Husband Samuel Mathis
Born: 6 Mar 1832 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 28
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Died: 19 Jul 1894 - Berrien Co., GA 28
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Father: Thomas Mathis
Mother: Eady Register
Marriage: 1850 - Berrien Co., GA 28
Wife Martha E. Gray
Born: 9 Sep 1832 - Jefferson County, Florida 28
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Died: 21 Dec 1923 - Berrien Co., GA 28
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MATHIS, SAMUEL. PARRISH, ABSALOM. April 13, 1928 GRIFFIN, JAMES, Jr. MIZELL, OWEN KING. GRIFFIN, WILLIAM Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38498848/joel-griffis: accessed December 13, 2025), memorial page for Joel Griffis (9 Oct 1831\endash 9 Feb 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38498848, citing Prospect Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Du Pont, Clinch County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Grave Seeker (contributor 47117358).
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1832-1894
BERRIEN
Samuel Mathis, son of Thomas Mathis (Vol. ll), was born in Lowndes County, March 6, 1832, and died at his home near Long Bridge Church, Berrien County, July 19, 1894. He was married in 1850 to Martha E. Gray, daughter of Zachariah Gray (Vol. I). She was born in Jefferson County, Fla., Sept. 9, 1832, and died Dec. 21, 1923. They were buried at Long Bridge Church, Berrien County. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mathis were fourteen children:
1. Timothy
2. Ansel
3. Rachel
4. Henry
5. Joseph W.
6. John
7. Georgia Betheny
8. Guilford
9. Berrien
10. Thomas, Jr.
11. Maggie E.
12. Missouri
13. Amanda
14. Queen Victoria
Mr. and Mrs. Mathis first lived after marriage on a tract of land just south of present Enigma, Berrien County, given her by her father. Later, he acquired lot of land 44 in 10th land district two miles northwest of Flat Creek Church, and moved there. His last years were spent in the Long Bridge Church community, with some of the children. Mrs. Mathis continued to live with their children until her death.
Mr. Mathis served as Receiver of Tax Returns of Berrien County, 1875-1879. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. His membership was with Flat Creek (Emmaus) Church from June, 1863 (when he became a member by letter) until Sept. 18, 1869, when he transferred his membership to Pleasant Church. He died a member of Pleasant.
Husband Daniel David Green
Born: Abt 1794 - South Carolina
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Died: 13 May 1850 - Columbia County, Florida
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1 M Jesse Thomas Green
Born: Apr 1818 - Camden Co., Georgia 39
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Died: 30 Nov 1901 - Bradford Co., Florida
Buried: - Evergreen Cemetery. Bradford County, Florida
Spouse: Sophia Crews
Marr: 17 Apr 1844 - Camden Co., GA 516
Spouse: Kesiah Crews
Marr: 10 Dec 1835 - Camden County, Georgia. (Death of Spouse)
Husband Absalom Parrish
Born: 24 Oct 1796 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 1875 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Father: Henry Jackson Parrish Sr. 4
Mother: Mary Ann Monk 4
Marriage: 1826 - Bulloch County, GA 28
Wife Elizabeth Green
Born: 17 Jun 1807 28
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1 F Jane Parrish
AKA: Jincy Parrish
Born: 19 Feb 1827 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Spouse: Timothy Bland 28
Marr: 4 Sep 1845 28
2 M Ezekial Parrish
Born: 15 Nov 1828 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 16 Apr 1900 - Thomas County, Georgia 28
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Spouse: Sarah H. Jones
Marr: 2 Nov 1848 - Bulloch County, GA 28
3 M Malachi Parrish
Born: 30 Oct 1830 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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4 F Mary Parrish
Born: 15 Mar 1833 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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5 M Ansel Parrish
Born: 19 Jun 1835 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 31 Dec 1835 28
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6 M Timothy Parrish
Born: 11 Dec 1836 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 5 Sep 1846 28
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7 M Daniel Parrish
Born: 22 Apr 1839 28
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Spouse: Jemima Mathis
Marr: 3 Dec 1862 28
8 M Matthew Parrish
Born: 24 Feb 1842 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 5 Jan 1843 28
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9 F Ann Sophronia Parrish
Born: 27 Mar 1844 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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10 M Clement Parrish
Born: 27 May 1847 28
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11 M William Emmet Parrish
Born: 15 Oct 1850 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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General Notes: Husband - Absalom Parrish
1796-1875
BULLOCH
Absalom Parrish was the youngest of the sons of Henry and Mary Ann Monk Parrish of Bulloch county, and was born there Oct. 24, 1796. He was a brother of Henry Parrish (Vol, I). He was married twice. The first marriage was on Oct. 8, 1820, to Polly R. Williams, born May 7, 1797, died Nov. 19, 1825, daughter of James Williams, R.S., (Vol.1). By her three children were born:
1. Nancy
2. Henry
3. Griffin W.
The second wife was Elizabeth Green of Bulloch county, born June 17, 1807; married 1826. By her eleven children were born, viz:
4. Jincy (Jane)
5. Ezekiel
6. Malachi
7. Mary or Polly
8. Ansel
9. Timothy
10. Daniel
11. Matthew
12. Ann Sophronia
13. Clement
14. William Emmet
Of the foregoing children, Ezekiel and Daniel and Mrs. Monroe moved to Berrien county.
