Samuel GARRISON
Birth:
1765/70
of Rockingham, North Carolina
Death:
2 Feb 1846
Mason Hall, Obion, Tennessee
Marriage:
Abt 1790
of Rockingham, North Carolina
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Misc. information researched and/or collected by Eleanor Law Johnson, 530 S. 4th St.,Las Vegas, NV 89101
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Time lline by Eleanor L. Johnson......
TIME LINE:
abt 1760-1770 of, Rockingham County,North Carolina
1790 Census,Rockingham County,North Carolina
1800 Census,Rockingham County,North Carolina
1810
1810-1820 Moved to Tennessee (some say before 1809)
1820 Census, Smith County, Tennessee
1826 Deed in Smith County,Tennessee saying "This property was given to me by my father,Samuel Garrison" stated by Obadiah Garrison (O.M. Garrison on some records).
1837 Listed with others in Cannon County, Tennessee
1840 Census, Obion County, Tennessee (There is a Samuel Garrison listed in 1840 & 1850 Census)
1846 A Samuel Garrison in Obion County dies there
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Internet......
23. SAMUEL8 GARRISON, SR. (MOSES7, ISAAC6, ISSAC5, ISAAC4, ISAAC3, ISAAC2,
GUILLAUME1) was born Abt. 1768 in Stokes Co., NC, and died Bef. February 02,
1846 in Obion Co., TN. He married (1) UNKNOWN LOFTIS Bef. 1794. She was born
in Rockingham, NC. He married (2) LUCINDA BETHELL Bef. 1802.
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1820 Cenus Smith County, Tenn..... Samuel listed.....also Obadiah listed next to him
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FHL/USCAN: BOOK: The Family of Isaac Garrison (Family Association) 1980
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Notes for SAMUEL GARRISON, SR.:
Samuel, son of Moses, was married twice and the order of marriages, children are not certain. It is believed he had two sets of children by the two wives, but again, not sure. The five children listed with wife Lucinda may not all have been by her and the combination is uncertain.
According to Mr. Dave Zolle , "Moses, the father of Samuel and Ephraim, owned land in Rockingham Co., NC at the time of both of their births," hence, their birthplaces were Rockingham, NC. Further he says "they both were in Smith Co., TN by 1810 and stayed there until after 1834. Samuel left and was on the 1840 Census of Jefferson Co., IL. He then went to Obion Co., TN where he died....Samuel received a land grant so he must have been in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812."
Smith Co. Deed Book "D"-John Looney to Samuel Garrison, 91 acres, 9 April, 1812, page 125.
Smith Co. Deed Book "E", State of Tennessee Grant No. 3399, 70 acres to Samuel Garrison, July 1815, page 307-308.
Smith Co. Deed Book "G", Sampson Williams of Jackson Co., to Samuel Garrison, 100 acres, 11 June, 1818, page 80-81.
Smith Co. Deed Book "I", Samuel Garrison to his son Obediah Garrison, the tract of land where the said Samuel lives, 25 December, 1826, page 449-450.
Smith Co. Deed Book "L", Samuel Garrison, Sr. to Sampson Driswell of Warren Co., a tract of land, Feb., 1831.
Smith Co., Deed Book "L", Samuel Garrison to Reuben Evans some personal property, 20 August, 1834, page 627-628.
According to records of Stanley P. Davies, a Samuel Garrison was listed as
follows in the 1840 Obion Co., TN Census:
Samuel was between 70 and 80 years of age
10-15 yr. old males= 2
5-10 yr. old females= 3
20-30 yr. old females= 1
50-60 yr. old females= 1
Information from the Issac Garrison Family Association, 1732-1836 (Published book in FHL/SLC), furnished to me by Linda McMillen (mcmillen@fastlane.net) on 5/30/97:
"Samuel Garrison was born 1765/70, died 1846 Obion Co., TN; married first by 1790 believe to have been married to a Loftis; children 3 sons and 1 daughter. Married second to Lucinda Bethell by 1800. She was born 1786 NC,
[they had] 2 sons, 2 daughters. Samuel was in Rockingham Co., NC by 1789 when he signed as a witness on a deed. He left Rockingham Co., NC and went to Smith Co., TN with his father and brothers before 1809 and remained there until after the 1830 Census but was in Saline Co., ILL by September 12, 1832 when he bought land in that county, which he sold on July 15, 1836 with wife Lucinda signing the deed, and located in Obion Co., TN where his son John H. Garrison (my great-great grandfather) deeded 150 acres of land to him. We have definite records on five [of Samuel] Garrison children: James, John H., Moses Franklin, Mary, and Susannah."
Book ?, page 184, 1827, William Bumpas of Rutherford Co., to Samuel
Garrison, a town lot in town of Statesville, TN.
From Lisa Carol Douglas 350 Rio Vista Road Nipomo, CA 93444-9561
(805) 929-3684, 11-11-1997:
INTERNET>>>>>>>>>>>>
Samuel Garrison, Sr., son of Moses, was b. 1765-1770 in NC, and d. Jan. 1846 in Obion Co., TN. He married (1) Miss Loftis c. 1790, (2) Lucinda Bethell. He appeared in Rockingham Co., NC by 1789 when he signed as a witness on a deed. He left Rockingham Co., NC and went to Smith Co., TN with his father Moses and his brothers before 1809 and remained there until after the 1830 census. He was in Saline Co., ILL after the 1830 census when he bought land in that county, which he sold on July 14, 1836 with wife Lucinda signing the deed and located in Obion Co., TN where his son John H. Garrison deeded him 150 acres of land. It is believed that Samuel had two wives and a total of eight children, three sons and a daughter from the first marriage and two sons and two daughters from Lucinda Bethell.
