Griffith v. Griffith's Exr.

Opinion of the Court, by

Judge Miller.

Affirming.

William Griffith was bom in Bath county, Virginia, in 1813; Agnes H. Gilliland was born there in 1817. In 1840, William Griffith married Mary Sophia Boss, also of Bath county, by whom he had five sons and two daughters, namely, Nathaniel, Charlton, Orlando, John William, Hezekiah, Louisa, and Lucy. Nathaniel and Hezekiah are the only survivors. Lucy died without issue; Louisa left a child, while Charlton, John William and Orlando left one or more children.

In about 1852, William Griffith removed with his family from Bath county, Virginia, to…