Baldwin County GaArchives History .....History of Baldwin County - Garrard Biography 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 7, 2004, 11:47 am p. 333-341 GARRARD The name Garrard is correctly pronounced Garrard' with the accent on the last syllable. Family tradition says the original French name was Gerard, but it probably was Garard as the name Gerard can not be found in the London records. The families who preceeded Peter Garard to England changed the spelling to Garrard and Peter Garard doubtless adopted the precedent. In Agnew's valuable work, Peter Garard's name is spelled Garrard while in the original Patent it is spelled Garard. After much research in London and Paris, Mr. Paul Oeker, of Paris, France, concludes that Peter Garard left the Walloon county in northeastern France, being a French Huguenot, about the year 1685, after the Revocation of the Treaty of Nantes, with his two little sons to make his home in England. On May 8, 1687, in the ninth year of the reign of William the Third, Peter Garrard was naturalized as a British subject. Here in England, Peter Garrard and his two young sons lived and died. The child of one of the sons was, of course, the American ancestor of William Garrard of Stafford county, Virginia and his brother, J. Garrard, while Robert, John and Jacob Garrard were the children of the other son of Peter Garrard, of England. All these were grandsons of Peter Garrard, the French Huguenot. The first of the family to come to America was William Garrard, the grandson of Peter Garrard of England, probably between the years 1730 to 1740. He settled in Stafford county, Va., where he held the office of County Lieutenant in Stafford county, and during the Revolutionary War, he held the rank of Colonel. By his first marriage, to Mary Lewis, Col. Wm. Garrard had among other children, a son, James. James served as a Colonel in the State Militia of Stafford County, and during the Revolution filled many positions of honor in his county and State. On December 20, 1769, in Stafford county, James Garrard married Elizabeth Mountjoy. In 1783, James settled in Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he was elected Governor of that State. Garrard County, Kentucky, was formed in 1796, and named for James Garrard, then Governor of Kentucky. The descendants of this branch of the Garrard family are scattered over Virginia, Kentucky and many other States. About 1750 or 1755, three brothers, Robert, John and Jacob Garrard came to America from England. They were grandsons of Peter Garrard, the French Huguenot. These three brothers were first cousins of Col. William Garrard of Stafford county, Va., the father of Governor James Garrard, of Kentucky. They are supposed to have entered Virginia at Norfolk, and about 1757 the three brothers left Virginia for the more southern States. Robert Garrard, Emigrant, settled in South Carolina, where he died at an advanced age. His descendants are dispersed over that State. Jacob Garrard, Emigrant, married about 1755 in Stafford county, and his eldest son Anthony Garrard was baptized February 12,1756, from the Over Wharton Parish. At a later period, he removed to North Carolina, where he and two of his sons were killed in the Revolutionary War. His children remained in North Carolina, except Anthony, the eldest, who removed to Wilkes County, Georgia, and Jacob Garrard who went to Jackson County, Georgia. Anthony Garrard married Elizabeth Green in 1777. Anthony died in Wilkes County, Georgia, and was the ancestor of William U. Garrard, of Savannah and Louis F. Garrard, of Columbus, Ga. Anthony Garrard died about the year 1807. John Garrard, Emigrant, ancestor of the Garrard's of Baldwin and Putnam counties, was born in England about 1730. He was married about 1758 in South'Carolina to Mary Bolt, of Welsh descent, a sister of Abram Bolt, of that State. John Garrard was a very moral man, quite lively and peaceably disposed. After living several years in South Carolina, John Garrard moved to Georgia. About 1773, he bought land in Wilkes County, Ga., about seven miles from Washington, Ga., near the Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he lived until a short time before his death. John Garrard entered the Revolutionary War at the beginning of the conflict and fought the British and Tories until Peace was declared. He was given 287 1-2 acres of land in Washington County, Ga., for his services. John's wife, Mary Bolt Garrard, died about 1804 in Wilkes County, and was doubtless buried at Ebnezer Church, where she was a member. John married about 1806 to Elizabeth _____, in Wilkes County. Soon afterwards he sold his property in Wilkes and moved to Jones County, Ga., where he died in March, 1811. He was buried on the farm he had bought. The children of John and Mary Bolt Garrard (no heirs by the second marriage) were: Robert, the second son of John Garrard, died in Wilkinson County, Ga., where he left three sons, John, James and William. Frances Garrard married John Barron, the son of Captain William Barron and Prudence Davis Barron. Nancy Garrard married a Mr. Ledlow and lived in Jones County, Georgia. One daughter concerning whom nothing can be learned. Jacob Garrard, born September 4, 1763, the eldest son of John and Mary Bolt Garrard, was about ten or twelve years of age when his father moved from South Carolina to Wilkes County, Georgia. Jacob Garrard said, "that the Revolutionary War had been going on about three years when he entered the service at the age of sixteen." He was in the battle of Cowpens, as well as other engagements, and remained in the service until the end of the War. (Extract from an old family letter). On June 22, 1786, in Warren County, Ga., probably, Jacob married Mary Elizabeth Barron. Mary Elizabeth Barron was the daughter of Captain William Barron, a Revolutionary Patriot beheaded at Augusta, Ga., by the Tories during the Revolutionary War, and his wife, Prudence Davis Barron. Jacob Garrard lived in Wilkes County, Ga., until December 1804, at which time he moved to Baldwin County, that part which was later cut off to make Putnam County, on Lot No. 239, containing 203 acres. He then bought 60 acres from Arington, and later added to this from Lot No. 240, bought from John Roquemore. They were Baptists and attended the Rooty Creek Church which was later changed to Flat Rock Church. Jacob Garrard died in 1819, and his wife died in February, 1827. They are both buried in the "Watt Field," which is a part of the Garrard plantation at the present time, at Dennis, Georgia. Stone markers with dates of death and names or initials inscribed thereon, mark their graves. Elizabeth Barror Garrard came with her parents from Waterford, Ire land, and is a lineal descendant of Lord Gerald, of the Great House of Offaby. The children of Jacob and Elizabeth Garrard were: Nancy, born Oct. 14, 1787, married (1) Thomas Roquemore, (2) Samuel Johnson, (3) Green Simmons, died 1834. William Barron Garrard, born December 7, 1791, married (1) Delilah Clements, (2) Mrs. Mary Ann Roquemore Allen—died Nov. 22, 1862. John Garrard—Born Feb. 20, 1790, died unmarried; Jacob Garrard—born July, 1794, died about 1814, unmarried; Mary Rebecca Garrard—born Feb. 4, 1798, died unmarried; Hiram Garrard—born March 24, 1800, married Nov. 1824 to Martha Goss, nine children, died Nov. 7, 1871, in Montgomery Co., Alabama; Zillah Ann Garrard, born August 8, 1802, married Rev. James Roquemore, ten children, died about 1875, in Panola County, Texas; Eliza Mariah Garrard—born September 15, 1806, died unmarried; Anna Lucinda Garrard—born March 18, 1808, died unmarried. The above dates of births are from the old Garrard Bible. John, Mary, Eliza and Lucinda as well as their father, Jacob, died of typhoid fever caused by the erection of a mill dam on Rooty Creek, now called Flat Rock Creek, by Watt. The first wife and children and negroes of William Barren Garrard, except his son John Marion, also died of fever, from the same cause. On account of this they moved their home at Watt Field to the present house at Dennis, Georgia. William Barron Garrard, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Barren Garrard, was born December 7, 1791, and died Nov. 22, 1862. About 1814, he married Delilah Clements, of Putnam County, Georgia, their son, John Marion Garard, was born Aug. 9, 1815, died Jan. 26, 1888, at Columbus, Ga. About 1845 he married Elizabeth Morrison, who died Nov. 1867. William Barron Garrard married Mary Ann Roquemore Allen, a widow, (second marriage) on Oct. 6, 1822, in Jones County, Ga. Mary Ann was the daughter of Peter Roquemore, Sr., a soldier in the War of 1812 and Indian Wars. William B. Garrard was a most successful planter with hundreds of acres of land under cultivation. The children of William Barron Garrard and Mary Allen Garrard were: Harriet Ann Lucinda Katherine Garrard—born July 24, 1824, married Nov. 24, 1840 to Gibson T. Mahone. Their only son, Gibson Garrard Mahone, was killed at the battle of Cross Keys, Va. He was on the top of the breast works and both of his legs were shot off. His dying words were "tell them I died with my face towards the damn Yankees." Evaline Elizabeth Garrard—born April 30, 1827, married General Tilman H. Mahone, on Nov. 16, 1841. Mary Ann Garrard—born Oct. 6. 