Children of SAMUEL GARRISON and UNKNOWN LOFTIS are:
36. i. OBEDIAH M.9 GARRISON, b. July 25, 1794, Rockingham Co., NC; d. August
20, 1862, Liberty, DeKalb Co., TN.
37. ii. JAMES GARRISON, b. 1796, NC; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870, ILL.
38. iii. (MAJOR) JOHN H. GARRISON, b. Abt. 1799; d. Aft. May 23, 1847, Mason
Hall, Obion County, TN.
Children of SAMUEL GARRISON and LUCINDA BETHELL are:
iv. UNKNOWN9 GARRISON.
39. v. MOSES FRANKLIN GARRISON, b. Abt. 1802, NC; d. Abt. 1840.
vi. ELIZABETH GARRISON, b. Bet. 1805 - 1810, NC; m. WILLIAM B. DOBBS,
November 28, 1832, Hamilton, ILL.
40. vii. MARY GARRISON, b. 1809, TN; d. Aft. 1860.
41. viii. SUSANNAH GARRISON, b. Abt. 1811, TN; d. Aft. 1870, ILL.
42. ix. SAMUEL GARRISON, JR., b. Abt. 1812, TN; d. 1879, MO.
x. JEFFERSON GARRISON, b. 1812, TN; d. 1877; m. FRANCES DREW.
xi. JOEL GARRISON, b. 1822.
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POSSIBLE HE WAS IN REV.WAR ????
ancestry.com military records 7-1-01
Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-83 [Print]
Viewing records 1-2 of 2 Matches
Surname Given Name Middle Initial Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes ROLL-BOX ROLL-EXCT
GARRISON SAMUEL PRIVAT 107 07
GARRISON SAMUEL PRIVATE 37
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Notes from Sandy Garrison-Cooper: 7-1-01 in article below..
Samuel Garrison Sr., an older brother to Azariah Garrison, moved from Rockingham County, N.C., to Smith County, Tenn., before 1809. He later lived in Saline County, Ill., and till later in Obion County, Tenn where he died."
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Dated:
Kime, MO. & the Papers of H. Y. MABREY by Cletis R. Ellinghouse. Editor, Puxico Press
Note: Kime is in Wayne Co.,MO
(two pictures included with article, one of John W. Garrison and son Stanley Garrison, and one group setting taken about 1939.)
Family fled native France because of religious persecution
Garrison surname was long identified with Kime,Mo
35th in the series.
Probably no other surname was so closely identified for so long with Kime as Garrison, the family that provided the first and last postmasters, David L.(Lemmy) Garrison (1870-1912) and John W. Garrison (1913-1993). They were third cousins.
The pioneer in Wayne County, Azariah Garrison (1788-1860s), was a native of North Carolina who arrived in the 1850s from Humphreys County, Tenn., with his second wife, Rebecca (Phanatti) Garrison, and their family.
Azariah Garrisons son John F. Garrison (1850-1912) was the father of John F. Ed Garrison (1885-1974) and grandfather of John W. Garrison.
According to family sources, Azariah Garrison was a son of Moses Garrison (1737-1820s), a native of Virginia who spent several years in North Carolina before moving to Smith County, Tenn., where he died. Moses Garrison was one of 31 charter members of the Old Salem Baptist Church organized there in 1809. (note..this church is in Liberty,Dekalb,Tenn...ELJ)
The ancestors of Moses Garrison were French Huguenots who fled homes in their native land to escape religious persecution. They came in America from England long before the Revolutionary War.
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Upon his arrival in Wayne County, Azariah Garrison made his home across the St. Francis River form the site of Kime on land originally awarded to
James Caldwell by the Spanish government.
His wife died before the outbreak of the Civil Was and he died during the war. They are buried at the very old Garrison Cemetery, which
occasionally is under the waters of Lake Wappapello and is not far from where they lived.
Another of the graves is that of their eldest son William Levi Garrison (1832-1884), one of many in the area who served in Company H, 31st
Infantry, during the Civil War.
Levi Garrison and his wife, Mariah (Hamilton) Garrison, lived and farmed on the west side of the river but later owned a property south of Kime
near the river on the east side, according to land records.
The property of Levi Garrisons son, William A. Bill Garrison (1868-1956), and his wife, Rosetta (Meloy) Garrison (1876-1938), was on the
east side of Holladay Bridge and may have been his fathers place.
One of the sources for information in this article, Sherrie Plummer of Centralia, Mo., is a great-great granddaughter of Rebecca (Garrison)
Birmingham, the wife of James Birmingham and a daughter of William Levi Garrison.
Another stone at the old cemetery marks the grave of Mary Ann (Garrison) Jones (1866-1931), the daughter of Levi Garrison and the second wife
of Oak Grove Baptist Church member William T. Jones (1851-1936) whose father, John Jones, lived nearby.
John F. Garrison and his wife, Mary E. (Atnip) (Rainwater) Garrison (1852-1892), are also buried in the old cemetery that is not far from the site
of the log home they occupied.
The adjoining farms of their sons, John Edward Ed Garrison, George Azariah Garrison (1887-1941) and school teacher Henry Archie
Garrison (1890-1958), were north of Holliday Landing.
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The wives of George Garrison and Archie Garrison were sister, respectively Maggie Seabaugh and Virgie Seabaugh, daughters of Andrew J.
Seabaugh and Martha (Deaton) Seabaugh, a pioneer Kime family with extensive land holdings.
Hattie Garrison, an older sister who never married, raised her three younger brothers after their mothers early death.
Another sister, Charlotte Isabella (Garrison) Estes (1876-1907), was the first wife of Benjamin F. Estes (1870-1961), who was widely known as
a sawmill operator in the neighborhood. He was a son of Union Army soldier John F. Estes.
Willard A. Garrison (1911-1996), a son of Archie Garrison, was widely known. He was superintendent of schools at Neelyville, Williamsville
and Annapolis and later director of education at Sears youth Center in Poplar Bluff. He was chairman of the Poplar Bluff School board in the 1950s. A
sister, Gladys (Garrison) Page, the widow of Floyd Shorty Page, lives in Poplar Bluff.
