1851; m. FLAVIS ROSS.
iii. RACHEL ELLEN KELLY, b. Aft. 1851; m. MARION MONROE.
iv. JESSE KELLY, b. Aft. 1851, Ripley County, Indiana; m. CINDA MOORE.
v. CYNTHA KELLY, b. Aft. 1851.
12. JAMES W.4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 16 March 1834 in Ripley County, Indiana132,133, and died 08 February 1905 in Marion County, Illinois134. He married (1) MARY EMELINE SUITS 08 June 1854 in Ripley County, Indiana134,135. She was born 22 August 1833 in Indiana136,137, and died 12 January 1881138. He married (2) ELIZABETH MARICLE138 01 January 1882139.
More About JAMES WOOLEY and MARY SUITS:
Marriage: 08 June 1854, Ripley County, Indiana140,141
More About JAMES WOOLEY and ELIZABETH MARICLE:
Marriage: 01 January 1882142
Children of JAMES WOOLEY and MARY SUITS are:
i. FANNIE THOMPSON5 WOOLEY, b. 04 June 1855, Ripley County, Indiana143,144; d. 03 November 1881145; m. GEORGE ROBERT SUDDATH146,147.
21. ii. JOHN WILLIAM WOOLEY, b. 16 April 1857, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 14 October 1918.
22. iii. HARRISON OSBORN WOOLEY, b. 30 April 1859, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 04 April 1939, Marion County, Illinois.
iv. CYNTHIA ANN WOOLEY, b. 15 June 1862, Ripley County, Indiana148,149; d. 01 August 1862, Ripley County, Indiana149.
v. CHARLES WASHINGTON WOOLEY, b. 15 June 1862150,151.
vi. JAMES GRANT WOOLEY, b. 03 May 1864, Ripley County, Indiana152,153; d. 17 September 1864153.
23. vii. ALLEN MARION WOOLEY, b. 03 October 1865, Marion County, Illinois; d. 01 March 1925.
24. viii. ROBERT FRANKLIN WOOLEY, b. 23 February 1868, Marion County, Illinois; d. 01 June 1951.
25. ix. ISAAC NEWTON WOOLEY, b. 28 December 1870, Marion County, Illinois; d. 28 August 1958.
x. HENRY LAFAYETTE WOOLEY, b. 11 December 1873, Marion County, Illinois154,155; d. 07 March 1896155.
xi. MARY NANCY WOOLEY, b. 10 May 1876, Marion County, Illinois156,157; d. 06 October 1876157.
13. CARY ALLEN4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 24 April 1836 in Ripley County, Indiana158,159. He married SARAH LOUISE LAWS 20 March 1866 in Ripley County, Indiana160. She was born 1846, and died 1926.
More About CARY ALLEN WOOLEY:
Occupation: Jeweler in Flora, Carroll County, Indiana
More About CARY WOOLEY and SARAH LAWS:
Marriage: 20 March 1866, Ripley County, Indiana160
Children of CARY WOOLEY and SARAH LAWS are:
i. RHODA ALICE5 WOOLEY, b. 03 January 1867, Ripley County, Indiana161; m. MADISON PETERSON; b. 1863; d. 1931.
More About RHODA ALICE WOOLEY:
Miscellaneous: No children
ii. CHARITY E WOOLEY, b. 17 September 1874, Howard County, Indiana161; d. 1952; m. GEORGE LANGSTON; b. 1862; d. 1926.
More About CHARITY E WOOLEY:
Miscellaneous: No children
26. iii. TONY L WOOLEY, b. 19 November 1876, Carroll County, Indiana; d. 1948.
iv. ELMER OTTO WOOLEY, b. 15 September 1883, Carroll County, Indiana.
Notes for ELMER OTTO WOOLEY:
Unmarried. Professor of German Language at Indiana University. My first investigations of the Wooley family were based on his work. His research appears to have been more scholarly than many of his contemporary writers, who assembled family histories with only recall and circumstantial evidence.
Elmer donated his collection of Civil War correspondence written primarily by Carey A. Wooley to the Manuscript Department of the Lilly Library at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Wooley, Shaw and Rattekin cousins are mentioned in these letters.
14. RACHEL ALICE4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 28 June 1839 in Ripley County, Indiana162,163,164, and died 05 January 1913 in Ripley County, Indiana165. She married SAMUEL T PARKER 02 November 1870 in Ripley County, Indiana, son of ELI PARKER and LUNA SHEDD. He was born 15 September 1844 in Ripley County, Indiana165, and died 06 July 1918 in Ripley County, Indiana165.
