Individual Details
James Garrison Jr.
(Abt 1776 - Mar 1845)
James Jr. moved up to White Co., Illinois, in 1809.
James Garrison Jr was a son of James & Hester Ann Roberts Garrison. His father was a Revolutionary War Soldier from North Carolina who, according to his pension application, was born in Frederick Town, Pennsylvania, in 1747 and who died in Greene County, Illinois, in 1841 2. His mother was the daughter of William & Rosannah Roberts of Surrey County, North Carolina. James Jr was born about 1776 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. His father first appears in the area in the 1774 Surry County tax lists. Wilkes County was formed from Surry in 1777 . In 1778, James Garrison Sr entered 150 acres of land on Pipe Camp Creek on the waters of Hunting Creek. This area, south of present Wilkesboro, is even today wild and primitive mountains with access through the Yadkin River Valley. The family remained there until about 1792 when they moved to the Pendleton district of South Carolina, settling along the Brushy Creek of the Saluda River's west bank. Sometime after their arrival and before 1800, James Jr married Rachel Looper and they are in the 1800 census of Pendleton District near his father. James Sr moved with his family to Barren Co, KY, sometime before 1806 and James Jr seems to have followed as his daughter Rachel was born in March 1806 in South Carolina and his next child, Solomon Looper Garrison, was born in Barren Co in June 1808. Garrison landholdings were on the Green River near Mammoth Cave in what is now Edmonson County but was then part of Barren County. James Jr's stay in Kentucky was short lived. Illinois Territory was formed in 1809 out of the Indiana Territory and settlers were invited. James Jr was among the first to accept the invitation. He settled within the present limits of the town in Carmi in October 1809 on the west bank of the Little Wabash opposite the site of David Burrell's Mill. Carmi historians credit this as the first such settlement in present Carmi. His sons later stated that James often boasted that when he arrived there were only two other white families between Vincennes and Jonestown. When the War of 1812 broke out, the local Indians became hostile and James Jr fled with his family across the Little Wabash to the Old Carmi Fort and it was there that his son, Samuel, was born in December 1811.After the war, James Jr moved down into the forks of the Wabash and purchased John Bradbury's improvement known as Elam. James first Carmi land was not registered as the new Illinois Territory was determined not to make the same mistake regarding Indian claims that had previously been made in other states. No Illinois landholdings were registered until all Indian claims had been settled and the area had been surveyed under the new federal township survey system. It is also for the same reason that he purchased Bradbury's improvement rather than his land when he moved to Emma Township. After completion of the federal survey, James formally purchased this land from the Shawnee town Land Office with his first payment recorded on 10September 1816. James continued to purchase land in Em ma Township adjoining or near his initial acreage and at the time of his death in 1845 had increased his holdings from the original 80 acres to a total of 800 acres. After his death this acreage was transferred to his children and most of it fell shortly thereafter into the hands of others. His grandson, Alexander Logan Garrison, was born on the original homestead and during his lifetime steadily accumulated all of his grandfather's 800 acres. Alexander replaced James original log structure with a large white frame house which was an Emma Township landmark still known as the Old Garrison Place until it was finally demolished in the early 1970's. Rachel Looper Garrison died in January 1820 from complications from the birth of their last child, Joseph, some 10 months before. James remarried Selah Celia Pearce on July 24, 1827. They had a child, John, who preceded James in death. James died in March 1845. Col Garrison manuscript
James Garrison Jr was a son of James & Hester Ann Roberts Garrison. His father was a Revolutionary War Soldier from North Carolina who, according to his pension application, was born in Frederick Town, Pennsylvania, in 1747 and who died in Greene County, Illinois, in 1841 2. His mother was the daughter of William & Rosannah Roberts of Surrey County, North Carolina. James Jr was born about 1776 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. His father first appears in the area in the 1774 Surry County tax lists. Wilkes County was formed from Surry in 1777 . In 1778, James Garrison Sr entered 150 acres of land on Pipe Camp Creek on the waters of Hunting Creek. This area, south of present Wilkesboro, is even today wild and primitive mountains with access through the Yadkin River Valley. The family remained there until about 1792 when they