Mabel (Garrison) Smith, the wife of Tom Smith, and Lois (Garrison) Strickland, the wife of Russell Strickland, were George A. Garrisons
children.
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Wayne B. Garrison of Poplar Bluff, the younger son of Ed Garrison and Mollie (Jackson) Garrison (1894-1988), says he, his brother and sister,
Hazel (Garrison) (Penrod) Woods, attended New liberty School that Claude Libla and his wife taught for a number of years. Raymond Holladay, Lyman
Aldrich and Jim Page were among the neighbors he recalled. Mr. Garrison for a time lived in the home of his brother at Kime and attended Oak Grove
School. Miss Helen Rhodes, a daughter of Ira L. Rhodes, was his teacher.
The move across the river to Kime came about after John w. Garrison and his father, who served on the board of Wayne County Bank at
Greenville, acquired the properties of the deceased David Cozort. John W. Garrison and his family lived in the Cozort home behind the store while he
was the postmaster and store owner at Kime.
After the Kime post office was closed and razed, John W. Garrison moved to the Paterson area and shortly thereafter carried the mail from
Greenville to Kime and Shook. When he vacated the Cozort home Simon P. Noldge (1878-1958) and Margaret (White) Noldge (1881-1965), the parents
of his wife, Gladys, moved in.
The Garrisons son, Stanley Stan Garrison, says his grandparents moved to the Cozort home from the mill house, which was across the
road from the store. It was a two-story building that once housed the Cozort Flour Mill. Over the years, several rented it from the Garrisons and made it
their home.
With the post office gone, several mail boxes were erected in a row along the road not far from the Noldge home. Families gathered in the
Noldge living room to visit while they waited for the mail carrier to arrive, much like they earlier had done in the store building. Bazzell, Seabaugh,
Ruess and Crutchfield families were among those Mr. Garrison recalled.
He said his grandparents lived in the Cozort home until the big flood of 1945 forced them out. Water was knee deep and their furniture elevated
on blocks to keep it dry when they called it quits. Mr. Noldge, a black-..
John w. Garrison several years later became the Wayne County treasurer and held that post for many years. After the death of Gladys (Noldge)
Garrison, (1917-1976), he was married to Dorothy Whelan (1926-1996).
Stan Garrison, a Fredericktown banker, values an old clock he has in his possession that once was a part of his fathers store at Kime. He likely
is Kimes youngest native son, since he was born in the Cozort home in 1938. His son, Darren Garrison, is presently Wayne County circuit clerk.
*
Kimes first postmaster, David L. Lemmy Garrison, was the only child of William Thomas Garrison (1845-1870s), who died not long after
his arrival in Wayne county and his subsequent marriage to Margaret (Epley) Garrison.
Thomas Garrison, a son of Samuel Garrison Jr. (1812-1879) and Roseanna (Cobb) Garrison (1822-) was a grandson of Samuel Garrison Sr.
(1765-1846).
Samuel Garrison Sr., an older brother to Azariah Garrison, moved from Rockingham County, N.C., to Smith county, Tenn., before 1809. He
later lived in Saline County, Ill., and till later in Obion County, Tenn. Where he died.
The family of Samuel Garrison Jr. was living in Obion County, Tenn., in 1850, in which census his wife Roseanna was described as a
Cherokee Indian. The place of his death is not known. She and her family first appeared in the U. S. Census in Wayne County in 1870;
The several Garrison families lived for the next 20 years near on another on the west side of the river not far from where the pioneer settled in the
1850s.
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H. Y. Mabrey note: Married Archie Garrison to Virgie Seabaugh, and Byrd Nelson to Clara Jones Dec. 24, 1910.
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AFN: 1GLO-C3C
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CENSUS: Probably our Samuel in Rockingham Co.,NC.
ancestry.com
1790
GARRISON
SAMUEL
Rockingham County
NC
p 168
01 00 01 00
00
Federal Population Schedule
NC 1790
Federal Census Index
NCS1a1215186
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1800
GARRISON
SAMUEL
Rockingham County NC
474
00000-10010 00
Federal Population Schedule
NC 1800
Federal Census Index
NCS1a1215201 Re
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1820
GARRISON
SAMUEL
Smith County
TN
p59
100211-11010
Miss LOFTIS
Birth:
Abt 1774
of Rockingham, North Carolina
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
AFN: 1GLO-C4K
notes under husband.
Research clue:
ancestry.com
Possibility that either William Loftis, Sr. or William Loftis could be father of Miss Loftis.....both had females in their household........
LOFTIS
WILLIAM, SENIOR
Rockingham.County NC
167
01 03 02 00 00..................................1 male over 16; 3 male under 16; 2 females (all females)
Federal Population Schedule
NC 1790 Federal. Census Index
NCS1a2006999
1790
LOFTIS WILLIAM
Rockingham County NC
p. 167
01 03 04 00 00.............1 male; 3 under 16;4 females
Federal Population Schedule
NC 1790 Federal Census Index
NCS1a2006998
From: "Mary Seamster"
To:
Subject: Loftis
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:08:53 -0500
Add Addresses
Wondering which Loftis family you are researching. Mine were in Bristol Parish Va and then in Halifax Co Va.
One line, Thomas, moved to Rockingham co. NC, but he was of the Civil War era. My oldest line is William Loftis. He had several sons mentioned in his will that I have been unable to locate.
Mary
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:13:36 -0800 (PST)
From: The Johnsons | Block address
Subject: Re: Loftis
To: Mary Seamster
Add Addresses
Dear Mary,
I found following information on Internet at ancestry.com
NC 1790 Federal Census Index...
