Individual Details

The Garners are said to have moved to Tennessee soon after James & Mary Moon married.

Written by Dr. Jephta D. Garner, a grandson, 1894:
When James started to emigrate from Tennessee to Ohio, he, with some other who came with him, moved in wagons and when they started out in the year of 1811 there was a large number of relatives and slaves of the relatives and neighbors coming on foot a half day's journey to talk, sing, and cry at the parting.
Of that company there is only one living representative, old Aunt Mille Henry, who was a slave girl of old Foushee, given by him to his daughter Betsey, who married Samuel Henry and is now 97 years old and hale and hearty.
When Grandfather left Tennessee he had a wagon, eight horses and eleven head of cattle; but while coming through Kentucky his cattle were all stolen and after he arrived at Snow Hill in this county, where he first stopped, his horses all died with milk poison. He then traded his wagon for a horse and amid all these discouraging circumstances, he moved down the East Fork and bought a farm of 150 acres where Edom Ratcliff now lives.
Note: Too early to have been the Edom, son of Enoch Ratcliff ..
This country was then in reality a howling wilderness, being inhabited by almost all kinds of wild beasts and occasionally a wild Indian. Amid all misfortunes and discouragements, he returned to Tennessee on foot and disposed of some interests left behind and collected some debts, and getting some help from old Foushee, his father, in all amounting to over $400.00 in silver which he carried on his back in a knapsack over the mountains, amounting in weight to over twenty-five pounds. On his way back home he had several narrow escapes from robbers, but his giant proportions and immense strength (being six feet four inches in height, and weighing about two hundred and fifty pounds) with his determined resolution and fleetness of foot, brought him safely back through it all.
The farm which he bought is still in the possession of some of his descendants. It is located near Farmers' Station on the banks of East Fork Creek, a branch of the Miami River.
The farm which James bought in 1811 is near Farmer's Station and is on the banks of East Fork Creek which is a Branch of the Miami River. The farm has remained to the present day (1931) in the hands of the descendants of James and Mary. Of all the fourteen children of this family, only three of them ever moved from Clinton Co. Rebecca Garner Clark and her husband and several children joined a Morman group and became on of the pioneer families of Utah.
His descendants say that he was a man of unusual intelligence - well educated for his day. He was frequently consulted by people of the community on subjects pertaining to literature and other things considered above the average attainments of The majority of people. In addition he was a man of jolly disposition, fond of story telling and other forms of amusement current in his day. He was musically inclined and a good singer. He sometimes made up impromptu songs and stories for the entertainment of those gathered in his company.
He was one of the first lawyers in Blount Co. It is said he was 6' 4" tall and weighed 250 lbs.

Birth	9 Mar 1772	Randolph County, North Carolina
Marriage	Ca 1792	Mary Moon
Death	29 Mar 1856	Farmers Station, Clinton County, Ohio

Spouse	Mary Moon (1775 - 1840)
Child	William Garner (1794 - 1842)
Child	John Garner (1795 - 1831)
Child	Nancy Garner (1797 - 1847)
Child	Elizabeth Garner (1799 - 1869)
Child	James Garner (1800 - 1818)
Child	Joseph Dossen Garner (1802 - 1860)
Child	Mary Garner (1804 - )
Child	Jane Garner (1805 - 1887)
Child	Rebecca Garner (1807 - 1871)
Child	Rileigh Garner (1809 - 1883)
Child	Matilda Garner (1811 - )
Child	Sarah Garner (1813 - 1846)
Child	Ira Garner (1816 - 1889)
Child	James Moon Garner (1818 - 1905)

Father	John Fushee Garner (1749 - 1839)
Mother	Nancy Whittle (1752 - 1792)