Bartholomew Grinstead
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1796 - Virginia Christening: Death: 1870-1880 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Grinstead (1760/1770-1840/1850) Mother: Nancy Ann Warren (Abt 1773-1850/1860)
Spouses and Children
1. *Nancy Totty (Abt 1804 - Between 1870 and 9 Nov 1877) Marriage: 4 Sep 1820 - Warren Co., Kentucky 1 2 3 Children: 1. William Warren Grinstead (Abt 1821- ) 2. Edward Grinstead (Abt 1824- ) 3. Mary Grinstead (Abt 1827- )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1820 Warren Co., Kentucky
Bartholomew Grinstead 000100 -- 00100; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
<10
10-16
16-18
1 16-26 1
26-45
>45 </pre>
His brother-in-law Richard Raglen lives 10 entries away. His father-in-law William Totty lives 10 entries away in the opposite direction.
<pre>1830 Warren Co., Kentucky
Bartholomew Grinsted 020001 -- 10001; no slaves
male female
< 5 1
2 5-10
10-15
15-20
20-30 1
1 30-40
40-50
50-60 </pre>
Bartholomew is in the sequence Naoma Meak, 4x, Richard Raglin, x, Richard Grinsted, Bartholomew Grinsted, Thos Grinsted, Wm. Totter, Peter Raglin, 4x, Ezekiel Smith. Wm. Totter in 1830 and Wm. Totty in 1820 are probably the same person.
<pre>1840 Warren Co., Kentucky
Barthimew Grinsted 0102001001 -- 0110010001; no slaves; 4 in agriculture
male female
< 5
1 5-10 1
10-15 1
2 15-20
20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60
60-70
1 70-80 1
80-90 </pre>
<pre>1850 Warren Co., Kentucky, the Second District; Sept 17
693/693
Bartholimew Grenstead 54 M Va $1576 Farmer
Nancy " 46 F Ky
Jackson Herald 14 M Ky
Joseph P. " 12 M Ky
Nancy A. Grenstead 77 F Va </pre>
He is the owner of 2 slaves in the Slave Schedule (black male, 17; black female 11). His son Warren Grenstead lives at 690/690 and his daughter Mary and her husband William A. Hays live at 689/689. His brother Thomas Grinstead lives at 752/752.
<pre>1860 Warren Co., Ky, District No. 1, p.o. Bowling Green; June 30; pg 36
356/356
Thos. Grinstead 64 MW Va $2893/$2773 Farmer
Nancy " 54 FW Va
Ned " 37 MW Va Farmer </pre>
The census taker was confused. This entry should be 'Bartholomew'. He is probably the owner of 2 slaves. They are listed under Thomas Grinstead in the Slave Schedule. There is another census entry for the real Thomas Grinstead in Warren Co. in 1860.
<pre>1870 Warren Co., Ky, Elk Spring District, p.o. Smith's Grove; Oct 4; pg 50
346/354
Bartholamue Grinsted 75 MW Va $1000/$1000 Farmer
Nancy " 66 FW Ky Keeping House </pre>
His son William lives at 347/356 and his daughter Mary and her husband William H. Hayes live at 346/355.
WGFA:
The William Grinstead Family in America (Gorrell Shumaker and John L. N. Grinstead, April 1974):
pg 116: "Bartholomew Thomas Grinstead (1796 - abt 1877) [son of Richard Grinstead I] married 9/4/1820 Nancy Totty (1806 - ?). Bartholomew b. in Virginia; married in Warren County, Kentucky. Nancy was dau of Wm. Totty. Apparently there were three children: William Warren, Mary and Ed (or Ned)."
pg 30: "Richard Grinstead I's son, Thomas Bartholomew Grinstead, who lived and died at this same location, gave the land for the Grinstead Cemetery, and there many of the Grinstead descendants have been buried. William Warren Grinstead, a son of Bartholomew, lived on at this same location as did his daughter (maiden), Lucinda Margaret. She died 2-6-1941, having been attended in her last years by a nephew and his wife, Roy Elrod, a son of Lucinda's younger sister, Rebecca."
BARTHOLOMEW'S FATHER:
Everyone says that his father was Richard but they provide no evidence. I think that the preponderance of the evidence suggests that his father was David.
David's wife was Nancy Ann Warren. They were married in Louisa Co., Virginia in 1793. Richard's second wife was Elizabeth Warren. They were married about 1787 probably in Louisa Co. It is very likely that Nancy Ann and Elizabeth were related. An 1813 Louisa Co., Virginia deed makes it clear that Nancy Ann's father was Bartholomew Warren and that Elizabeth was not her sister (see notes under Bartholomew Warren). 'Bartholomew' is not a common name and there is no evidence that it was previously used among the Grinsteads. It seems very likely that Bartholomew Grinstead was named for Bartholomew Warren. He was named for his mother's father and his mother was Nancy Ann Warren, not Elizabeth Warren. I don't know the name of Elizabeth's father.
In 1830 Bartholomew is living next to David's son Thomas Grinstead. He is also living next to Richard's son Richard, so whoever his father is, he is living next to a brother and to a first cousin. In 1850 Bartholomew is still living relatively close to Thomas but Richard has moved on to Indiana and then to Iowa. Thomas named one of his sons Bartholomew W. If it far more likely that someone would name a son for a brother than for a cousin.
Bartholomew's name is often seen as 'Bartholomew Thomas' and sometimes as 'Thomas Bartholomew'. The reason is that his 1860 census entry is in the name of 'Thos. Grinstead'. I think that the census taker knew both Thomas and Bartholomew and just carelessly wrote 'Thos.' instead of 'Bartholomew', but it may be that Bartholomew had two names and sometimes used one and sometimes the other. Do we ever see 'Bartholomew T.' or 'B. T.' or 'Thomas B.' or 'T. B.' in the public record? If we do, then Thomas and Bartholomew probably aren't brothers and David is not Bartholomew's father. I have never seen any of those combinations, but I have not seen every document.
In the 1800 Louisa Co. census for Richard, there is a male <10 slot that Bartholomew can occupy, but in 1810 there is no male 10-15 slot available for him. We have no 1810 census for David, and in 1820 Bartholomew has his own entry.
The following is from WorldConnect:williamgrinstead:
WILLS/PROBATE RECORDS:
Source: Warren County, KY Wills (Read by Mrs. Curtis Grinstead, 1973)
Bartholomew Grinstead Will......In the name of God Amen I, Bartholomew Grinstead of Warren County, Kentucky being weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to Bless me with, I give and bequeath the same in manner following that is to say FIRST: I desire that W. W. Grinstead and Joseph E. Grinstead have all my cash notes and accounts that I may have on hand at my death; also all my house-hold kitchen furniture, also my stock of hogs and my yellow mare, also my double barrel-shot gun and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son W. W. Grinstead executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all others and I direct that my executor shall pay my daughter Mary Hayes Twenty dollars.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 9th day of November 1877.
signed Sealed and Acknowledged as and is the last will and testament of the above named. Bartholomew Grinstead in the presence of:
H.Y. Gardner, T.S. Elrod, Wiatt Whitlow /s/Bartholomew Grinstead [his mark]
1 "Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages 1802 - 1850," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
2 Helen Thomas, Mary Rabold, Elizabeth Price, "Warren County, Kentucky Marriages 1797 -- 1851," 1970, pg 53. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
3
"Familysearch.org," "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-6BGC), Bartholomew Grinstead and Nancy Tolly, 04 Sep 1820; citing Marriage, Warren, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 164,030;image 240/653.
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