NCS1a2006998
LOFTIS
WILLIAM,
SENIOR
Rockingham County NC
167
01 03 02 00 00
Federal Population Schedule NC 1790
Federal Census Index NC 1790
NCS1a2006999
1790
LOFTIS
WILLIAM
Rockingham County NC
167
01 03 04 00 00
Federal Population Schedule
Please send me more information on your William Loftis, he may tie in with mine. Where did he die? Was he the Loftis in the census in Rockingham perhaps? All I know is a Miss. Loftis b.abt 1774 of Rockingham Co.,NC who married Samuel Garrison. They had seven or more children.
Ellie Johnson
elliejohn@yahoo.com
PS I'm also curious about your Bristol Parish,Va and Halifax Co.,Va ancestry. Any help appreciated.
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Sent another email to her 11-13-04
Loftis research
To: mseamster@erols.com
Hi,
I wrote to you in January 2001 about my possible tie in with your Loftis genealogy. I have a Miss. Loftis that was born about 1774 of Rockingham County, N. C.. In the
1790 Census I find 2 William Loftis families in the Rockingham County, NC area. My ancestor married Samuel Garrison and they had 7 children (Obadiah,James,John,Moses,Mary,Susannah & Mr. Garrison between abt 1794-1813). Most of the children appear to have been born in Rockingham Co. but some in Smith County, Tennessee after 1809.
Would so appreciate any clue or help that you might send.
Thanks, Ellie Johnson
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Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
25 Jul 1794
Salisbury Dist, Rockingham, N..C.
Death:
20 Aug 1862
(Near)Liberty, Dekalb, Tennessee
Notes:
Internet
36. OBEDIAH M.9 GARRISON (SAMUEL8, MOSES7, ISAAC6, ISSAC5, ISAAC4, ISAAC3,
ISAAC2, GUILLAUME1) was born July 25, 1794 in Rockingham Co., NC, and died August 20, 1862 in Liberty, DeKalb Co., TN. He married ELIZABETH CALLING WEST Bef. 1817, daughter of THOMAS WEST and TABITHA DALE. She was born June 17, 1792 in Worcester Co., MD, and died June 04, 1866 in Liberty, DeKalb
Co., TN.
Notes for OBEDIAH M. GARRISON:
One O. J. Garrison was a Mason at Pearl Lodge No. 200, Mason Hall, TN prior to 1857, possibly Obediah.
According to Linda McMillen, the 1850 Census lists Obediah as born SC.
Children of OBEDIAH GARRISON and ELIZABETH WEST are:
i. UNKNOWN10 GARRISON.
ii. UNKNOWN GARRISON.
60. iii. SAMUEL GARRISON, b. Abt. 1818, Smith Co., TN.
iv. JAMES L. GARRISON, b. Abt. 1819, Smith Co., TN; m. REBECCA MALONE.
61. v. JOEL GARRISON, b. Abt. 1821, Smith Co., TN.
vi. JOHN GARRISON, b. Abt. 1822.
vii. MARTHA DULITHA GARRISON, b. Abt. 1826; d. July 18, 1869; m. THOMAS E.
BRATTEN, March 22, 1854.
62. viii. TABITHA VARATTE GARRISON, b. Abt. 1829, Smith Co., TN.
63. ix. ANDREW JACKSON GARRISON, b. August 30, 1830, Smith Co., TN; d.
February 09, 1885, Washington Co., ARK.
x. ELIZABETH MATILDA GARRISON, b. September 23, 1832, Smith Co., TN; d. July
26, 1914, Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN; m. ELIZA J. BRATTEN, September 20, 1852.
xi. MARY E. GARRISON, b. Abt. 1837, Smith Co., TN; m. WILLIAM E. FONVILLE,
January 27, 1862, Sumner Co., TN.
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CENSUS
1850 United States Federal Census
Viewing records 1-1 of 1 Matches
Garrison, Obadiah
State: Tennessee Year: 1850
County: De Kalb Roll:
Township: Alexandrea 13Th Dist Page: 9
Image:
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Tennessee Census, 1810-91
Viewing records 1-3 of 3 Matches
GARRISON, OBADIAH M.
State: TN Year: 1860
County: DeKalb County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: 13th District Page: 175
Database: TN 1860 Federal Census Index
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GARRISON, OBADIAH
State: TN Year: 1850
County: DeKalb County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: Alexandrea 13th Dist Page: 009
Database: TN 1850 Federal Census Index
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GARRISON, OBADIAH
State: TN Year: 1820
County: Smith County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: 200100-00010 Page: 59
Database: TN 1820 Federal Census Index
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How to find cemetery up on hill ....according to Hubert Allison and my cousin, Elma....
Nashville..Interstate 40 to Lebanon/Watertown turn off....20 miles....
To Liberty or Watertown.....store in middle of no where ...main road...on left from Watertown. Talked to Robinson (runs store) Has book....He told us how to find. Went up hill....had to wade through grass....No name on Cemetery.....
E-mail from Sandy Garrison Cooper....11-16-00 In reference to missing grave stone near Liberty, Tenn.
A letter from Doris Gilbert, dated 9 FEB. 87, "Obadiahs rock has disappeared within the last year, according to Mr. Robinson."
Sandy also wrote:
Doris Gilbert is connected through James L. Garrison and Rebecca Malone. He is older son of Obediah.
I was corresponding with her back in 86-88. She lives in Smithville, TN 37166, Route 2 Box 15. She and some other were working on a project to copy all the tombstones in the graveyards.
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AFN: CFSO-5L
A different AFN for family group sheet just listed Obadiah and wife, Elizabeth C. West...no children.
His AFN: 1R6J-J6F Her AFN: 1R6J-J7M.....Also: Her parents AFN's are different than what I have on my pedigree tying into my Thomas West and Tabitha Dale....
Needs correcting and correlation of numbers...
