Robert M. GRIFFIN^[1]

1841 - 1905  (63 years)

• Name	Robert M. GRIFFIN
  Birth	16 Oct 1841	Sumter District, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F3F20FF064A14C1B80AB0C6697933D53A7BB
  Death	25 Mar 1905	Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	Weeks-Griffin Cemetery, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Person ID	I27279	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	18 May 2006

  
  

  Father	Dempsey GRIFFIN,   b. 30 Mar 1788, South Carolina d. 10 Aug 1866, Fulton, Clarendon District, South Carolina (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Alicia “Elsy/Elcey” WEEKS,   b. 1 Oct 1799, South Carolina d. 17 Mar 1852, South Carolina (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1819  [1]
  _UID	65321215D7BC41F88EF6CDE2DDCE7A3B1D24
  _UID	65321215D7BC41F88EF6CDE2DDCE7A3B1D24
  Family ID	F3898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Julia Ann CONYERS,   b. 17 Nov 1848, SC d. 4 Aug 1893, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 44 years)
  _UID	D00301B3F2B9492CB571D1119E785A5170E2
  _UID	D00301B3F2B9492CB571D1119E785A5170E2
  Family ID	F19192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Hester Lorena BARWICK,   b. 20 Aug 1869, South Carolina d. 17 Jul 1924, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 54 years)
  _UID	B6A385600E3A45C9BE9A427DA315650CD4C0
  _UID	B6A385600E3A45C9BE9A427DA315650CD4C0
  Children	1. Julia Lorena GRIFFIN,   b. 28 Dec 1895, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina   2. Robert Murray GRIFFIN,   b. 4 Jul 1897, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina   3. Vermelle GRIFFIN,   b. 6 Jun 1905, SC d. 7 Nov 1951, SC (Age 46 years)   4. James Martin GRIFFIN, Sr.,   b. BET. 1889 - 1901, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 10 Jan 1963, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 62 years)   5. Lawrence Wesley GRIFFIN,   b. 27 Feb 1896, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 25 Apr 1959, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F19193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Robert was Baptized on June 20, 1845 by the Rev. Arthur Wigfall , pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal Church (parish records). He was at home with his parents on the 1850 Census. In1860, he was Dempsey's only child by Alicia still at home. Robert was a Confederate soldier. He enlisted Feb. 2, 1863 in Clarendon District in Company C. 4th S.C. Cavalry. On Sept. 13, 1863 he was transferred with brother Nelson Griffin to Company I, 23rd S.C. Volunteers; wounded, he was given a receipt for his clothing at General Hospital in Richmond, Virginia on July 26, 1863 (Civil War Records, S.C. Archives). 1870 Clarendon Census, Fulton Twp. #178: Robert is listed as a farmer with Julia; no children. 1880 Clarendon Census, Fulton Twp. #112: Robert is listed with 'wife" Julia and "nephew" Lawrence Wells. Lawrence Wells was the son of Robert's sister Caroline Griffin Wells.

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Cochran Gedcom File.