1930 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, Enumeration District 29-6, Supervisor’s District 5
Enumerated 30 April 1930
Sheet 1B
Dwelling 13, Household 14
Grigg, Chastine, head, rents, farm, male, white age 59, married at age 26, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, occupation farmer on general farm, works on own account, at work previous day, not a veteran, 11 on farm schedule
Grigg, Laura, white, female, age 5- (illegible), married at age 20, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English
Grigg, John W., son, male, white, age 22, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, occupation laborer at odd jobs, wage worker, speaks English, not a veteran
Grigg, ---t (illegible) L., grandson[?], male, white, age 7, single, in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English
Baughan, William H., brother-in-law, male, white, age 50, single, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, occupation farmer on general farm, works on own account, at work previous day, not a veteran

On 5 September 1931, John W. Griggs married Erma Carlton in Dunnsville, Essex County, Virginia (license issued 4 September 1931). He was 23, single, born in King and Queen County, Virginia, living in Montague, Virginia, son of Chastine Griggs and Laura Boughan, occupation farmer. She was 17, single, born in King and Queen County, Virginia, living in Montague, Virginia, daughter of Ervin Carlton and Bessie Walton. Ceremony by Nelson M. Fox. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 2, page 367.]