BIRTH:
1820 Census Smith County, Tennessee
1840 Census Dekalb County, Tennessee
1850 Census Dekalb County, Tennessee
1860 Census Dekalb County, Tennessee
Death Certificate for child #5 Matilda E. Bratten (or Elizabeth M. )gives parents names
Family records compiled on Andrew J. Garrison.
MISC. RECORDS
Thomas West Will, Dekalb County, Tennessee Film 5612, Dekalb Probate
Will Book A
1838-1854, p. 1-48.
Deed Bk A, p. 562 Dekalb County, Tennessee...lists O.M. Garrison's father as Samuel.....
Personally researched his myself in the court house and was thrilled to find this information in March 1984.
A.J. Garrison Civil War Pension Records WC 364 921 221pgs....Testimony from William Bratten that two of his brothers married 2 of Andrews sisters. This clue, along with a obituary of one of these sisters, and a death certificate was what tied A.J. Garrison to Obadiah Garrison...On her death certificate it named her parents, which were also his. These sisters were also on census with Obadiah Garrison who was head of household.
Misc. records in my files after years and years of research.
MILITARY RECORDS: Possible that he served in War of 1812....
ancestry.com search
Search Terms: GARRISON (183), OBADIAH (216)
Database: War of 1812 Muster Rolls
Combined Matches: 1
Surname GARRISON
Given OBADIAH
Company 2 REGIMENT, MOUNTED (HIGGINS'), TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
Unit
Rank - Induction PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge PRIVATE
MISC
ROLL-BOX 78
ROLL-EXCT 602
Viewing records 1-1 of 1
DEATH:
Obadiah's 1862 death date in old Bible in possession of Carl Van Atta, Donelson, Tennessee. I saw Mr. Van Atta and handled the Bible. He has passed away and I do not know who received the Bibles ...six or seven of them after his death. Annie Parker of Nashville was the contact with Mr. Van Atta. They both would be deceased by now....At any rate...there was only a brief listing of Obadiah....and death 1862."
The Dales of Eastern Shore Maryland and Tennessee. By Clarice Neal (FHL...SLC)
Letter from Clarice Neal, author of book, "The Dales of Eastern Shore
Letter from Clarice Neal (Mrs. Joe W.), 2209 Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas 78705 to Eleanor L. Johnson, 530 S. 4th St.,Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, in which she says, "If Obediah Garrison is still your ancestor--who married Betsy West, they lived and are buried on the top of a hill outside of Liberty,(Tenn) on (now) Robert Robertson's property. Obediah d. 1862 and Betsy 1866---Tombstone still standing. I found after getting book ready for publication."
CEMETERY STONES....Pictures in file.. .on hillside near Liberty, Tennessee
Stone reads: "OBEDIAH M. GARRISON BORN JULY 25, 1794 DIED AUG. 20, 1862"
His wifes stone reads: "ELIZABETH C. GARRISON BORN JUNE 12, 1792 DIED JUNE 5, 1862"
See Robert Roberson and wife....Malone, Box 218, Liberty, Tenn. for directions to the property on which lies the graves. On the stone, Obadiah is spelled Obediah Garrison.....
Elma Nash Allison (Jane Nash's sister sent photos after I told her who to contact in Dekalb County (see notebook on Garrison Family in my possession).
GRAVE LOCATION:
Directions to grave stones: From Elma Nash Allison. As you drive into Liberty from Cookeville, there is a little store on the right. Go further, about 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile and turn right at road. About another 1/4 mile you come to a house. Go thru pasture and walk up on top the hillside. There are the stones of Obadiah and Betsy Calling West Garrison and Pinkney Taylor with names on the stones. There may be other stones there. Robert Roberson and wife run the store I believe..They could help..
CENSUS:
Ancestry.com
Search Terms: OBADIAH (170), GARRISON (504)
Database: Tennessee Census Index, 1810-1891
Combined Matches: 3
1820
GARRISON
OBADIAH
Smith County TN
p 59
200100-00010
Federal Population Schedule
TN 1820
Federal Census Index
TNS2a467797
Year 1850
Surname GARRISON
Given Name OBADIAH
(s)
County De Kalb
State TN
Page 009
Township Alexandrea
or Other 13th Dist
Info Federal
Record Population
Type Schedule TN 1850
Database Census
ID# TNS5a632073
1860
GARRISON, OBADIAH M.
De Kalb County TN
p 175
13th District
Federal Population Schedule
TN 1860 Federal Census Index
TNS5a632072 also TNS5a632073
Viewing records 1-3 of 3
Search Terms: CALLING (4), ELIZABETH (675297), WEST (48985)
Database: Gene Pool Individual Records
Combined Matches: 3
Name Elizabeth Matilda Garrison
Birth Date 23 September 1832
Birth Place Liberty, Smith, TN
Death Date 26 July 1914
Death Place Lebanon, Wilson, TN,
Marriage Date 21 September 1854
Marriage Place De Kalb,
Spouse
Father Obadiah M Garrison
Mother Elizabeth Betsy Calling West
Obadiah M. Garrison
25 July 1794
Salisbury Dist, Rockingham, NC
20 August 1862
Nr Liberty, Dekalb, TN,
wife: Elizabeth Betsy Calling West
Father: Samuel Garrison
Mother: Loftis
Martha T. Garrison
1836
, Smith, TN
18 July 1868
, Dekalb,Tennessee
30 March 1854
,Dekalb,Tennessee
Martha
T
Garrison
Obadiah
M
Garrison
Elizabeth
Betsy
Calling
West
Notes:
RESEARCH TO DO:
Look for him in 1850 Saline County, Illinois.....had six children...
one child...Franklin County, Illinois.....Wm D. Garrison/Nancy
Doris Gilbert
Rt 2 Box 15
Smithville, Tennessee....Is probably related and trying to prove James Garrison line.
