William Grinstead 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1761 - (Henrico Co., Virginia)
    Christening: 
          Death: 13 Aug 1843 - Goochland Co., Virginia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Grinstead (1718-1791)
         Mother: Elizabeth (      -Bef 1791)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Dorothea Lacy (       -       ) 1 
       Marriage: 1 Sep 1798 - Goochland Co., Virginia 1 2 3
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Goochland Co., Virginia
Wm Grinstead 10001 -- 30010; no slaves
male female
1 <10 3
10-15
16-25
26-44 1
1 >45 </pre>

<pre>1820 Goochland Co., Virginia
Wm Grinstead 110001 -- 03110; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
1 <10
1 10-16 3
16-18
16-26 1
26-45 1
1 >45 </pre>

<pre>1830 Goochland Co., Virginia
William Grinstead 0010000001 -- 00011001; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
1 10-15
15-20 1
20-30 1
30-40
40-50
50-60 1
60-70
1 70-80
80-90 </pre>

In 1840 Wm. Grinstead, 80, is a pensioner for Revolutionary or military services living in Goochland Co., Virginia in the household of John P. Wite.

WGFA:

The William Grinstead Family in America (Gorrell Shumaker and John L. N. Grinstead, April 1974):

pg 12: "William Grinstead was born in VA in 1761. He died in Goochland County, VA 8-13-1843. He, too, was a Soldier of the Revolution. He married Dorothea Lacy 9-1-1798. They made their home in Virginia."


DATABASE 'williamgrinstead' in WORLDCONNECT:

Early research of John L. N. Grinstead sent to M. Fryar 1971.:

"William was in Revolutionary War Pension Claim #S 15867. He lived most of his life in Henrico Co., VA about 2 years in Hanover County and about 1795 or 96 he moved to Goochland County where he remained the rest of his life (data from pension record). He signed his pension claim with an X "his mark."

(From Grinstead Notes sent to R. H. Grinstead from the Genealogical Bureau of Virginia in January 1926):
Secretary of War 1835, Pen. 2, p. 141 (VA)
Wm. Grinstead of Goochland County Pvt. VA Militia, put on pension roll 5 Feb 1834 aged 72
picture

Sources

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

2 "Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68Y8-XLJN : 4 November 2021), William Grinsted, 1798; image 251/598.

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