Moultrie Griffin was born in South Carolina, the son of Larkin Griffin and Jemima Coleman. In 1851 he married Mary Elizabeth Porter Mays, the widow of Meade Mays of Abbeville County, South Carolina, who had died January 12, 1849 in his 31st year of fever leaving two minor children, John Matthew Mays and Anna Lucretia Mays, in Abbeville County, South Carolina. During the Civil War, Moultrie operated a Confederate Army Commissary store in Abbeville County and thus gained business and merchant experience. His step-son took his place in the South Carolina Militia. In 1866, after the Civil War ended, Moultrie, wife and children moved to the Louisiana/Texas area. He was living in Bossier Parish, Louisiana in 1870 working as a merchant. By 1880, he had moved to settle and live in Panola County, Texas where he continued to work as a merchant. His step-son, John Matthew Mays, started a business in partnership with his step-father in the freighting business whereas merchandise and goods were transported from the Shreveport, Louisiana area to the Panola County area where it was sold by Moultrie Griffin. Moultrie and his wife became parents to five children in addition to his two step children. Five of these children were alive in 1900. Many of the children became successful businessmen after working with their father and learning business practices. Moutltie died in 1885 in Panola County, Texas at a relatively young age and is buried in the Methodist burying ground near the Mt. Zion Methodist Church near Deberry and Panola, Texas.
Moultrie Griffin was born in South Carolina, the son of Larkin Griffin and Jemima Coleman. In 1851 he married Mary Elizabeth Porter Mays, the widow of Meade Mays of Abbeville County, South Carolina, who had died January 12, 1849 in his 31st year of fever leaving two minor children, John Matthew Mays and Anna Lucretia Mays, in Abbeville County, South Carolina. During the Civil War, Moultrie operated a Confederate Army Commissary store in Abbeville County and thus gained business and merchant experience. His step-son took his place in the South Carolina Militia. In 1866, after the Civil War ended, Moultrie, wife and children moved to the Louisiana/Texas area. He was living in Bossier Parish, Louisiana in 1870 working as a merchant. By 1880, he had moved to settle and live in Panola County, Texas where he continued to work as a merchant. His step-son, John Matthew Mays, started a business in partnership with his step-father in the freighting business whereas merchandise and goods were transported from the Shreveport, Louisiana area to the Panola County area where it was sold by Moultrie Griffin. Moultrie and his wife became parents to five children in addition to his two step children. Five of these children were alive in 1900. Many of the children became successful businessmen after working with their father and learning business practices. Moutltie died in 1885 in Panola County, Texas at a relatively young age and is buried in the Methodist burying ground near the Mt. Zion Methodist Church near Deberry and Panola, Texas.
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