Individual Details
James Garrison
(11 Mar 1747 - 13 Oct 1840)
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Paul Edwin Power supplied the following information on pages 5-12 of his 1981 paper "THE GARRISON AND ALLIED FAMILIES:"
While residing in Wilkes Co. NC, James volunteered and served three months as a private in Capt. John Hamlin's company with Col. Benjamin Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He marched to Cross Creek where he was in an engagement with the Scott Tories. He enlisted again in the spring of 1781, serving for three months as a private in Capt. Alexander Gordon's company with Col. Joseph McDowell's North Carolina Regiment. He was present at the surrender of Ninety Six. He was also in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
On 2 April 1833, while living in Greene Co. IL, James Garrison was allowed a Revolutionary War pension for the above service. (Pension Number S-32260)
*******Movements of this family are mentioned in the paper "The Family of JESSE GARRISON and CASSANDRA DOYLE of Green County, Illinois," of July 1988 by Vernon Garrison.
"James was a Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes Co. NC. James was born in Fredrickstown in 1747. In his pension he reported Fredrickstown as in Pennsylvania but research has established it actually was in Maryland in a portion of land claimed at the time by both states. He died in Greene Co., IL. Hester Ann was the daughter of William and Rosannah Roberts of Surrey Co., NC. After the 1790 Wilkes Co. Federal Census, the family moved to the Pendleton Dist. of SC and settled on the Brushy Creek branch of the west bank of the Saluda River. There Jesse was born about 1793 and is with the family in the 1800 Federal Census of Pendleton Dist., SC.
Soon after that census, the family moved to KY. James Garrison and his family are found in the 1810 census of Warren Co., KY. He secured a deed to land on the Green River in Barren Co. in 1815. His land joined that of John Flatt who, at that time, owned present Mammoth Cave. It was then know as Flatt's Cave. Jesse's sister, Rosannah Garrison, married John Flatt's son, Edward, there in 1815. A neighbor was Gregory Doyle and relationships were very close. James' son Samuel, married Martha Conley, a sister to Mary Conley who married Samuel Doyle, son of Gregory C. Doyle. James' daughter, Sarah, married Richard G Doyle, son of Gregory, in 1817. Matthew Garrison, another son of James, married Gregory's daughter, Hannah Doyle. Jesse married Hannah's sister, Cassandra, apparently in Hart Co. about 1820 but a record of that marriage has not been found. County lines in the area changed frequently at this time and some of the Garrison and Doyle marriages were recorded in Barren Co. and some in Warren Co. In 1819 the land became part of Hart County and records of that county, unfortunately, burned. The land became part of Edmonson Co. later when Edmonson was formed. It is in the present day Mammoth Cave National Park."
"The family of James Garrison began to migrate from Kentucky into the newly opened Illinois Territory. James Jr. moved up to White Co. in 1809.
In White County Early Settlement by the Illinois Trails History & Genealogy it states
"Henry Jones and James Garrison, natives of South Carolina settled in White County in October, 1809, the former on the pond east of Daniel McHenrys, where he lived until his death, and the latter west of the Little Wabash River, opposite the place known as David Burrells Mill. On the breaking out of the war of 1812, he removed into the "fork" and purchased Bradburys improvement, now known as Elam, and lived there until his death."
By 1820, Rosannah, Nancy, David, and Samuel had all moved into Wayne and Hamilton Counties. Sarah, who married Richard G. Doyle, remained in Edmonson Co. as did George, who had married Anna Lard. Matthew remained in Kentucky until about 1829 when he moved directly to Greene Co., IL. Jesse was enumerated in the 1820 census of Hart Co. KY in the household of James Garrison. Jesse appears to have moved to the Dahlgren area of Hamilton Co. IL about 1824 and James Garrison's war pension application indicates he moved there at the same time."
It continues to mention how James and Hester Garrison remained living with their son Jesse until Jesse's wife Cassandra died abt 1838. By then they were in their late 90's and needed a woman's nursing care. So James moved in with his daughter, Rosannah (Garrison) Flatt and Hester Ann with son Matthew and his second wife, Mary.