More About RACHEL ALICE WOOLEY:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
More About SAMUEL T PARKER:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Military 1: Civil War; 22nd Regiment, Company E166
More About SAMUEL PARKER and RACHEL WOOLEY:
Marriage: 02 November 1870, Ripley County, Indiana
Children of RACHEL WOOLEY and SAMUEL PARKER are:
27. i. FLORENCE MIRANDA5 PARKER, b. 06 October 1871, Ripley County, Indiana.
28. ii. LADASKA FLORELLA PARKER, b. 30 April 1874, Ripley County, Indiana.
29. iii. LAWRENCE ALONSO PARKER, b. 28 January 1878, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 28 August 1915, Ripley County, Indiana.
30. iv. STELLA VELARA PARKER, b. 28 October 1880, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 1957, Ripley County, Indiana.
15. ISAAC4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 27 April 1842 in Ripley County, Indiana167,168. He married MARY CRAIL WADE 06 June 1867 in Ripley County, Indiana169. She was born Abt. 1849 in Mississippi, and died 31 October 1912.
More About ISAAC WOOLEY and MARY WADE:
Marriage: 06 June 1867, Ripley County, Indiana169
Children of ISAAC WOOLEY and MARY WADE are:
i. ALBERT GRANT5 WOOLEY, b. October 1869.
ii. LULU MAY WOOLEY, b. Aft. 1869; m. WARD HAVENS.
iii. SARAH EMELINE WOOLEY, b. Aft. 1869; m. (1) JOHN ASHBA; m. (2) WILL LAWRENCE.
iv. ROSA BELLE WOOLEY, b. Aft. 1869; m. ROLLIE HODSON.
16. CYNTHIA ANN4 WOOLEY (NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 19 June 1844 in Ripley County, Indiana170,171, and died 1886. She married PETER PARKER Abt. 1867. He was born Abt. 1847 in Ripley County, Indiana172, and died 24 June 1909.
More About PETER PARKER and CYNTHIA WOOLEY:
Marriage: Abt. 1867
Children of CYNTHIA WOOLEY and PETER PARKER are:
i. OLIVER MORTON5 PARKER, b. 21 May 1868.
ii. SILAS P PARKER, b. Aft. 1870.
iii. CLARENCE EDGAR PARKER, b. Aft. 1870.
17. GEORGE4 REYNOLDS (MARTHA (PATSY)3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 13 March 1835 in Ripley County, Indiana173,174,175, and died 29 January 1885 in Ripley County, Indiana175. He married DICEY A. E. CONLEY 10 February 1858 in Ripley County, Indiana176. She was born 05 February 1842 in Indiana177,178, and died 08 April 1911 in Ripley County, Indiana178.
Notes for GEORGE REYNOLDS:
Living with his parents and brother John in the 1860 census, George was also a head of household, with real estate valued at $1500 and $200 personal property.
More About GEORGE REYNOLDS:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
More About DICEY A. E. CONLEY:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
More About GEORGE REYNOLDS and DICEY CONLEY:
Marriage: 10 February 1858, Ripley County, Indiana179
Child of GEORGE REYNOLDS and DICEY CONLEY is:
i. ELIAS5 REYNOLDS, b. 1859180.
18. ELIZABETH4 RATEKIN (ISAAC3, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 1849 in Ripley County, Indiana181. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON WOOLEY 28 March 1867 in Ripley County, Indiana182, son of CAREY WOOLEY and EUPHEMIA DERRINGER. He was born Abt. 1846 in Ripley County, Indiana183.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH RATEKIN and GEORGE WOOLEY:
Ratiken on the record. License and marriage both 28 March 1867. Filed 10 April 1867. Marriage performed by Jacob W. Gossett.
More About GEORGE WOOLEY and ELIZABETH RATEKIN:
Marriage: 28 March 1867, Ripley County, Indiana184
Child of ELIZABETH RATEKIN and GEORGE WOOLEY is:
i. LAURA5 WOOLEY, b. Abt. 1868185.
19. WILLIAM MONROE4 GRISHAW (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ISAAC2, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 22 June 1839 in Ripley County, Indiana186, and died 26 April 1894 in Tipton County, Indiana186,187. He married AMERICA MINAH SHOOK 24 December 1863 in Ripley County, Indiana188,189, daughter of LORENZO SHOOK and MARIAH LUDWICK. She was born 04 May 1840 in Ripley County, Indiana190,191, and died 31 December 1927 in Tipton County, Indiana192.
