John Thompson Grinstead 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1790 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: Feb 1850 - Jennings Co., Indiana
         Burial: south of Nebraska, Jennings Co., Indiana on family homestead 2
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John "Jack" Grinstead (Abt 1756-1840) 2
         Mother: Mary Mildred Walton (Abt 1770-Bef 1820)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Catherine Waggoner (Abt 1795 - 1860-1870)
       Marriage: 20 Apr 1815 - Jefferson Co., Indiana 3 4
       Children:
                1. George Thompson Grinstead (1817-1865)
                2. Jesse A. Grinstead (1819-1895)
                3. Mariah Jane Grinstead (1821-1904)
                4. Frances "Fanny" Grinstead (Abt 1823-      )
                5. John M. Grinstead (Abt 1825-      )
                6. Mildred Grinstead (Abt 1826-      )
                7. Samuel Grinstead (Abt 1827-      )
                8. Elizabeth Wade Grinstead (1830-1909)
                9. Phebe W. Grinstead (1832-1912)
                10. Nancy Grinstead (Abt 1835-      )
                11. H. Paul Grinstead (Abt 1837-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1820 Jennings Co., Indiana; pg 81
John T. Grinstead 200010 --- 00100; 1 in agriculture
male female
2 <10
10-16
16-18
16-26 1
1 26-45
>45 </pre>

This is the only Grinstead in Indiana.

<pre>1830 Jennings Co., Indiana, Campbell Township; pg 145
John T. Grinstead 2020001 -- 220001
male female
2 < 5 2
5-10 2
2 10-15
15-20
20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50 </pre>

His father, his brother Jasper H. Grinsted and his brother-in-law Adison Davis are on page 144.

<pre>1840 Jennings Co., Indiana
John T. Grinstead
male female
1 < 5 1
5-10 2
2 10-15 1
15-20 2
1 20-30
30-40
40-50 1
1 50-60 </pre>

<pre>1850 Jennings Co., Indiana, Campbell Township; Oct 1; pg 875
1457/1457
Catharine Grinsted 55 F $300 Oh
Elizabeth " 20 F In
Phebe " 18 F In
Nancy " 15 F In
Paul " 13 M In </pre>

Her daughter Fanny and her husband George Moore live at 1458/1458.

In 1860 Ann C. Grinstead (64, Housewifing, Penn) is living in the household of George Moore, who is married to Fanny B. Grinstead, a daughter of John Thompson and Catharine Grinstead. Presumably Ann C. and Catharine are the same person.

DEATH:

John T. Grinstead is in the mortality schedule of the 1850 census for Jennings Co., Indiana, Campbell Township. He died in February after being ill for 6 days. He was married, born in Virginia, and 60 years old. The facsimile copy of the mortality schedule is easily readable and clearly shows his age to be 60. The "Housier Journal of Ancestry, Jennings Co." mistakenly reports his age to be 50.

COMPARISON OF CENSUSES:
<pre>
1820 1830 1840 1850

0-5 (3) Paul (13)
0-5 (3) 10-15 (13) Samuel (23)
0-5 (5) 10-15 (15) John M. (25)
0-10 (1) 10-15 (11) 20-30 (21) Jesse A. (31)
0-10 (3) 10-15 (13) George T. (33)
26-45 (30) 40-50 (40) 50-60 (50) John T. [60]

0-5 (5) Nancy (15)
5-10 (8) Phebe (18)
0-5 (0) 5-10 (10) Elizabeth (20)
0-5 (5) 10-15 (15) Mildred (25)
5-10 (7) 15-20 (17) Fanny (27)
5-10 (9) 15-20 (19) Mariah J. (29)
16-26 (25) 30-40 (35) 40-50 (45) Catharine (55) </pre>

The number in parentheses in the last column is the age of the person in 1850. Brackets indicate that the person died before 1850, and the number is how old he would be if he were still alive. The numbers is previous columns represent real ages to be compared with the age categories that appear in the census. An 'x' after the age indicates that the person no longer lives in the household of his parents.

John T. died in 1850. I cannot find George T. in 1840 and in 1850. I find him in 1860. I find John M. only once, in 1860. There is no marriage record for Mildred, so it is impossible to find her in the census. Her age in 1850 is just a guess.
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Sources

1 U. S. Census Mortality Schedule.

2 Maridell Fisher Fryar, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: williamgrinstead.

3 DAR, "Jefferson County Indiana Marriage Records 1811-1873," pg 2. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas, Call Number: GEN 977.2 D238 JEFFE IND.

4 "Familysearch.org," "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQ2-7LR), John T Winstead and Catherine Waggoner; citing Jefferson, Indiana; FHL microfilm 004714781, image 38/113.

5 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 131 & Supplement pg S-30. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

6 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 132. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

7 Mahaska Co. Iowa WPA Burial Records, Vols 1-5, Iowa Genealogical Society, 1996, pg 197. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas, Call Number: GEN M214 MAHAS IA.

8 Gorrell Shumaker & John L. N. Grinstead, The William Grinstead Family in America, 1974, pg 134. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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