James Benjamin Garrison, son of Jesse and Cassandra (Doyle) Garrison, grandson of RWS James + Hester Garrison grew up and started courting Sarah Moore. The Moores decided to join Pleasant Rawling's group that migrated to Dallas Co. TX. James Benjamin later stated, "that was just too far to go courting a girl," so he married Sarah and went with the Moores to TEXAS leaving a very large family of brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins in ILLINOIS and some in Kentucky!
The following is from the Garrason & Related Famlies Website:
Mr. Outlaw confused the records for James Garrason and mis-identified one . . .
(7) James Garrison, lived for a short time in Duplin County. He removed to Greenville District, South Carolina, where his name is found among the public records from about 1789 to 1794. No record of his family.
There is no doubt that several James Garrasons have been found in the court house records of Duplin County.
The first recorded event which involved one of the name occurred in 1771 when James Garrason (so spelled in the court house record) witnessed a deed whereby Ebenezer Garrason purchased land from Andrew McIntire and his wife Arabella. To have been of legal age in 1771 this James would have been born by 1750. Jedediah Garrason (so spelled) witnessed the same deed. ["Duplin County, North Carolina Deed Book 4", p. 458; apparently in original deed book G, pp. 495-496 (as noted in the registration addendum) in the Sampson County, North Carolina court house.]
There is a possibility that this early James Garrason was a resident of nearby Carteret County, North Carolina and was the James whose son Isaiah Garrison moved to Orange County, North Carolina by 1776. They owned land on the east side of Whiteoak River; it was an area apparently sometime in Carteret County and sometime in Onslow County which does adjoin Duplin County. [Zae Hargett Gwynn. Abstracts of Records of Onslow County, North Carolina 1734-1850. Memphis: Henry Norburne Gwynn, 1961. v. 1, p. 292 from "Orange County Deed Book M", p. 17.]
It should be noted that Jedediah Garrison, who settled finally in [Franklin, now] Banks County, Georgia, was, according to his obituary, born in Cortwright County, North Carolina. [Dolores Haller and Marilyn Robinson, compilers. Gleanings from the "Christian Advocate and Journal and Zion's Herald." Bowie (MD): Heritage Books,1989. p. 419]
Carteret County records support statements by local historians that Cortwright was a commonly used old form of Carteret found even in legal documents. [Correspondence from Samuel Garrison of Pensacola, forwarding abstracts of printed Carteret County deeds to the compiler.]
One James Garrison (so spelled) was living in Duplin Co in 1795 and was old enough to help with the maintenance of the public roads. On 22 Oct of that year Thomas Garrison (undoubtedly Thomas Garrason, born 1764) was appointed Overseer of a maintenance crew to keep up the road leading from the Northeast Cape Fear River below the mouth of Muddy Creek to the court house. James Garrison's name appears in the list of hands assigned to help Thomas in that task. The southern end of the strip of road concerned appears to have been in the vicinity of the Garrason home at Garrison Spring.
22 Oct 1795 Court. Ordered Thomas Garrison be Overseer of the New Road leading from the NorthEast River below the Mouth of Muddy Creek to the Court House ... and have the following hands: James Garrison ... and that they open and repair said road. [McEachern. Abstracts, 1795-1798. p. 32.]
It seems certain this was the Webmaster's great-great-great grandfather, James Garrason (c1778-c1812). There were no other Duplin County Jameses to have been assigned that road service. He appeared in Effingham County, GA in the 1790's, making his first record with his marriage in 1799. Darius Garrason had moved from Duplin County to Effingham in 1793 or 1794. Obviously James was following his kinsman south.
After Ebenezer Garrason died intestate in 1801 it took a number of years to settle his estate. On 18 Jan 1804 the court ordered John Farrior, administrator of the estate, to sell a negro slave so that James Garrison (so spelled in the record) could be paid his distributive share. The abstract of this record does not show any relationship between James and Ebenezer, but, of course, there had to have been one. James' name is not found again in Duplin County records. [McEachern. Abstracts, 1803-1805. p. 23.]
