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Charles Thomas Gritton

Male 1875 - 1933  (58 years)


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  1. 1.  Charles Thomas Gritton was born on 31 Mar 1875 in Iowa (son of Levi Gritton and Mary E. Russell); died on 26 Sep 1933 in Wilton, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried on 28 Sep 1933 in South Bethel Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: laborer
    • Census: 1910, Center, Cedar County, Iowa

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52007170/charles-thomas-gritton

    Charles married Anna L. Gill on 7 Feb 1900 in Cedar County, Iowa. Anna was born on 2 Jul 1876 in Iowa; died on 20 Dec 1916 in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in South Bethel Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Levi Gritton was born in 1826 in Mercer County, Kentucky (son of Levi Pete Gritton and Anna Myers); died on 26 Mar 1896 in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, Washington, Linn County, Iowa
    • Census: 1880, Sugar Creek, Cedar County, Iowa
    • Census: 1885, Sugar Creek, Cedar County, Iowa

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26544465/levi-gritton

    Levi married Mary E. Russell on 11 Mar 1873 in Cedar County, Iowa. Mary was born in 1840 in Virginia; died on 19 Aug 1915 in Muskingum County, Ohio; was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary E. Russell was born in 1840 in Virginia; died on 19 Aug 1915 in Muskingum County, Ohio; was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    Death Occurs At The County Home
    Mrs. Mary Gritton, an aged inmate of the county home, passed away about 9 o'clock last night after a lingering illness. Senility is assigned as the cause of her death.
    Mrs. Mary Gritton was born in Ohio about seventy-five years ago. She had made her home in and near this city during the greater part of her life, residing a part of the time with a daughter in this city and at other times with a daughter in Illinois.
    She is survived by three children, Mrs. Clara Lambert, residing near Eliza, Ill, and Tomas and Norman Gritton, both of Cedar county.
    The remains will be taken to Hebron, Ia., where burial will be made in the Hebron cemetery tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
    The Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa. Friday 20 August 1915.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26544467/mary-e-gritton

    Children:
    1. 1. Charles Thomas Gritton was born on 31 Mar 1875 in Iowa; died on 26 Sep 1933 in Wilton, Muscatine County, Iowa; was buried on 28 Sep 1933 in South Bethel Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.
    2. Levi Norman Gritton was born on 14 Aug 1876 in Cedar County, Iowa; died on 17 Feb 1964 in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.
    3. Emma Jane Gritton was born on 7 Jan 1878 in Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa; died on 9 Nov 1913 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois; was buried in Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Cedar County, Iowa.
    4. Eli Lewis Gritton was born in 1875 in Cedar County, Iowa.
    5. Clara J. Gritton was born on 9 Oct 1884 in Cedar County, Iowa; died on 4 Dec 1961 in Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Levi Pete Gritton was born in 1790 in Mercer County, Kentucky (son of John Gritton and Elizabeth Hoagland); died in 1845 in Washington Township, Linn County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    I believe that following news article referes to Levi Pete Gritton as he is the only Levi Gritton who matches dates and locations of the story.

