GEORGE HANCOCK GRIFFIN
USMA CLASS OF 1832
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 698
SECOND LT. , 6TH INFANTRY
BLACK HAWK EXPEDITION - 1832
FRONTIER DUTY, MISSOURI - 1835-36
A.D.C. TO GEN. GAINES, 1836-38
SEMINOLE WAR, 1838-39
CAPTAIN, STAFF - 1838
ASST. ADJ. GEN., ARMY OF FLORIDA, 1838-39
SEVEN YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED IN FLORIDA, 1839
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698 ...... ( Born Va. ) ...... GEORGE H. GRIFFIN ...... ( Ap'd Va. ) ...... 37
Military History: ---- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828 , to July 1, 1832, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
BVT. SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 1, 1832
Served: on the " Black Hawk Expedition ", but not at the seat of war ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1833 ; on Recruiting
( SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, MAY 6, 1835 )
service, 1833-35 ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1835-36, --- Ft. Jesup, La., 1836, --- and Camp Sabine, La., 1836 ; as Aide-de-Camp
( FIRST LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 31, 1837 )
to But. Maj.-General Gaines, Oct 5, 1836, to July 4, 1838 ; and in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1838-39, being engaged in
( CAPT., STAFF --- ASST. ADJUTANT -GENERAL, JULY 7, 1838 )
the Battle of Okee-cho-bee, Dec. 25, 1837, --- and as Asst. Adjutant-General of the Army of Florida, May 15, 1838 , to Oct. 8, 1839.
DIED , OCT. 8, 1839, AT TAMPA, FLA. ; AGED 30
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NILES NATIONAL REGISTER
Volume 57
November 16, 1839
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington. October 22, 1839
The Adjutant General regrets to announce to the officers of the department the death of Brevet Captain GEORGE H. GRIFFIN, Assistant Adjutant General, who died in Florida on the eighth of October, after an illness of a few days. Captain GRIFFIN had long served with zest and ability on the staff of the southern army.
Brigadier General Taylor bears testimony to his merit , and in his official dispatch well remarks, " In his death the Army has lost one of its most valuable members, and the country one of its most faithful public servants. " As a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the officers of the Adjutant general's Department will wear crepe on the left arm and the hilt of the sword for the period of thirty days.
R. JONES
Adjutant General
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FAMILY:
FATHER: John Caswell Griffin ( Nov. 1775 - 1825 )
MOTHER: Mary Talbot Hancock ( 17 Sept. 1783 - 1826 )
BROTHER: Lt. William Preston Griffin ( 25 Feb. 1810 - 4 Dec. 1851 ). Second son. Both parents died when he was 16, joined the U. S. Navy at age 17. Became a Lieutenant in the Navy and an officer of distinction. Married Mary Neill Lawrence, only surviving child of Captain James Lawrence, who coined the phrase " Don't Give Up the Ship, " during the War of 1812.
BROTHER: Dr. John Strother Griffin ( June 25, 1816 - 23 Aug. 1898 ). Fifth child. Joined the U. S. Army as a surgeon and came to California in 1846 during the Mexican War with General Kearney's expedition. Created the first East Los Angeles suburb , now known as Lincoln Heights. Los Angeles County Coroner, ( 1862 - 1865 ). Became one of California's outstanding medical men, was one of the three pioneer physicians in the pueblo of Los Angeles.
SISTER: Eliza Croghan Griffin, ( 26 Dec. 1821 - 25 Sept. 1896 ), Artist and diarist, youngest and only surviving daughter of the family. Parents passed at age 5. Second wife of General Albert Sidney Johnston, married October 3, 1843. General Johnston was the second general in the Cofederate Army in rank, was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. His wife and family resided in San Francisco during and after the war.
GRANDFATHER: George Hancock ( June 13, 1754 - July 18, 1820 ), American planter and lawyer from Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Federalist in the U. S. House from 1793 to 1797. Appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as an aide-de-camp to Count Casimir Pulaski during the Revolutionary War. When General Pulaski was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah, it was Colonel Hancock who pulled the general from his horse. He was a member of the Virginia House in 1784-86 and 1792. Married Margaret Strother.