What is confusing is that the censuses do not show any males in Ebenezer's household other than himself and for whatever reason, Ebenezer's household does not appear in the "1790 Federal Census for Duplin County". [ "State Census of 1786";"1800 Federal Census for Duplin County".]
Some have speculated that James was Ebenezer's son-in- law, having married his (James') cousin, one of Ebenezer's daughters but there is no proof of such.
This James Garr*son could have been the same one mentioned in the previous section, the one who was assigned to a road crew in 1795. And this, too, could have been the Webmaster's ancestor.
The James Garrison Mr. Outlaw wrote about . . .
The James Garrison mentioned by Mr. Outlaw did live for a time in Greenville District, South Carolina. However, a search of court house records there uncovered only two deeds: one dated 1790 when he bought land and one in 1793 when he sold it. Neither document described him as being formerly of Duplin County. It should be noted that when James of Greenville sold his land he signed the deed with a mark, while the James of Duplin witnessed the 1771 deed with his full signature.
On 3 Apr 1790 Thomas Doeg of Spartanburgh County, South Carolina sold to James Garrison of Greenville County, for £40 sterling, 128 acres on Mush Creek branch of Tygar River. ["Greenville County, South Carolina, Deed Book B", pp. 182-183.]
On 20 Mar 1792 James Garrison of Greenville County sold to Archibald Taylor of same, for £70 sterling, 128 acres granted to Thomas Doeg. ["Greenville County, South Carolina, Deed Book C", pp. 214-215.]
A genealogy of James' family tells that he lived in Maryland, then [Rowan, later] Surry County, North Carolina, and for 16 years in Greenville District, South Carolina. He was in Warren County, KY by 1806, had moved on to Hamilton County, IL shortly after 1820 and was living in Greene Co, IL in 1833 when he applied for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. His last payment was for the six months ending 4 Mar 1841. In his application he told that he had been born in Fredericktown, PA in 1747, a date which eliminates Christopher and Phebe (Vanderbilt) Garrison as his parents. The genealogy points out that present Fredericktown had not been founded by 1747, but that the name was that of the plantation near Bethlehem, PA, of Henry Antes, a Moravian. No mention was made of any residence in Duplin County.
A letter added to a copy of this reference told that James Garrison had tentatively been identified as a brother of Isaac Garrison (1732-1836), Revolutionary Soldier, and common ancestor of the Isaac Garrison Family Association of Springfield, Missouri. It is not known if he has yet (1993) been recognized by that association as such. [Paul Edwin Power. The Garrison and Allied Families. Bowling Green (KY): private, 1981.]
The reference to Moravians, suggests a possible connection to Captain Nicholas Garrison, Sr. (1701-1781), son of Lambert Garrison, Sr. of Staten Island, NY. Capt. Garrison commanded the ships that brought most of the Moravian settlers from central Europe to Bethlehem, PA. He lived out his retirement years in Bethlehem and died there. He had a number of children. The names of several are unknown and it is assumed they died young. Of those who survived none were named James. [Stillwell. Miscellany. v. 1, pp. 154-155. Harry Emilius Stocker. A History of the Moravian Church in New York City. New York: private, 1922. pp. 75-76. Joseph Mortimer Levering. The History of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741-1892. Bethlehem: Times Publishing Co, 1903. pp. 30, 38, 400 and many others. Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA, on W. Market St. between Main and New streets; inscriptions (still extant and readable) copied by this writer in 1989.]
Mr. Outlaw's wife was a Garrison from Greenville but apparently she was not a descendant of James. [Albert Timothy Outlaw. Outlaw Genealogy. Kenansville (NC): the Author, 1930. Second Edition and Supplement compiled by Abner Henry Outlaw, Greensboro, NC, 1972. p. 91.] Likely she descended from the family founded by David Garrison and wife Elizabeth Barksdale.
**************** GARRISON DNA SURNAME PROJECT at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/garrison/
Now male GARRISON descendants of 4 separate sons of RWS James Garrison have taken the Y-DNA test and they match!
