General Notes

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Coat of Arms:  This family is of German or Danish origin.  The name
Grubbe, Grubb, or Grubbs means "Pit".
From the Grubbs family of Potterne, County Wilts, England, originally
comes the coat of arms here depicted and now used by the allied American
family of the name.  It is described thus:  Vert, on a chevron argent,
between three demi-lions rampant or, ans many crosses crosslet sable. The
crest is a lion's head azure, ducally crowned.
Mrs. Howard C. Parker, Center, Texas said that Enoch served in Col
Wahington's cavalry and at the Four Holes, 4/7/1781, under Capt Wm.
Harden, private.
WFT Vol 5, Tree 3742:  They lived in Fairfield District, South Carolina
and attended Beaver Creek Baptist Church.  Enoch Grubbs was a foot
soldier with Col. Washington's Calvary during the Revolutionary War.
WFT Vol 15, Tree 3283:  Enoch was a Planter and Land Owner. Quite a bit
of information can be gotten from various reference books at the library,
especially from the State of SC.  I have hand written these notes and
they are part of the Family Tree notes.
WFT Vol 15, Tree 3341:  Enoch was reared in the old Ebenezer Community
near Jenkinsville in Fairfield County, SC.  This was a Scotch-Irish
settlement in the Broad River Valley.  Enoch was a member of the Session
of the Ebenezer Church (Presbyterian) in 1788 when the present meeting
house was built.  He served in the South Carolina Militia in the American
Revolution.  It is thought his parents were immigrants from the Ulster
Plantations of Ireland.  Ref:  DAR Patriot Index, p. 289, Enoch Grubbs,
Sr. (1755-1832)
Marvin Jones:  We have data on a Thomas Grubbs in Fairfield County, South
Carolina.  He died 17 April 1795.  He could be the father of Enoch Grubbs.
Enoch was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War.  Military records
reveal that he was paid for his service in pounds and shillings, and that
he fought in the Battle of Four Holes, 1781, and furnished oats to feed
the horses in General Washington's army.  Enoch Grubbs was a plantation
owner and had slaves on his plantation.  This information is part of his
will which was written in 1831.  He was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist
Church and sold four acres of land to the church for the sum of twenty
dollars.
The Grubbses lived in the northern part of Fairfield county, Feasterville
community.  Enoch Grubbs reared two families.  His first wife was Florid
K. Buron and his second was Mary Henson.  His estat file #79.1250,
Chester County, SC was read at Beaver Creek Baptist Church on January 30,
1845.
Letter dtd May 2, 1983 from the Fairfield County Museum in Winnsboro, SC
states that "from the Roster of SC Patriots in the American Revolution by
Moss we find Enoch served in the militia under Capts Anderson, Thomas and
Liles during 1781 and was in the battle of 4 Holes.  He provided oats for
the calvary under Col Washington, Obrien, Jesse.  His line has been
established in the DAR.  We also find that he was given a land grant of
73 acres in 1784.  This is in western Fairfield in the Feasterville
Community.  We also find that a James Grubbs enlisted in the Second
Regiment on Oct 19, 1778 under Capt Thomas Moultrie.
There are two listings for Enoch Grubbs for "Post Revolutionary Land
Plats".  Lexington Co. 480 acres July 22, 1823 and Fairfield Co. 73 acres
Feb 5, 1820.  It is known that Enoch Grubbs owned and could have lived on
the "Richardson Tract" in Fairfield Co., however, at the time of his
death he was living elsewhere.  Verification can be found in his Estate
Papers, Archives, SC.
WILL:  July 13, 1831; proved Sep 2, 1832 - Executors:  Solomon Coleman,
Samuel Fant - Witnesses:  Simeon Free, William Free, William Goss.
Mentioned were:
Wife:  Mary Henson
Sons:  William, Enoch, John Ashford, Thomas
Daughters:  Mary Jennings, Rhoda Hedgepeth, Sarah Lot, Minerva Grubbs,
Sirena Grubs, Mithena Grubbs, Lucinda Grubbs
Grands