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Internet
37. JAMES9 GARRISON (SAMUEL8, MOSES7, ISAAC6, ISSAC5, ISAAC4, ISAAC3,
ISAAC2, GUILLAUME1) was born 1796 in NC, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in ILL.
He married JANE. She was born 1800 in VA, and died Aft. 1880 in ILL.
Notes for JAMES GARRISON:
Moved to Jefferson Co., ILL by 1827/28, to DeKalb Co., TN by 1840 Census, to
Saline Co. ILL by 1850 census and spent his remaining years there.
Children of JAMES GARRISON and JANE are:
i. WILLIAM D.10 GARRISON, b. May 15, 1831, ILL; d. April 05, 1878; m. NANCY
PEMBERTON, June 29, 1852, Franklin Co., ILL; b. VA.
Notes for WILLIAM D. GARRISON:
Had seven children.
Mary Newton Elkins of Anna, ILL is a descendant supposedly working on this
line.
ii. FRANCIS M. GARRISON, b. 1835, Liberty, DeKalb Co., TN.
iii. MARY S. GARRISON, b. 1837, Liberty, DeKalb Co., TN.
iv. JAMES M. GARRISON, b. 1841, Liberty, DeKalb Co., TN; d. Aft. 1880, ILL;
m. ELVINA CLATON, April 03, 1862, ILL.
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To: elliejohn@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:36:24 -0500
Subject: Re: Garrison search/Ellie Johnson reply
From: "charles e garrison"
Hi, My sister started me on our family a few years ago with very little information. ( James Garrison b. 1796 North Carolina, md. date unknown, Jane ? b. 1800 Virgina). With all the looking on the Internet there doesn't seem to much information on James. I did find him in the 1850 census Saline co. Illinois, James 54 male farmer born NC. Jane 40 female born VA., William D. 19 male laborer born IL. Francis M. 15 male laborer born TN. Polly G. (idiot) 13 female, and James H. 10 male born TN.
I have been on Rootsweb's Worldconnect Project the same as you. There is another researcher Sherrie Stafford phivooh@aol.com I tried to e-mail with no success, but she has a different take on the Isaac's and the marriages in the line. If you haven't checked all the Isaac's by birth years, you might want to check them out and let me know the right wives and to whom they belong.
I talked to melren@att.net she works at the Library in Springfield, Mo.They have the Book of Isacc Garrison. On pages 343 through346 is the line of Moses Garrison but all is not there.
I tried to e-mail you some time back and my mail came back. I also e-mailed phivooh@aol.com and it to was not delivered. Thank you for getting back to me. I'm very new with family searches even after three years.
William D. was my great grandfather married to Nancy Ann Pemberton. William D. b. May 15, 1831 IL d. April 5, 1878 IL. buried Sursa Cem. Mt.Vernon, IL. md. June 29, 1852 Franklin co. IL. wife Nancy Ann Pemberton b. Dec. 27, 1837 TN. d. May 10, 1928 b. Sursa cem. Mt.Vernon, IL. she md. A.C. Hawkins after William died and md. George Lewis Frymire after A.C. Hawkins died. children: of William and Nancy. 1. William b. abt 1854 2. Lizebeth b. ? 3. Mary b. abt. 1858 4. Lititia b. July 27, 1860 5. Stella b. ? 6. Amanda b. abt. 1864 7. Charles Franklin my grandfather b. May 7, 1866 8. George R. b. abt. 1868 and 9. Rosa b. Sept. 2, 1871.
Charles Franklin Garrison b. May 7, 1866 Saline co. IL. d. Sept. 2, 1942 b. Oakwood cem. Mt.Vernon, IL. md/1. Cora L. McGuire b. 1867 md/2. May 25, 1889 Florence A. Cowger b. June 14, 1869 d. June 19, 1939 b. Oakwood cem. Mt.Vernon, IL. children: 1. George Ervin Feb. 24, 1889 2. Theodor b. Feb. 28, 1892 3. Tressie b. Sept. 1, 1893 4. Albert b. Aug. 26, 1896 5. William b. March 16, 1897 6. Walter Phillip b. March 3, 1899 7. Arthur b. June 2, 1901 8. Molly b. Sept. 20, 1904 9. Paul b. Sept. 1906 10 Dorcus b. June 30, 1909 11. Maxey b. June 8, 1913
Walter Phillip Garrison Sr. b. March 3, 1899 Dods Township South of Mt.Vernon, IL.md. Dec. 1, 1920 wife Letha Ann Clark b. Jan. 29, 1902 Hamilton co. IL. d. Dec. 13, 1983 b. Oakwood cem. Mt.Vernon, IL.children: 1. Helen B. b. Feb. 11, 1929 2. Walter Phillip jr. b. Jan. 12, 1924 3. Ora Mae b. Nov. 14, 1926 4. Edna M. b. Nov. 21, 1929 5. Charles Edward b. Dec. 3, 1932 6. Shirley b. Oct. 19, 1936
I hope I have answered your question. Lets keep in touch.
Charles
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John H. GARRISON
Birth:
1799
Rockingham, North Carolina
Death:
Marr:
Notes:
St. George Temple Index Records......#42308
"Greggory E. Davies"
To: "The Johnsons"
Subject: Re: [GARRISON] Re: Obadiah Garrison and Elizabeth Calling West/Ellie reply
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:17:54 -0600
My grandfather deserted my grandmother,father, and aunt, when my dad was a year old so we never really knew Stanley other than meeting him once when I was 10 at my grandfather's funeral, who I never met, and who we all assumed dead until he did die. Anyway, as you can imagine, the relations were strained and Stanley who would have been my dad's first cousin, was not well liked by my dad or grandmother, for whatever reason. I did, after all of the bunch was dead, manage to con Stan's stepdaughter out of several boxes of letters, copies, etc. Many clues laid within, he kept copies of
what he sent, but few copies of stuff he received. I managed to piece together his clues, but he never would summarize as to his beliefs or findings. So many of the things he probably knew were not written down anywhere. I do admire his hard work and I figure if he and I had ever gotten together, we'd have made it ok due to our love for genealogy.
