Notes:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Obtained 19 September2007
Name: Zachariah Abraham Grooms
Spouse: Fanny Shanks
Parents: Abraham Grooms , Margaret
Birth Place: VA
Birth Date: 1790
Marriage Place: Adams, OH
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1813
Death Place: Adams, OH
Source Citation: Birth year: 1790; Birth state: VA.
Source Information:
Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2000.; www.Ancestry.com

Zachariah married Fanny Shanks on 11 Feb 1813 in Adams County, Ohio, USA. Fanny was born between 1780 and 1790; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Child Grooms was born between 1810 and 1815 in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio; and died.
2. Child Grooms was born between 1815 and 1820 in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio; and died.
3. Child Grooms was born between 1815 and 1820 in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio; and died.
4. Child Grooms was born between 1820 and 1825 in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio; and died.
5. Child Grooms was born between 1825 and 1830 in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio; and died.

Notes:

WARNING NOTE::::::THIS FAMILY IS STILL BEING RESEARCHED SO CHANGES MAYTAKE PLACE OFTEN AND UPDATES ADDED. JUST BE AWARE THAT THE FIRSTANCESTOR LISTED: --NONE OF THE INFORMATION CAN BE RELIED ON 100% SINCEIT IS STILL BEING RESEARCHED. 18 August 2006, SLJuhl, compiler

In tracing the families, Abraham Grooms Senior must have been inVirginia in and around 1770, since that is when he married and startedto have children born there in Virginia. A lot more research needs tobe done as yet in Maryland as well as Virginia to actually discoverthe families ancestral roots.

It is indicated from the early Ohio Census records (see below) thatAbraham Grooms was living in Adams County, Ohio as early as 1807.

Abraham Grooms (80-90 years old) is in the 1830 Federal Census inTiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio living next to Zachariah (40-50years old), Mahlon Grooms (20-30 years old), Abraham Grooms (30-40years old), and John Grooms (50-60 years old) along with theirfamilies at the time of the census. Abraham is not married at thetime. So, it is assumed that his wife has died previously to thecensus since there are no older females near his age living with anyof the sons listed. Richard Grooms (40-50 years old) is listed livingin Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio with his wife (same age) andfamily. Zachariah Grooms (20-30 years old) is listed directly underWilliam Grooms (50-60 years old) also in Tiffin Township, Adams Countyvery near the other Grooms. They are no doubt all one family unitwith Abraham Grooms Senior (80-90 y/o) as the eldest. Source:www.Ancestry.com; Roll 126, pages 11/11, 5/12, and 35/42.

Abraham Grooms (80-90 years old) is not in the 1840 Census with therest of the family in Adams County, Ohio. It is assumed that he haddied between the two census years of 1830-1840.

????American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); www.Ancestry.com;Obtained 19 September 2007--unknown how related as yet or if at allrelated.
Name: Jona Grooms
Birth Date: 17570
Birthplace: Virginia,
Volume: 68
Page Number: 271
Biographical Info: Rev.War
Reference: Census of pensioners for Rev. military serivces.Washington, DC. 1841. (195p.):128
Source Information:
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-BiographicalIndex (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. AmericanGenealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey MemorialLibrary.

Ohio Census, 1790-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained 19 September 2007;SLJuhl, compiler
Name: Abraham Grooms
State: OH
County: Adams County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1807
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 016
Database: OH Early Census Index
Source Information:
Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Ohio Census,1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson andAIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census,territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Ohio Census, 1790-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained 19 September 2007;SLJuhl, compiler
Name: Abraham Grooms
State: OH
County: Adams County
Township: Wayne
Year: 1808
Record Type: Tax List
Page: 018
Database: OH Early Census Index

Ohio Census, 1790-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained 19 September 2007;SLJuhl, compiler
Name: Abraham Grooms
State: OH
County: Adams County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1809
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 017
Database: OH Early Census Index

Ohio Census, 1790-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained 19 September 2007;SLJuhl, compiler
Name: Abraham Grooms
State: OH
County: Adams County
Township: Mixed Townships
Year: 1810
Record Type: Tax List
Page: 026
Database: OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index

