Jarratt Grief Lynch

Jarratt Grief Lynch, also known as simpy "Grief" was my great-grandfather. He was born June 2, 1811 in Hancock, Georgia. He married Sarah Ann Thompson on August 13, 1868 in Jasper County, Georgia. In an 1850 census, Grief's is listed as being a farmer. He enlisted June 1864, Macon, Georgia in Co. D 5th Georgia Militia.

Grief and Sarah Ann had four children:

1.) William Henry Lynch (Nov. 29, 1869 - August 11, 1955)

2.) Seaborn Grief Lynch (Jan. 19, 1873 - June 20, 1967)

3.) Dixon Fleetwood Lynch (August 21, 1876 - March 29, 1960)

4.) Edwin Clifford Lynch (May 14, 1880 - April 2, 1956)

Jarratt Grief Lynch died on December 26, 1890 and is buried at the old Lynch Homeplace on Clay Road, in Monticello, Georgia.