What made it so difficult is that John H. Garrison's son Edward Davie Garrison, my grandfather, killed or maimed some guy in or around Gibson or Obion, TN in the mid-1870s, fled justice, and changed his name to Edward Davies. Never legally, so we are really Garrisons, but have always been known as Davies. So......what a time I had pieceing it all into one wad. If not for others, I'd never have gotten as far as I have. And I began this search way before the internet was a figment of Al Gore's imagination,
or Bill Gates'.......so information was slow to come by.
I did manage to meet and become close to some old cousins who knew the story and I've convinced myself I am pretty well close on most of my info. I never guarantee it so don't feel sheepish about correcting or disputing anything I might send you, and you're welcome to anything I have.
In a separate email I will send to you a genealogy report from my familty tree maker program. Do with it as you wish but again, no guarantees.
I never thought documentation important until it was too late to go back and list where I'd gotten everything. I don't put stuff into my program though until I'm fairly well convinced it's valid.
Gregg Davies
Winnfield, LA
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Johnsons" >
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: [GARRISON] Re: Obadiah Garrison and Elizabeth Calling
West/Ellie reply
> Dear Gregg,
> No, I don't believe we have corresponded. I'd love to know more about your John H. Garrison. I have him in my database as born 1799 in Rockingham Co.,N.C, brother of my Obadiah Garrison. So, yes, we definitely sound like we are on the same Garrison line back from there. Who did John marry, when and where and also do you have more information on his death date and place? Be happy to share information. So happy you wrote....please do write again.
Ellie Johnson (Eleanor L. Johnson)
PS Are you related to Stanley P. Davies????> From my notes: Years ago I wrote to a Stanley P. Davies... Here are some notes on that.... dated 16 July 1968. He stated "Maybe we meet at a mutual connection with the Samuel Garrison, who was my great, great grandfather, born per census 1760-1770, died at Mason Hall, Tennessee about 2 Feb 1846." I do not know who now has all the records Stanley P. Davies collected thru his lifetime. His last address was 454 Ockley Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana 71105.
end of notes....
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: "Greggory E. Davies" |
To: elliejohn@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [GARRISON] Re: Obadiah Garrison and Elizabeth Calling West
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:09:32 -0600
Hello, have we ever corresponded? My g-g grandfather, John H. Garrison, was a brother to Obadiah/Obediah. Is this your line?
Thanks.
Gregg Davies
Winnfield, LA
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: [GARRISON] Re: Obadiah Garrison and Elizabeth Calling West
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Garrison,Dale,West,Loftis
Classification: Query
>
> Message Board URL:
>
> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEY.2ACEB/39.151.820.823
>
> Message Board Post:
>
> Hope this is helpful:
> Obadiah M. Garrison (spelled Obediah on grave stone)
> b 25 July 1794, Salisbury Dist.,Rockingham Co.,N.C.
> d 20 Aug 1862 (date from old Bible Record in possession of Carl Van
Atta)
> near: Liberty,Dekalb,Tennessee
> His parents were: Samuel Garrison b 1765/1770 d 1846 in Mason
Hall,Obion,Tenn....and Miss Loftis.
>
> Obediah's wife:
> Elizabeth "Betsey" Calling West
> b.17 June 1792, Worcester Co., Maryland (states in Census that she
is
born in Maryland; also her birth and parents names are given
in:Marriage and
Bible Records - Tennessee)
> d 5 June 1866 near: Liberty,Dekalb,Tennessee
> Her parents were: Thomas West & Tabitha Dale
> (See book: The Dales of Eastern Shore Maryland and Tennessee By
Clarice
Neal).
>
> Andrew Jackson Garrison was married to:
> 1)Narcissa Pridy md 1848 Later divorced
> They had four children: Sarah, Matilda, Martha and Andrew.
> 2)Glatha Jane Allison md 1874
> They had six children: Mary Matilda, Charlie Obeydyer,
> William Mathias, (my g.father...Robert Mansfield Garrison,
> Bessie Maude and James Lafate Garrison.....
>
>
> ==== GARRISON Mailing List ====
> GARRISON/GARRETSON MOST WANTED WEB PAGE
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gynon/garrison.html
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38. (MAJOR) JOHN H.9 GARRISON (SAMUEL8, MOSES7, ISAAC6, ISSAC5, ISAAC4, ISAAC3, ISAAC2, GUILLAUME1)1 was born Abt. 17991, and died Aft. May 23, 1847 in Mason Hall, Obion County, TN1. He married (1) NAOMI POND. She died June 1833. He married (2) ELIZABETH ANN "BETSY" DAVIE2,3 Bef. 18353, daughter of EDWARD DAVIE and MARGARET NICKS. She was born Abt. 1816 in Person County,
NC4,5, and died Abt. 18816,7.
Notes for (MAJOR) JOHN H. GARRISON:
[nicksmerge.FTW]
Per National Archives Microfilm Publication M841, RECORD OF APPOINTMENT OF
POSTMASTERS, 1832-September 30, 1971, John Garrison was appointed the first
US Postmaster of the Mason Hall, Obion County, TN on August 9, 1837. He
served until approximately August 22, 1845 when a successor was named.
He was reappointed November 5, 1845 and served, according to U. S. Postal records, until July, 1847.
Obion County, TN courthouse records, Will Book B, page 13, lists John'swill, naming Elizabeth A. Garrison, his wife, as administratix, with a $10,000 bond secured by Y. M. Davie, A. Davie, and Norton Oaks.
