Henry Griffith was the second son of Joshua and Charity (Scofield) Griffith, a Revolutionary War veteran.
Henry Griffith (also in records as Griffin/Griffeth) married in Dutchess County, New York and the family moved with brother Noah and his family to Steuben County, New York, next door to their presumed aunt and uncle, Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield. In 1823, Henry was elected as an assessor in the Urbana, Steuben County area. Some sources mention brother Noah as being a cooper (barrel maker) as was his father. It might be assumed that Henry was also skilled in this trade, as was uncle Rufus Scofield.
Henry's unnamed wife died in Steuben County as an early census by Stephen Austin records him as a widower. She is likely buried in Mount Washington Cemetery near Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield.
By late 1828, the Griffiths had sold their land and began the journey to Texas in Mexico. The brothers and their family arrived there and first settled in Matagorda on the Gulf coast. Soon Henry moved northward 45 miles inland to Wharton County, west of Houston.
The Griffiths arrived In December 1828; Henry is counted with his two daughters and two sons (one possibly named Henry); and appears on a tax roll in Wharton County in 1846, the last public record of Henry. He does not appear in the 1850 census, though an "H. Griffith" is living there born in New York in 1819, the right age for Henry's son. No other Griffith is living in the area at that time and no one else who was born in New York State.
Henry Griffith is likely buried in the Wharton City Cemetery, begun about 1843 as it was only a couple of miles from his home. Whatever gravestone may have marked the grave, it has not survived.
Henry Griffith (also in records as Griffin/Griffeth) married in Dutchess County, New York and the family moved with brother Noah and his family to Steuben County, New York, next door to their presumed aunt and uncle, Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield. In 1823, Henry was elected as an assessor in the Urbana, Steuben County area. Some sources mention brother Noah as being a cooper (barrel maker) as was his father. It might be assumed that Henry was also skilled in this trade, as was uncle Rufus Scofield.
Henry's unnamed wife died in Steuben County as an early census by Stephen Austin records him as a widower. She is likely buried in Mount Washington Cemetery near Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield.
By late 1828, the Griffiths had sold their land and began the journey to Texas in Mexico. The brothers and their family arrived there and first settled in Matagorda on the Gulf coast. Soon Henry moved northward 45 miles inland to Wharton County, west of Houston.
The Griffiths arrived In December 1828; Henry is counted with his two daughters and two sons (one possibly named Henry); and appears on a tax roll in Wharton County in 1846, the last public record of Henry. He does not appear in the 1850 census, though an "H. Griffith" is living there born in New York in 1819, the right age for Henry's son. No other Griffith is living in the area at that time and no one else who was born in New York State.
Henry Griffith is likely buried in the Wharton City Cemetery, begun about 1843 as it was only a couple of miles from his home. Whatever gravestone may have marked the grave, it has not survived.
Henry Griffith was the second son of Joshua and Charity (Scofield) Griffith, a Revolutionary War veteran.
Henry Griffith (also in records as Griffin/Griffeth) married in Dutchess County, New York and the family moved with brother Noah and his family to Steuben County, New York, next door to their presumed aunt and uncle, Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield. In 1823, Henry was elected as an assessor in the Urbana, Steuben County area. Some sources mention brother Noah as being a cooper (barrel maker) as was his father. It might be assumed that Henry was also skilled in this trade, as was uncle Rufus Scofield.
Henry's unnamed wife died in Steuben County as an early census by Stephen Austin records him as a widower. She is likely buried in Mount Washington Cemetery near Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield.
By late 1828, the Griffiths had sold their land and began the journey to Texas in Mexico. The brothers and their family arrived there and first settled in Matagorda on the Gulf coast. Soon Henry moved northward 45 miles inland to Wharton County, west of Houston.
The Griffiths arrived In December 1828; Henry is counted with his two daughters and two sons (one possibly named Henry); and appears on a tax roll in Wharton County in 1846, the last public record of Henry. He does not appear in the 1850 census, though an "H. Griffith" is living there born in New York in 1819, the right age for Henry's son. No other Griffith is living in the area at that time and no one else who was born in New York State.
Henry Griffith is likely buried in the Wharton City Cemetery, begun about 1843 as it was only a couple of miles from his home. Whatever gravestone may have marked the grave, it has not survived.
Henry Griffith (also in records as Griffin/Griffeth) married in Dutchess County, New York and the family moved with brother Noah and his family to Steuben County, New York, next door to their presumed aunt and uncle, Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield. In 1823, Henry was elected as an assessor in the Urbana, Steuben County area. Some sources mention brother Noah as being a cooper (barrel maker) as was his father. It might be assumed that Henry was also skilled in this trade, as was uncle Rufus Scofield.
Henry's unnamed wife died in Steuben County as an early census by Stephen Austin records him as a widower. She is likely buried in Mount Washington Cemetery near Rufus and Rhoda (Griffith) Scofield.
By late 1828, the Griffiths had sold their land and began the journey to Texas in Mexico. The brothers and their family arrived there and first settled in Matagorda on the Gulf coast. Soon Henry moved northward 45 miles inland to Wharton County, west of Houston.
The Griffiths arrived In December 1828; Henry is counted with his two daughters and two sons (one possibly named Henry); and appears on a tax roll in Wharton County in 1846, the last public record of Henry. He does not appear in the 1850 census, though an "H. Griffith" is living there born in New York in 1819, the right age for Henry's son. No other Griffith is living in the area at that time and no one else who was born in New York State.
Henry Griffith is likely buried in the Wharton City Cemetery, begun about 1843 as it was only a couple of miles from his home. Whatever gravestone may have marked the grave, it has not survived.
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