Orr Grinstead 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1823 - Virginia (Washington Co.)
    Christening: 
          Death: 1850-1860
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Edward Walton Grinstead (Abt 1787-1850/1860)
         Mother: Catharine Donovan (Abt 1791-1860/1870)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Margaret Hutton (15 Oct 1806 - 20 Sep 1890) 1 
       Marriage: Bef 1850 2
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Washington Co., Virginia, 67th District; Aug 7
327/327
Orr Grinson 27 MW Va $1200 Farmer
Margaret " 40 FW Va
Jane Dunlap 21 FW Va
Richard " 15 MW Va </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. Almost certainly 'Grinson' should be 'Grinstead'. 'Grinson' is essentially a non-existent surname. In 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 there are no other Grinsons in Virginia. In 1850 there is only 1 other Grinson in the US.

I have a copy of a document created about 1920 showing the descendents of John Grinstead and Mary Walton which says that Orr married Margaret Hutton. A Washington Co. marriage record says that Margaret Hutton married William I. Gallihen [should be Galliher] October 4, 1848. There are lots of Huttons in Washington Co. It is not unreasonable that there might have been two Margaret Huttons. It would be desirable to find William Galliher and wife Margaret in a subsequent census, but I have been unable to do that. In any event the widow Margaret Grinstead is in the Washington Co. census from 1860 to 1880, and she lives close to Huttons. In 1860 she is living next to Pleasant McCormack and his wife Mary Grinstead. She is buried in the Old Glade Spring Cemetery as Mrs. Margaret Grinstead 15 Oct 1806 -- 20 Sep 1890 ("High on a Windy Hill, Cemeteries of Washington Co., Va.", 1968, page 180). -- Neal Parker, Mar 2006.

HIS NAME:

Although it appears that Orr Grinstead died fairly young with no children, his name did not disappear. His sister Mary has a son Orr McCormack, his brother Benjamin Franklin has a son Thomas Orr Grinstead, and his brother Mathew D. has a son Edward Orr Grinstead. The latter has a grandson with the same name.
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Sources

1 High on a Windy Hill, Cemeteries of Washington Co., Virginia, 1968, page 180, cemetery # 124. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 "Descendents of John Grinstead & Mary Walton."

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