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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Genealogical Records Library Special Collections 1990 Grider Family Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_genealogical_rec Part of the Genealogy Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Grider Family" (1990). Genealogical Records. Paper 119. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_genealogical_rec/119 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Genealogical Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 FIRST GENERATION: HARTIN GRIDER was born ca 1731 and died ca 1795. He married first Anna ___ and married second Catherine ___ ISSUE OF HARTIN GRIDER: i. Henry Grider (.1), b 09 Hay 1755; md Elizabeth Smith. Ii. Barbara Grider (2), b 14 Hay 1759; md William Vance. iii. John Grider, b ca 1760. iv. Christopher Grider (3), b ca 1761; md Nellie Holsclaw. v. Jacob Grider (4), b 02 Sep 1763; md Rebecca Hinton. vi. Tobias Grider, b ca 1775; m/1 11 Jul 1795 Sally Harmon, b ca 1778, d ca 1798; m/2 in Garrard Co KY 11 Sep 18UO Sally Hogan, d/o lVilliam Hogan. Possibly about six issue, names unknown. vii. Hartin Grider (5), b 22 Nov 1779; md Sallie Hoare. 2 SECOND GENERATION: (1) HENRY GRIDER, first child of Martin and Anna Grider, was born in Lancaster Co PA on 09 May 1755 and died 05 Feb 1843. He moved with his parents and other members of his family in the late 1760's to Augusta Co VA. He married 03 Sep 1781 Elizabeth Smith, born 22 May 1764, the daughter of Zachariah Smith of Culpeper Co VA. Some family members believe Martin Grider, born 22 Nov 1779 may have been Henry's eldest child and not his youngest brother. ISSUE OF HENRY & ELIZABETH (SMITH) GRIDER: i. Anna Grider. (6), b KY 1782; md Charles Mitchell. ii. Mary Grider (7), b Boyle Co ICY 1784; md Robert Brian. iii. Elizabeth Grider, b Mercer Co KY 17 Jun 1786, d single IYarren Co ca 1817. iv. Nancy Smith Grider, b Mercer Co KY ca 1787; md IYarren Co 06 Jun 1828 Abner McDowell, no known issue. She may have m/2 Rev ___ Moffett. v. John Grider (8), b 11 Nov 1788; md Rebecca Katherine Martin. vi. Jesse Grider, b Boyle Co ICY near Danville ca 1790; md Harren Co 16 Aug 1810 Polly Long. vii. Sally Grider (9), b Boyle-Mercer Co ca 1792; md Asa Thompson Mitchell. viii. Henry Grider (10), b 16 Jul 1796; md Rachel Covington. (2) BARBARA GRIDER, daughter of Martin and Anna Grider, was born in Lancaster Co PA 14 May 1759 and died in 1839. She was taken by her parents in the 1760's to Augusta Co VA. She was married in VA 15 Apr 1777 to William Vance, born ca 1753 and died in 1833. 11illiam was of German descent and moved from PA to Rockingham Co VA. Six of the Vance children were born in Virginia and six later children were born in the Garrarlid County area of Kentucky after they moved there about 1790. ISSUE OF lVILLIAM & BARBARA (GRTDER) VANCE: i. Jacob Vance (11), b Rockingham Co VA 02 Sep 1778; md Scott. ii. Martin Vance, b Rockingham Co VA 26 Dec 1719; moved to KY with family, later to IN. No further record. iii. Johannis Diehl Vance, b Rockingham Co VA 06 Sep 1781, d in infancy. iv. Johann (Handel) Vance (12), b Rockingham Co VA 06 Jan 1783; mil Lucy Collins, m/2 Mary Collins. v. Elizabeth Vance (13), b Rockingham Co VA 09 Mar 1785; md Charles Radcliff. vi. David Vance, b Rockingham Co VA 03 Dec 1786; no further record. vii. Anna Vance, b Rockingham Co VA 02 Oct 1788; md IN to Reuben Ford; no known issue. viii. l>lilliam Vance (14), b Mercer, Madison or Lincoln Co KY 11 Nov 1790; md Chloe I Robbins. ix. Christel Vance, b Garrard Co KY 1792; no further information. x. Tobias Vance (15), b Garrard Co KY; md xi. Solomon Vance, b MO; no further information. xii. Mary "Polly" Vance (16), b Garrard Co [(Y; md Eli P Hardin. xiii. Henry Vance, b Garrard Co KY; later moved to IN where he lived & died, no further information. 