moved to the Pendleton district of South Carolina, settling along the Brushy Creek of the Saluda River's west bank. Sometime after their arrival and before 1800, James Jr married Rachel Looper and they are in the 1800 census of Pendleton District near his father. James Sr moved with his family to Barren Co, KY, sometime before 1806 and James Jr seems to have followed as his daughter Rachel was born in March 1806 in South Carolina and his next child, Solomon Looper Garrison, was born in Barren Co in June 1808. Garrison landholdings were on the Green River near Mammoth Cave in what is now Edmonson County but was then part of Barren County. James Jr's stay in Kentucky was short lived. Illinois Territory was formed in 1809 out of the Indiana Territory and settlers were invited. James Jr was among the first to accept the invitation. He settled within the present limits of the town in Carmi in October 1809 on the west bank of the Little Wabash opposite the site of David Burrell's Mill. Carmi historians credit this as the first such settlement in present Carmi. His sons later stated that James often boasted that when he arrived there were only two other white families between Vincennes and Jonestown. When the War of 1812 broke out, the local Indians became hostile and James Jr fled with his family across the Little Wabash to the Old Carmi Fort and it was there that his son, Samuel, was born in December 1811.After the war, James Jr moved down into the forks of the Wabash and purchased John Bradbury's improvement known as Elam. James first Carmi land was not registered as the new Illinois Territory was determined not to make the same mistake regarding Indian claims that had previously been made in other states. No Illinois landholdings were registered until all Indian claims had been settled and the area had been surveyed under the new federal township survey system. It is also for the same reason that he purchased Bradbury's improvement rather than his land when he moved to Emma Township. After completion of the federal survey, James formally purchased this land from the Shawnee town Land Office with his first payment recorded on 10September 1816. James continued to purchase land in Em ma Township adjoining or near his initial acreage and at the time of his death in 1845 had increased his holdings from the original 80 acres to a total of 800 acres. After his death this acreage was transferred to his children and most of it fell shortly thereafter into the hands of others. His grandson, Alexander Logan Garrison, was born on the original homestead and during his lifetime steadily accumulated all of his grandfather's 800 acres. Alexander replaced James original log structure with a large white frame house which was an Emma Township landmark still known as the Old Garrison Place until it was finally demolished in the early 1970's. Rachel Looper Garrison died in January 1820 from complications from the birth of their last child, Joseph, some 10 months before. James remarried Selah Celia Pearce on July 24, 1827. They had a child, John, who preceded James in death. James died in March 1845. Col Garrison manuscript
Events
| Birth | Abt 1776 | Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1799 | Rachel Looper | | ||
| Census (family) | 1800 | Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States - Rachel Looper |  | | |
| Marriage | 24 Jul 1827 | White, Illinois, United States - Celia Pearce | | | |
| Death | Mar 1845 | White, Illinois, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Rachel Looper (1783 - 1820) |
| Spouse | Celia Pearce ( - ) |
| Father | James Garrison (1747 - 1840) |
| Mother | Hester Ann "Esther" Roberts (1756 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Rosannah E Garrison (1774 - 1873) |
| Sibling | William Garrison (1774 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Garrison (1774 - ) |
| Sibling | UNK Garrison (1774 - ) |
| Sibling | George Garrison (1785 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel E. Garrison (1788 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Rachel Garrison (1789 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Garrison (1791 - ) |
| Sibling | David Thomas Garrison (1792 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Jesse Garrison (1793 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Sarah "Sally" Garrison (1795 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Matthew Garrison (1798 - 1846) |
Notes
Census (family)
262 James Garrison 00100 00100 (2 people)1 male and 1 female 16-26
Marriage
GARRISON, JAMES PEARCE, SECELIA 1827-07-24 001/ WHITEEndnotes
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3. 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.
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5. Illinois State Archives & the Illinois State Genealogical Society., Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900. (
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