Individual Details
Adonijah Garrason
(Abt 1755 - Bef 15 Oct 1823)
4. ADONIJAH b. about 1755
1776 (approximate) Adonijah Garrison, Revolutionary Soldier, Private (N. C. Rev. Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots and Descendants, Mary Carter, Albany GA, Pioneers Publications, 1978)
1780 Sep 20 Duplin Co NC, Wemberk Boney to Adonijah Garrison 20 acres “on the NS of Island Creek”, recorded Oct Court 1786 (Duplin Co NC Book 1A. page 324, ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS, 1784-1813, Vol. 1,
Eleanor Smith Draughon, Duplin County Historical Society 1983)
1784 Duplin, Ephraim & Adonijah witnessed the will of Philp Rouse
1786 Duplin Co census next to Ebenezer, very near Ephraim
1790 Duplin Co NC, Thomas, Adonijah, Ephraim
1800 New Hanover Co NC Federal Census, Adinih (Adonijah) Garrison
(son James)
(son Jedediah)
(son Isaiah)
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Duplin Deeds, Book 1A
p. 226 Edward Dickson to James Dickson, both of Duplin Co., 10 Aug 1785, 40 pds, current money of N.C. for 200A in 2 pieces: (1) 100A on Maxwell Swamp incl. the Beaverdam & some islands called Folley Islands, beg. at at water oak & 2 pines by Middle Branch; (2) 100A on Maxwell Swamp, beg. at a poplar on the run in Follly on Morgan Sweeny's line, William Rigsbee's line, Richard Williams' line, about 150 yards above the mouth of Wolf Pit Branch, Joseph Dickson's line, granted to Edward Dickson by patent dated 10 Nov 1784. Wit: Lewis Barnes, Adonijah Garrason. Jan. Ct. 1786.
From the Garrason & Related Families Website:
Adonijah Garrason (died 1823)
Mr. Outlaw did not tell that Adonijah's previous residence had been in Duplin County . .
(2) Adonijah Garrison, located on Harrison Creek, New Hanover County, about the year 1796. His wife was Judith Pickett of Duplin County, and their children were: (a) Isaac, (b) Jedediah, (c) Jacob, (d) Simon, and (e) John.
Descendants have estimated Adonijah Garrason's birth year as 1761, that being based on the presence of a young male in his home in the "State Census of 1786". The fact that he purchased land in Duplin County in 1780 suggests he was born by 1759. A deed dated 20 Sep 1780 from Wemberk Boney to Adonijah, both of Duplin County, for 20 acres on the north side of Island Creek, was proved in the October, 1786 court and recorded in Duplin County Deed Book 1A, p. 324. [Eleanor Smith Draughon. Duplin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1784-1813. Duplin County Historical Society. Easley (SC): Southern Historical Press, 1986. p. 29]
Court of 23 Jul 1788 ordered that Asa Parker, orphan boy 13 years of age last February, be bound as an apprentice to Adonijah Garrison until age 21. [Leora H. McEachern. Duplin County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Abstracts of Minutes 1788-1791. Rose Hill (NC): Duplin County Historical Society, 1979. p. 21.]
Court records in New Hanover County show him a resident there in 1795. A Bill of Sale from John Parker to Adonijah Garrison was proven in June 1795 Court by testimony of Henry Pickett. [Alexander McDonald Walker. New Hanover County Court Minutes, 1794-1800 (Part 4). Bethesda (MD): the Editor, 1962. p. 21.]
In October, 1804 a Wilmington, North Carolina newspaper printed a list of persons for whom letters were being held at the post office. This entry is of interest:
Adonijah Garrison, himself and his brothers.
One could speculate forever about who were Adonijah's brothers. Obviously he was known to have more than one, and all three (or more) of them had lived at one time the Lower Cape Fear area, that is, in present Duplin, Pender or New Hanover counties.
These facts are known about the male Garrasons who were of the same generation as Adjonijah: . . . . .only Thomas (b. 1764) of Duplin County was known to be still in the area . . . . .Ephraim had died in late 1792 or early 1793 . . . . . Darius and this writer's James had been in Effingham County, GA for almost 10 years . . . . . Ebenezer had been dead since 1801 . . . . . John's name had not appeared in any county records since 1797.
No other males, Jedediah for example, had been seen in records of the area for a generation. Likely the letter writer did not know of some of the events mentioned. Mail took so long back then the letter could have been written several years before 1804.
Endless time can be spent speculating on its contents. . . . .Was it Darius and James writing from Effingham County, Georgia with news? . . . . . Was Jedediah writing from Franklin County, GA to tell that he had moved from South Carolina? Remember, this letter arrived in Wilmington, NC about the same time Jedediah settled in Georgia. . . . . Or was it a letter from a far-off stranger telling that the older Thomas, mariner, (whom this writer suspects but cannot prove was father of some of these Garrasons: Ephraim, Thomas, Elizabeth, probably Darius and possibly the compiler's James) had been captured by pirates or lost at sea in a storm or died in some remote place of an exotic disease?
