William Mershon Griggs (1789-1848)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01940
- Given Name
- William Mershon
- Family Name
- Griggs
- Birth Date
- 1789
- Death Date
- 1848
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- William M. Griggs was an enslaver who resided near Princeton, NJ, in the early 19th century.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Princeton
- Enslaver of
- Charles (b. ca. 1791)
- References
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11256532 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Kate Jackson
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Runaway ad for Charles, by William Mershon Griggs (Runaway ad for Charles, by William Mershon Griggs, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, June 15, 1818, p. 1.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1818-05-14 Freedom Seeking: Charles (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
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- Agent