More About WILLIAM GRISHAW and AMERICA SHOOK:
Marriage: 24 December 1863, Ripley County, Indiana192,193
Children of WILLIAM GRISHAW and AMERICA SHOOK are:
i. INFANT5 GRISHAW, b. 12 February 1865194.
ii. ORA BELL GRISHAW, b. 22 April 1868194; d. 03 December 1903, Tipton County, Indiana194.
iii. IRA GRANT GRISHAW, b. 22 February 1868, Tipton County, Indiana194; d. 05 February 1890, Tipton County, Indiana194.
iv. JAMES BYRON GRISHAW, b. 16 November 1869, Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana194; d. 15 July 1963195; m. GRACE CAMPBELL, 07 April 1894195; b. 01 October 1870195; d. 08 May 1921195.
More About JAMES GRISHAW and GRACE CAMPBELL:
Marriage: 07 April 1894195
v. CHARLES LORENZO GRISHAW, b. 09 September 1871, Tipton County, Indiana196; d. 06 October 1932, Tipton County, Indiana196,197; m. ESTELLA M HOLMES, 03 April 1895, Tipton County, Indiana198; b. 1874198; d. 1944198.
More About CHARLES GRISHAW and ESTELLA HOLMES:
Marriage: 03 April 1895, Tipton County, Indiana198
31. vi. HARRY EVERT GRISHAW, b. 29 May 1873, Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana; d. 1944, Tipton County, Indiana.
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20. LUCY JANE5 SHAW (MARTHA JANE4 WOOLEY, NANCY3 RADICAN, SUSAN SPICA2 GRISHAW, ISAAC SPICE1) was born 08 May 1849 in Ripley County, Indiana199, and died 17 June 1906 in Ripley County, Indiana199. She married (1) NIM MYER HAGER 17 March 1870 in Ripley County, Indiana200. He was born Abt. 1845. She married (2) NICHOLAS EBENEEZER HAMMON 10 March 1880 in Ripley County, Indiana201,202, son of JOHN HAMMON and CATHARINE SUTTON. He was born 31 October 1850 in Sedgwick County, Kansas203,204,205, and died 05 July 1920 in Ripley County, Indiana206.
Notes for NIM MYER HAGER:
Lucy awoke one morning and found that Nim was gone. He was never seen nor heard of again.
I long suspected that "Nim" might have been a mis-reading of the abbreviation Wm, but the marriage record is very clearly Nim. Short, perhaps, for Nimrod?
More About NIM HAGER and LUCY SHAW:
Marriage: 17 March 1870, Ripley County, Indiana207
Notes for NICHOLAS EBENEEZER HAMMON:
ANGRY BULL ATTACKED NICH.
OLAS HAMMON INFLICTING IN-
JURIES CAUSING HIS DEATH
Our community was severely shocked Monday when it was learned that Mr. Nicholas Hammon, who resided with his son J. Elbridge Hammon and family, two miles west of town, had succumbed to injuries received Saturday when attacked by an angry bull.
Saturday morning Mr. Hammon was taking a four-year-old polled bull from one inclosure to another on the old Hammon farm adjoining the Stockinger farm on which they live. The animal suddenly attacked Mr. Hammon without a moments warning. Mr. Hammon was kinocked on to a mowing machine his head striking something sharp. A deep gash was cut in the back of his head that required several stitches to sew it up. The animal came at Mr. Hammon again while he lay on the ground and butted him in the left side, breaking his ribs and injuring his heart and left lung. Mr. John Brady, a neighbor, succeeded in beating the bull off Mr. Hammon before it had an opportunity to but him more than the one time.
Mr. Hammon was at once taken to his son's residence only a couple of hundred yards away and medical aid was summoned. Everything was done for him that was possible but his advanced age and lack of vitality were against him in a fight for life, and at five o'clock Monday afternoon death relieved him of his suffering.
Mr. Hammon was in his seventieth year, having been born in Switzerland county on October 31, 1850. His wife preceded him in death by four-teen years. Besides his son Elbridge J. Hammon he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Rissa Henderson, wife of Dallas G. Henderson, postmaster at Holton, and by a step-son and step-daughter, namely, Mr. Hager, of Osgood, and Mrs. George Miller, of Holton.
Mr. Hammon was a faithful member of the Versailles K. of P. Lodge and the Knights assisted Rev. Bannister with the funeral service, which occurred at 2 o'clock this (Wednesday) afternoon at the Tanglewood church. Interment was in the Tanglewood cemetery.