AUNT: Julia Hancock ( 21 Nov. 1791 - 27 June 1820 ), Wife of General William Clark, of "Lewis ands Clark " fame. Married in 1808 after he came home from his famous exploration trip to the west.
UNCLE: General William Clark, ( 1770 - 1838 ), Famous western explorer of the Louisiana Purchase and all the way to the Pacific with Meriweather Lewis. Married Julia Hancock in 1808, siring several children until she passed away in 1820.
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CAT'S NOTES: Captain Griffin, another casualty of the southern swamps, where both common soldiers and staff officers were struck down by fever disease. Griffin came from a distinguished family with military connections, and thus was a natural fit for the Army. His service was short, but accomplished, and there is no doubt he would have distinguished himself in the Mexican War. We will never know.
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Researched and transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
9/11/2021
USMA CLASS OF 1832
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 698
SECOND LT. , 6TH INFANTRY
BLACK HAWK EXPEDITION - 1832
FRONTIER DUTY, MISSOURI - 1835-36
A.D.C. TO GEN. GAINES, 1836-38
SEMINOLE WAR, 1838-39
CAPTAIN, STAFF - 1838
ASST. ADJ. GEN., ARMY OF FLORIDA, 1838-39
SEVEN YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED IN FLORIDA, 1839
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698 ...... ( Born Va. ) ...... GEORGE H. GRIFFIN ...... ( Ap'd Va. ) ...... 37
Military History: ---- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828 , to July 1, 1832, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
BVT. SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 1, 1832
Served: on the " Black Hawk Expedition ", but not at the seat of war ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1833 ; on Recruiting
( SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, MAY 6, 1835 )
service, 1833-35 ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1835-36, --- Ft. Jesup, La., 1836, --- and Camp Sabine, La., 1836 ; as Aide-de-Camp
( FIRST LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 31, 1837 )
to But. Maj.-General Gaines, Oct 5, 1836, to July 4, 1838 ; and in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1838-39, being engaged in
( CAPT., STAFF --- ASST. ADJUTANT -GENERAL, JULY 7, 1838 )
the Battle of Okee-cho-bee, Dec. 25, 1837, --- and as Asst. Adjutant-General of the Army of Florida, May 15, 1838 , to Oct. 8, 1839.
DIED , OCT. 8, 1839, AT TAMPA, FLA. ; AGED 30
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NILES NATIONAL REGISTER
Volume 57
November 16, 1839
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington. October 22, 1839
The Adjutant General regrets to announce to the officers of the department the death of Brevet Captain GEORGE H. GRIFFIN, Assistant Adjutant General, who died in Florida on the eighth of October, after an illness of a few days. Captain GRIFFIN had long served with zest and ability on the staff of the southern army.
Brigadier General Taylor bears testimony to his merit , and in his official dispatch well remarks, " In his death the Army has lost one of its most valuable members, and the country one of its most faithful public servants. " As a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the officers of the Adjutant general's Department will wear crepe on the left arm and the hilt of the sword for the period of thirty days.
R. JONES
Adjutant General
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FAMILY:
FATHER: John Caswell Griffin ( Nov. 1775 - 1825 )
MOTHER: Mary Talbot Hancock ( 17 Sept. 1783 - 1826 )
BROTHER: Lt. William Preston Griffin ( 25 Feb. 1810 - 4 Dec. 1851 ). Second son. Both parents died when he was 16, joined the U. S. Navy at age 17. Became a Lieutenant in the Navy and an officer of distinction. Married Mary Neill Lawrence, only surviving child of Captain James Lawrence, who coined the phrase " Don't Give Up the Ship, " during the War of 1812.