3 xi v. Joseph Vance (17), b Garrard Co KY; m/1 Atlanta Jesse, m/2 Mary Thomas. (3) CHRISTOPHER GRIDER, son of Martin and Anna Grider, was born in Lancaster Co PA ca 1761 and died in Barren Co KY in 1806, in September or October. He moved with his family to Augusta Co VA about 1770. On 25 March 1785 he moved to KY, settling in Mercer Co. On 25 December 1792 Christopher was married there to Nellie Holsclaw, born ca Mercer Co l7n, the daughter of Jacob Holsclaw. The couple later moved to Barren Co where a farm was given to Nellie by her father. After Christopher's death, Nellie sold the farm and moved to Garrard Co with her five daughters. ISSUE OF CHRISTOPHER & NELLIE (HOLSCLAIV) GRIDER: i. Nancy Grider, b ca 1793; md 21 May 1819 Elijah Kemper; no known issue. ii. Susannah (Ruth) Grider, b ca 1795; md 31 Aug 1929 Henry McLin, no knOl<l1 issue. iii. Sarah IiSalley" Grider (18), b ca 1798; md Nicholas Collier. iv. Mary "Polly" Grider, b ca 1800; md 03 Jan 1828 Matthew Kidd, no known issue. v. Lucy Grider, b ca 1802; md 25 Apr 1830 Frederick McLin, brother of Henry; no known issue. (4) JACOB GRIDER, son of Martin and Anna Grider, was born in Lancaster Co PA 02 September 1762 and died in Putnam Co IN 23 July 1860. On 01 April 1785 in Rockingham Co VA, Jacob was married to Rebecca Hinton, born Berks PA 11 April 1768 and died 18 June 1842, the daughter of \villiam & Mary (Jones) Hinton. They moved to Mercer Co KY in 1788 and to Barren Co about 1880. Jacob and his family moved to Putnam Co IN, settling near Skillim Cemetery, where he worked as a blacksmith. Jacob was a soldier in the Revolutionary \var, being the last survivor in Putnam Co. ISSUE OF JACOB & REBECCA (HINTON) GRIDER: i. Martin Grider, b Greenbrier Co VA ca 1786-87; md Barren Co ICY 14 Sep 1814 Mary James; no further information. ii. Mary Grider (19), b Harpers Ferry, Greenbrier Co VA 20 Apr 1788; md Col John R. Dickerson. iii. Jacob Hinton Grider (20), b 12 Jul 1791; md Mahala Pennington. iv. Hilliam Grider, b ca 1797; was Old & had child b KY ca 1826 & child b Putnam Co IN; lived in Vigo Co IN, no further information. v. Tobias Grider (21), b 23 Nov 1800; md Sarah Johnson. vi. Thomas Grider (22), b 14 Oct 1802; md Elizabeth Button. vii. Rebecca Grider (23), b 1803; md Tillman High. (5) MARTIN GRIDER, son of Martin and Anna Grider, was born in Rockingham Co VA 22 November 1779 and died 18 February 1830. He married in Barren Co KY 06 June 1803 Sallie l'loore, born 08 September 1785 and dIed 01 June 1864, the daughter of Robert Moore. They both died in \varren Co KY. 4 ISSUE OF MARTIN & SALLIE (MOORE) GRIDER: i. Margaret M Grider (24), b 27 Feb 1804; md Vivion Crosthwait. ii. Nancy Minerva Grider (25), b 27 Dec 1805; md Chasteen T. Dunavan. iii. Elizabeth Moon Grider, b 12 Oct 1808, never md. iv. Anna Smith Grider, b 14 Dec 1811, never md. v. Robert Martin Grider, b 01 Oct 1814; died in infancy. vi. Robert Martin Grider (26), b 02 Jul 1816; md Margaret Sterrett. vii. Sarah Eliza Grider, b 17 Jan 1820, d 12 Mar 1862; md 06 Sep 1837 John B Clark, a carpenter, b VA 25 Sep 1813, d 17 Jan 1863; both buried Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green KY; no record of children. viii. John Hobson Grider (27), b 17 Jan 1822; md Margaret Elizabeth Hines. ix. Tobias Smith Grider (28), b 17 Feb 1824; md Mary Frances Jackson. 5 THIRD GENERATION: (6) ANNA GRIDER, daughter of Henry & Elizabeth (Smith) Grider (1), was born in Lincoln Co KY in 1782 and died ca 1839 in Warren County. She moved with her parents to Mercer and Garrard Counties KY and then to Warren County. She married 01 January 1800 Charles Mitchell, born ca 1799 in Bedford Co VA and died Warren Co late Mayor early June 1815, the son of William and Jane (Thomson) Mitchell. Charles was for many years a member of the Warren County Counrt and a wealthy and prominent farmer. He was active in business affairs, operated a mill and had many slaves and land. The home place near Plano was assessed in 1809 as containing 786 acres. On 07 September 1817 in Warren Co, the wealthy widow of Charles Mitchell married John Boon, a widower with several children. He automatically came into possession of her property and guardian of her children, whom he charged for room and board from the date of his marriage to Anna. ISSUE OF CHARLES AND ANNA (GRIDER) MITCHELL: i. Henry Grider Mitchell (29), b 28 Jun 1802; md Martha McPheeters. ii. Elizabeth Grider Mitchell (30), b 08 Feb 1804; md Garland Jefferson Blewett. iii. John M. Mitchell (31), b 01 Jan 1808; md Eliza Jane White. iv. Asher Mitchell (32). v. Asa Thompson Mitchell (33), b ca 1810; md Nancy Stark. vi. Albert G. Mitchell (34) b 22 Mar 1812; mil Margaret Houston Barclay, m/2 Mary E Jones.