    Louisville Daily Democrat. 4 December 1845. Page 3
    New Harmony, Indiana, Sept. 10th, 1842.
    Sir: - Your kind invitation on behalf of the State Central committee of Pennsylvania, to unite with our fellow citizens throughout the Union, in the approaching celebration at Danville, of the anniversary of the memorable battle of the Thames, has been duly received. I deeply regret that my duty as Trustee of the State University of Indiana, which imperatively requires my attendance at Bloomington, during commencement week, (five days only previous to your celebration,) compels me to forego the gratification I should have experience in meeting, on such an occasion, the disingnished [sic] men who will assemble, amonst [sic]whom is our valued fried, Co. R. M. Johnson.
    Since I have alluded to the death of Tecumsah by Col Johnson's hand, I may be pardoned on this occasion, for alluding, in proof of a fact which nothing but party jealousy ever disputed, to evidence of the most direct character, which chance enabled me to procure, and which was never before, as I know of, laid before the public.
    Levi Gritton, an humble farmer, now living about three miles east of Evansville, in this state, was present, then quite a youth, at Winchester's defeat; was taken prisoner and carried to Malden and had there frequent opportunities of seeing Tecumseh, and of receiving at his hands, a degree of kindness, not imitated by those who called themselves the civilized allies of the Indian chief. Tecumseh's appearance then, was stamped upon Mr. Gritton's recollection, by that which is never forgotten, kind deeds to a captive in a strange land. After a time, an oath was tendered to the prisoners at Malden, not to serve again. Gritton and two others, who refused to take it, were hurried to Montreal and sold to a French trader there; but after five or six weeks captivity, Gritton seized a skiff, descended the St. Lawrence, and returned by way of Buffalo, after enduring many hardships, to his home in Mercer county, Kentucky.
    Then he enlisted as one of McAffee's company, and was afterwards present at the battle of the Thames. These particulars, and those I am about to relate, I had from his own lips, noting them down at the time; and after reading them to Gritton, causing him to append to them his signature.
    The young soldier, then not yet twenty-one was elected as one of the forlorn hope which, as every one knows, was led up against the Indians, in advance of the mounted men by Col. Johnson in person. Next to Col. Johnson, rode Col. Whitley, and immediately behind him Levi Gritton. Whitley as is well know, fell dead at the first fire; and it was Gritton who afterwards carried home to his widow the rifle and shot pouch of the fallen soldier. The same fire which killed Whitley, brought to the ground every man of the forlorn hope, Col. Johnson, and one other excepted. Gritton received a wound in the left leg, and had his horse shot from under him. When Col. Johnson turned round and saw the forlorn hope down, he called out to the rest of his men, to dismount and fight the Indians after their own fashion. Each who was not disabled then took to a tree; and a desultory combat was kept up for some quarter of an hour; Johnson's men still advancing from tree to tree upon the Indians. About that time it was, that Gritton who had taken his station behind a beech, saw col. Johnson ride round the top of a fallen tree about ten or twelve yards in advance of him, and perceived an Indian who he instantly recognized as Tecumseh, standing a few steps from the root of the same tree. He saw Tecumseh raise his tomahawk as in the act to throw, and at that moment Col. J. shot him with his own pistol. He saw Tecumseh fall and die on the same spot. Next morning Gritton's men, knowing that he was acquainted with Tecumseh, induced him to go with them about sunrise to the scene of the combat, and there they still found the body were it first lay. About the same time Anthony Shane, the half breed interpreter, who had known Tecumseh for years visited the body and recognized it instantly. I asked Gritton if he had ever heard it doubted in the army, that Tecumseh was the Indian shot by Col. J.

    Levi married Anna Myers on 27 Dec 1813 in Mercer County, Kentucky. Anna was born about 1793; died before 1830 in Mercer County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anna Myers was born about 1793; died before 1830 in Mercer County, Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. Jacob Gritton was born in 1814 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 6 Dec 1879 in Buchanan County, Iowa; was buried in Quasqueton Cemetery, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa.
    2. 2. Levi Gritton was born in 1826 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 26 Mar 1896 in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John GrittonJohn Gritton was born in Dec 1755 in Winchester, Virginia (son of William Gritton and Elizabeth Unknown); died on 7 Aug 1837; was buried in Banta Graveyard, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1800, Mercer County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1810, Mercer County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1820, Mercer County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1830, Mercer County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters Pension application of John Gritton S13203 fn36PA/VA Transcribed by Will Graves 10/2/11

    [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]