BROTHER: Dr. John Strother Griffin ( June 25, 1816 - 23 Aug. 1898 ). Fifth child. Joined the U. S. Army as a surgeon and came to California in 1846 during the Mexican War with General Kearney's expedition. Created the first East Los Angeles suburb , now known as Lincoln Heights. Los Angeles County Coroner, ( 1862 - 1865 ). Became one of California's outstanding medical men, was one of the three pioneer physicians in the pueblo of Los Angeles.
SISTER: Eliza Croghan Griffin, ( 26 Dec. 1821 - 25 Sept. 1896 ), Artist and diarist, youngest and only surviving daughter of the family. Parents passed at age 5. Second wife of General Albert Sidney Johnston, married October 3, 1843. General Johnston was the second general in the Cofederate Army in rank, was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. His wife and family resided in San Francisco during and after the war.
GRANDFATHER: George Hancock ( June 13, 1754 - July 18, 1820 ), American planter and lawyer from Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Federalist in the U. S. House from 1793 to 1797. Appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as an aide-de-camp to Count Casimir Pulaski during the Revolutionary War. When General Pulaski was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah, it was Colonel Hancock who pulled the general from his horse. He was a member of the Virginia House in 1784-86 and 1792. Married Margaret Strother.
AUNT: Julia Hancock ( 21 Nov. 1791 - 27 June 1820 ), Wife of General William Clark, of "Lewis ands Clark " fame. Married in 1808 after he came home from his famous exploration trip to the west.
UNCLE: General William Clark, ( 1770 - 1838 ), Famous western explorer of the Louisiana Purchase and all the way to the Pacific with Meriweather Lewis. Married Julia Hancock in 1808, siring several children until she passed away in 1820.
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CAT'S NOTES: Captain Griffin, another casualty of the southern swamps, where both common soldiers and staff officers were struck down by fever disease. Griffin came from a distinguished family with military connections, and thus was a natural fit for the Army. His service was short, but accomplished, and there is no doubt he would have distinguished himself in the Mexican War. We will never know.
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Researched and transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
9/11/2021
GEORGE HANCOCK GRIFFIN
USMA CLASS OF 1832
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 698
SECOND LT. , 6TH INFANTRY
BLACK HAWK EXPEDITION - 1832
FRONTIER DUTY, MISSOURI - 1835-36
A.D.C. TO GEN. GAINES, 1836-38
SEMINOLE WAR, 1838-39
CAPTAIN, STAFF - 1838
ASST. ADJ. GEN., ARMY OF FLORIDA, 1838-39
SEVEN YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED IN FLORIDA, 1839
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698 ...... ( Born Va. ) ...... GEORGE H. GRIFFIN ...... ( Ap'd Va. ) ...... 37
Military History: ---- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828 , to July 1, 1832, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
BVT. SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 1, 1832
Served: on the " Black Hawk Expedition ", but not at the seat of war ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1833 ; on Recruiting
( SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, MAY 6, 1835 )
service, 1833-35 ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1835-36, --- Ft. Jesup, La., 1836, --- and Camp Sabine, La., 1836 ; as Aide-de-Camp
( FIRST LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 31, 1837 )
to But. Maj.-General Gaines, Oct 5, 1836, to July 4, 1838 ; and in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1838-39, being engaged in
( CAPT., STAFF --- ASST. ADJUTANT -GENERAL, JULY 7, 1838 )
the Battle of Okee-cho-bee, Dec. 25, 1837, --- and as Asst. Adjutant-General of the Army of Florida, May 15, 1838 , to Oct. 8, 1839.
DIED , OCT. 8, 1839, AT TAMPA, FLA. ; AGED 30
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NILES NATIONAL REGISTER
Volume 57
November 16, 1839
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington. October 22, 1839
The Adjutant General regrets to announce to the officers of the department the death of Brevet Captain GEORGE H. GRIFFIN, Assistant Adjutant General, who died in Florida on the eighth of October, after an illness of a few days. Captain GRIFFIN had long served with zest and ability on the staff of the southern army.
