Griffin Henry TRULL was born 20 Jun 1807 in Anson Co., NC, and was one of the ten children of Mary GRIFFIN and Stephen TRULL, a barrel maker. Around 1833 he married Sarah SHEPHERD.
In 1847 Griffin moved his family to Fayette Co., AL. The family traveled to Alabama in oxen-pulled wagons and a buggy with splatter boards covering the wheels. The group included the family of Griffin's brother, Stephen Jackson TRULL, and Sarah's invalid mother Elizabeth. They settled near Newtonville where the families of two of Sarah's brother's, Issac and Jacob SHEPHERD, already lived. Sarah's brothers had immigrated to Alabama in 1825 and 1836 respectively. A few years after moving to Alabama, Elizabeth SHEPHERD was murdered by the young slave girl she had brought from North Carolina to take care of her.
Griffin and Sarah resided in Fayette County for about thirty years until 1872 when they bought land and moved into a log cabin located in neighboring Lamar Co., AL. Later they built a larger house on their Lamar County property near a crossroad, in addition to a post office and a gin. Sarah fell from their gin, suffering a broken back that left her an invalid unable to walk for the rest of her life. In the 1880s Sarah and Griffin "broke up housekeeping" and started living a few months with each child as was the custom in those days. Sarah had a special large chair that she normally sat in, and this chair would be lifted into the wagon bed for her to ride in when it was time to rotate to the next child's home.
Griffin helped establish the Meadow Branch Baptist Church in 1878, selling the land for the church and cemetery to the church deacon for $5. Both Griffin and Sarah were buried at the Meadow Branch Church Cemetery. Sarah died first 20 Jun 1892, and Griffin died 24 Jul 1898.
In 1847 Griffin moved his family to Fayette Co., AL. The family traveled to Alabama in oxen-pulled wagons and a buggy with splatter boards covering the wheels. The group included the family of Griffin's brother, Stephen Jackson TRULL, and Sarah's invalid mother Elizabeth. They settled near Newtonville where the families of two of Sarah's brother's, Issac and Jacob SHEPHERD, already lived. Sarah's brothers had immigrated to Alabama in 1825 and 1836 respectively. A few years after moving to Alabama, Elizabeth SHEPHERD was murdered by the young slave girl she had brought from North Carolina to take care of her.
Griffin and Sarah resided in Fayette County for about thirty years until 1872 when they bought land and moved into a log cabin located in neighboring Lamar Co., AL. Later they built a larger house on their Lamar County property near a crossroad, in addition to a post office and a gin. Sarah fell from their gin, suffering a broken back that left her an invalid unable to walk for the rest of her life. In the 1880s Sarah and Griffin "broke up housekeeping" and started living a few months with each child as was the custom in those days. Sarah had a special large chair that she normally sat in, and this chair would be lifted into the wagon bed for her to ride in when it was time to rotate to the next child's home.
Griffin helped establish the Meadow Branch Baptist Church in 1878, selling the land for the church and cemetery to the church deacon for $5. Both Griffin and Sarah were buried at the Meadow Branch Church Cemetery. Sarah died first 20 Jun 1892, and Griffin died 24 Jul 1898.
Griffin Henry TRULL was born 20 Jun 1807 in Anson Co., NC, and was one of the ten children of Mary GRIFFIN and Stephen TRULL, a barrel maker. Around 1833 he married Sarah SHEPHERD.
In 1847 Griffin moved his family to Fayette Co., AL. The family traveled to Alabama in oxen-pulled wagons and a buggy with splatter boards covering the wheels. The group included the family of Griffin's brother, Stephen Jackson TRULL, and Sarah's invalid mother Elizabeth. They settled near Newtonville where the families of two of Sarah's brother's, Issac and Jacob SHEPHERD, already lived. Sarah's brothers had immigrated to Alabama in 1825 and 1836 respectively. A few years after moving to Alabama, Elizabeth SHEPHERD was murdered by the young slave girl she had brought from North Carolina to take care of her.
Griffin and Sarah resided in Fayette County for about thirty years until 1872 when they bought land and moved into a log cabin located in neighboring Lamar Co., AL. Later they built a larger house on their Lamar County property near a crossroad, in addition to a post office and a gin. Sarah fell from their gin, suffering a broken back that left her an invalid unable to walk for the rest of her life. In the 1880s Sarah and Griffin "broke up housekeeping" and started living a few months with each child as was the custom in those days. Sarah had a special large chair that she normally sat in, and this chair would be lifted into the wagon bed for her to ride in when it was time to rotate to the next child's home.
Griffin helped establish the Meadow Branch Baptist Church in 1878, selling the land for the church and cemetery to the church deacon for $5. Both Griffin and Sarah were buried at the Meadow Branch Church Cemetery. Sarah died first 20 Jun 1892, and Griffin died 24 Jul 1898.
In 1847 Griffin moved his family to Fayette Co., AL. The family traveled to Alabama in oxen-pulled wagons and a buggy with splatter boards covering the wheels. The group included the family of Griffin's brother, Stephen Jackson TRULL, and Sarah's invalid mother Elizabeth. They settled near Newtonville where the families of two of Sarah's brother's, Issac and Jacob SHEPHERD, already lived. Sarah's brothers had immigrated to Alabama in 1825 and 1836 respectively. A few years after moving to Alabama, Elizabeth SHEPHERD was murdered by the young slave girl she had brought from North Carolina to take care of her.
Griffin and Sarah resided in Fayette County for about thirty years until 1872 when they bought land and moved into a log cabin located in neighboring Lamar Co., AL. Later they built a larger house on their Lamar County property near a crossroad, in addition to a post office and a gin. Sarah fell from their gin, suffering a broken back that left her an invalid unable to walk for the rest of her life. In the 1880s Sarah and Griffin "broke up housekeeping" and started living a few months with each child as was the custom in those days. Sarah had a special large chair that she normally sat in, and this chair would be lifted into the wagon bed for her to ride in when it was time to rotate to the next child's home.
Griffin helped establish the Meadow Branch Baptist Church in 1878, selling the land for the church and cemetery to the church deacon for $5. Both Griffin and Sarah were buried at the Meadow Branch Church Cemetery. Sarah died first 20 Jun 1892, and Griffin died 24 Jul 1898.
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