When Sarah Leeper was born on 18 May 1782, in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Leeper, was 39 and her mother, Mary Blair, was 34. She married James Griffith on 1 May 1799, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 28 September 1853, in Danielsville, Madison, Georgia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Danielsville, Madison, Georgia, United States.