Brigadier General Taylor bears testimony to his merit , and in his official dispatch well remarks, " In his death the Army has lost one of its most valuable members, and the country one of its most faithful public servants. " As a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the officers of the Adjutant general's Department will wear crepe on the left arm and the hilt of the sword for the period of thirty days.
R. JONES
Adjutant General
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FAMILY:
FATHER: John Caswell Griffin ( Nov. 1775 - 1825 )
MOTHER: Mary Talbot Hancock ( 17 Sept. 1783 - 1826 )
BROTHER: Lt. William Preston Griffin ( 25 Feb. 1810 - 4 Dec. 1851 ). Second son. Both parents died when he was 16, joined the U. S. Navy at age 17. Became a Lieutenant in the Navy and an officer of distinction. Married Mary Neill Lawrence, only surviving child of Captain James Lawrence, who coined the phrase " Don't Give Up the Ship, " during the War of 1812.
BROTHER: Dr. John Strother Griffin ( June 25, 1816 - 23 Aug. 1898 ). Fifth child. Joined the U. S. Army as a surgeon and came to California in 1846 during the Mexican War with General Kearney's expedition. Created the first East Los Angeles suburb , now known as Lincoln Heights. Los Angeles County Coroner, ( 1862 - 1865 ). Became one of California's outstanding medical men, was one of the three pioneer physicians in the pueblo of Los Angeles.
SISTER: Eliza Croghan Griffin, ( 26 Dec. 1821 - 25 Sept. 1896 ), Artist and diarist, youngest and only surviving daughter of the family. Parents passed at age 5. Second wife of General Albert Sidney Johnston, married October 3, 1843. General Johnston was the second general in the Cofederate Army in rank, was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. His wife and family resided in San Francisco during and after the war.
GRANDFATHER: George Hancock ( June 13, 1754 - July 18, 1820 ), American planter and lawyer from Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Federalist in the U. S. House from 1793 to 1797. Appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as an aide-de-camp to Count Casimir Pulaski during the Revolutionary War. When General Pulaski was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah, it was Colonel Hancock who pulled the general from his horse. He was a member of the Virginia House in 1784-86 and 1792. Married Margaret Strother.
AUNT: Julia Hancock ( 21 Nov. 1791 - 27 June 1820 ), Wife of General William Clark, of "Lewis ands Clark " fame. Married in 1808 after he came home from his famous exploration trip to the west.
UNCLE: General William Clark, ( 1770 - 1838 ), Famous western explorer of the Louisiana Purchase and all the way to the Pacific with Meriweather Lewis. Married Julia Hancock in 1808, siring several children until she passed away in 1820.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CAT'S NOTES: Captain Griffin, another casualty of the southern swamps, where both common soldiers and staff officers were struck down by fever disease. Griffin came from a distinguished family with military connections, and thus was a natural fit for the Army. His service was short, but accomplished, and there is no doubt he would have distinguished himself in the Mexican War. We will never know.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Researched and transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
9/11/2021
USMA CLASS OF 1832
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 698
SECOND LT. , 6TH INFANTRY
BLACK HAWK EXPEDITION - 1832
FRONTIER DUTY, MISSOURI - 1835-36
A.D.C. TO GEN. GAINES, 1836-38
SEMINOLE WAR, 1838-39
CAPTAIN, STAFF - 1838
ASST. ADJ. GEN., ARMY OF FLORIDA, 1838-39
SEVEN YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED IN FLORIDA, 1839
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698 ...... ( Born Va. ) ...... GEORGE H. GRIFFIN ...... ( Ap'd Va. ) ...... 37
Military History: ---- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828 , to July 1, 1832, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
BVT. SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 1, 1832
Served: on the " Black Hawk Expedition ", but not at the seat of war ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1833 ; on Recruiting
( SECOND LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, MAY 6, 1835 )
service, 1833-35 ; on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1835-36, --- Ft. Jesup, La., 1836, --- and Camp Sabine, La., 1836 ; as Aide-de-Camp
( FIRST LIEUT., 6TH INFANTRY, JULY 31, 1837 )
to But. Maj.-General Gaines, Oct 5, 1836, to July 4, 1838 ; and in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1838-39, being engaged in
( CAPT., STAFF --- ASST. ADJUTANT -GENERAL, JULY 7, 1838 )
the Battle of Okee-cho-bee, Dec. 25, 1837, --- and as Asst. Adjutant-General of the Army of Florida, May 15, 1838 , to Oct. 8, 1839.
