Individual Details

According to family tradition, James was called Captain and served in the Revolution. There was a Captain James Gardner who served in the Second North Carolina Battalion from May 1775 to May 1777. However, there is not sufficient information to identify him as the James Garner of Randolph Co. The nickname could have come from his official position as Constable. He is said to have been 6' 6" tall and a man of powerful physique.

The move from Virginia to Guilford is said to have been in 1754.

According to "Some Historical Sketches of the Moon Family and the Garner Family" by Isaac Moon, The Monitor, Leonardville, KS 1931, He was a ship owner, a planter and owned a large number of slaves. There is no official record of his having served in the Revolution, but family tradition says that he was a military captain and that his Ships carried merchandise and supplies for the colonies during that period. His son John Fushee did serve, pension records in possession of Karen Preston.

He had thirteen children according the the above pamphlet.

Here is a slightly different list of children with the addition of a Bradly and James, and no Henry.
After Ruth Ritchie published her Garner-Keene book, she got a list of James Garner & Elizabeth Freeman's children from Mae McKibben, a descendant of John Fushee Garner. The children are: James, Mary, William, John Fushee, Bradley, Elizabeth, Joseph, Rileigh, Job, Jesse, Parish, Jeptha, and Amos.
Some list a son Lewis with no spouse, but three children - James, Lewis & Dolly, born between 1792 and 1803, possibly Moore Co, NC
There were two Bradley Garners in the 1790 census in NC - one in Moore Co, one in Randolph. The other Bradley said b. about 1745 to John Garner & Susanna Johnston.

Found in the 1790 Randolph Co., NC census #400

Birth	Abt 1717 - 1726	Stafford County, Virginia
Marriage	1748	Orange County, North Carolina - Elizabeth Freeman
Death	1800

Spouse	Elizabeth Freeman (1721 - 1794)
Child	John Fushee Garner (1749 - 1839)
Child	Mary Garner (1751 - )
Child	Henry Garner (1753 - )
Child	James Garner (1754 - 1843)
Child	Rileigh Garner (1756 - )
Child	William Garner (1756 - 1850)
Child	Joseph Garner (1759 - 1830)
Child	Job Garner (1760 - 1800)
Child	Henry Garner (1761 - 1745)
Child	Jesse Garner (1762 - )
Child	Parish Garner (1763 - )
Child	Elizabeth Garner (1765 - )
Child	Amos Garner (1766 - )

Father	Thomas Garner (1668 - 1726)
Mother	Mary Bushnell (1673 - 1738)
Sibling	Susanna Garner (1706 - )
Sibling	John Garner (1708 - 1762)
Sibling	Thomas Garner (1710 - )
Sibling	Vincent Garner (1712 - 1796)
Sibling	Parish Garner (1722 - 1796)
Sibling	Charles Garner (1724 - 1798)