Below are the numbers:
80338 RWS James Garrison's son: James Garrison Jr.
13 22 14 10 13 13 11 14 11 12 11 28
42579 RWS James Garrison's son: David Thomas Garrison
13 22 14 10 13 13 11 14 11 12 11 28 16 08 09 08 11 22 16 20 25 12 14 15 16 11 09 19 19 15 15 16 20 35 36 12 10
44812 RWS James Garrison's son: Jesse Garrison (2 different)
13 22 14 10 12 13 11 14 11 12 11 28 16 08 09 08 11 22 15 20 25 12 14 15 16 11 09 19 19 15 15 16 20 35 36 12 10
47039 RWS James Garrison's son: Benjamin Garrison (1 different)
13 22 14 10 13 13 11 14 11 12 11 29 16 08 09 08 11 22 16 20 25 12 14 15 16 11 09 19 19 15 15 16 20 35 36 12 10
Isn't it exciting that these Y-DNA genes are passed down from father to son to son, except for an occasional difference/mutation!
*******WHO IS THE FATHER OF JAMES GARRISON*******
We diffinately are not relate to Isaac Garrison, descendant of the French Hugenot family. We have completely different Geographic origins. Our Garrisons are Haplogroup Ia1 (commonly referred to as the Viking Haplogroup) and our Garrisons would have probably come from Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, or England...in that order.
Paul Edwin Power supplied the following information on pages 5-12 of his 1981 paper "THE GARRISON AND ALLIED FAMILIES:"
While residing in Wilkes Co. NC, James volunteered and served three months as a private in Capt. John Hamlin's company with Col. Benjamin Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He marched to Cross Creek where he was in an engagement with the Scott Tories. He enlisted again in the spring of 1781, serving for three months as a private in Capt. Alexander Gordon's company with Col. Joseph McDowell's North Carolina Regiment. He was present at the surrender of Ninety Six. He was also in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
On 2 April 1833, while living in Greene Co. IL, James Garrison was allowed a Revolutionary War pension for the above service. (Pension Number S-32260)
*******Movements of this family are mentioned in the paper "The Family of JESSE GARRISON and CASSANDRA DOYLE of Green County, Illinois," of July 1988 by Vernon Garrison.
"James was a Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes Co. NC. James was born in Fredrickstown in 1747. In his pension he reported Fredrickstown as in Pennsylvania but research has established it actually was in Maryland in a portion of land claimed at the time by both states. He died in Greene Co., IL. Hester Ann was the daughter of William and Rosannah Roberts of Surrey Co., NC. After the 1790 Wilkes Co. Federal Census, the family moved to the Pendleton Dist. of SC and settled on the Brushy Creek branch of the west bank of the Saluda River. There Jesse was born about 1793 and is with the family in the 1800 Federal Census of Pendleton Dist., SC.
Soon after that census, the family moved to KY. James Garrison and his family are found in the 1810 census of Warren Co., KY. He secured a deed to land on the Green River in Barren Co. in 1815. His land joined that of John Flatt who, at that time, owned present Mammoth Cave. It was then know as Flatt's Cave. Jesse's sister, Rosannah Garrison, married John Flatt's son, Edward, there in 1815. A neighbor was Gregory Doyle and relationships were very close. James' son Samuel, married Martha Conley, a sister to Mary Conley who married Samuel Doyle, son of Gregory C. Doyle. James' daughter, Sarah, married Richard G Doyle, son of Gregory, in 1817. Matthew Garrison, another son of James, married Gregory's daughter, Hannah Doyle. Jesse married Hannah's sister, Cassandra, apparently in Hart Co. about 1820 but a record of that marriage has not been found. County lines in the area changed frequently at this time and some of the Garrison and Doyle marriages were recorded in Barren Co. and some in Warren Co. In 1819 the land became part of Hart County and records of that county, unfortunately, burned. The land became part of Edmonson Co. later when Edmonson was formed. It is in the present day Mammoth Cave National Park."
