Taken from "History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties" written by J.A. Caldwell
Robert Griffin, a native of Ireland, settled in Kirkwood township with his wife and five children near where Sewellsville is now located, in the spring of 1807. He leased a farm , on which he lived eight years, and in 1816 he purchased land on which he settled and remained the rest of his life. He followed farming, and reared a family of six children -- James , William, George, Henderson, Robert and Margaret, all of whom are deseased, expect Henderson , who is living in Kirkwood township. Our subject died October 14, 1819, and his wife died in 1837. [Note that on March 14, 1817, sixteen sections of the northern end of Kirkwood township in connection with twelve from Union township were used to create Flushing township / township ten and that Robert's Will dated September 20, 1819, states "Robert Griffin of Flushing Township".]
Taken from "History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties" written by J.A. Caldwell
Robert Griffin, a native of Ireland, settled in Kirkwood township with his wife and five children near where Sewellsville is now located, in the spring of 1807. He leased a farm , on which he lived eight years, and in 1816 he purchased land on which he settled and remained the rest of his life. He followed farming, and reared a family of six children -- James , William, George, Henderson, Robert and Margaret, all of whom are deseased, expect Henderson , who is living in Kirkwood township. Our subject died October 14, 1819, and his wife died in 1837. [Note that on March 14, 1817, sixteen sections of the northern end of Kirkwood township in connection with twelve from Union township were used to create Flushing township / township ten and that Robert's Will dated September 20, 1819, states "Robert Griffin of Flushing Township".]
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