Jesse Gritton
1836 - 1865 (29 years)
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Name Jesse Gritton Born 1836 Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Died 21 Aug 1865 [1, 2, 4] Buried Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] - We have search for his headstone at Johnson Cemetery but have not found one. Since his parents are buried there it is very likely that he is also.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137630275/jesse-r-gritton
Person ID I284 Gritton Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Father John R. Gritton, b. 20 Jul 1808, Kentucky , d. 30 May 1894, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 85 years) Mother Nancy Atkinson, b. 17 Oct 1808, Kentucky , d. 17 Mar 1894, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 85 years) Married 21 Mar 1831 Mercer County, Kentucky [1, 2, 5] Family ID F135 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Catherine Cline, b. 5 Jun 1843, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 18 Dec 1929, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 86 years) Married 20 Sep 1860 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 4, 5, 6] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 57. Nathaniel Cline, guardian, signed for Sarah C. Cline. Nathaniel Cline was the brother of Sarah's late father.
Children 1. John Riley Gritton, b. 2 Jun 1861, Illinois , d. 15 Oct 1914 (Age 53 years)2. Charles Ismael Gritton, b. 5 Mar 1864, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 4 Jan 1932, Odell, Livingston County, Illinois (Age 67 years)Albums 
Cline Family Bible (6) Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F16 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- We have search for his headstone at Johnson Cemetery but have not found one. Since his parents are buried there it is very likely that he is also.
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Event Map 
Born - 1836 - Kentucky 
Married - 20 Sep 1860 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents Gritton Family Register 
Gritton Family Register 
Gritton Family Register
Albums Cline Family Bible (6)
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Notes - There is a Jesse Gritton, age 28, farmer, married, on the list "Schedule I. - Consolidated list of all persons of Class I, subject to do military duty in the Seventh Congressional District consisting of Townships of Blount and Middleford in the County of Vermilion and State of Illinois, enumerated during the month of June 1853, under direction of Capt. W. Fithian, Provost Marshall, page 432.
US Civil War Draft Registration Records. Blount Township. Jess Gritten. Age 28. White. Farmer. Married. Born in Illinois.
In same record, just above Jess's entry are entries for his cousins (sons of Milo B. Gritton and Jane Burton):
Merriman Gritten. Age 24. White. Farmer, Married. Born in Illinois.
a few lines below is: John Gritten. Age 20. White, Farmer, Married. Born in Illinois.
I cannot find any documentation of military service for Jesse Gritton.
I cannot find any documentation about Jesse Gritton's death, nor record of a will or probate.
- There is a Jesse Gritton, age 28, farmer, married, on the list "Schedule I. - Consolidated list of all persons of Class I, subject to do military duty in the Seventh Congressional District consisting of Townships of Blount and Middleford in the County of Vermilion and State of Illinois, enumerated during the month of June 1853, under direction of Capt. W. Fithian, Provost Marshall, page 432.
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Sources - [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S89] census records.
- [S1] Cline Family Bible, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S104] marriage record.
- [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S2] Find a Grave.