"The family of James Garrison began to migrate from Kentucky into the newly opened Illinois Territory. James Jr. moved up to White Co. in 1809.
In White County Early Settlement by the Illinois Trails History & Genealogy it states
"Henry Jones and James Garrison, natives of South Carolina settled in White County in October, 1809, the former on the pond east of Daniel McHenrys, where he lived until his death, and the latter west of the Little Wabash River, opposite the place known as David Burrells Mill. On the breaking out of the war of 1812, he removed into the "fork" and purchased Bradburys improvement, now known as Elam, and lived there until his death."
By 1820, Rosannah, Nancy, David, and Samuel had all moved into Wayne and Hamilton Counties. Sarah, who married Richard G. Doyle, remained in Edmonson Co. as did George, who had married Anna Lard. Matthew remained in Kentucky until about 1829 when he moved directly to Greene Co., IL. Jesse was enumerated in the 1820 census of Hart Co. KY in the household of James Garrison. Jesse appears to have moved to the Dahlgren area of Hamilton Co. IL about 1824 and James Garrison's war pension application indicates he moved there at the same time."
It continues to mention how James and Hester Garrison remained living with their son Jesse until Jesse's wife Cassandra died abt 1838. By then they were in their late 90's and needed a woman's nursing care. So James moved in with his daughter, Rosannah (Garrison) Flatt and Hester Ann with son Matthew and his second wife, Mary.
James Benjamin Garrison, son of Jesse and Cassandra (Doyle) Garrison, grandson of RWS James + Hester Garrison grew up and started courting Sarah Moore. The Moores decided to join Pleasant Rawling's group that migrated to Dallas Co. TX. James Benjamin later stated, "that was just too far to go courting a girl," so he married Sarah and went with the Moores to TEXAS leaving a very large family of brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins in ILLINOIS and some in Kentucky!
The following is from the Garrason & Related Famlies Website:
Mr. Outlaw confused the records for James Garrason and mis-identified one . . .
(7) James Garrison, lived for a short time in Duplin County. He removed to Greenville District, South Carolina, where his name is found among the public records from about 1789 to 1794. No record of his family.
There is no doubt that several James Garrasons have been found in the court house records of Duplin County.
The first recorded event which involved one of the name occurred in 1771 when James Garrason (so spelled in the court house record) witnessed a deed whereby Ebenezer Garrason purchased land from Andrew McIntire and his wife Arabella. To have been of legal age in 1771 this James would have been born by 1750. Jedediah Garrason (so spelled) witnessed the same deed. ["Duplin County, North Carolina Deed Book 4", p. 458; apparently in original deed book G, pp. 495-496 (as noted in the registration addendum) in the Sampson County, North Carolina court house.]
There is a possibility that this early James Garrason was a resident of nearby Carteret County, North Carolina and was the James whose son Isaiah Garrison moved to Orange County, North Carolina by 1776. They owned land on the east side of Whiteoak River; it was an area apparently sometime in Carteret County and sometime in Onslow County which does adjoin Duplin County. [Zae Hargett Gwynn. Abstracts of Records of Onslow County, North Carolina 1734-1850. Memphis: Henry Norburne Gwynn, 1961. v. 1, p. 292 from "Orange County Deed Book M", p. 17.]
It should be noted that Jedediah Garrison, who settled finally in [Franklin, now] Banks County, Georgia, was, according to his obituary, born in Cortwright County, North Carolina. [Dolores Haller and Marilyn Robinson, compilers. Gleanings from the "Christian Advocate and Journal and Zion's Herald." Bowie (MD): Heritage Books,1989. p. 419]
Carteret County records support statements by local historians that Cortwright was a commonly used old form of Carteret found even in legal documents. [Correspondence from Samuel Garrison of Pensacola, forwarding abstracts of printed Carteret County deeds to the compiler.]