Whatever the news, it must have been considered important because no one back then wrote of frivolous things. [Sources for the above statements will be found scattered throughout this paper in other sections. It did not seem important to repeat them here. -CCG]
Adonijah Garrason died in [New Hanover, now] Pender County by 15 Oct 1823 when James Nixon posted bond as administrator of the estate. A second bond posted 10 Nov included one of Adonijah's sons as surety; he signed his name Jacob Garrason. In 1842 son Jedediah Garrason sold his rights to Adonijah's estate to James Walton. All instances of the name were spelled Garrason, including the original signatures of Jedediah and his brother Simeon who was a witness. Copies of the original estate papers in North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, were obtained by Ruth Mary (Conrad) Maples of Amarillo, TX. Copies she sent to the late Frankie (Garrison) Shipman of Oklahoma City were shared with this writer.
The reader should be aware that Jedediah, son of Adonijah, was not the same person as the Jedediah who moved to Georgia. Adonijah's son was much younger than Jedediah of Georgia and never lived in that state.
1776 (approximate) Adonijah Garrison, Revolutionary Soldier, Private (N. C. Rev. Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots and Descendants, Mary Carter, Albany GA, Pioneers Publications, 1978)
1780 Sep 20 Duplin Co NC, Wemberk Boney to Adonijah Garrison 20 acres “on the NS of Island Creek”, recorded Oct Court 1786 (Duplin Co NC Book 1A. page 324, ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS, 1784-1813, Vol. 1,
Eleanor Smith Draughon, Duplin County Historical Society 1983)
1784 Duplin, Ephraim & Adonijah witnessed the will of Philp Rouse
1786 Duplin Co census next to Ebenezer, very near Ephraim
1790 Duplin Co NC, Thomas, Adonijah, Ephraim
1800 New Hanover Co NC Federal Census, Adinih (Adonijah) Garrison
(son James)
(son Jedediah)
(son Isaiah)
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Duplin Deeds, Book 1A
p. 226 Edward Dickson to James Dickson, both of Duplin Co., 10 Aug 1785, 40 pds, current money of N.C. for 200A in 2 pieces: (1) 100A on Maxwell Swamp incl. the Beaverdam & some islands called Folley Islands, beg. at at water oak & 2 pines by Middle Branch; (2) 100A on Maxwell Swamp, beg. at a poplar on the run in Follly on Morgan Sweeny's line, William Rigsbee's line, Richard Williams' line, about 150 yards above the mouth of Wolf Pit Branch, Joseph Dickson's line, granted to Edward Dickson by patent dated 10 Nov 1784. Wit: Lewis Barnes, Adonijah Garrason. Jan. Ct. 1786.
From the Garrason & Related Families Website:
Adonijah Garrason (died 1823)
Mr. Outlaw did not tell that Adonijah's previous residence had been in Duplin County . .
(2) Adonijah Garrison, located on Harrison Creek, New Hanover County, about the year 1796. His wife was Judith Pickett of Duplin County, and their children were: (a) Isaac, (b) Jedediah, (c) Jacob, (d) Simon, and (e) John.
Descendants have estimated Adonijah Garrason's birth year as 1761, that being based on the presence of a young male in his home in the "State Census of 1786". The fact that he purchased land in Duplin County in 1780 suggests he was born by 1759. A deed dated 20 Sep 1780 from Wemberk Boney to Adonijah, both of Duplin County, for 20 acres on the north side of Island Creek, was proved in the October, 1786 court and recorded in Duplin County Deed Book 1A, p. 324. [Eleanor Smith Draughon. Duplin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deeds, 1784-1813. Duplin County Historical Society. Easley (SC): Southern Historical Press, 1986. p. 29]
Court of 23 Jul 1788 ordered that Asa Parker, orphan boy 13 years of age last February, be bound as an apprentice to Adonijah Garrison until age 21. [Leora H. McEachern. Duplin County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Abstracts of Minutes 1788-1791. Rose Hill (NC): Duplin County Historical Society, 1979. p. 21.]
Court records in New Hanover County show him a resident there in 1795. A Bill of Sale from John Parker to Adonijah Garrison was proven in June 1795 Court by testimony of Henry Pickett. [Alexander McDonald Walker. New Hanover County Court Minutes, 1794-1800 (Part 4). Bethesda (MD): the Editor, 1962. p. 21.]
