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Evan Griffith


Biography
Born 04/27/1844
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 02/24/1927
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father Caleb Griffith
Mother Ruth Witt
Married 09/02/1867
Spouse Elizabeth Payne
Military Units
34th Cavalry
6th Battalion Cavalry
Caldwell's Battalion Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
Caldwell's Battalion
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Misc
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Pension
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Census Information:

1850: 83, Age 6
1860: 664, Age 16
1870: Elk Garden 102, Age 25
1880: Elk Garden 300, Age 36
1900: Tazewell Co., Maiden Spring 42, Age 56
1910: Not found
1920: New Garden 87, 1, Age 75
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1900 (Tazewell County), 1902
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1902, 1917
Appears on pension applications for: Isaiah D. Hurt, 1911. Eli Jackson, 1919. L. J. Samples widow, 1924. Lilburn J. Romans, 1926.

Newspaper mentions:
Richmond Dispatch, 1/26/1883
Lebanon News, 9/11/1925, 2/18/1927, 3/4/1927

Notes: Constable of Russell County, 1876. Mentioned in Settle Recollection.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
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Private, Captain Jacob C. Gent's Company, Caldwell's Battalion Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Dated Aug. 7, 1862

Enlisted:
When: July 1, 1862
Where: Russell Va
By whom: Otis Caldwell
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
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To what time:

Present or absent: Present
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