One James Garrison (so spelled) was living in Duplin Co in 1795 and was old enough to help with the maintenance of the public roads. On 22 Oct of that year Thomas Garrison (undoubtedly Thomas Garrason, born 1764) was appointed Overseer of a maintenance crew to keep up the road leading from the Northeast Cape Fear River below the mouth of Muddy Creek to the court house. James Garrison's name appears in the list of hands assigned to help Thomas in that task. The southern end of the strip of road concerned appears to have been in the vicinity of the Garrason home at Garrison Spring.
22 Oct 1795 Court. Ordered Thomas Garrison be Overseer of the New Road leading from the NorthEast River below the Mouth of Muddy Creek to the Court House ... and have the following hands: James Garrison ... and that they open and repair said road. [McEachern. Abstracts, 1795-1798. p. 32.]
It seems certain this was the Webmaster's great-great-great grandfather, James Garrason (c1778-c1812). There were no other Duplin County Jameses to have been assigned that road service. He appeared in Effingham County, GA in the 1790's, making his first record with his marriage in 1799. Darius Garrason had moved from Duplin County to Effingham in 1793 or 1794. Obviously James was following his kinsman south.
After Ebenezer Garrason died intestate in 1801 it took a number of years to settle his estate. On 18 Jan 1804 the court ordered John Farrior, administrator of the estate, to sell a negro slave so that James Garrison (so spelled in the record) could be paid his distributive share. The abstract of this record does not show any relationship between James and Ebenezer, but, of course, there had to have been one. James' name is not found again in Duplin County records. [McEachern. Abstracts, 1803-1805. p. 23.]
What is confusing is that the censuses do not show any males in Ebenezer's household other than himself and for whatever reason, Ebenezer's household does not appear in the "1790 Federal Census for Duplin County". [ "State Census of 1786";"1800 Federal Census for Duplin County".]
Some have speculated that James was Ebenezer's son-in- law, having married his (James') cousin, one of Ebenezer's daughters but there is no proof of such.
This James Garr*son could have been the same one mentioned in the previous section, the one who was assigned to a road crew in 1795. And this, too, could have been the Webmaster's ancestor.
The James Garrison Mr. Outlaw wrote about . . .
The James Garrison mentioned by Mr. Outlaw did live for a time in Greenville District, South Carolina. However, a search of court house records there uncovered only two deeds: one dated 1790 when he bought land and one in 1793 when he sold it. Neither document described him as being formerly of Duplin County. It should be noted that when James of Greenville sold his land he signed the deed with a mark, while the James of Duplin witnessed the 1771 deed with his full signature.
On 3 Apr 1790 Thomas Doeg of Spartanburgh County, South Carolina sold to James Garrison of Greenville County, for £40 sterling, 128 acres on Mush Creek branch of Tygar River. ["Greenville County, South Carolina, Deed Book B", pp. 182-183.]
On 20 Mar 1792 James Garrison of Greenville County sold to Archibald Taylor of same, for £70 sterling, 128 acres granted to Thomas Doeg. ["Greenville County, South Carolina, Deed Book C", pp. 214-215.]
A genealogy of James' family tells that he lived in Maryland, then [Rowan, later] Surry County, North Carolina, and for 16 years in Greenville District, South Carolina. He was in Warren County, KY by 1806, had moved on to Hamilton County, IL shortly after 1820 and was living in Greene Co, IL in 1833 when he applied for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. His last payment was for the six months ending 4 Mar 1841. In his application he told that he had been born in Fredericktown, PA in 1747, a date which eliminates Christopher and Phebe (Vanderbilt) Garrison as his parents. The genealogy points out that present Fredericktown had not been founded by 1747, but that the name was that of the plantation near Bethlehem, PA, of Henry Antes, a Moravian. No mention was made of any residence in Duplin County.
A letter added to a copy of this reference told that James Garrison had tentatively been identified as a brother of Isaac Garrison (1732-1836), Revolutionary Soldier, and common ancestor of the Isaac Garrison Family Association of Springfield, Missouri. It is not known if he has yet (1993) been recognized by that association as such. [Paul Edwin Power. The Garrison and Allied Families. Bowling Green (KY): private, 1981.]