In October, 1804 a Wilmington, North Carolina newspaper printed a list of persons for whom letters were being held at the post office. This entry is of interest:
Adonijah Garrison, himself and his brothers.
One could speculate forever about who were Adonijah's brothers. Obviously he was known to have more than one, and all three (or more) of them had lived at one time the Lower Cape Fear area, that is, in present Duplin, Pender or New Hanover counties.
These facts are known about the male Garrasons who were of the same generation as Adjonijah: . . . . .only Thomas (b. 1764) of Duplin County was known to be still in the area . . . . .Ephraim had died in late 1792 or early 1793 . . . . . Darius and this writer's James had been in Effingham County, GA for almost 10 years . . . . . Ebenezer had been dead since 1801 . . . . . John's name had not appeared in any county records since 1797.
No other males, Jedediah for example, had been seen in records of the area for a generation. Likely the letter writer did not know of some of the events mentioned. Mail took so long back then the letter could have been written several years before 1804.
Endless time can be spent speculating on its contents. . . . .Was it Darius and James writing from Effingham County, Georgia with news? . . . . . Was Jedediah writing from Franklin County, GA to tell that he had moved from South Carolina? Remember, this letter arrived in Wilmington, NC about the same time Jedediah settled in Georgia. . . . . Or was it a letter from a far-off stranger telling that the older Thomas, mariner, (whom this writer suspects but cannot prove was father of some of these Garrasons: Ephraim, Thomas, Elizabeth, probably Darius and possibly the compiler's James) had been captured by pirates or lost at sea in a storm or died in some remote place of an exotic disease?
Whatever the news, it must have been considered important because no one back then wrote of frivolous things. [Sources for the above statements will be found scattered throughout this paper in other sections. It did not seem important to repeat them here. -CCG]
Adonijah Garrason died in [New Hanover, now] Pender County by 15 Oct 1823 when James Nixon posted bond as administrator of the estate. A second bond posted 10 Nov included one of Adonijah's sons as surety; he signed his name Jacob Garrason. In 1842 son Jedediah Garrason sold his rights to Adonijah's estate to James Walton. All instances of the name were spelled Garrason, including the original signatures of Jedediah and his brother Simeon who was a witness. Copies of the original estate papers in North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, were obtained by Ruth Mary (Conrad) Maples of Amarillo, TX. Copies she sent to the late Frankie (Garrison) Shipman of Oklahoma City were shared with this writer.
The reader should be aware that Jedediah, son of Adonijah, was not the same person as the Jedediah who moved to Georgia. Adonijah's son was much younger than Jedediah of Georgia and never lived in that state.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1755 | Carteret, North Carolina, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | Bef 1780 | North Carolina, United States - Judith Pickett | | ||
| Census (family) | Abt 1790 | Duplin, North Carolina, United States - Judith Pickett | | ||
| Census (family) | 1800 | (now New Hanover Co.), Pender, North Carolina, United States - Judith Pickett | | ||
| Death | Bef 15 Oct 1823 | (now New Hanover Co.), Pender, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Adonijah Garrison |
Families
| Spouse | Judith Pickett ( - ) |
| Child | Isaac Garrason (1790 - ) |
| Child | Jedediah Garrason (1796 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Garrason ( - ) |
| Child | Simon Garrason ( - ) |
| Child | John Garrason ( - ) |
| Father | James Garrison (1725 - 1771) |
| Mother | Jane ( - ) |
| Sibling | Isaiah Garrison (1745 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Garrison (1750 - 1801) |
| Sibling | Jedediah Garrison (1752 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Garrison (1757 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Thomas Garrison (1764 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Garrison (1771 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Darius Garrison (1772 - 1838) |
Notes
Birth
1755 Adonijah born, based on first appearance in public records (speculative - N. C. Rev. Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots and Descendants, Mary Carter, Albany GA, Pioneers Publications, 1978)Census (family)
The "1790 Duplin County Census" shows 4 males under 16. That suggests as many as three additional sons not mentioned by Mr. Outlaw. Of the known sons, only Isaac was born before 1790. However, court records show that in 1788 Adonijah was assigned an apprentice who may have been counted a member of the family (instead of under "other free white persons") and would have appeared to have been a son. Other apprentices may have been the other unaccounted-for young males.Census (family)
1800 New Hanover Co NC Federal Census, Adinih (Adonijah) GarrisonEndnotes
1. Garrason & Related Famlies, Cecil Calder Garrason online [http://www.garrason.com/GeneLinks.htm], accessed Aug 2006.
2. Our Garrison Family, Polli Jost Turner online [http://pollisplace.com/history/garrison.htm], accessed Aug 2006.
3. Garrason & Related Famlies, Cecil Calder Garrason online [http://www.garrason.com/GeneLinks.htm], accessed Aug 2006.