1827, married Peter F. Mahone, Nov. 27, 1845, died Oct. 6, 1852. Sarah Jane Garrard—born 1829, died June, 1831. Nancy Amanda Melvina Garrard—born Sept. 25, 1830 and died July, 1832. Zilla Ann Rebeccah Garrard—born Jan. 15, 1832, married Dr. Abram C. Philips, Oct. 3, 1850, died 1905. William Thomas Garrard—born Feb. 8, 1837, married Eliza Handy Waller on Oct. 28, 1856, daughter of Dr. Isaac Rhodes Waller, surgeon in the war of 1812, of Putnam County, Ga. Eugenia Augusta Garrard—born Feb. 28, 1844, died Oct. 30, 1844. A baby died in infancy. Wiliam Thomas Garrard was a member of Co. F. —44th Regiment of Volunteers, Ripley and Doles Cook Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. This Company was known as the Putnam Volunteers and was organized and recruited from Putnam County, Mar. 12,1862. This company was made a part of Company F which was organized at Griffin, Ga., with Col R. A. Smith, of Macon in command. The children of William Thomas Garrard and Eliza Handy Waller Garrard were: Peter Roquemore Garrard—born Nov. 1, 1859. Prominent planter in Putnam County. Attended Emory University. Mary Frances Garrard—born Feb. 23, 1861, died Aug. 19, 1861. William Thomas Garrard—born July 24, 1863, married Adrain E. Armor, died Oct. 12, 1924. He, with his brother, P. R. Garrard, were the largest land owners in Putnam County, and owned many acres in Baldwin County. Graduate of University of Georgia, Athens Georgia. Mary Kate Garrard—born Sept. 13, 1865, died Sept. 2, 1904, married William T. Lane, of Valdosta, Ga. Graduate of Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., with A. B. Degree. Frances Perry Garrard—born June 30, 1867, married Charles Ingram Humber of Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 24th, 1893, died Nov. 7, 1907. Graduate of Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., with A. B. Degree. James Isaac Garrard—born Jan. 29, 1870, physician, graduate of G. M. C., finishing his medical education at the Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Maj. Surgeon, 1st Georgia Regiment in Spanish-American War. Volunteered service in World War, and received commission for same. Medical Staff of Georgia State Sanitarium, Milledgeville, Ga. Married Sarah Hearn, Oct. 18, 1916, daughter of William Howell Hearn, of Eatonton, Georgia. Eugene Barron Garrard—born Jan. 13, 1873, graduate of G. M. C. and attended University of Georgia. Living at Midville, Ga. Charles Humber Garrard—born Nov. 6, 1874, unmarried, died Feb. 13, 1902. William Thomas Garrard, died Feb. 4, 1875, and Eliza Handy Waller Garrard, born June 16, 1840 and died Oct. 12, 1910. They are both buried in the Garrard cemetery at Ararat Church, Dennis, Putnam Co., Georgia., by the side of the parents of William Thomas Garrard. The children of William T. Garrard, of Milledge-ville and Adrain E. Armor, of Greensboro, Ga., married April 25, 1893, are: William Thomas Garrard, Jr., of Milledgeville, Ga., who married Harriet Allen, daughter of Judge John T. Allen. He held the commission of 1st Lieutenant, Infantry during the World War. Graduate of G. M. C. The children of Mary Kate Garrard, who married Walter T. Lane, of Valdosta, Ga., are : Katherine Lane, who married William Ashley, son of C. R. Ashley, of Valdosta, Ga. Graduate Winston-Salem College. Almaryne Lane, who married Thos. Elam Waters, of Columbus, Ga., now residing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduate of Winston-Salem College. Walter Thompson Lane, Jr., who married Marie Ashley, daughter of D. C. Ashley, of Valdosta, Ga. He served as a 1st Lieutenant Artillery, in the World War. The children of Frances Perry Garrard, who married Charles Ingram Humber are: Petrona Garrard Humber, who married Frank Rahn Hean, now residing in Norristown, Pa. Graduate of Wesleyan College; Ceres Wellman Humber, now residing in Washington, D. C. Graduate of Brenau; Robert Christian Humber, residing at Dennis, Ga.; Marion Louise Humber, residing at Dennis, Ga., Graduate of G. S. W. College; Charles Ingram Humber, Jr., cadet at West Point Military Academy; Frances Perry Humber, residing at Dennis, Georgia. (Compiled and written by Petrona Garrard Humber Hean, 807 Swede St., Norristown, Pa.) Additional Comments: From: Part V HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK ILLUSTRATED ANDERSON. S. C. Keys-Hearn Printing Co. -1925— File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/baldwin/history/other/gms284historyo.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 14.1 Kb