July 2001
Found the cemetary that Sallie S Hays is buried in. Horn Hill Cemetary in Limestone County,
TX on RD 390. She was b. 4/1/1866 and d. 8/19/1878.
Found an online Dallas Co, TX site that had newspaper archive listings. One listing was:
Embree Echoes:
Tom Hays, of Mexia, has opened his new Blacksmith shop.
(Article was dated April 7, 1887. This article was in the Dallas Daily Herald, pg 2, col 1)
Found a site that states the children of Samuel Griffin were:
William, James, Elizabeth, George, Amy, John, Martha, Thomas, and Samuel JR.
fabulous records.
1st: Copy of a page of the mark and brand book of Wash. Co, AL. This page contains
the following names: Margaret GRIMES No. 60--records hi mark a crop and split
in each ear and brands thus- "L $" (really a cursive capitol L). Recorded March 20,
1854. T.S.Parker Judge Elijah WILLIFORD No. 61--records his mark a crop
and underbit in the left ear and undersquare and split in the right ear and brands
thus "EW" recorded March 20, 1854. T.S.Parker Judge Benjamin WOULLARD
No. 62--Records his mark as crop and underhalfcrop in the right ear-split and
upperbit in the left and brands thus-"B-7". Recorded March 20, 1854. T.S.Parker Judge
2nd: Land record from Quitman, MS. This record shows Wm E Williford owning the
SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec 36 T3N & R15E and it shows John Williford 28 ac.
T3 R15E-T2N R15E John Williford 78.4 ac Mary Williford.
3rd: Most remarkable record of WAR OF 1812--Declaration of Soldier for Pension
STATE of MISSISSIPPI COUNTY of CLARKE On ths 11th day of
September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy five, personally appeared
before me T J Parker, Clerk of the Circuit Court, a Court of Record within
and for the county and State aforesaid, William E Williford aged seventy four years
a resident of County of Clarke State of Mississippi, who being duly sworn according
to law, declares that he is married, that his wife's name was Sinia Griffin, to whom
he married at Greene County, Mississippi on the fourth day of September 1819: that
he served the full period of sixty days in the Military service of the United States in
the war of 1812: that he is the identical William E Williford who was drafted in Captain
Goffs co. in St. Tamany Parish, LA in the month of Dec, 1812 and was honorably
discharged at Baton Rouge in June 1813: that I was a private in Captain Goffs co. &
served most of my tour at Baton Rouge on quard duty, that he at no time during the
late rebellion against the authority of the US adhered to the cause of the enemies etc.
He hereby constitures and appoint with full power of substitution and revocation,
T W Williams of Washington DC his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim
and obtain the pension certificate that may be issued: that his post office is at Quitman,
County of Clarke State of Mississippi that his domicile is near Quitman.
Signed by his mark William E Williford.
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