Burwell Grigg 
Burwell was born in 1763.1 Burwell's father was Jesse Grigg and his mother was Nancy Webb. His paternal grandparents were Abner Grigg and Mary Ford. He had seven brothers and two sisters, named Bannister, Lewis, Abner, William Grigg, Frederick, Burwell, Woodford, Francis and Betsy. He had a half-brother and five half-sisters, named Joel, Polly, Prissy, Sarah, Fannie and Elizabeth R..1 General Notes
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There is controversy over the date of his birth. The D.A.R. Patriot Index has it in 1755. The tax records of Dinwiddie County show Jesse Grigg II paying tax levy on Burwell Grigg III in the 1780's, indicating that Burwell III was under 21 and over 16, probably born about 1763.
Burwell Grigg III is said to have settled on the west side of the "First Broad River" in Lawdale, Rutehrford County, North Carolina. His wife, Sabra Elam, was the daughter of Joel and Phebe Elam. She was the mother of Burwell II's fifteen children, the first six born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and the last nine in Rutherf
Sources for information on the children of Burwell Grigg and Sabra Elam's children is 1850 Census and Marriate Records, North Carolina.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1632
- b.1666 in Baly's Creek, Westopher Parish, Charles City Co., VA d.WFT Est. 1705-1757
- b.1645
- b.1689 in The Graces, Charles City County, VA d.13 Sep 1726
- b.~ 1645 in Bristol Parish / Henrico Co / VA d.1686
- b.1671 d.1727
- b.~ 1650 in Henrico Co / VA d.1708
- b.1712 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, VA d.WFT Est. 1749-1803
- b.WFT Est. 1673-1698 d.WFT Est. 1723-1786
- b.1732 in Dinwiddie County, VA d.WFT Est. 1782-1824 in Virginia
- b.WFT Est. 1695-1721 in Henrico Co., VA d.WFT Est. 1749-1811
- b.1763 d.WFT Est. 1819-1855
- b.WFT Est. 1720-1746 d.WFT Est. 1782-1835 in Virginia
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Details of Burwell's family with Sabra Elam
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