Absalom Parrish and his two wives were members of Upper Lott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Bulloch county, and were buried in the cemetery there. He died 1875.
Husband John Waldron
Born: 1746
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Died: 1797
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Wife Hannah Green
Born: 1750
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Died: 1842
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1 M Oliver Waldron
Born: 1787 - Bryan County, Georgia 562
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Died: 5 Nov 1867 - Suwannee Shoals, FL 562
Buried: - Orange Springs Cemetery, Orange Springs, Marion County, Florida
Spouse: Ann Jane Waters
Spouse: Ann Sylvester
Marr: 1806 - Bryan Co., GA 563
2 M John Waldron
Born: Abt 1792 - Bryan Co., GA 564
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Died: 22 Dec 1814 - Savannah, Ga 564
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3 M David Mickel Waldron
Born: 12 Dec 1795 - Bryan Co., GA 88
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Died: 25 Nov 1838 - Nassau County, FL 89
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Spouse: Sarah
Husband James F. Rowell
Born: Abt 1844 565
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Marriage: 27 Dec 1866 - Taylor County, Florida
Wife Mary Ann Grice
Born: 2 Sep 1848 - Florida 520
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Died: 14 Apr 1928
Buried: - New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA
Other Spouse: Samuel C. Crews
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General Notes: Wife - Mary Ann Grice
MRS. MARY ANN CREWS DIED.
Mrs. Mary Ann Crews, age 80, wife of Mr. Sam C. Crews, died at their home near Newell Saturday after a lingering illness of several months from cancer. She was one of the oldest residents of Charlton County and lived at their present home over thirty years and has been married to Mr. Crews going on forty years. They had no children, but Mrs. Crews reared two orphans from infancy, Hack Brooker and Otis Wainwright. She has one sister, Mrs. Denmark, and a nephew, Mr. J.S. Nazworth. She was an estimable woman, and a splendid business woman who accumulated several thousand dollars on her own account. Mr. Crews survives his wife. Mrs. Crews was a member of the Mills Missionary Baptist Church and the funeral was conducted by the pastor. Burial was a Hickox cemetery.
h Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Florida
Home in 1860: District 3, Taylor, Florida
Gender: Female
Post Office: Finholoway
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Wiley Grise 38
Elizabeth Grise 45
Georgia Ann Grise 15
Maryan Grise 12
James Grise 9
Florid Grise 6
Ellen Grise 3
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1870 United States Federal Census about Mary A Rowell
Name: Mary A Rowell Age in 1870: 21
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Florida
Home in 1870: Charlton, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Centreville
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
J F Rowell 26
Mary A Rowell 21
Aaron Smith 10
Husband Ransom Guy
Born: 1854 3
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Father: William Guy
Mother: Bathsheba Thomas
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Wife Candacy Griffin
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Father: Dempsey Griffin
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Dowling
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Husband James Griffin Jr.
Born: 24 Mar 1829 - Ware County, GA 3
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Died: 4 Jan 1906 3
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Father: James Griffin
Mother: Nancy
Marriage: 1853 3
Wife Isabelle Jones
Born: 6 Apr 1836 - Ware County, GA 3
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Died: 24 May 1909 3
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Father: James Jones Jr. 3
Mother: Sarah Mizell 3
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General Notes: Husband - James Griffin Jr.
1829-1906
BRANTLEY
James Griffin, Jr., was born in Ware County, March 24, 1829, son of James and Nancy Griffin (Vol. 1). He was married in 1853 to Isabelle Jones, daughter of James and Sarah Mizell Jones. She was born April 6, 1836, in Ware County, and died May 24, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin had eleven children, viz:
1. James P.
2. Elender
3. Lusina.
4. Mary
5. Margaret
6. Jesse
7. Edward
8. Nancy
9. Sarah
10. Matthew
11. Alfred 1.
Mr. Griffin's home-place was on lot of land 107, 9th district of Ware County, This was bought by him from the heirs of his father's estate. It was cut into Pierce County in 1858 in its formation out of Ware, but was afterwards added back to Ware County, and is now the home-place of Mr. Edward Griffin, a son.