    State of Kentucky Mercer County viz.: On this 3rd day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Mercer now sitting John Gritton a resident citizen of said County & state aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - viz.: I John Griffin do hereby state on oath in answer to the several interrogatories put by the court according to the direction of the War Department, That I was born in the town of Winchester & State of Virginia in the year 1755 as I my parents informed me, and my parents removed to West Moreland County Pennsylvania when I was about fifteen years of age and I lived on the Youghegany River [Youghiogheny River] in that state when I was called into service of my country as follows, in the month of May 1775 I was drafted in Captain John Rice's Company of Colonel Broadhead's Regiment for four months and was marched to a place six miles above what was called the Turkey foot settlement and built a Fort called Hoagland Fort where I was stationed until my time expired which was four months and I was honorably discharged. My next tour was in the fall of the same year I volunteered in a company of Rangers commanded by Captain Drake for three months and we marched to Conemaugh River in said state and ranged on that River and adjacent frontiers until my time expired and we were discharged.

    And again in the year 1776 after harvest I again volunteered in Captain Drake's company of Rangers on another tour of three months and we marched up to a place called the Glades then on the waters of Turtle Creek and Youghegany River on these Frontiers of Westmoreland County until our time expired and I was again discharged - we had no Colonel with us in either of those tours but were ordered into service by Colonel Broadhead who was our principal officer in our County.

    My next tour was in the month of January 1777 I again volunteered in Captain Drake's Company of Rangers for one month In order to take some deserters from the main Army we marched to the Glades and several other places in the neighborhood of Bedford and took several, and others came in and delivered themselves up at Bedford in our time expiring I was discharged.

    Again in the month of August 1778 I performed a tour of duty of one month as a volunteer in a company of Rangers or Indian spies under Captain Kilgore and we marched to Cheat River where we ranged until I time expired and I was discharged and again in the fall of 1778 I performed another tour of one month as a volunteer Ranger in Captain Brown's Company to a place called the [indecipherable word] Glades where we ranged until my time expired and I was discharged.
    In 1779 I was employed in building boats on the Youghegany River and in the month of April 1780 I sailed down the Ohio River to the falls of that River, and in the month of July of that year I volunteered in Captain Mcgary's Company at Mcgary's Station now in Mercer County for three months on an expedition then about to March under Colonel Geo. R Clark [George Rogers Clark] against the Indians and we marched to the mouth of Licking and from thence to a place then called Piqua on Mad River a Branch of the Big Miami which place we burnt and destroyed after we had a severe conflict with the Indians and at the expiration of my time I was honorably discharged.

    Again in the fall of 1782 I volunteered in Captain James Ray's Company on another campaign and tour of three months against the northern Indians under Colonel or General George R. Clark and we marched across the Ohio at the mouth of Licking about the first September and thence to Piqua on the Big Miami which place we took and burnt several other towns after a severe conflict with the Indians - previous to this time in the year 1781 I performed a tour of two months as an Indian spy at McMurtry's Station in Kentucky now Mercer County, under Captain Ray, and one month at Mcgary's station in the summer 1781, and one month at the mouth of Salt River. At Mcgary's I served under Captain John Gordon, and at the mouth of Salt River under a Lieutenant whose name I cannot recollect at this time but I solemnly aver that I actually performed the tours of duty and services as above specified, and I know of no person now alive by whom I can prove my services in the State of Pennsylvania, and my services in the State of Kentucky I believe I can prove by General James Ray1 and James Hutton2 - I further declare that I have no documentary evidence of my services as I have long since lost my discharges and I am not now a pensioner of the United States nor of any state and I hereby relinquish all claim that I may have to any pension or annuity except the present. Witness my hand this 3rd day of December 1832

    S/ John Gritton, X his mark
    Mercer County: On this 3rd day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court General James Ray and being sworn according to law doth on his oath state, that his acquaintance with the above John Gritton who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration commenced in the spring 1780 soon after he came to Kentucky and I have known him ever since. I know that he marched with General Clark on his expedition in the year 1780 and in the year 1781 the said Gritton perform duty as a guard at the places he has stated above, part of his time was at Mcgary's Station where I was stationed and again in the fall 1782 he marched with me and in my company on Clark's campaign against the Indians on the Big Miami the said Gritton was always considered as a brave soldier and discharged his duty. I also well recollect at that time the said Gritton told me of his services in the Western parts of Pennsylvania on the Youghegany River as he has detailed in his declaration which I have read. The said Gritton was always considered a man of truth and I have no doubt of his having performed the services as he has stated. Witness my hand this 3rd day of December 1832
    James Ray [signature]

