James Griggs’ and Ruth Gover’s second child was daughter Elizabeth, who was born c1805 and died before 1 August 1861, probably in Pittsylvania County, Virginia as her children filed a land deed:
On 19 August 1861, William B. Raigan, John J. Raigan and Nancy, Churchwell V. Giles and Mary Ann and Joab Robertson and Nancy Jane sold land, being the same tract of land that Mrs. Elizabeth Raigan decd sold to Elisha F. Keen. . . as found in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book 60:212.
Elizabeth married Daniel Ragan on 4 August 1821 in Pittsylvania County when she was perhaps 16 years old. He predeceased her as she had no husband at home in the 1850 census.
The Civil War was hard on many Southern families, but the 1860s hit the Griggs extended family maybe more so than most.
Children:
- Mary Ann, born c1824, Virginia; died between 1900-1910, probably Pittsylvania County, Virginia; married Churchwell V. Giles, 21 May 1849, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He died on 24 September 1864 at Camp Lookout Hospital, Maryland. They had no children.
- Son, born c1827; died after 1840
- Daughter, born c1830; died after 1840
- Nancy Jane, born February 1833, Virginia; died 18 March 1906, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; married Joab Roberson’/Robertson, 23 April 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He died in August 1862, Richmond, Virginia. They had two daughters, Joanna, who married David Samuel Gourley and Niecy Elizabeth, who married William Henry Stegall.
- William B., born c1835; died after 1900, probably Pittsylvania County, Virginia; unmarried. No children.
- John Thomas, born c1840; died between 1870-1880; married Nancy Turpin, 24 May 1857, Rockingham County, North Carolina. They were the parents of five children – Churchwell, George Washington, Virginia Belle, John Robert and Nancy J. Ragan.
Of the five children, only daughter Nancy and son John have known descendants.