James Griffin, Jr,, was Justice of Peace in the 590th district of Pierce County, 1865-1869. He served in the Confederate Army. He died Jan. 4, 1906, and was buried at High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church of which he and his wife were members,
Husband Owen King Mizell
Born: 20 Oct 1811 3
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Died: 30 May 1893 - Charlton Co., GA 3
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Wife Nancy Griffin
Born: 3 Apr 1819 - Georgia 3
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Died: 11 Aug 1885 - Charlton Co., GA 3
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Father: James Griffin
Mother: Nancy
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General Notes: Husband - Owen King Mizell
1811-1893
CHARLTON
Owen King Mizell, a son of Jesse Mizell (Vol. I), was born Oct. 20, 1811, in Emanuel County, and died at his home in Charlton County, May 30, 1893. He was married twice. His first wife was Miss Nancy White; she died soon after the birth of her first child, Margaret; and Mr. Mizell then married Nancy, daughter of James Griffin (Vol. I). She was born April 3, 1819, in Georgia, and died Aug. 11, 1885. By her all of the following children were born except Mar-
garet, viz:
1. Mary Margaret
2. Sarah C.
3. Polly Ann
4. Nancy
5. Griffin King
6. Ellen
7. Julia
Mr. Mizell, after his first marriage, first settled on Spanish Creek at a point where the old King's Road crossed it in what was then Camden County but which part of Camden was cut into the new County of Charlton in 1854. He lived there until his death, though his death occurred at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Cason. He had a large plantation which was worked by slave labor. On his plantation was a fully equipped blacksmith shop and cotton mill and grist mill and other improvements. He prospered and was rated as very wealthy in his day.
Owen K. Mizell served in the Indian War, in Capt. E. D. Tracy's company of Camden County militia, in several different enlistments from 1837 to 1840. In 1838, he was 1st Sergeant in the company, and at times served as a private. He served as 1st Lieutenant in the Centerville Riflemen, 1836-38.
Mr. Mizell's first public office was Justice of Peace in the 32nd district, Camden County, 1837-1841. On the creation of Charlton County, he was elected one of its first Inferior Court justices, serving 1854-1857. He then served three terms in the legislature as Representative, viz., in 1857-58, 1861-1863 and in 1865-1867.
Owen K. Mizell was an ordained minister in the Primitive Baptist Church. He was originally a member of High Bluff Church where he was baptized July 8, 1843, Later, he transferred by letter to Sardis Church, much nearer to his home, and was ordained there to the ministry in the 1850s. The record of his ordination was burned when the records of Sardis Church were burned in the, home of the late Elder W. 0. Gibson some years ago; so therefore, it cannot be learned just how long he was in the ministry, He was pastor at Sardis Church for many years,
Elder Mizell and his second wife were buried at Sardis Church.
Census Refs: 1850, Camden; 1860, 1870, Charlton.
Husband William Griffin
Born: 1815 - Bulloch County, GA 25
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Died: 21 Aug 1879 - Ware (now Pierce) County, Georgia 3
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Father: James Griffin
Mother: Nancy
Marriage: 1830 - Bryan Co., GA 3
Wife Cynthia Strickland
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Died: 28 Jul 1897 - Ware (now Pierce) County, Georgia 3
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Father: David Strickland 3
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1 M William B. Griffin
Born: 15 Jul 1837 - Ware County, Georgia 25
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Died: 25 Feb 1900 - Clinch County, GA 39
Buried: - Antioch Methodist Church Cemetery, Homerville, Clinch County, Georgia
Spouse: Civility Crews
Marr: 18 Feb 1858 - Pierce County, Georgia
General Notes: Husband - William Griffin
1815-1879
BRANTLEY
William Griffin was born in Bulloch County in 1815, a son of James Griffin (Vol. I). He was married in 1830 to Cynthia Strickland, daughter of David Strickland. They had the following children:
1. Treacy
2. William B.
3. John
4. Nancy
5. Peter
6. Leander
7. James E.
8. James Washington
9. Alexander
10. Elender
11. Patrick
12. Elijah
13. Apple Ann
14. Cynthia Ann
15. Owen Alfred
16. Lusina
17. MaryAnn
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were married in Bryan County. Soon after marriage they moved to Ware County from Bulloch. He was 2nd Lieutenant of the 590th District, Ware County militia, 1834-37. They moved back to. Bulloch about 1840 and remained there until 1856 when they moved back to Ware County. The Griffin home and plantation in eastern Ware County was called "Mulberry Grove", and was cut into Pierce County in 1858. Mr. Griffin died there Aug, 21, 1879; his wife died there July 28, 1897, age 83 years. They were buried at High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church near their home in present Brantley County. James Griffin, Jr., brother of William, was the administrator of the estate.
William Griffin served in three wars: He fought in the Indian War as Ist corporal in Capt. James Walker's militia company, 1838; he served in the Mexican War; and in the Civil War served the last year of the conflict in the state militia in the battles around Atlanta. John Griffin, son of William, enlisted in Co. "W', 26th Ga. Vol. Inf. Regiment, Mar. 31, 1862; was wounded at Second Manasses, Va., Aug. 28, 1862, and died of his wounds Sept. 5, 1862.
Census Refs: 1840, 1850, Bulloch; 1860, Pierce.
Husband Joel Griffis 23
Born: 9 Oct 1831
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Died: 9 Feb 1879
Buried: - Prospect Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Du Pont, Clinch County, Georgia
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Wife Sarah Register
Born: 27 Jan 1824 - Bulloch County, GA 23
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Died: 22 Aug 1903
Buried: - Prospect Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Du Pont, Clinch County, Georgia
Father: Abraham Register
Mother: Mary Stewart 23
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General Notes: Husband - Joel Griffis
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Register