Louisa County, Virginia

Source: Library of Congress. Louisa County, Virginia.

The roots of the family of Thomas Grinstead trace back from Warren County, Kentucky to Louisa County, Virginia. The county is located north of Richmond, and directly south of Culpeper & Orange Counties (locations that feature prominently for other branches of the family). According to family lore, Thomas was born on 24 December 1802 in Louisa County to David Grinstead and Nancy Ann Warren.

David Rumsey Map Collection. Central Virginia, 1827.

David and Nancy were married on 4 September 1793 in Louisa County. They had at least the following children:
- William Warren Grinstead, 1794-
- Edward W. Grinstead, 1795-1848
- Bartholomew Grinstead, 1795-1880
- Mildred W. Grinstead, 1796-1872
- Patsy Grinstead, 1798-1829
- Alexander Grinstead, 1801-1802
- Thomas Grinstead, 1802-

The family moved from Virginia to Warren County, Kentucky in 1805, as David followed two of his brothers and their families to Kentucky. David and Nancy sold 52 acres in Louisa County on 10 December 1810. They are also named in the sale of land from the estate of Nancy's father, Bartholomew Warren, in January 1813.

David's signature mark appears on a marriage bond for his daughter Patsy Grinstead to Richard Ragland on 5 April 1819 in Warren County, Kentucky.

Source: Ancestry. Warren County, KY Marriages, 1819.

David Grinstead died on 19 October 1849 in Warren County.

Nancy Ann Warren died on 21 February 1880 in Warren County. She was born in Louisa County, Virginia in September 1773 to parents Bartholomew and Sarah Warren.