- 1814, Madison County, Alabama, deed of Jacob Pruett to John Helms andGrief Johnson, October 27, 1814.
- 1815, Madison County, Alabama, estate division of William Helms,mentions Captain Grief Johnson "who intermarried with Polly Helms."
- 1818, Madison County, Alabama, deed of William Derrick and wife Marthato Samuel Hopkins, mentions "the part which was allotted Grief Johnsonand wife Polly and to John Helms as their respective shares of the estateof William Helms, deceased." Deed Book E, page 398, July, 1818.
- 1819, charter member of Enon Baptist Church, Bibb County, Alabama.Listed as Gruff Johnson.
- 1820, Madison County, Alabama, deed of Mary Helms of Tuscaloosa County,Alabama to Samuel Hopkins of Madison County, Alabama, "all her right ofdower..." it mentions the part set apart and allotted Grief Johnson andwife Polly and John Helms as their share of the estate of William Helms,deceased. Deed Book F, page 51, January 5, 1820.
- 1820, Madison County, Alabama, deed of Samuel Hopkins and wife Rebeccato John Phillips, mentions the part set aside and allotted to GriefJohnson and wife Polly and to John Helms as their shares of the estate ofWilliam Helms, deceased. Deed Book L, page 285, April 11, 1820.
- 1834/1835, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Tax List.
- 1848, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Land Patent, May 10, 1848.
- 1840, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Census, page 292, Grief Johnson: 1male 0-5, 1 male 15-20, 3 males 20-30, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 5-10, 1female 10-15, 1 female 30-40.
- 1859, Reportedly moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
- 1993, The Daughters of 1812 held a grave-marking ceremony at his gravesite in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
- 1819, charter member of Enon Baptist Church, Bibb County, Alabama.Listed as Polly Johnson.