John Grigsby - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

John Grigsby, was born in 1720 in Stafford County, Virginia. In 1740, John Grigsby accompanied Lawrence Washington, brother of George Washington, to Carthagena as part of the Virginia militia under the command of Admiral Vernon. The expedition against the Spanish occurred during the administration of Governor Gooch. John Grigsby also commanded a company in the Thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line during the early years of the American Revolution. In 1779, John Grigsby, his wife Elizabeth (Porter of Orange County), and other family members crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Valley of Virginia. He was preceded to the Valley by his son James, from whom he purchased “460 acres in the Forks of the James River” on November 2, 1779. When he arrived at “Fruit Hill”, the name he gave his farm, he was nearly 60 years of age and the father of 13 children. His last child, Reuben, was born there on June 6, 1780. John Grigsby died April 7, 1794, and was buried in the cemetery of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, where the family worshipped.

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Location type: Single Grave Date of Birth: 1720 Date of Death: 04/07/1794 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: Sacred to the Memory of John Grigsby who was born....1720 and departed this life, April 7, 1794. Pause, reader here and look with solemn dread upon the last, lone dwelling of the dead; Tho num'rous graves appear on every hand, this was the first of all the silent band. Ranks: Captain

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