Grigsby Appleton married Eliza Waller in Abbeville, S.C. on 28 Sep 1820. Grigsby Appleton is mentioned in the 11 Feb 1823 estate of Sarah (White) Waller, mother of his wife, Eliza (Waller) Appleton, Grigsby received a fee of $39.09 (See document attached to Grigsby's wife's memorial). Grigsby's relationship to his Waller in-laws is covered by the DAR application-Ancestor #: A120055. Grigsby owned land near Stoney Point in the Abbeville District of S.C. and was enumerated there in the 1830 and 1840 US Censuses.
Cotton farming in S.C. became unprofitable in the 1840s due to the dramatic drop in the price of cotton compounded by the decrease in cotton yield attributed to over-planting the land with cotton year after year. In addition the 1835 Treaty of New Echota was signed which brought about the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians and the tragic era of the "Trail of Tears". In October 1838, the last group of Cherokees departed on Trail of Tears. It can be assumed that those are the major factors influencing him to migrate with his wife and five children to DeKalb Co., AL circa 1843.
The removal of the Cherokees opened new cotton land in northern Alabama. Records show that Grigsby purchased 159.74 acres from the Federal Government on May 1, 1845 (Certificate #7235) located in DeKalb Co., AL in Collinsville in Big Wills Valley (Section 9, Township 9S, Range 7E-See the caption of attached 1840 plat map).
The 1850 US Census of District 25, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated the household of 55 Y/O Grigsby E. Appleton, a mechanic and farmer born in S.C., and his 44 Y/O wife, Eliza Mary (Waller) Appleton, born in S.C. His land at the time was worth $1000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O William Appleton, a clerk born in S.C.; 16 Y/O Joseph Appleton, a farmer born in S.C., and 13 Y/O Haynes Appleton, born in S.C.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Cotton farming in S.C. became unprofitable in the 1840s due to the dramatic drop in the price of cotton compounded by the decrease in cotton yield attributed to over-planting the land with cotton year after year. In addition the 1835 Treaty of New Echota was signed which brought about the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians and the tragic era of the "Trail of Tears". In October 1838, the last group of Cherokees departed on Trail of Tears. It can be assumed that those are the major factors influencing him to migrate with his wife and five children to DeKalb Co., AL circa 1843.
The removal of the Cherokees opened new cotton land in northern Alabama. Records show that Grigsby purchased 159.74 acres from the Federal Government on May 1, 1845 (Certificate #7235) located in DeKalb Co., AL in Collinsville in Big Wills Valley (Section 9, Township 9S, Range 7E-See the caption of attached 1840 plat map).
The 1850 US Census of District 25, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated the household of 55 Y/O Grigsby E. Appleton, a mechanic and farmer born in S.C., and his 44 Y/O wife, Eliza Mary (Waller) Appleton, born in S.C. His land at the time was worth $1000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O William Appleton, a clerk born in S.C.; 16 Y/O Joseph Appleton, a farmer born in S.C., and 13 Y/O Haynes Appleton, born in S.C.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Grigsby Appleton married Eliza Waller in Abbeville, S.C. on 28 Sep 1820. Grigsby Appleton is mentioned in the 11 Feb 1823 estate of Sarah (White) Waller, mother of his wife, Eliza (Waller) Appleton, Grigsby received a fee of $39.09 (See document attached to Grigsby's wife's memorial). Grigsby's relationship to his Waller in-laws is covered by the DAR application-Ancestor #: A120055. Grigsby owned land near Stoney Point in the Abbeville District of S.C. and was enumerated there in the 1830 and 1840 US Censuses.
Cotton farming in S.C. became unprofitable in the 1840s due to the dramatic drop in the price of cotton compounded by the decrease in cotton yield attributed to over-planting the land with cotton year after year. In addition the 1835 Treaty of New Echota was signed which brought about the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians and the tragic era of the "Trail of Tears". In October 1838, the last group of Cherokees departed on Trail of Tears. It can be assumed that those are the major factors influencing him to migrate with his wife and five children to DeKalb Co., AL circa 1843.
The removal of the Cherokees opened new cotton land in northern Alabama. Records show that Grigsby purchased 159.74 acres from the Federal Government on May 1, 1845 (Certificate #7235) located in DeKalb Co., AL in Collinsville in Big Wills Valley (Section 9, Township 9S, Range 7E-See the caption of attached 1840 plat map).
The 1850 US Census of District 25, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated the household of 55 Y/O Grigsby E. Appleton, a mechanic and farmer born in S.C., and his 44 Y/O wife, Eliza Mary (Waller) Appleton, born in S.C. His land at the time was worth $1000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O William Appleton, a clerk born in S.C.; 16 Y/O Joseph Appleton, a farmer born in S.C., and 13 Y/O Haynes Appleton, born in S.C.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Cotton farming in S.C. became unprofitable in the 1840s due to the dramatic drop in the price of cotton compounded by the decrease in cotton yield attributed to over-planting the land with cotton year after year. In addition the 1835 Treaty of New Echota was signed which brought about the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians and the tragic era of the "Trail of Tears". In October 1838, the last group of Cherokees departed on Trail of Tears. It can be assumed that those are the major factors influencing him to migrate with his wife and five children to DeKalb Co., AL circa 1843.
The removal of the Cherokees opened new cotton land in northern Alabama. Records show that Grigsby purchased 159.74 acres from the Federal Government on May 1, 1845 (Certificate #7235) located in DeKalb Co., AL in Collinsville in Big Wills Valley (Section 9, Township 9S, Range 7E-See the caption of attached 1840 plat map).
The 1850 US Census of District 25, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated the household of 55 Y/O Grigsby E. Appleton, a mechanic and farmer born in S.C., and his 44 Y/O wife, Eliza Mary (Waller) Appleton, born in S.C. His land at the time was worth $1000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O William Appleton, a clerk born in S.C.; 16 Y/O Joseph Appleton, a farmer born in S.C., and 13 Y/O Haynes Appleton, born in S.C.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
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