    1 FPA S31314 transcribed and posted in this database 10/2/11 2 FPA 31147 transcribed and posted in this database 10/2/11
    [Martin C Duncan, a clergyman, Stephen Tyler and Peter Huff gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

    [fn p. 12] State of Kentucky Mercer County viz.: On this 26 day of November 1832 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County he being infirm and as he lives more than 20 miles from Harrodsburg where our court sets and it being very inconvenient for the said Hutton to attend court on account of his infirmities and being duly sworn according to law states, as follows, viz. I James Hutton do hereby state on oath that I am well acquainted with John Gritton Senior, of the County of Mercer and have known him sinse he first came to Kentucky in the spring 1780 and I was intimately acquainted with him from that time to the present, and I know that he performed the several tours of duty which he has stated viz. He was in Clark's Campaign in 1780, and also in 1781 he was stationed at McMurtrey's Station and at Mcgary's & on Salt River also on Clark's Campaign in the fall 1782 I also well recollect of the said Gritton telling me of his services in Pennsylvania in the year 1775 - 6 & 7 in the Western parts of that state and of his building forts on the Youghegany River all of which services he has often told me of soon after he came to Kentucky and before the war ended, I have always considered the said Griffin as a man of truth and a respectable Citizen, I was sworn as a witness to his first declaration, and no personally of his services since he first came to Kentucky. Witness my hand this day 26th of November 1832.
    James Hutton [signature]

    [facts in file: veteran died August 7, 1840; his wife, whose name is not stated in the documents in this file, did not survive them. The only child of John Gritton whose name is contained in the file is Aaron Gritton about whom there are no details given. No other child is referenced in the documents in this file.]
    [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $73.33 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for 22 months service in the Pennsylvania and Virginia militias.]

    http://revwarapps.org/s13203.pdf


    In 1789 he was awarded a Kentucky Land Grant for 500 acres in Nelson County along the Salt River.

    Virginia Grants, page 56.
    Gritton, John 500 acres, book 16, page 162, date survey 7-7-1789, Nelson County, Salt River watercourse.

    He later resided in Mercer County.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6625043/john-gritton

    John married Elizabeth Hoagland. Elizabeth was born about 1759 in Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Banta Graveyard, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Hoagland was born about 1759 in Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Banta Graveyard, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239586721/elizabeth-gritton

    Unconfirmed but likely buried in Banta Graveyard by John Gritton. Stones are in poor condition and some have fallen.

    Children:
    1. Rhoda Rosanna Gritton was born in 1778; died after 1845.
    2. Aaron Gritton was born on 23 Jan 1779 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; died on 14 Jul 1864; was buried in New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery, McAfee, Mercer County, Kentucky.
    3. Jesse Gritton was born on 1 Apr 1781 in Virginia; died on 16 Feb 1857; was buried in Banta Graveyard, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.
    4. William Gritton was born in 1782 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died in 1823 in Mercer County, Kentucky.
    5. John Gritton was born about 1783 in Kentucky; died in 1820.
    6. Nancy Gritton was born about 1787; died in 1820.
    7. Dorcas Gritton was born in 1789 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died in 1818 in Mercer County, Kentucky.
    8. 4. Levi Pete Gritton was born in 1790 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died in 1845 in Washington Township, Linn County, Iowa.
    9. Elizabeth Gritton was born in 1792 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died before 1837.
    10. Amos Gritton was born on 4 Aug 1794 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 29 May 1857 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    11. Delilah Gritton was born in 1795 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died before 1831.
    12. Jacob Gritton was born on 16 Jun 1797 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 19 Sep 1842 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    13. Mary Polly Gritton was born in 1805.


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