DIED , OCT. 8, 1839, AT TAMPA, FLA. ; AGED 30
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NILES NATIONAL REGISTER
Volume 57
November 16, 1839
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington. October 22, 1839
The Adjutant General regrets to announce to the officers of the department the death of Brevet Captain GEORGE H. GRIFFIN, Assistant Adjutant General, who died in Florida on the eighth of October, after an illness of a few days. Captain GRIFFIN had long served with zest and ability on the staff of the southern army.
Brigadier General Taylor bears testimony to his merit , and in his official dispatch well remarks, " In his death the Army has lost one of its most valuable members, and the country one of its most faithful public servants. " As a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the officers of the Adjutant general's Department will wear crepe on the left arm and the hilt of the sword for the period of thirty days.
R. JONES
Adjutant General
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FAMILY:
FATHER: John Caswell Griffin ( Nov. 1775 - 1825 )
MOTHER: Mary Talbot Hancock ( 17 Sept. 1783 - 1826 )
BROTHER: Lt. William Preston Griffin ( 25 Feb. 1810 - 4 Dec. 1851 ). Second son. Both parents died when he was 16, joined the U. S. Navy at age 17. Became a Lieutenant in the Navy and an officer of distinction. Married Mary Neill Lawrence, only surviving child of Captain James Lawrence, who coined the phrase " Don't Give Up the Ship, " during the War of 1812.
BROTHER: Dr. John Strother Griffin ( June 25, 1816 - 23 Aug. 1898 ). Fifth child. Joined the U. S. Army as a surgeon and came to California in 1846 during the Mexican War with General Kearney's expedition. Created the first East Los Angeles suburb , now known as Lincoln Heights. Los Angeles County Coroner, ( 1862 - 1865 ). Became one of California's outstanding medical men, was one of the three pioneer physicians in the pueblo of Los Angeles.
SISTER: Eliza Croghan Griffin, ( 26 Dec. 1821 - 25 Sept. 1896 ), Artist and diarist, youngest and only surviving daughter of the family. Parents passed at age 5. Second wife of General Albert Sidney Johnston, married October 3, 1843. General Johnston was the second general in the Cofederate Army in rank, was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. His wife and family resided in San Francisco during and after the war.
GRANDFATHER: George Hancock ( June 13, 1754 - July 18, 1820 ), American planter and lawyer from Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Federalist in the U. S. House from 1793 to 1797. Appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as an aide-de-camp to Count Casimir Pulaski during the Revolutionary War. When General Pulaski was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah, it was Colonel Hancock who pulled the general from his horse. He was a member of the Virginia House in 1784-86 and 1792. Married Margaret Strother.
AUNT: Julia Hancock ( 21 Nov. 1791 - 27 June 1820 ), Wife of General William Clark, of "Lewis ands Clark " fame. Married in 1808 after he came home from his famous exploration trip to the west.
UNCLE: General William Clark, ( 1770 - 1838 ), Famous western explorer of the Louisiana Purchase and all the way to the Pacific with Meriweather Lewis. Married Julia Hancock in 1808, siring several children until she passed away in 1820.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CAT'S NOTES: Captain Griffin, another casualty of the southern swamps, where both common soldiers and staff officers were struck down by fever disease. Griffin came from a distinguished family with military connections, and thus was a natural fit for the Army. His service was short, but accomplished, and there is no doubt he would have distinguished himself in the Mexican War. We will never know.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Researched and transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
9/11/2021
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