Stanley Davies' contends, and there is not proof otherwise, that JohnGarrison was married first to Naomi Pond, divorced or widowed from Stephen Pond, and married prior to Pond, to Lawrence Carlysle of Ireland. He notes that Carlysle died 1813, intestate. It is also possible that John had a
daughter by Naomi Pond, named Emma, who was listed as Emma L. Heron, giving power of attorney to Edward Davie Garrison (Davies).
According to Stanley Davies, the 1840 Obion Co., TN Census indicates John Garrison was 30-40 years of age, born TN, married to a wife 20-30 years old, b. NC.
In a letter from Stanley Davies, dated November 17, 1966, to Ruby Garrison Williams, Stanley states that it is believed that John Garrison is buried beside his old grist mill, Mason Hall, TN.
Stanley Davies states that Major John Garrison owned and operated Flint River Navigation Company, Madison Co., AL.
According to information furnished on 5/30/97 from Linda McMillen, which possibly is recorded in the Issac Garrison Family Association book:
"John H. b. 1799/1800; died May 23, 1847. To Madison Co., TN after 1820, married to Naomi Pond, d. June 1833. Married second to Elizabeth Davie, b.NC, 1818/1819."Per National Archives Microfilm Publication M841, RECORD OF APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTERS, 1832-September 30, 1971, John Garrison was appointed the first US Postmaster of the Mason Hall, Obion County, TN on August 9, 1837. He served until approximately August 22, 1845 when a successor was named.
He was reappointed November 5, 1845 and served, according to U. S. Postal records, until July, 1847.
Obion County, TN courthouse records, Will Book B, page 13, lists John's will, naming Elizabeth A. Garrison, his wife, as administratix, with a $10,000 bond secured by Y. M. Davie, A. Davie, and Norton Oaks.
Stanley Davies' contends, and there is not proof otherwise, that John
Garrison was married first to Naomi Pond, divorced or widowed from Stephen
Pond, and married prior to Pond, to Lawrence Carlysle of Ireland. He notes
that Carlysle died 1813, intestate. It is also possible that John had a
daughter by Naomi Pond, named Emma, who was listed as Emma L. Heron, giving
power of attorney to Edward Davie Garrison (Davies).
According to Stanley Davies, the 1840 Obion Co., TN Census indicates John
Garrison was 30-40 years of age, born TN, married to a wife 20-30 years old,
b. NC.
In a letter from Stanley Davies, dated November 17, 1966, to Ruby Garrison
Williams, Stanley states that it is believed that John Garrison is buried
beside his old grist mill, Mason Hall, TN.
Stanley Davies states that Major John Garrison owned and operated Flint
River Navigation Company, Madison Co., AL.
According to information furnished on 5/30/97 from Linda McMillen, which
possibly is recorded in the Issac Garrison Family Association book:
"John H. b. 1799/1800; died May 23, 1847. To Madison Co., TN after 1820,
married to Naomi Pond, d. June 1833. Married second to Elizabeth Davie, b.
NC, 1818/1819."
More About (MAJOR) JOHN H. GARRISON:
Fact 1: August 09, 1837, Apptd. 1st US Postmaster @ Mason Hall, TN7
Fact 2: November 05, 1845, Reappointed Postmaster.7
Notes for ELIZABETH ANN "BETSY" DAVIE:
1870 Obion Co., Tn. Census, no. 80, line 31, listed as E. A. Finch, age 54,
b. NC.
Child of (MAJOR) GARRISON and NAOMI POND is:
i. EMMA10 GARRISON.
Children of (MAJOR) GARRISON and ELIZABETH DAVIE are:
64. ii. ALEXANDER JIMMERSON10 GARRISON, b. August 25, 1836; d. November 14,
1914, Obion Co., TN.
65. iii. MARY JANE ELIZABETH GARRISON, b. July 23, 1838, Mason Hall, TN; d.
September 28, 1928, Hickman, KY.
66. iv. EDWARD DAVIE GARRISON, b. September 08, 1840, Kentucky; d. May 26,
1928, Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, LA.
67. v. JOHN DRAYTON GARRISON, b. 1843, Mason Hall, TN; d. Abt. 1902, TN.
68. vi. MARGARET ANN GARRISON, b. February 09, 1845, Mason Hall, TN; d.
February 28, 1928, Kenton, TN.
>
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Birth:
1802
Rockingham, North Carolina
Death:
Notes:
1850 Census Tenn.....(county?)
There is a Moses B. Garrison 47
Sarah F. 17
William J.. 13
Robert M. 10
Amanda M. 14
James M. 7
Joseph C. 5
T T, CR-536-81".....Believe this is the Moses Franklin Garrison...fits his age....
Notes:
Married Vannatti....source?
Notes:
Family records.
FHL/USCAN: BOOK: The Family of Isaac Garrison (Family Association) 1980
1820 Census Smith County, Tennessee.
1850 Census Dekalb County, Tennessee
1860 Census Dekalb County, Tennessee
Married to Elijah Jordon....do not know source of this information........
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Mr. GARRISON
Birth:
Abt 1813
of Smith, Tennessee
Death:
Marr:
Notes:
Family records.
FamilyCentral Network
Samuel Garrison - Miss Loftis
Samuel Garrison
was born at of Rockingham, North Carolina 1765/70.
His parents were Moses Garrison and Milkey Milcah.
He married Miss Loftis Abt 1790 at of Rockingham, North Carolina . Miss Loftis was born at of Rockingham, North Carolina Abt 1774 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Obadiah M. or Obediah Garrison
born 25 Jul 1794.
James Garrison
born 1796.
John H. Garrison
born 1799.
Moses Franklin Garrison
born 1802.
Mary Garrison
born 1809.
Susannah Garrison
born 1811.
Mr. Garrison
born Abt 1813.
Samuel Garrison died 2 Feb 1846 at Mason Hall, Obion, Tennessee .