A possible Ancestor, but unknown exact relationship to the family is:PAGE 128, STATE OF VIRGINIA, CENSUS OF PENSIONERS, MARYLAND, AND THEEASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA; NAMES OF PENSIONERS FOR REVOLUTIONARY ORMILITARY SERVICES; BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA--01 JUNE 1840.
Listed:
"Jonathan Grooms, 84 years old, living with Reuben Atkinson." **OnlyGrooms listed for a pension per Ohio-Tennessee-Kentucky Records on theInternet site www.Ancestry.com. There is only one Grooms listed inVirginia for the year 1840 Federal Census Record, and that is thisJonathan Grooms living with Reuben Atkinson. There are no censusrecords listed in those three states mentioned ofOhio-Tennessee-Kentucky for a Jonathan Grooms; nor in Maryland for theyears 1830-1880. More research is required and tax records need to bechecked as yet before a definite connection can be established forthis Jonathan Grooms as an ancestor of John S. Grooms ofTennessee/Kentucky. It's difficult to determine the actual previousresidence of Jonathan Grooms, because when his name is entered for thestates mentioned, this Revolutionary War Pension record pops up foreach state without any census records. I researched onwww.Ancestry.com to find the 1840 census record to verify JonathanGrooms living with Reuben Atkinson. But did not come up with muchmore on Jonathan Grooms after 1840-1841. As mentioned, a lot ofresearch needs to be done as yet. A couple of scenarios are possible: 1). This could be the original, "Grooms" for this family in America,2). Could be John S. Grooms great-grandfather, 3). Or not related,etc.... [SLJuhl, compiler, 18 August 2006]

NOTE: The last mention of Jonathan Grooms in records presentlycompiled is the years c.1840 A.D. in the Eastern District of Virginia,Bedford County, per the Revolutionary War pension records filed. Hisage is listed as 84 years in 1840. In the 1840 Federal Census recordshe was living with Reuben Atkinson in the Southern District ofVirginia, Bedford County listed as a veteran. Jonathan could not befound in the 1850 Federal Census records in any state.

It was noted that several families with the surname of, "Atkinson,Adhison" two men named Will (an older and younger - TN) and anothernamed Alex (KY), lived right next to Elijah & Eliza Grooms (probablegrandson), Dist. 7, Fentress County, Tennessee, and were listed on thesame census sheet for 2nd of October 1850, all of them and theirfamilies together. Quite a coincidence.

Abraham married Margaret Satterfield in 1770 in West Virginia. Margaret was born in Virginia; died before 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; www.Ancestry.com;Obtained 19 September 2007
Name: Margaret Satterfield
Gender: female
Birth Place: of VA
Spouse Name: Abraham Grooms
Spouse
Birth Place: MD
Spouse Birth Year: 1740
Marriage
Year: 1770
Marriage State: WV
Number Pages: 1
Source Citation: Source number: 4744.004; Source type: Family groupsheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
Source Information:
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extractedfrom a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronicdatabases. Originally, the information was derived from an array ofmaterials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Notes:

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; www.Ancestry.com;Obtained: 19 September 2007
Name: Giles Grooms
Year: 1672
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 6221
Primary Immigrant: Grooms, Giles
Annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record wascreated listing those transported/imported. Only the names of those tobe transported were indexed. Abstracted from Patent books 6 through 8,from the Land Office records located at the Virginia State
Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers:Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695.Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library,1977. 609p.
Page: 123
Source Citation: Place: Virginia; Year: 1672; Page Number: 123.
Source Information:
Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and ImmigrationLists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research,2006.

Maryland Census, 1772-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained: 19 September2007
Name: Dorothy Grooms
State: MD
County: Baltimore County
Township: N Side Gunpowder Hun
Year: 1699
Record Type: Tax list
Database: MD Early Census Index
Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maryland Census,1772-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson andAIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census,territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); www.Ancestry.com;Obtained: 19 September 2007
Name: Jona Grooms
Birth Date: 17570
Birthplace: Virginia,
Volume: 68
Page Number: 271
Biographical Info: Rev.War
Reference: Census of pensioners for Rev. military serivces.Washington, DC. 1841. (195p.):128
Source Information:
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-BiographicalIndex (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. AmericanGenealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey MemorialLibrary.

Maryland Census, 1772-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained: 19 September2007
Name: Mary Grooms
State: MD
County: Harford County
Township: Susquehannah Hundred
Year: 1776
Database: MD Early Census Index
Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maryland Census,1772-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson andAIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census,territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Maryland Colonial Census, 1776; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained: 19September 2007
Name: Mary Grooms
Parish: Susquehanna
County: Harford
State: Maryland
Estimated birth year: 1763
Age: 13
Notes: in house of Robert Mils
Source Information:
Kinard, June, ed. Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data:Taken from Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 held by the Maryland StateArchives.

Virginia Census, 1607-1890; www.Ancestry.com; Obtained 19 September2007
Name: Zachariah Grooms
State: VA
County: Pittsylvania County
Township: 06 00
Year: 1782
Record Type: Continental Census
Page: 42
Database: VA Early Census Index
Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census,1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson andAIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census,territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.