The reference to Moravians, suggests a possible connection to Captain Nicholas Garrison, Sr. (1701-1781), son of Lambert Garrison, Sr. of Staten Island, NY. Capt. Garrison commanded the ships that brought most of the Moravian settlers from central Europe to Bethlehem, PA. He lived out his retirement years in Bethlehem and died there. He had a number of children. The names of several are unknown and it is assumed they died young. Of those who survived none were named James. [Stillwell. Miscellany. v. 1, pp. 154-155. Harry Emilius Stocker. A History of the Moravian Church in New York City. New York: private, 1922. pp. 75-76. Joseph Mortimer Levering. The History of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741-1892. Bethlehem: Times Publishing Co, 1903. pp. 30, 38, 400 and many others. Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA, on W. Market St. between Main and New streets; inscriptions (still extant and readable) copied by this writer in 1989.]
Mr. Outlaw's wife was a Garrison from Greenville but apparently she was not a descendant of James. [Albert Timothy Outlaw. Outlaw Genealogy. Kenansville (NC): the Author, 1930. Second Edition and Supplement compiled by Abner Henry Outlaw, Greensboro, NC, 1972. p. 91.] Likely she descended from the family founded by David Garrison and wife Elizabeth Barksdale.
**************** GARRISON DNA SURNAME PROJECT at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/garrison/
Now male GARRISON descendants of 4 separate sons of RWS James Garrison have taken the Y-DNA test and they match!
Below are the numbers:
80338 RWS James Garrison's son: James Garrison Jr.
13 22 14 10 13 13 11 14 11 12 11 28
42579 RWS James Garrison's son: David Thomas Garrison
13 22 14 10 13 13 11 14 11 12 11 28 16 08 09 08 11 22 16 20 25 12 14 15 16 11 09 19 19 15 15 16 20 35 36 12 10
44812 RWS James Garrison's son: Jesse Garrison (2 different)
13 22 14 10 12 13 11 14 11 12 11 28 16 08 09 08 11 22 15 20 25 12 14 15 16 11 09 19 19 15 15 16 20 35 36 12 10
47039 RWS James Garrison's son: Benjamin Garrison (1 different)
13 22 14 10 13 13 11 14 11 12 11 29 16 08 09 08 11 22 16 20 25 12 14 15 16 11 09 19 19 15 15 16 20 35 36 12 10
Isn't it exciting that these Y-DNA genes are passed down from father to son to son, except for an occasional difference/mutation!
*******WHO IS THE FATHER OF JAMES GARRISON*******
We diffinately are not relate to Isaac Garrison, descendant of the French Hugenot family. We have completely different Geographic origins. Our Garrisons are Haplogroup Ia1 (commonly referred to as the Viking Haplogroup) and our Garrisons would have probably come from Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, or England...in that order.
Events
| Birth | 11 Mar 1747 | now Maryland?, Fredrickstown, Pennsylvania, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 1773/74 | Hester Ann "Esther" Roberts | |||
| Military | 1781 - 1796 | American Revolutionary War, Wilkes, North Carolina, British America |  | | |
| Tax List | 1787 | Wilkes, North Carolina, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1790 | Morgan District, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States - Hester Ann "Esther" Roberts | | | |
| Census (family) | 1800 | Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States - Hester Ann "Esther" Roberts | | | |
| Census (family) | 1810 | Warren, Kentucky, United States - Hester Ann "Esther" Roberts | | | |
| Residence | 2 Apr 1833 | Greene, Illinois, United States | |||
| Death | 13 Oct 1840 | Greene, Illinois, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Hester Ann "Esther" Roberts (1756 - 1840) |
| Child | Rosannah E Garrison (1774 - 1873) |
| Child | William Garrison (1774 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Garrison (1774 - ) |
| Child | UNK Garrison (1774 - ) |
| Child | James Garrison Jr. (1776 - 1845) |
| Child | George Garrison (1785 - ) |
| Child | Samuel E. Garrison (1788 - 1849) |
| Child | Rachel Garrison (1789 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Garrison (1791 - ) |
| Child | David Thomas Garrison (1792 - 1858) |
| Child | Jesse Garrison (1793 - 1854) |
| Child | Sarah "Sally" Garrison (1795 - 1859) |
| Child | Matthew Garrison (1798 - 1846) |
Notes
Military
In his pension request he mentions that he lived several years after the Revolutionary War in North Carolina, then moved to South Carolina, lived there about 16 years, then moved to Warren Co. Ky lived there about 12 years, then moved to Hamilton Co, Illinois, lived there about 10 years, then moved to Greene Co. Illinois where he has lived in the same neighborhood where he now resides for the last four years. ...Tax List
Inhabitants Numbered in Capt. GORDON'S District [Wilkes County, NC]pg 6
James Garrison 1 4 3 - - (8 people)
1 White Male 21-60 (James)
4 White Males under 21 or 60+ (James, George, ?, ? )
3 White Females (Hester, Rosannah, ? )
No slaves
Census (family)
Jas. Garrison 1 5 4 (10 people)1 male 16+ (James Sr.)
