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Sources consulted for the biography of:Nathaniel Matthew Griggs ( –1919)
Biographical Information
- Biography in Luther P. Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 19, with 1857 year of birth and frontispiece portrait.
- U.S. Census Schedule, Prince Edward Co., Va., 1880 (age twenty-six on 1 June), and Philadelphia, Pa., 1910 (age fifty on April 21), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- BVS Marriage Register, Prince Edward Co. (age twenty-three on 24 July 1879).
- Prince Edward Co. Deed Books, 36:668–669, 37:409–411, 41:545–546.
- Norfolk Journal and Guide, March 17, 1945.
Political Career
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Record No. 65 (1883 House of Delegates), Accession 23347, Barcode 1142994, and No. 23 (1887 Senate of Virginia), Accession 26041, Barcode 1142962, Record Group 13, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Richmond Daily Whig, March 18, 1881.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, June 29, 1882; September 30, 1883; November 8, 1883; November 9, 1883.
- Richmond Dispatch, November 9, 1887; November 11, 1887; November 7, 1889; April 13, 1890.
- Alexandria Gazette, January 28, 1890.
- Farmville Herald, September 9, 1898.
Obituaries
- Death date in Farmville Herald, July 11, 1919 ("in his sixty-fourth year of age").
- Death date in Richmond Planet, July 12, 1919.
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