Mr. Hammon was a man that was respected by everyone who knew him and the bereaved ones have the sympathy of all in their loss.
--Versailles (Indiana) News, July, 1920
Marriage Notes for LUCY SHAW and NICHOLAS HAMMON:
After their marriage, Nick and Lucy lived for a time in Carroll County, Indiana, where Lucy's uncle, Cary Allen Wooley resided. They returned to Ripley County, and following the death of Lucy's mother, took over the Shaw farm, caring for Cat Shaw until his death.
The marriage was performed in the home of C. T. Shaw, Lucy's father, by Stephen Chandler, Justice of the Peace.
More About NICHOLAS HAMMON and LUCY SHAW:
Marriage: 10 March 1880, Ripley County, Indiana208,209
Children of LUCY SHAW and NIM HAGER are:
i. MARTHA ISADORA6 HAGER, b. Abt. 1871210; m. GEORGE MILLER.
ii. WILLIAM M HAGER, b. Abt. 1873210.
Children of LUCY SHAW and NICHOLAS HAMMON are:
iii. RUFUS OLE6 HAMMON, b. 29 October 1880, Ripley County, Indiana211; d. 17 March 1901, Ripley County, Indiana211.
Notes for RUFUS OLE HAMMON:
Rufus was a strong, gentle young man when he was killed. He was still living at home, and working at a sawmill west of the farm. A horse was responsible for his death, having crushed him in its stall, causing internal injuries. By the time the extent of the damage was realized, blood poisoning had forced him to bed with fever, chills and delirium, and treatment was of no consequence.
iv. MERTON ALVA HAMMON, b. 30 August 1882, Ripley County, Indiana211; d. 11 November 1884, Ripley County, Indiana211.
Notes for MERTON ALVA HAMMON:
Lucy was returning to the farm, driving the buckboard and cradling Merton. As she drove into the farmyard something startled the horse, perhaps a snake. The horse bolted, overturning the buckboard and throwing Lucy and her baby to the ground. Merton's head struck against a rock, killing him instantly.
More About MERTON ALVA HAMMON:
Burial: Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
v. JOHN ELBRIDGE HAMMON, b. 16 August 1884, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 15 May 1978, Ripley County, Indiana; m. ERMA PRATT, 12 March 1914, Illinois; b. 08 January 1895; d. 28 May 1981, Ripley County, Indiana.
More About JOHN HAMMON and ERMA PRATT:
Marriage: 12 March 1914, Illinois
vi. RISSA EDITH HAMMON, b. 17 September 1886, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 25 March 1979, Indianapolis, Indiana; m. GEORGE DALLAS HENDERSON, 15 May 1906, Ripley County, Indiana212; b. 25 February 1875, Ripley County, Indiana; d. 20 March 1941, Ripley County, Indiana.
More About RISSA EDITH HAMMON:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Notes for GEORGE DALLAS HENDERSON:
Will names wife, Rissa E. Henderson - executrix; Children, Verna Cumberworth, Bertha Beach, Lorella Jean Henderson, Emerson Henderson. Witnesses, Sherman Ellis, Gateman Dexter. Filed 16 April 1941, Book J, page 391, Ripley County, Indiana.
More About GEORGE DALLAS HENDERSON:
Burial: Holton Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana
Will: 16 April 1941, Ripley County, Indiana213
Marriage Notes for RISSA HAMMON and GEORGE HENDERSON:
Dallas Henderson worked at his brother Ben's logging camp at Henderson, Mineral County, Montana. It was on a trip home that he first saw Rissa, and arranged to be introduced to her. After a brief courtship, they married at the Tanglewood Baptist Church, in Ripley County, after which they went to Henderson, Montana. When Dallas' parents died, they returned to Indiana to take care of the farm.
About 1911, they retruned to the Montana lumber camp, where Rissa was appointed Postmaster. When fire destroyed the camp, they went to Port Townsend, Washington, for a short time, then to Oklahoma City, where relatives of Rissa operated a greenhouse and nursery. Shortly after arriving there, however, a tornado-breeding storm passed through, which blew them right back to Ripley County, Indiana, where they assumed responsibility for the family farm. Dallas cried auctions, dealt in real estate, and was appointed Postmaster of Holton, Indiana, for a term of four years beginning 1920. His Postal commission was signed by President Woodrow Wilson, and hangs in my study.
Rissa worked various times as a bank teller in Osgood, Indiana. Dallas was appointed first general manager of the Ripley County Farm Bureau, and Rissa served as its first (unpaid) bookkeeper. She was also busy help