5 males under 16 (James Jr., George, Samuel, ?, ?)
4 females (Hester, Rosannah, Rachel, ?)
no slaves
Census (family)
pg 108AJames Garrison 00100-00100-00
pg 108B
James Garrison 33001-21001-00
292 James Garrison 33001 21001 00 (11 people)
3 males under 10 (Matthew 2, Jesse 7, David 8)
3 males 10 - 16 (Samuel 12, George 16, ? )
1 male 45+ (James, 54)
2 females under 10 (Sarah 5, Nancy 9)
1 female 10 - 16 (Rachel 11)
1 female 45+ (Hester, 45)
no slaves or other
Census (family)
Gregory DoyelJas Garrison 02201 11001
2 males 10-15 (Mathew 12, Jesse
2 males 16-25 (
1 male 45+ (James Sr. 63)
1 female under 10 (?
1 female 10-15 (Sarah 15)
1 female 45+ (Hester
Death
*******ILLINOIS REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN BURIALS*******Name: James Garrison
was born near Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, in 1747. He enlisted in Wilkes county, North Carolina, in 1775 for three months under Capt. John Hamlin, Col. Benjamin Cleveland; enlisted again in 1781 with Capt. Alexander Gordan, Col. Joseph McDowell. He was in the battles of Cross Creek, the surrender of Ninety-six, and Eutaw Springs. He came to Greene county, Illinois, and died there very aged; is buried in the Patterson cemetery. He was pensioned. James was a Revolutionary War Soldier of NC USA. The CENSUS OF PENSIONERS in ILLINOIS on 1 June 1840 shows our RWS James GARRISON residing in the home of son-in-law, Edward Flatt, husband of James' oldest daughter, Rosannah E (Garrison) Flatt, in Greene Co., Illinois at the age of 93. Shortly after this he died on 13 October 1840 and was buried near his daughter Rosannah's home in the Patterson Cem., Wilmington (Green Co.) IL USA
Endnotes
1. Paul Edwin Power, The Garrison and Allied Families (Brigham Young University online library
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), Revolutionary War Image Series: M805 Roll: 350 Image: 109 File: S32260 GARRISON JAMES NC .
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), Revolutionary War Image Series: M805 Roll: 350 Image: 109 File: S32260 GARRISON JAMES NC .
4. Early Combs Etc. Families of Wilkes Co. North Carolina, Combs-Coombs &c. Research Group online [http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/nc/wilkes/], accessed Aug 2006.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1790 > NORTH CAROLINA > WILKES > MORGAN DIST Series: M637 Roll: 7 Page: 154.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1800 > SOUTH CAROLINA > PENDLETON > NO TWP LISTED Series: M32 Roll: 50 Page: 108.
7. Garrison, James, James Jr. & Salisbury, 1800 U.S. Census, Pendleton District, South Carolina, pg 107 & 108; U.S. GenNet..
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1810 > KENTUCKY > WARREN > NO TWP LISTED Series: M252 Roll: 8 Page: 242.